Chris Snyder
Houston Astros – No. 18
Catcher
Born: (1981-02-12) February 12, 1981 (age 31) Houston, Texas
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 21, 2004 for the Arizona Diamondbacks
Career statistics (through May 21, 2012)
Batting average	.229
Hits	437
Home runs	72
Runs batted in	281
Teams
Arizona Diamondbacks (2004-2010) Pittsburgh Pirates (2010-2011) Houston Astros (2012-present)

Snyder playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007.

Christopher Ryan Snyder (born February 12, 1981) is a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros. He has played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats and throws right-handed.

High school and college[link]

Snyder attended Spring Woods High School and the University of Houston.^[1] In 2001, Snyder started every game and hit .316; he also led the team in home runs, hits, doubles, RBIs, total bases, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and hit by pitches.^[1] He was named All-Conference USA second team and also played for Team USA hitting 1 home run and having 9 RBIs.^[1] In 2002, he hit .348 with 15 home runs and 70 RBIs.

Snyder had been drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, but chose to attend college. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.

Career[link]

Arizona Diamondbacks[link]

Minor leagues[link]

Snyder began his professional career with the High-A Lancaster JetHawks and hit .258 with 9 home runs and 44 RBIs. He began 2003 with Lancaster again and was promoted to Double-A El Paso after hitting .314 with 10 home runs and 53 RBIs. He began 2004 with El Paso and hit .301 with 15 home runs and 57 RBIs and was promoted to the major league team.

Major leagues[link]

Snyder was called up to the majors and made his debut on August 21, 2004. In his first game, he went 2–3 with a double.^[2] In only 96 at-bats in the majors in 2004, he hit 5 home runs. In 2005, he was the starting catcher, but struggled offensively as he hit only .202. He was strong defensively though, with a fielding percentage of .997. Before the 2006 season, the D-Backs traded for All-Star catcher Johnny Estrada from the Atlanta Braves, making Snyder the backup. In 61 games, Snyder hit .277 with a .995 fielding percentage and threw out 45% of would-be base stealers.

After the 2006 season, Estrada was traded to Milwaukee and Snyder shared time behind the plate with rookie Miguel Montero. In 2007, he hit .252 with a .999 fielding percentage and threw out 36% of would-be base stealers. In 2008, he set career highs in home runs (16) and RBIs (64) and also had a perfect fielding percentage of 1.000.

On December 30, 2008, Snyder and the D-Backs agreed on a three-year contract extension with an option for a fourth year.^[3]

Before the 2010 season Snyder was almost traded to the Blue Jays for former Diamondback Lyle Overbay but the Jays questioned Snyder's back problems and nixed the trade.^[4]

Pittsburgh Pirates[link]

On July 31, it was announced that Snyder and minor leaguer Pedro Ciriaco were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for D. J. Carrasco, Ryan Church and Bobby Crosby.^[5][6] He began the 2011 season with the Pirates' Single A affiliate, the Bradenton Marauders, on a rehab assignment for back pains he experienced during spring training. In two games with Bradenton, Snyder had gone 5-for-6 with seven RBI, two doubles and a homerun.^[7]

Houston Astros[link]

Snyder signed with the Astros for 2012.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Christopher Allen Snydpaum is Professor of European History and Director of the Honors Program at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.^[1][2]

Biography[link]

He got his Ph.D. in Medieval History in 1994 from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Publications[link]

• An Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons, A.D. 400–600, Pennsylvania State University 1998, ISBN 0-271-01780-5.
• The World of King Arthur, Thames & Hudson 2000, ISBN 0-500-05104-6.
• The Britons (The Peoples of Europe), Wiley-Blackwell 2003, ISBN 0-631-22260-X.
• Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes], Greenwood 2008, ISBN 1-84645-009-8.

References[link]

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