Gerald George Snyder (July 21, 1929 – January 31, 2022) was an American

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who played his entire career for the Washington Senators from

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. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed. He was born in

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. Snyder started his career in 1946 with the Niagara Falls Frontiers of the Class C

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. Obtained by the

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in 1947, he played for their farm teams during five

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seasons. He was still a member of the Triple-A Kansas City Blues when he was traded to Washington on May 3, 1952, along with

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and Archie Wilson in the same transaction that brought

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and

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to the Yankees. While in Washington, Snyder provided infield support for

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and

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, playing mainly at

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. His most productive season came in 1954, when he posted career-numbers in games (64), runs (17) and RBI (17), while hitting .234 (36-for-154). In 1956 he batted a career-high .270 with two

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s and 14 RBI. On July 18, 1955, Snyder participated in five

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s at second base to tie a then major league record. He also played in the Venezuelan league and appeared in the

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. In a seven-season career, Snyder was a .230 hitter (145-for-630) with three home runs and 47 RBI in 266 games, including 60 runs, 18 doubles, two

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and seven

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s. He played 15 professional seasons, through 1961, and spent part of his final campaign as

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of the

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of the Double-A

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. Snyder died in

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, on January 31, 2022, at the age of 92.

References

Sources

Jerry Snyder
- Baseballbiography.com

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