Duke Snider
Portrait of Duke Snider, outfielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, holding a baseball bat. Bowman series. Printed on back: "Edwin 'Duke' Snider. Outfield, Brooklyn Dodgers. Born: Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 19, 1926. Height: 6-1 1/2. Weight: 180. Bats: left. Throws: right. Hit .292 in 146 games in 1949, first full season as Dodger regular. Total hits were 161, including 23 homers, with 92 runs driven in. Duke began in 1944 with Montreal and Newport News. Spent 1945 in service. Has played with Fort Worth and St. Paul. Once in training, Duke hit a ball that went 500 feet before it stopped rolling. No. 77 in the 1950 series of baseball picture cards. [Copyright] 1950 Bowman Gum, Inc., Phila., Pa., U.S.A. Picture Card Collectors Club, 5-star Bowman series."
- Resource ID:
- hr001535
- Subject:
- Snider, Duke, 1926-
- Baseball players--New York (State)--New York
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Bowman Gum, Inc.
- Date:
- 1950
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 2 x 2.5 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1950-Snider, Duke
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.