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Chris Snyder

Christopher Ryan Snyder

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: February 12, 1981 in Houston, TX
High School: Spring Woods HS (Houston, TX)
School: University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 2004 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Astros/Pirates/Orioles 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.047, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Ryan Ware (LSW Baseball), previously: WMG [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 7:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1752. Brent Mayne… #1753. George Metkovich… #1754. John Buck… #1755. CHRIS SNYDER… #1756. Jose Pagan… #1757. Billy Sullivan… #1758. Wilson Betemit… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2004 23 ARI NL 29 110 96 10 23 6 0 5 15 0 0 13 25 .240 .327 .458 .786 97 44 0 0 0 1 1 2
2005 24 ARI NL 115 373 326 24 66 14 0 6 28 0 1 40 87 .202 .297 .301 .598 56 98 6 4 3 0 5 *2
2006 25 ARI NL 61 213 184 19 51 9 0 6 32 0 0 22 39 .277 .349 .424 .773 94 78 5 1 1 5 4 2
2007 26 ARI NL 110 380 326 37 82 20 0 13 47 0 1 40 67 .252 .342 .433 .775 94 141 9 7 3 4 3 2/37
2008 27 ARI NL 115 404 334 47 79 22 1 16 64 0 0 56 101 .237 .348 .452 .800 103 151 7 4 5 5 5 *2
2009 28 ARI NL 61 202 165 20 33 7 0 6 22 0 0 32 47 .200 .333 .352 .685 78 58 5 2 1 2 4 2/3D
2010 29 TOT NL 105 376 319 34 66 9 0 15 48 0 0 52 94 .207 .320 .376 .696 86 120 11 2 1 2 10 2
2010 29 ARI NL 65 234 195 22 45 8 0 10 32 0 0 36 61 .231 .352 .426 .778 105 83 5 1 1 1 6 2
2010 29 PIT NL 40 142 124 12 21 1 0 5 16 0 0 16 33 .169 .268 .298 .566 54 37 6 1 0 1 4 2
2011 30 PIT NL 34 119 96 13 26 3 0 3 17 0 1 17 23 .271 .376 .396 .772 118 38 2 1 2 3 0 2
2012 31 HOU NL 76 258 221 23 39 8 0 7 24 0 0 33 70 .176 .295 .308 .602 65 68 5 4 0 0 4 2/3
2013 32 BAL AL 3 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
10 Yrs 709 2444 2074 227 466 98 1 77 298 0 3 307 554 .225 .329 .384 .713 85 797 50 25 16 22 36
162 Game Avg. 162 558 474 52 106 22 0 18 68 0 1 70 127 .225 .329 .384 .713 85 182 11 6 4 5 8
ARI (7 yrs) 556 1916 1626 179 379 86 1 62 240 0 2 239 427 .233 .335 .402 .737 88 653 37 19 14 18 28
PIT (2 yrs) 74 261 220 25 47 4 0 8 33 0 1 33 56 .214 .317 .341 .658 82 75 8 2 2 4 4
BAL (1 yr) 3 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 36 1 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 76 258 221 23 39 8 0 7 24 0 0 33 70 .176 .295 .308 .602 65 68 5 4 0 0 4
NL (9 yrs) 706 2435 2067 227 465 98 1 77 297 0 3 305 553 .225 .329 .385 .714 85 796 50 25 16 22 36
AL (1 yr) 3 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 36 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 ARI NL 29 110 0 -1 0 2 2 4 0.3 3 7 0.7 .512 .502 0.5 0.4 5 2
2005 24 ARI NL 115 373 -20 -1 -1 3 7 -12 -1.3 12 -1 -0.2 .489 .492 -0.5 0.9 -4 $318,000 *2
2006 25 ARI NL 61 213 -3 -2 -1 -3 4 -4 -0.4 7 2 0.2 .493 .497 0.5 0.0 6 $341,000 2
2007 26 ARI NL 110 380 -3 -3 -1 8 6 7 0.7 12 19 1.8 .507 .504 1.0 1.4 11 $400,000 2/37
2008 27 ARI NL 115 404 -1 -2 -0 3 7 7 0.6 13 20 1.8 .506 .504 1.5 0.9 16 $1,875,000 *2
2009 28 ARI NL 61 202 -4 -2 -0 -4 3 -7 -0.8 6 -1 -0.2 .488 .495 0.2 -0.1 3 $2,000,000 2/3D
2010 29 ARI NL 65 234 -0 -0 -1 -4 4 -2 -0.2 7 6 0.5 .498 .499 0.9 -0.1 10 $5,250,000 2
2010 29 PIT NL 40 142 -9 -1 -1 1 2 -7 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .480 .495 -0.5 0.3 -4 2
2011 30 PIT NL 34 119 3 -1 -0 -1 2 3 0.3 4 7 0.7 .510 .502 0.8 0.1 8 $6,250,000 2
2012 31 HOU NL 76 258 -11 -2 -0 -3 4 -12 -1.3 8 -4 -0.5 .483 .492 -0.3 0.2 -1 $750,000 2/3
2013 32 BAL AL 3 9 -1 -0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 /2
10 Seasons 709 2444 -49 -14 -5 3 40 -24 -2.9 76 52 4.5 .496 .499 4.1 4.2 49 $17,184,000
ARI (7 yrs) 556 1916 -31 -10 -3 5 32 -8 -1.1 60 52 4.6 .499 .499 4.1 3.5 47 $10,184,000
PIT (2 yrs) 74 261 -6 -1 -1 0 4 -4 -0.5 8 4 0.3 .494 .499 0.3 0.4 4 $6,250,000
BAL (1 yr) 3 9 -1 -0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1
HOU (1 yr) 76 258 -11 -2 -0 -3 4 -12 -1.3 8 -4 -0.5 .483 .492 -0.3 0.2 -1 $750,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 26 ARI NL NLDS CHC W 3 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 2 0 0 0 0
2007 26 ARI NL NLCS COL L 3 13 12 1 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .333 .385 .750 1.135 9 1 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 6 21 19 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 6 .263 .333 .526 .860 10 3 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 2 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 13 12 1 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .333 .385 .750 1.135 9 1 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2004 ARI NL 23 C 29 27 27 247.1 232 213 19 0 2 1.000 -1 2 -5 11 8.44 8.00 .993 7.45 7.40 3 10 13 6 32% 28% 0
2005 ARI NL 24 C 113 105 75 915.2 725 679 44 2 0 .997 -3 3 -4 4 7.11 6.40 .992 7.26 7.16 7 41 46 17 27% 29% 1
2006 ARI NL 25 C 60 55 50 495.0 431 394 35 2 6 .995 4 -3 10 -7 7.80 7.15 .992 7.37 7.32 6 19 21 17 45% 28% 0
2007 ARI NL 26 C 106 103 82 891.1 781 722 58 1 9 .999 7 8 9 11 7.88 7.36 .991 7.39 7.36 9 28 52 29 36% 25% 2
2007 ARI NL 26 1B 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 0.50 .990 9.00 9.15
2007 ARI NL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2007 ARI NL 26 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
2008 ARI NL 27 C 112 106 95 922.2 847 777 70 0 5 1.000 4 3 5 4 8.26 7.56 .993 7.65 7.60 7 30 49 22 31% 27% 0
2009 ARI NL 28 C 56 51 42 436.0 384 363 21 0 1 1.000 -4 -4 -11 -10 7.93 6.86 .993 7.77 7.70 3 27 26 8 24% 29% 1
2009 ARI NL 28 1B 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.00 .990 9.22 9.20
2009 ARI NL 28 DH 1 1
2010 TOT NL 29 C 101 96 82 839.1 741 679 58 4 2 .995 -4 -3 -6 -4 7.90 7.30 .992 8.05 7.97 6 36 63 19 23% 29% 0
2010 ARI NL 29 C 61 58 53 517.1 444 411 32 1 1 .998 -4 -4 -9 -9 7.71 7.26 .992 8.05 7.97 5 24 47 12 20% 29% 0
2010 PIT NL 29 C 40 38 29 322.0 297 268 26 3 1 .990 0 1 0 4 8.22 7.35 .992 8.05 7.97 1 12 16 7 30% 29% 0
2011 PIT NL 30 C 33 30 27 265.2 218 201 17 0 1 1.000 -1 -1 -5 -5 7.39 6.61 .992 7.98 7.96 5 9 17 6 26% 28% 0
2012 HOU NL 31 C 72 67 61 591.0 540 498 39 3 5 .994 -5 -3 -10 -6 8.18 7.46 .992 8.36 8.26 3 29 60 17 22% 27% 0
2012 HOU NL 31 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 0 -324 0 0.00 0.00 .990 9.00 9.20
2013 BAL AL 32 C 2 2 1 18.0 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 1 1 48 73 7.00 7.00 .992 8.35 8.30 0 1 1 2 67% 25% 0
10 Seasons C 684 642 542 5622.0 4913 4538 363 12 32 .998 -2 5 -0 1 7.85 7.17 .992 7.67 7.61 49 230 348 143 29% 27% 4
3 Seasons 1B 4 0 0 7.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0 0 -46 0 2.57 0.50 .990 9.13 9.18
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
10 Seasons TOT 689 642 542 5630.0 4916 4540 363 13 32 .997 -3 5 -1 0 7.84 7.12 .992 7.67 7.61 49 230 348 143 29% 27% 4
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
Active  684 (15th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
Active  4,538 (15th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2007 NL  58 (5th)
2008 NL  70 (3rd)
Active  363 (10th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (2nd)
Active  32 (20th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  7 (3rd)
2007 NL  9 (4th)
2008 NL  7 (3rd)
Active  49 (7th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2010 NL  63 (4th)
Active  348 (14th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2007 NL  29 (2nd)
Active  143 (17th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2006 NL  44.7 (2nd)
2007 NL  35.8 (3rd)
2008 NL  31.0 (5th)
Active  29.1 (23rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2006 NL  4 (4th)
2007 NL  7 (3rd)
2008 NL  4 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2007 NL  7.88 (3rd)
2008 NL  8.26 (5th)
Active  7.85 (8th)
Career  7.85 (12th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2007 NL  7.36 (3rd)
2008 NL  7.56 (3rd)
Active  7.17 (7th)
Career  7.17 (11th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2005 NL  .997 (3rd)
2007 NL  .999 (1st)
2008 NL  1.000 (1st)
Active  .998 (1st)
Career  .998 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2169), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2079), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (293rd), 4.4 career WAR/5.6 7yr-peak WAR/5.0 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Tim Laudner (969)
  2. Kelly Stinnett (964)
  3. Bob Tillman (953)
  4. Barry Foote (950)
  5. Rick Wilkins (946)
  6. Elrod Hendricks (945)
  7. Charlie O'Brien (943)
  8. Henry Blanco (938)
  9. Damon Berryhill (936)
  10. Ozzie Virgil (934)
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  1. Ron Karkovice (976)
  2. Tim Laudner (969)
  3. Wes Westrum (958)
  4. Dave Valle (951)
  5. Steve Yeager (948)
  6. Scott Servais (947)
  7. Rick Wilkins (945)
  8. Jason LaRue (940)
  9. Les Moss (937)
  10. Andy Etchebarren (936)
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  1. George Mitterwald (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. George Mitterwald (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Miguel Olivo (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. John Roseboro (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ron Karkovice (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tim Laudner (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ron Karkovice (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
200524Arizona Diamondbacks$318,000
200625Arizona Diamondbacks$341,000
200726Arizona Diamondbacks$400,000
200827Arizona Diamondbacks$1,875,000
200928Arizona Diamondbacks$2,000,000
201029Arizona Diamondbacks$5,250,000
201130Pittsburgh Pirates$6,250,000 $3M paid by Arizona Diamondbacks
201231Houston Astros$750,000contracts
Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,184,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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