Duke Snider

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Duke Snider was a Hall of Fame center fielder and power hitter best known as a star of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1950s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player
baseball player
center fielder
human
allStarGame 1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1963
allStarSelection 8
bats left
battedHomeRuns over 400 career home runs
broadcasterFor Washington Nationals
surface form: Montreal Expos
burialPlace Fallbrook, California
surface form: Fallbrook, California, United States
causeOfDeath natural causes
comparedWith Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1926-09-19
dateOfDeath 2011-02-27
finalMLBGame 1964-09-03
finalMLBTeam San Francisco Giants
fullName Edwin Donald Snider
genre sports
givenName Donald
Edwin
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hallOfFameMethod Baseball Writers' Association of America
surface form: Baseball Writers' Association of America election
inductedIntoHallOfFame 1980
jerseyNumber 4
league Major League Baseball
memberOfSportsTeam Los Angeles Dodgers
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
MLBDebut 1947-04-17
MLBDebutTeam Brooklyn Superbas
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
nickname Duke
The Duke of Flatbush
notableFor playing center field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1950s
power hitting
numberRetired 4
occupation baseball broadcaster
professional baseball player
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath Escondido
surface form: Escondido, California, United States
playedEra 1950s
playedFor Brooklyn Superbas
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Mets
San Francisco Giants
positionPlayed center fielder
sport baseball
teamRetiredNumberBy Los Angeles Dodgers
throws right
worldSeriesChampion 1955
1959

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Mickey Mantle contemporaries Duke Snider
Los Angeles Dodgers hasHallOfFamer Duke Snider
1959 World Series notablePlayer Duke Snider
Los Angeles Dodgers notablePlayer Duke Snider
Roy Campanella notableTeammate Duke Snider