Up on the blog today, we visit another of my previous custom sets, and spotlight a card, this time my 1965 "career-capper" for the great Duke Snider:
Snider played 91 games for San
Francisco in 1964, capping off a great 18-year Major League career that
saw him make eight All-Star teams while post six seasons where he
finished in the top-10 for N.L. MVP.
Snider
was an absolute beast of a hitter through the 1950's with the Dodgers,
driving in over 100 runs six times, 30+ homers six times including five
straight seasons of 40 or more, five years of scoring over 100 runs and
seven seasons of .300 hitting or better.
By
the time he retired after the 1964 season he hit 407 homers, with 1333
RBIs and a .295 average, with 2116 hits and 1259 runs scored over 18
seasons as a player.
It
must have been painful for Dodger-faithful to see their beloved "Duke
of Flatbush" suit up for the Giants, something Giants fans had to deal
with about 10 years later with their beloved ace Juan Marichal.
Go figure.