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Duke Snider
Edwin Donald Snider (The Silver Fox)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Compton (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Final Game: October 3, 1964
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1980 (333/385 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1947 BRO NL 20 OF 25 49 48 0 1 0 .980 1.92 .978 2.19 4-13-7
1948 BRO NL 21 OF 47 93 87 5 1 0 .989 1.96 .977 2.20 0-41-7
1949 BRO NL 22 OF 145 373 355 12 6 2 .984 2.53 .977 2.25 0-145-0
1950 BRO NL 23 OF 151 400 378 15 7 1 .983 2.60 .978 2.14 0-151-0 AS,MVP-9
1951 BRO NL 24 OF 150 399 382 12 5 1 .987 2.63 .981 2.23 0-150-0 AS
1952 BRO NL 25 OF 141 357 341 13 3 3 .992 2.51 .981 2.10 0-141-0 AS,MVP-8
1953 BRO NL 26 OF 151 382 370 7 5 3 .987 2.50 .980 2.11 0-151-0 AS,MVP-3
1954 BRO NL 27 CF 148 147 1329.0 376 361 8 7 1 .981 -1.1 -1.0 1.9 0.6 1.4 -3 2.50 2.49 .983 2.83 2.67 AS,MVP-4
1954 BRO NL 27 OF 148 147 1329.0 375 360 8 7 1 .981 -1.1 -1.0 1.9 0.6 1.4 -3 2.49 2.49 .975 2.36 2.18 AS,MVP-4
1955 BRO NL 28 CF 146 144 1278.1 359 345 10 4 0 .989 6.4 6.0 6.4 -2.4 8.8 0 2.50 2.43 .982 2.70 2.50 AS,MVP-2
1955 BRO NL 28 OF 146 144 1278.1 361 348 9 4 0 .989 6.4 6.0 6.4 -2.4 8.8 0 2.51 2.45 .977 2.30 2.10 AS,MVP-2
1956 BRO NL 29 CF 150 147 1287.1 372 356 10 6 1 .984 12.0 11.2 12.0 3.9 8.1 0 2.56 2.44 .982 2.77 2.55 AS,MVP-10
1956 BRO NL 29 OF 150 147 1287.1 375 358 11 6 1 .984 12.0 11.2 12.0 3.9 8.1 0 2.58 2.46 .977 2.28 2.05 AS,MVP-10
1957 BRO NL 30 CF 136 134 1194.1 311 302 6 3 1 .990 -0.3 -0.3 0.7 -1.2 1.9 -1 2.32 2.26 .985 2.82 2.62 MVP-18
1957 BRO NL 30 OF 136 134 1194.1 313 304 6 3 1 .990 -0.3 -0.3 0.7 -1.2 1.9 -1 2.34 2.28 .980 2.29 2.07 MVP-18
1958 LAD NL 31 OF 92 80 702.2 157 151 4 2 0 .987 -18.7 -31.9 -13.7 -8.8 -4.9 -5 1.99 1.68 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 LAD NL 31 CF 78 65 579.0 139 134 3 2 0 .986 -14.8 -30.7 -10.8 -8.4 -2.4 -4 2.13 1.76 .986 2.72 2.50
1958 LAD NL 31 RF 11 11 93.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -4.1 -52.9 -3.1 -0.4 -2.7 -1 1.35 1.27 .979 2.02 1.73
1958 LAD NL 31 LF 6 4 30.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 7.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 1.17 0.67 .975 2.00 1.53
1959 LAD NL 32 OF 107 103 859.0 163 157 2 4 1 .975 -11.1 -15.5 -7.1 -6.9 -0.3 -4 1.67 1.49 .977 2.21 1.90 MVP-22
1959 LAD NL 32 RF 69 50 476.1 75 73 1 1 1 .987 -4.4 -11.1 -3.4 -3.1 -0.3 -1 1.40 1.07 .977 1.96 1.64 MVP-22
1959 LAD NL 32 CF 54 52 365.2 77 74 1 2 0 .974 -7.4 -24.3 -4.4 -3.8 -0.7 -3 1.85 1.39 .981 2.63 2.24 MVP-22
1959 LAD NL 32 LF 2 1 17.0 8 7 0 1 0 .875 0.7 49.4 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.71 3.50 .975 2.06 1.60 MVP-22
1960 LAD NL 33 OF 75 65 556.1 115 108 3 4 1 .965 -5.7 -12.3 -3.7 -0.9 -2.8 -2 1.80 1.48 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 LAD NL 33 CF 48 44 344.0 79 73 2 4 1 .949 -3.8 -13.3 -1.8 -0.6 -1.2 -2 1.96 1.56 .981 2.59 2.32
1960 LAD NL 33 RF 35 21 212.1 34 33 1 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -10.7 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 0 1.44 0.97 .979 1.99 1.76
1961 LAD NL 34 OF 66 57 496.0 122 113 6 3 3 .975 1.4 3.4 1.4 1.9 -0.4 0 2.16 1.80 .977 2.16 1.86
1961 LAD NL 34 RF 51 35 327.1 81 76 4 1 3 .988 4.1 15.0 3.1 3.9 -0.7 1 2.20 1.57 .974 1.93 1.60
1961 LAD NL 34 CF 24 22 168.2 41 38 1 2 0 .951 -2.7 -19.2 -1.7 -2.0 0.3 -1 2.08 1.63 .980 2.63 2.28
1962 LAD NL 35 OF 39 37 313.1 61 56 3 2 0 .967 -4.1 -15.7 -3.1 -3.0 0.0 -1 1.69 1.51 .974 2.07 1.79
1962 LAD NL 35 RF 24 22 190.1 33 30 1 2 0 .939 -3.9 -24.6 -1.9 -1.8 0.0 -2 1.47 1.29 .976 1.90 1.65
1962 LAD NL 35 LF 15 14 113.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -4.2 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 1 1.67 1.40 .967 1.81 1.37
1962 LAD NL 35 CF 2 1 10.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.70 1.50 .967 2.43 2.25
1963 NYM NL 36 OF 106 94 801.0 146 139 5 2 0 .986 -8.2 -12.3 -4.2 -1.9 -2.4 -4 1.62 1.36 .977 2.01 1.75 AS
1963 NYM NL 36 RF 63 57 467.2 81 78 1 2 0 .975 -4.4 -11.3 -1.4 -2.1 0.7 -3 1.52 1.25 .977 1.83 1.61 AS
1963 NYM NL 36 LF 35 30 261.1 49 45 4 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -3.7 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 0 1.69 1.40 .969 1.80 1.38 AS
1963 NYM NL 36 CF 11 7 72.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -50.0 -2.0 -1.1 -1.0 -1 2.00 1.45 .981 2.38 2.09 AS
1964 SFG NL 37 OF 43 34 288.2 47 44 2 1 0 .979 -5.0 -20.8 -4.0 -3.8 -0.2 -1 1.43 1.07 .972 1.99 1.72
1964 SFG NL 37 RF 26 20 169.2 23 21 1 1 0 .957 -5.6 -39.6 -4.6 -2.8 -1.8 -1 1.17 0.85 .974 1.90 1.62
1964 SFG NL 37 LF 18 14 119.0 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 0.6 6.1 0.6 -1.0 1.6 0 1.82 1.33 .962 1.71 1.34
18 Seasons OF 1918 1042 9106.0 4288 4099 123 66 18 .985 -34.4 -4.5 -13.4 -22.5 9.2 -21 4.17 2.20 .978 2.24 2.06 80-1589-293
10 Seasons (incomplete) CF 797 763 6628.1 1773 1702 41 30 4 .983 -14.5 -2.6 0.5 -14.8 15.2 -15 2.37 2.19 .983 2.75 2.52
7 Seasons (incomplete) RF 279 216 1936.2 341 324 10 7 4 .979 -20.2 -12.5 -13.2 -6.6 -6.4 -7 1.55 1.20 .976 1.92 1.64
5 Seasons (incomplete) LF 76 63 541.0 106 98 7 1 1 .991 0.3 0.7 -0.7 -1.1 0.4 1 1.75 1.38 .968 1.80 1.39
18 Seasons TOT 1918 1042 9106.0 4288 4099 123 66 18 .985 -34.4 -4.5 -13.4 -22.5 9.2 -21 4.17 2.20 .963 2.24 2.06 80-1589-293
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 BRO NL 20 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 7 25
1948 BRO NL 21 53 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 7 47
1949 BRO NL 22 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145
1950 BRO NL 23 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151
1951 BRO NL 24 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150
1952 BRO NL 25 144 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 141
1953 BRO NL 26 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151
1954 BRO NL 27 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 148 2 0
1955 BRO NL 28 148 144 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 146 2 0
1956 BRO NL 29 151 147 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 1 0
1957 BRO NL 30 139 134 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 136 3 0
1958 LAD NL 31 106 80 106 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 78 11 92 20 0
1959 LAD NL 32 126 103 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 54 69 107 23 0
1960 LAD NL 33 101 65 101 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 35 75 33 0
1961 LAD NL 34 85 57 85 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 51 66 23 2
1962 LAD NL 35 80 37 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 24 39 42 1
1963 NYM NL 36 129 94 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 11 63 106 34 0
1964 SFG NL 37 91 34 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 26 43 56 0
18 Seasons 2143 1042 2143 2143 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 1589 293 1918 239 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 BRO NL 27 7 0 7 0 1 8 0 2 2 2 60 36 1 53 9 0 14 5 1 19 3 0 31 22 0 177 75 42.4% 100 2 1.1% 6 5840 63% 79% 39% 666 55%
1955 BRO NL 28 4 0 3 1 0 10 0 3 2 2 53 32 2 41 3 0 9 4 0 11 3 0 26 23 0 140 65 46.4% 73 2 1.4% 8 5465 64% 78% 43% 627 56%
1956 BRO NL 29 6 0 4 2 1 10 0 4 4 1 50 27 2 31 4 0 7 3 1 22 6 0 21 15 1 131 55 42.0% 72 4 3.1% 6 5437 60% 79% 37% 615 59%
1957 BRO NL 30 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 4 2 0 55 32 1 34 4 0 11 4 0 16 2 0 28 24 0 144 66 45.8% 77 1 0.7% 5 5111 63% 77% 37% 554 56%
1958 LAD NL 31 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 38 22 0 28 3 0 9 1 2 5 1 0 16 10 0 96 37 38.5% 57 2 2.1% 1 2666 67% 76% 40% 291 47%
1959 LAD NL 32 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 23 9 1 12 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 6 4 0 49 16 32.7% 32 1 2.0% 0 1612 61% 72% 38% 163 46%
1960 LAD NL 33 4 0 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 13 4 1 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 33 11 33.3% 21 1 3.0% 1 1489 62% 73% 35% 150 50%
1961 LAD NL 34 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23.1% 10 0 0.0% 1 751 68% 73% 40% 70 57%
1962 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 47 70% 70% 36% 8 38%
1963 NYM NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 359 61% 79% 20% 26 62%
10 Seasons 30 0 25 5 6 41 0 14 12 8 302 165 8 213 25 0 55 21 4 81 15 0 136 103 1 787 329 41.8% 445 13 1.7% 28 28777 63% 77% 39% 3170 55%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.1% 62% 78% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 3 33.3% 6 0 0.0% 1 425 67% 80% 40% 31 45%
1959 LAD NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 20 6 0 8 1 0 5 4 0 6 1 1 5 4 0 44 16 36.4% 27 1 2.3% 0 2078 63% 73% 36% 153 48%
1960 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 928 64% 71% 36% 66 52%
1961 LAD NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 17 8 0 8 1 0 10 9 0 3 3 0 5 3 2 43 24 55.8% 17 2 4.7% 2 1421 65% 72% 38% 151 52%
1962 LAD NL 35 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 9 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 21 5 23.8% 16 0 0.0% 1 850 66% 73% 38% 79 39%
1963 NYM NL 36 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15 2 0 10 1 0 8 6 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 38 11 28.9% 27 0 0.0% 1 2077 60% 77% 26% 167 47%
1964 SFG NL 37 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 3 0 6 1 0 6 2 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 27 7 25.9% 19 1 3.7% 0 737 62% 74% 33% 77 29%
7 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 10 0 6 1 2 78 23 0 46 6 0 37 26 1 16 4 1 18 13 2 195 72 36.9% 119 4 2.1% 6 8516 63% 74% 34% 724 46%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1958 LAD NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 148 74% 74% 28% 10 40%
1959 LAD NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 78 76% 71% 40% 14 50%
1962 LAD NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 8 7 0 6 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 20 12 60.0% 7 1 5.0% 1 528 68% 77% 36% 58 34%
1963 NYM NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 8 6 0 7 0 0 5 4 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 25 15 60.0% 10 0 0.0% 4 1180 62% 76% 26% 111 42%
1964 SFG NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 1 521 59% 74% 35% 51 45%
5 Seasons 1 0 1 0 1 7 1 4 0 1 24 19 0 19 2 1 11 10 0 4 1 0 7 7 0 65 39 60.0% 25 1 1.5% 6 2455 64% 76% 31% 244 41%
MLB Averages 56.8% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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