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Known as the Duke of Flatbush, Duke Snider was among baseball's most feared hitters during his 16 seasons with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1947 to 1962. He played on two World Championship teams in 1955 and 1959 and appeared in six World Series overall. An eight-time All-Star center fielder, he became the franchise's career leader in home runs with 389 and runs batted in with 1,271, and during the 1950s he led all Major Leaguers with 326 home runs and 1,031 RBI. He hit four home runs in both the 1952 and 1955 World Series, set the Brooklyn Dodgers single-season record with 43 home runs in 1956, led the National League with 136 RBI in 1955, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.
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