Biography
Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (September 19, 1926 – February 27, 2011), nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", was a Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1947–62), New York Mets (1963), and San Francisco Giants (1964). Snider was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Snider The Duke of Flatbush covered centerfield for Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 16 years. Snider was the left-handed power hitter for the Boy of Summer belting 407 career home runs. He hit .300 or better seven times while compiling a .295 career average. He tied a National League record by hitting 40 or more home runs in five straight seasons. - 1994 Major League Baseball Players Alumni (Nabisco Card)
