Editing Duke Snider (section)

{{short description|American baseball player (1926–2011)}}
{{about|the baseball player|the criminal, Duke Snider|Operation Snow White}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Duke Snider
|image=Duke Snider 1953.jpg
|image_size=200px
|caption=Snider with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953
|position=[[Center fielder]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1926|9|19|}}
|birth_place=[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2011|2|27|1926|9|19}}
|death_place=[[Escondido, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=April 17
|debutyear=1947
|debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 3
|finalyear=1964
|finalteam=San Francisco Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.295
|stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value=2,116
|stat3label=[[Home run]]s
|stat3value=407
|stat4label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value=1,333
|teams=
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1947}}–{{mlby|1962}})
* [[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|1963}})
* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1964}})
|highlights=
* 8× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1950]]–[[1956 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1956]], [[1963 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1963]])
* 2× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1955}}, {{wsy|1959}})
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders|NL home run leader]] (1956)
* [[List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders|NL RBI leader]] (1955)
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers#Retired numbers|Los Angeles Dodgers No. 4]] retired
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1980 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1980]]
|hofvote=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 [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers]] (1947–1962), later playing one season each for the [[New York Mets]] (1963) and [[San Francisco Giants]] (1964).

Snider was named to the National League (NL) All-Star roster eight times and was the NL [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player (MVP)]] runner-up in 1955. In his 16 seasons with the Dodgers, he helped lead the team to six [[World Series]], with victories in 1955 and 1959. He was elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1980.