Edwin D (Duke) Snider was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1980 along with Al Kaline, Charles Klein and Thomas Yawkey. Snider was an outfielder with 18 seasons MLB experience playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947-1957), Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-1962), New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964). For his MLB career he hit .295/.380/.540 with 407 HR, 1333 RBI, 1259 R, 99 SB in 2143 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1955 when he hit .309/.418/.628 with 42 HR, 136 RBI, 126 R, 9 SB in 148 games, 1953 when he hit .336/.419/.627 with 42 HR, 126 RBI, 132 R, 16 SB in 153 games and 1954 when he hit .341/.423/.647 with 40 HR, 130 RBI, 120 R, 6 SB in 149 games.
Snider led the National League in home runs in 1956 (43). He led the NL in RBI in 1955. He led the NL in runs in 1953, 1954 and 1955.
He was an All Star eight times (1950-1956, 1963). He finished second in NL MVP voting in 1955. Snider won the World Series Championship with the Dodgers in 1955 and 1959.
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