Russ Snyder

Russell Henry Snyder (born June 22, 1934) is an American former Major League Baseball player, who played as an outfielder for the Kansas City Athletics (1959–60), Baltimore Orioles (1961–67), Chicago White Sox (1968), Cleveland Indians (1968–69) and Milwaukee Brewers (1970). He batted left-handed, threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg). He was born in Oak, Nebraska. Snyder's professional baseball career began in 1953 in the New York Yankees' organization, when he led the Class D Sooner State League in batting average (.432) and hits (240) as a member of the McAlester Rockets. He played in the Yankee organization through 1958, and was traded to Kansas City on April 12, 1959. The Orioles acquired him in a seven-player trade in January 1961. He helped the Orioles win the 1966 World Series. In a 2013 retrospective on Snyder's time with the Orioles, the Baltimore Sun called him the "unsung hero of the '66 Series" and "a sharp-fielding outfielder ... whose glove served the team down the stretch" of the 1966 American League pennant race. In the September 22nd game that year versus the Athletics, Snyder made a diving catch to end the game and clinch the pennant for the Oriole