Once upon a time, early in the 1950s, there were three professional baseball teams in New York City. The Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Yankees, and the New York Giants. At that time, perhaps three of the best center fielders who ever played the game played for those teams. Duke Snider with the Dodgers, Willie Mays with the Giants, and Mickey Mantle with the Yankees. Over their careers, the three of them would amass 1603 HRs, 4,751 RBI, and 5 MVP awards. Mays earned 12 Gold Gloves and Mantle one. But all three were excellent defenders. Snider and Mantle would suffer injuries that would hamper their career numbers but Mays was relatively injury-free in his career.
He’s Singing Our Song: Willie, Mickey, and The Duke
