One of the last of the Boys of Summer, and a familiar voice and face to Expos fans in their early days, has passed on.
Duke Snider arrived in Brooklyn in 1947, a 20 year old outfielder from Los Angeles. He spent two years going back and forth between the big club and the Dodgers AAA teams in St. Paul and Montreal before seizing hold of the centre field job in 1949. He gave the Dodgers four very good years in his first four full seasons - he hit .298/.363/.507, averaging 26 HRs and 98 RBIs, while playing a fine centre field. And then he got really, really good. Over his next five years, Snider hit at least 40 homers each year, hitting .311/.407/.618. He was a great, great player during those years, great enough to be part of the conversation over who was the greatest New York centre fielder - Willie, Mickey, or the Duke. Anytime you can be part of that conversation and not get hooted out of the room.... you're some kind of ballplayer.
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