Duke snider autographed baseball

American baseball player (1926–2011)

This article is about the baseball player. For the criminal, Duke Snider, see Operation Snow White.

Baseball player

Duke Snider
Snider with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953
Center fielder
Born:(1926-09-19)September 19, 1926 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: February 27, 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 84) Escondido, California, U.S.
April 17, 1947, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
October 3, 1964, for the San Francisco Giants
Batting average	.295
Hits	2,116
Home runs	407
Runs batted in	1,333
Stats at Baseball Reference
Induction	1980
Vote	86.5% (11th ballot)

Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (September 19, 1926 – February 27, 2011), nicknamed "the Duke of Flatbush", was an American professional baseball player.

Primarily a center fielder, he spent most of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodge