Sunday, February 18, 2024

"CLASSIC BASEBALL" CUSTOM WTHBALLS SET: DUKE SNIDER

The next baseball legend to get a card in my future "Classic Baseball" custom set, the "Duke of Flatbush" Duke Snider, Hall of Fame center fielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the "Golden Age" of baseball:


Just a beautiful shot of the man during the prime of his career.
Snider really was incredibly underrated over his career, which sadly (for him) coincided with the careers of men like Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
Nevertheless, all he would do in the Majors was hit, finishing his career in 1964, capping off a great 18-year Major League career that saw him make eight All-Star teams while posting 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.
A HUGE cog in the Brooklyn Dodger machine of the 1950s, he was also part of the "Holy Trinity of New York center-fielders of the era, along with Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees.
What a time it must have been to be a young baseball fan!