We continue to count down the 25 greatest Dodgers of all time with one of the best outfielders in team history.
Readers voted in droves, submitting 15,212 ballots by email, Twitter and Facebook. Voters were asked for their top 10 Dodgers in order from 1 to 10, with first place receiving 12 points, second place nine points, third place eight, all the way down to one point for 10th place.was born Sept. 19, 1926 and was a four-sport star at Compton High. After performing well at a tryout camp in 1944, the Dodgers offered him a contract.
He came close to winning what would have been his only MVP award in 1955, but one writer put teammatefirst and fifth on his ballot instead of Campanella first and Snider fifth . Unable to contact the writer in time to see what he meant to do, the balloting committee gave Campanella the first-place vote and moved everyone else on that writer’s ballot up one spot, leaving Snider off the ballot entirely.
When the Dodgers moved to Dodger Stadium in 1962, Snider went with them. In fact, if you want to win a bar bet, ask people who got the first hit for the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Snider is the answer. Snider didn’t play much in 1962, and the Dodgers sold him to the New York Mets before the 1963 season.
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