Anecdotes

Hit the last home run at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn on September 22, 1957.

Uniform number 4 retired by the Dodgers.

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1980. Played for the National League's Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1947-1962), New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).

Was sold to the New York Mets just before the start of the 1963 season, where he was a huge sentimental favorite.

Wore number 11 initially when he joined the Mets, then switched back to his familiar number 4 when Charley Neal, who refused to give it up, was traded to Cincinnati.

Was sold to the San Francisco Giants on Opening Day of the 1964 season, where he wore number 28.

His favorite athlete as a kid was Jackie Robinson, who played for UCLA in Snider's hometown.

Holds the National League record for most home runs (11) and most RBIs (26) in World Series play. He is also the only player to have four homers in two World Series (1952 and 1955).

Team captain of the Dodgers in 1962.

The Sporting News Major League Player of the Year (1955).

He was sentenced to two years probation and fined $5,000 in 1995 for failing to pay taxes on money earned signing autographs at card shows.

Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers All-Time Homerun Leader (389).

Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers All-Time RBI Leader (1,271).

Made his major debut on on April 17, 1947.

Upon his death, his remains were interred at Masonic Cemetery in Fallbrook, San Diego County, California.