Duke Snider

Mets purchase Snider from Dodgers

Duke Snider - 2021 MLB TOPPS NOW® Turn Back The Clock - Card 1 - Print Run: 647

APRIL 1, 1963 — After playing the first 11 seasons of his career in Brooklyn, “The Silver Fox” Duke Snider returned New York after the Mets purchased him from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The announcement was met with great fanfare for those Brooklyn Dodgers fans who missed watching the superstar outfielder.