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Duke
Snider		  
Nickname: The Silver Fox
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: September 19, 1926 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1955    1957    1958    1959    1960   
Gold Glove 1952    1959    1960    1961   
All-Star Selections 1950    1952    1953    1954    1955    1956    1957    1958    1959    1960    1962    1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 20 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6
1948 21 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7
1949 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 4 4
1950 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 4 4
1951 24 MIN AL $ 4,028,571   7 7 6 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 7 7 3 3 3
1952 25 MIN AL $ 4,028,571   7 7 6 9 10 10 8 8 8 8 9 9 4 4 4
1953 26 MIN AL $ 6,271,429   7 7 6 10 10 10 7 8 8 10 10 10 4 4 4
1954 27 MIN AL $ 10,180,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 8 8 10 10 10 4 4 4
1955 28 MIN AL $ 10,180,000   8 8 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1956 29 MIN AL $ 10,180,000   8 8 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1957 30 MIN AL $ 10,180,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1958 31 BOS AL $ 11,500,000   8 8 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1959 32 BOS AL $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 6 6 6
1960 33 BOS AL $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10 5 5 5
1961 34 BOS AL $ 11,500,000   7 7 7 8 9 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5
1962 35 SEM AL $ 8,200,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 9 4 4 4
1963 36 NYA AL $ 8,200,000   7 7 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4
1964 37 NYA AL $ 8,200,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 3
1965 38 DET AL $ 8,200,000   4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
1966 39 LAD NL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 9 9 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 11,500,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 9 8 10 10 10 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 20 MIN AL 133 463 79 125 31 2 18 63 2 1 65 64 .270 .355 .462 .817 77.2 10.5
    AAA   26 106 28 41 14 1 13 34 2 2 13 11 .387 .454 .906 1.359 34.2  
1948 21 MIN AL 154 543 113 158 32 9 29 106 9 3 96 81 .291 .394 .543 .937 114.4 19.0
1949 22 MIN AL 155 567 92 136 26 5 29 99 9 3 67 135 .240 .319 .457 .776 81.3 8.4
1950 23 MIN AL 146 555 104 151 39 4 37 115 5 2 68 153 .272 .350 .557 .907 102.3 16.3
1951 24 MIN AL 154 554 97 152 33 6 30 114 2 1 86 151 .274 .370 .518 .888 100.7 16.6
1952 25 MIN AL 154 575 117 169 46 5 43 119 0 0 83 134 .294 .381 .616 .997 125.1 22.5
1953 26 MIN AL 156 561 111 165 32 7 43 113 0 0 104 166 .294 .404 .606 1.010 128.8 27.3
1954 27 MIN AL 155 541 104 143 34 2 48 126 0 0 102 152 .264 .378 .601 .978 121.0 26.4
1955 28 MIN AL 156 538 137 161 36 4 51 121 0 0 121 135 .299 .427 .665 1.093 139.3 34.9
1956 29 MIN AL 154 521 115 147 44 2 41 108 0 0 114 117 .282 .407 .610 1.018 122.1 28.8
1957 30 MIN AL 148 535 104 156 47 2 49 119 0 0 83 122 .292 .386 .662 1.048 124.4 34.3
1958 31 BOS AL 155 554 122 148 32 6 54 124 0 0 108 120 .267 .387 .639 1.026 127.0 30.0
1959 32 BOS AL 154 531 114 154 33 5 56 131 0 0 100 134 .290 .403 .687 1.091 133.1 35.2
1960 33 BOS AL 155 571 127 150 31 4 64 145 0 0 92 145 .263 .367 .667 1.034 128.1 28.7
1961 34 BOS AL 157 559 95 141 23 3 34 112 0 0 92 169 .252 .357 .487 .843 96.2 20.7
1962 35 SEM AL 155 561 80 153 23 2 29 85 2 0 87 127 .273 .369 .476 .845 96.5 26.0
1963 36 SEM AL 79 287 43 91 21 3 10 49 1 1 49 54 .317 .416 .516 .932 58.1 15.3
  NYA AL 79 283 39 69 6 0 11 44 1 1 36 68 .244 .328 .382 .710 36.6 7.0
  TOT   158 570 82 160 27 3 21 93 2 2 85 122 .281 .373 .449 .822 94.6 22.2
1964 37 NYA AL 150 503 86 138 29 7 26 77 1 3 88 128 .274 .380 .515 .895 95.7 23.2
1965 38 DET AL 110 266 34 65 6 5 7 42 0 2 27 65 .244 .313 .383 .696 29.0 4.2
1966 39 LAD NL 68 126 13 20 6 0 0 6 0 0 16 39 .159 .250 .206 .456 7.3 0.0
20 Years Sim 2927 10194 1926 2792 610 83 709 2018 32 17 1684 2459 .274 .375 .559 .934 2043.9 435.3
1 Years AAA 26 106 28 41 14 1 13 34 2 2 13 11 .387 .450 .906 1.356 34.2  
162 Game Average 564 106 154 33 4 39 111 1 0 93 136 .274 .375 .559 .934 113.1  
Career Highs 158 575 137 169 47 9 64 145 9 3 121 169 .299 .427 .687 1.093 139.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6881 1396 1975 412 57 516 1473 23 13 1203 1527 .287 .391 .588 .980 1532.0
vs LH   3313 530 817 198 26 193 545 9 4 481 932 .247 .342 .497 .839 571.8
Home 1458 4949 936 1335 301 40 351 977 17 14 801 1218 .270 .370 .560 .930 1009.2
Away 1469 5245 990 1457 309 43 358 1041 15 3 883 1241 .278 .380 .558 .938 1094.5
RISP   2545 0 698 133 22 169 1202 0 0 553 610 .274 .396 .543 .939 559.7
Pinch Hitting   193 32 48 8 0 10 28 0 2 31 34 .249 .351 .446 .797 31.1
Close/Late   1222 240 381 78 6 103 268 0 0 244 275 .312 .423 .638 1.062 309.9
Mar/Apr 455 1583 292 430 98 10 107 302 6 2 280 376 .272 .380 .549 .929 327.5
May 512 1845 317 507 113 20 122 378 6 3 276 428 .275 .366 .556 .922 369.4
June 499 1731 368 518 114 21 128 373 6 2 290 396 .299 .399 .611 1.011 398.3
July 478 1678 274 414 82 9 121 330 3 3 270 462 .247 .349 .523 .872 313.7
August 508 1756 328 485 103 15 109 316 5 2 274 433 .276 .374 .538 .912 347.1
Sep/Oct 475 1601 347 438 100 8 122 319 6 5 294 364 .274 .384 .575 .959 347.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 20 MIN AL CF 122 119 1052.0 258 6 2 1 .992 2.26   3.5
    RF 10 0 22.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1948 21 MIN AL CF 148 147 1315.3 349 12 2 4 .994 2.47   7.4
    RF 6 0 11.7 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.09    
1949 22 MIN AL CF 147 145 1267.7 335 7 4 2 .988 2.43   4.3
    RF 7 0 16.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
1950 23 MIN AL CF 143 138 1234.3 358 10 1 3 .997 2.68   5.6
    RF 4 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1951 24 MIN AL 1B 149 146 1304.3 1743 125 46 133 .976 12.89   2.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 25 MIN AL 1B 149 148 1317.0 1676 104 25 136 .986 12.16   1.5
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1953 26 MIN AL 1B 120 120 1068.3 1353 100 29 138 .980 12.24   1.5
    CF 31 29 256.7 71 1 0 0 1.000 2.52   1.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 27 MIN AL CF 149 148 1319.3 339 9 5 5 .986 2.37   5.0
    RF 6 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1955 28 MIN AL CF 137 135 1189.7 334 5 4 0 .988 2.56   5.6
    RF 10 9 83.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    1B 5 0 8.0 12 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1956 29 MIN AL CF 146 144 1287.0 349 2 9 1 .975 2.45   3.7
    1B 5 0 7.0 8 0 1 0 .889 10.29   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 30 MIN AL CF 142 141 1253.3 341 6 12 1 .967 2.49   4.3
    1B 5 0 12.0 16 1 1 0 .944 12.75   0.0
1958 31 BOS AL CF 149 147 1317.7 360 11 9 4 .976 2.53   5.4
    1B 2 0 6.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1959 32 BOS AL CF 137 135 1202.7 344 3 4 0 .989 2.60   4.0
    RF 12 0 23.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    1B 3 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1960 33 BOS AL CF 151 149 1336.3 385 9 7 4 .983 2.65   4.2
    RF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 34 BOS AL CF 151 149 1320.3 365 6 5 1 .987 2.53   5.1
    RF 2 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
1962 35 SEM AL CF 100 98 898.3 217 6 4 3 .982 2.23   3.3
    1B 52 50 458.0 617 25 11 57 .983 12.62   0.6
1963 36 SEM AL 1B 38 36 326.4 399 21 10 42 .977 11.58   0.0
    RF 35 35 317.2 73 2 1 1 .987 2.13   0.8
    CF 4 4 35.5 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.79   0.0
  NYA AL 1B 38 36 307.3 375 19 9 39 .978 11.54   1.0
    RF 35 35 298.6 69 1 0 0 1.000 2.11   1.2
    CF 4 4 33.4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
  TOT   1B 76 72 633.7 774 40 19 81 .977 11.56   1.0
      RF 70 70 615.8 142 3 1 1 .993 2.12   2.0
      CF 8 8 68.9 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.0
1964 37 NYA AL CF 132 129 1149.7 304 9 8 2 .975 2.45   6.7
    RF 11 1 25.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36    
    LF 2 2 18.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    1B 3 0 13.0 18 2 0 2 1.000 13.85   0.0
1965 38 DET AL CF 66 55 507.7 134 3 1 0 .993 2.43   1.7
    RF 10 2 29.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    LF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
1966 39 LAD NL CF 29 15 152.0 45 1 0 0 1.000 2.72   0.9
    RF 19 18 145.0 30 1 0 0 1.000 1.92    
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
  CF 2091 2031 18133.8 4908 107 77 31 .985 2.49   71.7
  1B 571 536 4836.4 6238 398 132 550 .980 12.35   6.7
  RF 176 100 1010.8 221 5 1 1 .996 2.01   2.0
  LF 4 4 36.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.50    
  3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2844 2671 24022.0 11376 513 210 583 .983 4.45   80.5
Career Highs   155 150 1356.3 1744 126 46 138 1.000 12.83    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 21 MIN AL 4 16 4 4 1 0 2 9 0 1 3 3 .250 .368 .688 1.056
1954 27 MIN AL 13 45 8 14 6 1 5 16 0 0 10 16 .311 .429 .822 1.251
1955 28 MIN AL 12 44 8 11 3 1 2 7 0 0 12 15 .250 .411 .500 .911
1956 29 MIN AL 7 22 4 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 5 2 .273 .393 .591 .984
1958 31 BOS AL 14 56 14 22 7 0 5 16 0 0 8 9 .393 .469 .786 1.254
1960 33 BOS AL 6 24 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 12 .083 .120 .208 .328
1961 34 BOS AL 7 28 2 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .321 .367 .429 .795
1962 35 SEM AL 19 70 10 11 1 0 2 5 0 0 17 24 .157 .322 .257 .579
1963 36 NYA AL 14 48 8 9 1 0 2 8 0 0 12 16 .188 .350 .333 .683
1964 37 NYA AL 12 37 7 9 2 0 2 5 0 0 10 9 .243 .396 .459 .855
Career Post-Season Batting 108 390 66 97 25 2 23 76 0 1 80 117 .249 .374 .500 .874
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1957-7-.292
 On-Base Pct
1953-4-.404
1955-2-.427
1956-2-.407
1957-5-.386
1958-3-.387
1959-1-.403
1960-7-.367
1962-9-.369
1963-7-.373
1964-7-.380
 Slugging Pct
1948-2-.543
1950-6-.557
1952-2-.616
1953-2-.606
1954-3-.601
1955-2-.665
1956-1-.610
1957-1-.662
1958-1-.639
1959-1-.687
1960-1-.667
1961-6-.487
1964-4-.515
CAR-7-.559
 OPS
1948-4-.937
1950-10-.907
1952-3-.997
1953-2-1.010
1954-3-.978
1955-1-1.093
1956-1-1.018
1957-1-1.048
1958-1-1.026
1959-1-1.091
1960-1-1.034
1961-8-.843
1962-9-.845
1963-8-.822
1964-4-.895
CAR-11-.934
 XR
1948-3-114.4
1952-2-125.1
1953-2-128.8
1954-3-121.0
1955-1-139.3
1956-2-122.1
1957-1-124.4
1958-1-127.0
1959-1-133.1
1960-1-128.1
1961-9-96.2
1962-5-96.5
1963-7-94.6
1964-5-95.7
CAR-3-2043.9
 Games
1949-10-155
1955-4-156
1958-8-155
1961-2-157
1963-3-158
CAR-2-2927
At-Bats
CAR-5-10194
 Runs
1948-5-113
1952-5-117
1953-6-111
1955-1-137
1956-1-115
1957-5-104
1958-1-122
1959-1-114
1960-1-127
1961-6-95
1964-8-86
CAR-3-1926
 Hits
CAR-14-2792
 Total Bases
1948-6-295
1950-7-309
1952-2-354
1953-2-340
1954-5-325
1955-2-358
1956-2-318
1957-2-354
1958-2-354
1959-2-365
1960-1-381
1961-9-272
1962-8-267
1964-8-259
CAR-2-5695
 Doubles
1950-9-39
1952-1-46
1955-6-36
1956-1-44
1957-2-47
1959-8-33
CAR-10-610
 Triples
1948-1-9
1951-7-6
1953-6-7
1958-5-6
1964-6-7
CAR-31-83
Homeruns
1948-4-29
1949-7-29
1950-7-37
1952-2-43
1953-1-43
1954-2-48
1955-1-51
1956-2-41
1957-2-49
1958-1-54
1959-1-56
1960-1-64
1961-4-34
1962-5-29
1964-5-26
CAR-3-709
 RBIs
1948-10-106
1950-9-115
1951-8-114
1952-7-119
1953-4-113
1954-3-126
1955-4-121
1956-4-108
1957-5-119
1958-3-124
1959-2-131
1960-1-145
1961-3-112
1963-8-93
CAR-3-2018
 Walks
1948-7-96
1952-9-83
1953-5-104
1954-6-102
1955-1-121
1956-2-114
1957-10-83
1958-2-108
1959-2-100
1960-4-92
1961-2-92
1962-5-87
1963-3-85
1964-3-88
CAR-7-1684
 Strikeouts
1948-8-81
1949-1-135
1950-1-153
1951-1-151
1952-2-134
1953-1-166
1954-1-152
1955-3-135
1956-8-117
1957-9-122
1958-8-120
1959-10-134
1960-4-145
1961-2-169
1962-6-127
1963-7-122
1964-4-128
CAR-2-2459
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 61    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 242    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Minnesota in 1947
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/2/1947, off Murry Dickson (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1947, hitting .615 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1948, hitting .556 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Drove in 8 runs against Boston (N) on 8/18/1950
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1951, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1951, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1952
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,271,429 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1953, hitting .344 with 7 HR, 21 RBI
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $10,180,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1954, hitting .520 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Seattle on 7/13/1954
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1955, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1955, hitting .344 with 13 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Montreal on 7/6/1955
Hit 3 homeruns against Montreal, driving in 8 runs on 7/6/1955
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
Won Silver Slugger in 1955, hitting .299 with 51 HR, 121 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1956, hitting .404 with 10 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Injured on 3/29/1957 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1957, hitting .391 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1957, hitting .347 with 11 HR, 20 RBI
6/1/1957: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $11,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1957, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1957, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to Boston (A) on 2/21/1958 (Going to MIN: RF Al Kaline, 1B Ed Bouchee, P Jim Constable, P Pedro Ramos, CF Jim Busby. Going to BOS: P Bob Miller, CF Duke Snider, SS Johnny Logan)
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/2/1958
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 8/1/1958
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1958, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1958, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1958, hitting .366 with 10 HR, 36 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against New York (N) on 10/17/1958
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1959, hitting .349 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1959, hitting .400 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1959, hitting .327 with 12 HR, 30 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1959, hitting .407 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Had 500th career homerun on 6/16/1959, off Chris Van cuyk (NYA)
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1959
Had 2000th career hit on 5/20/1960, off Frank Baumann (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1960, hitting .320 with 6 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1960, hitting .293 with 9 HR, 25 RBI
Sets a new season AL-Record for HR with 59 on 9/21/1960
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1960, hitting .375 with 5 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1960, hitting .326 with 16 HR, 31 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1960, hitting .263 with 64 HR, 145 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1960
Had 600th career homerun on 6/2/1961, off Ralph Lumenti (TAM)
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1961
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/8/1962 to a 4-year deal worth $8,200,000 per year
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Traded from Seattle to New York (A) on 7/1/1963 (Going to SEM: LF Dusty Rhodes. Going to NYA: 1B Duke Snider)
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 9/1/1963
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1963, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 5/20/1964
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1964, hitting .290 with 7 HR, 24 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1964, hitting .520 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
Had 700th career homerun on 9/23/1964, off Ralph Terry (NYG)
Traded from New York (A) to Kansas City on 2/1/1965 (Going to NYA: P Ron Kline. Going to KCR: RF Duke Snider)
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 3/3/1965 (Going to KCR: P Bennie Daniels, RF Bob Skinner, P Jackie Collum, P John Gabler. Going to DET: RF Duke Snider)
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/2/1966 to a 3-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
 
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