Good day all! Found this cool image of Hall of Famer Duke Snider during his San Diego Padres coaching days and figured it'd make for a nice card, so here it is:
After a Hall of Fame career between 1947 and 1964, mainly slugging his
way into the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers record books, Snider took on a
successful role as a play-by-play analyst and some coaching for both the San Diego Padres
and Montreal Expos beginning in 1969 straight through to the late-80’s.
This included some coaching time with the Padres during their inaugural season of 1969, when San Diego and Montreal were given franchises in Major League ball.
This included some coaching time with the Padres during their inaugural season of 1969, when San Diego and Montreal were given franchises in Major League ball.
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.
