Chris Snyder
Christopher Ryan Snyder
 
 
Born: February 12, 1981 in Houston, TX
32 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 6'4" Wt: 245
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2002 - (Round 2)
- High School: Spring Woods (Houston, TX)
- College/Univ: University of Houston (2000-2002)

Comparison

Comparison
Catchers
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Ivan Rodriguez
1991 - 2011
C
68.3
PEDi
 
53.8
28.7
0.0
14.2
2 Jorge Posada
1995 - 2011
C
42.7
 
48.4
2.1
0.0
7.8
3 Jason Kendall
1996 - 2010
C
41.5
 
40.1
13.2
0.0
11.8
4 Joe Mauer
2004 - 2013
C
40.8
 
41.5
3.2
0.0
4.0
5 Victor Martinez
2002 - 2013
C
26.3
 
31.0
-1.6
0.0
3.1
6 Jason Varitek
1997 - 2011
C
24.3
 
24.6
8.5
0.0
8.8
7 A.J. Pierzynski
1998 - 2013
C
22.8
 
24.7
8.0
0.0
9.9
8 Yadier Molina
2004 - 2013
C
22.3
 
13.2
15.3
0.0
6.2
9 Russell Martin
2006 - 2013
C
22.2
 
18.3
9.6
0.0
5.7
10 Brian McCann
2005 - 2013
C
21.9
 
22.6
4.8
0.0
5.5
11 Ramon Hernandez
1999 - 2013
C
21.4
 
21.2
8.2
0.0
8.1
12 Mike Napoli
2006 - 2013
C
19.0
 
21.1
-0.2
0.0
2.0
13 Brad Ausmus
1993 - 2010
C
16.4
 
8.5
18.3
0.0
10.5
14 Carlos Ruiz
2006 - 2013
C
16.0
 
13.0
7.1
0.0
4.0
15 Gregg Zaun
1995 - 2010
C
13.8
PEDm
 
13.8
5.8
0.0
5.8
16 Kurt Suzuki
2007 - 2013
C
12.1
 
10.1
6.7
0.0
4.7
17 Miguel Montero
2006 - 2013
C
10.9
 
11.4
3.1
0.0
3.6
18 Bengie Molina
1998 - 2010
C
10.7
 
9.2
8.9
0.0
7.4
19 Chris Iannetta
2006 - 2013
C
9.9
 
9.8
3.4
0.0
3.2
20 Ryan Doumit
2005 - 2013
C
8.9
 
11.4
-0.7
0.0
1.8
21 Jason LaRue
1999 - 2010
C
8.8
 
5.1
8.2
0.0
4.5
22 Geovany Soto
2005 - 2013
C
8.7
 
10.2
2.1
0.0
3.5
23 Dave Ross
2002 - 2013
C
8.6
 
6.8
4.9
0.0
3.1
24 Kelly Shoppach
2005 - 2013
C
8.5
 
8.5
3.0
0.0
3.0
25 Miguel Olivo
2002 - 2013
C
8.2
 
8.6
5.3
0.0
5.7
26 Ryan Hanigan
2007 - 2013
C
7.0
 
5.3
3.9
0.0
2.2
27 Gerald Laird
2003 - 2013
C
6.8
 
5.1
5.7
0.0
4.0
28 Brian Schneider
2000 - 2012
C
6.7
 
5.0
7.1
0.0
5.4
29 John Jaso
2008 - 2013
C
6.6
 
7.6
-0.0
0.0
0.9
30 Mike Redmond
1998 - 2010
C
6.4
 
6.0
3.9
0.0
3.5
31 John Buck
2004 - 2013
C
5.5
 
10.4
0.9
0.0
5.8
32 Yorvit Torrealba
2001 - 2013
C
5.5
 
6.0
4.0
0.0
4.6
33 A.J. Ellis
2008 - 2013
C
5.3
 
5.3
1.4
0.0
1.4
34 Kenji Johjima
2006 - 2009
C
5.3
 
6.6
1.4
0.0
2.7
35 Ronny Paulino
2005 - 2012
C
5.2
PEDs
 
4.2
3.9
0.0
2.9
36 Jose Molina
1999 - 2013
C
5.0
 
2.2
7.0
0.0
4.3
37 Rod Barajas
1999 - 2012
C
4.9
 
5.4
5.6
0.0
6.0
38 Chris Snyder
2004 - 2013
C
4.4
 
4.1
4.2
0.0
3.8
39 Nick Hundley
2008 - 2013
C
4.0
 
3.9
2.4
0.0
2.3
40 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
2007 - 2013
C
3.7
 
6.0
0.2
0.0
2.4
41 Josh Bard
2002 - 2011
C
3.2
 
5.4
0.8
0.0
3.0
42 Ramon Castro
1999 - 2011
C
3.1
 
3.4
2.0
0.0
2.4
43 Francisco Cervelli
2008 - 2013
C
2.9
 
2.8
1.3
0.0
1.2
44 Michael Barrett
1998 - 2009
C
2.7
 
9.9
-2.2
0.0
5.0
45 Dioner Navarro
2004 - 2013
C
2.6
 
3.4
2.8
0.0
3.7
46 Chris Stewart
2006 - 2013
C
2.4
 
0.6
2.7
0.0
0.9
47 Jeff Mathis
2005 - 2013
C
2.0
 
-1.9
6.9
-0.0
3.0
48 John Baker
2008 - 2013
C
2.0
 
3.3
0.2
0.0
1.4
49 George Kottaras
2008 - 2013
C
2.0
 
2.9
0.2
0.0
1.1
50 Humberto Quintero
2003 - 2013
C
1.7
 
-1.7
5.5
0.0
2.2
 
  Chris Snyder
2004 - 2013
C
4.4
 
4.1
4.2
0.0
3.8
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