Duke Snider Trades and Transactions

The Duke Snider trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Duke Snider has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it." - Duke Snider in The Sporting News (November 19, 1952)

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Duke Snider

Duke Snider Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#327)

Duke Snider Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#327)
 

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Birth Name:   Edwin Donald Snider
Nickname:   Duke or The Silver Fox
Born On:   09-19-1926  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Los Angeles, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-27-2011
Place of Death Data Died In:   Escondido, California
Cemetery:   Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery, Fallbrook, California
High School:   Compton High School (Compton, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   04-17-1947 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-03-1964
Draft:   Not Applicable
Duke Snider

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1943: Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers.
04-01-1963: Sold by Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Mets.
04-14-1964: Sold by New York Mets to San Francisco Giants.
10-06-1964: Released by San Francisco Giants.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Duke Snider trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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