On the heels of losing Bob Feller, we lost another great player from the days when baseball ruled America yesterday. Duke Snider was always a favorite of this stats geek, but he was the lesser known of the 3 great NY centerfielders of the 50's. Despite this, he led the 50's in homers and RBI's and was an icon in Brooklyn. Snider did not have a long prime, but during a 5-yr stretch in the mid-50's, he was as good as anyone, posting an OPS of greater than 1 with over 40 homers each year, and leading the Dodgers to their first series win in 1955, hitting 4 homers in the series. Mostly forgotten now, the Duke was rivaled only by Musial as the NL's best player in the golden 50's.
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He is under appreciated by today's media. To lead the 1950's in HR and RBI deserves more respect.
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