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Duke Snider, wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform and glove, poses in a ready fielding stance on a baseball field in the 1950s.
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Duke Snider: References & Edit History

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  • Adam Augustyn
    Adam Augustyn was a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Feb 23, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 15, 2025
First paragraph modernization. May 06, 2024
Replaced photograph. May 04, 2021
Invalidated site: Los Angeles Times - Duke Snider dies at 84; Dodger Hall of Famer. Dec 04, 2019
Add new Web site: Baseball Hall of Fame - Biography of Duke Snider. Jan 20, 2017
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Duke Snider Obituary. Jan 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Duke Snider dies at 84; Dodger Hall of Famer. Jan 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Biography of Duke Snider. Jun 03, 2014
Add new Web site: Hickoksports.com - Biography of Edwin Donald Snider. Apr 09, 2013
Added photograph. Apr 10, 2012
New article added. Mar 07, 2011
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