{{short description|American baseball player (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Earl Snyder |image=<!--only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, promo photos, etc., will be deleted - see WP:NONFREE--> |position=First baseman / Third baseman |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1976|5|6}} |birth_place=New Britain, Connecticut |death_date= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 28 |debutyear=2002 |debutteam=Cleveland Indians |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=August 18 |finalyear=2004 |finalteam=Boston Red Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.203 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=4 |teams= * Cleveland Indians ({{Baseball year|2002}}) * Boston Red Sox ({{Baseball year|2004}}) }}
'''Earl Clifford Snyder''' (born May 6, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball player who played in the Major Leagues for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. In his short time in the majors, Snyder played first base, third base, and designated hitter, but in the minors, he played third, first, outfield, shortstop, two games at designated hitter, and one game at second base.
The 6'0", 207 pound Snyder attended Plainville High School in Connecticut and attended the University of Hartford, where he played college baseball for the Hawks. While in college, he played for the Middletown Giants and Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. In 1996, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019}}</ref> He was drafted in the 1998 Major League Baseball draft in the 36th round by the New York Mets,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/earl-snyder.shtml |title = Earl Snyder - the Baseball Cube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=snydeea01 |title = Earl Snyder Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac}}</ref> but only reached the Triple-A level with them.
On December 13, {{Baseball year|2001}}, the Mets sent Snyder and Billy Traber to the Cleveland Indians, completing a deal in which the Mets traded Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan, and two players to be named (Snyder and Traber) to Cleveland in exchange for All-Star Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples.
After playing the {{mlby|2002}} season with both the Indians and Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, Snyder was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox on January 17, {{mlby|2003}}. He was an IL All-Star and an IL postseason All-Star in {{Baseball year|2004}} for the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. He also won the Player of the Week Award on May 3, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.soxprospects.com/players/snyder-earl.htm | title=Earl Snyder}}</ref>
Snyder played for the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in {{Baseball year|2005}}. He played in the minor leagues for the Cincinnati Reds in {{Baseball year|2006}} and part of {{Baseball year|2007}}, but played most of the 2007 season for the Charlotte Knights, the Triple-A team of the Chicago White Sox.
Snyder is right-handed and resides in Connecticut.
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