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Los Angeles Dodgers: Can Mookie Betts be the greatest Dodger ever?

By Jason Reed

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 23: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats during the third inning against the San Francisco Giants in the Opening Day game at Dodger Stadium on July 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The 2020 season had been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 23: Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers bats during the third inning against the San Francisco Giants in the Opening Day game at Dodger Stadium on July 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The 2020 season had been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /
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Greatest players in Los Angeles Dodgers history: 4. Duke Snider, 65.4 WAR

Duke Snider is one of the most iconic sluggers in Los Angeles Dodgers history and has also been immortalized forever in Cooperstown. Snider joined the Dodgers in 1947 and was with the team through the move to LA all the way until the 1962 season.

Snider continued playing after his Dodgers career, spending a season with the New York Mets and then a season with the San Francisco Giants. The last all-star appearance of his career was in 1963 with the Mets.

Snider led the MLB in RBIs and home runs once, was a seven-time all-star while he was a member of the Dodgers and is a two-time World Series champion.

Not only is Snider the fourth-best player in Dodgers’ history, but he is the franchises’ all-time home run leader (389), RBI leader (1,274) and is third in franchise history in total runs scored (1,199).

Snider was always in the running for the league’s most valuable player but never took home the honors. His five-year stretch from 1953 to 1957 was very impressive as he hit a combined 207 home runs and drove in 585 RBIs.

Snider led the Majors in both home runs and RBIs over those five years, having better numbers than legends such as Stan Musial and Mickey Mantle.

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