Fred Snodgrass
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Frederick Carlisle Snodgrass (Snow)
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Weight 175 lb.
- Debut June 4, 1908
- Final Game October 5, 1916
- Born October 19, 1887 in Ventura, CA USA
- Died April 5, 1974 in Ventura, CA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
"(There is) hardly a day in my life, hardly an hour, that in some manner or other the dropping of that fly doesn't come up, even after 30 years." - Fred Snodgrass in 1940
Fred Snodgrass, although he played nine seasons in the major leagues, is forever remembered as the player who dropped a fly ball in extra innings of the last game of the 1912 World Series, allowing the batter to get on base and later score. That play is sometimes called the "Snodgrass muff".
In his best major league season with the bat, 1910, he was second in the 1910 National League in OPS+.
Snodgrass was born in Ventura, CA in 1887 and he later became mayor of Oxnard, CA. He was a successful businessman, banker and rancher after his baseball days.
The only other Snodgrass in the majors (through 2008) has been Chappie Snodgrass.
One source: SABR biography of Fred Snodgrass.
[edit] Further Reading
- Lawrence Ritter: The Glory of Their Times, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1966, pp. 83-108.
