Brian Schneider
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| New York Mets — No. 23[1] | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: November 26, 1976 | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| May 26, 2000 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Batting average | .254 |
| Home runs | 47 |
| Runs batted in | 301 |
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Brian Duncan Schneider (born November 26, 1976 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Mets.
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[edit] Baseball career
Schneider played high school baseball at Northampton Area High School in Northampton, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania's highly competitive East Penn Conference (now known as the Lehigh Valley Conference).
He debuted in the major leagues in 2000 after being drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1995. During the 2004 season, Schneider posted career highs in hits, home runs, and runs batted in. Schneider also led the League in throwing out potential base-stealers in the 2004 season. Overall, from 2003 through 2005, he threw out 43.5 percent of would-be base stealers, the best mark in baseball over that three-year span.[2]Schneider was behind the plate catching Mike Bacsik when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th career home run on August 7, 2007. In 2007, he had the lowest range factor of all major league catchers, 6.46.
On November 30, 2007, Schneider was traded along with Ryan Church to the Mets for Lastings Milledge and Johnny Estrada.[3]
Schneider currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
[edit] Other
In 2008, Brian Schneider's Catching for Kids Foundation was established to support children and their participation in sports by providing funding and creative programming. The foundation strives to enable children of all backgrounds and physical abilities to enjoy the games they love.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Brian Schneider's official charity web site
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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