Chubby Snyder

Alfred Joseph "Chubby" Snyder (August 20, 1890 – March 24, 1954), born Alfred Joseph Schneider, was a Danish and German American professional baseball player who played one game with the Major League Baseball (MLB) Buffalo Buffeds. In that game, Snyder had one plate appearance where he walked. Before playing in the MLB, Snyder played semi-professional baseball in his home-town of Buffalo, New York. Later in his life he served in World War I and worked as a contractor.

Chubby Snyder
Catcher
Born: (1890-08-20)August 20, 1890
Buffalo, New York
Died: March 24, 1954(1954-03-24) (aged 63)
Buffalo, New York
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown
MLB debut
1914, for the Buffalo Buffeds
Last MLB appearance
1914, for the Buffalo Buffeds
MLB statistics
Plate appearances1
Bases on balls1
Hits0
Teams

Early life

Alfred Joseph Schneider, commonly known as "Chubby Snyder", was born on August 20, 1890 in Buffalo, New York to Frank and Margret Schneider both of New York.[1][2] Frank Schneider was of Danish and German ancestry, while Margret Schneider was full German.[1] Frank Schneider worked as a contractor.[1] Chubby Snyder had two siblings, a sister, Willis Maischoss (née) Schneider and a brother, Frank L. Schneider.[3]

Baseball career

Before 1914, Snyder played semi-professional baseball in his home-town of Buffalo, New York.[3] In 1914, Snyder joined the Major League Baseball (MLB) Buffalo Buffeds of the short-lived Federal League.[3] Until 2010, Jack Snyder who played with the Brooklyn Robins in 1917 was credited as playing for the Buffeds in 1914.[3] Members of the Society for American Baseball Research discovered that it was in fact Chubby Snyder.[2][3] He played just one game with Buffalo that season.[2] In that game, Snyder made one plate appearance in which he drew a walk.[2] Defensively, he played catcher.[2] Snyder emerged in 1916 as a member a semi-pro baseball team called Pine Ridge.[4]

Later life

After his baseball career was over, Snyder served in World War I.[3] He later became a member of the Niagara Falls Rotary Club.[3] Snyder worked as a contractor and was a member of the National Association of Tile and Marble Contractors.[3] He attended St. John de LaSalle Church.[3] On March 24, 1954 he died at Millard Fillmore Hospital in Buffalo, New York.[2][3]

References
  1. "1930 United States Census". U.S. Census Bureau. U.S. Federal Government. 1930. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. "Chubby Snyder Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. Carle, Bill. "New Player Discovered" (PDF). SABR Biographical Research Committee. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. "Silver Creek Team Beaten At Buffalo". Dunkirk Evening Observer. 3 July 1916. p. 8.
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