finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2004 right new britain , connecticut 2002 august 18 .203 1 4 first baseman / third baseman boston red sox batting average home runs runs batted in april 28 6 may 1976 earl snyder
 cleveland indians earl snyder right
earl snyder

earl clifford snyder -lrb- born may 6 , 1976 in new britain , connecticut -rrb- 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 .
he was drafted in the 1998 major league baseball draft in the 36th round by the new york mets , but only reached the triple-a level with them .
on december 13 , , 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 -lrb- snyder and traber -rrb- to cleveland in exchange for all-star roberto alomar , mike bacsik and danny peoples .
after playing the season with both the indians and triple-a buffalo bisons , snyder was claimed off waivers by the boston red sox on january 17 , .
he was an il all-star and an il postseason all-star in 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 .
snyder played for the durham bulls , the triple-a affiliate of the tampa bay devil rays in .
he played in the minor leagues for the cincinnati reds in and part of , 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 yardley , pennsylvania .
