Showing posts with label Jerry Snyder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry Snyder. Show all posts

Monday, August 31, 2015

Jerry Snyder Goes South

Jerry Snyder was an infielder for the Washington Senators in the fifties, until 1958. He'd hit below .200 in 1957, and started just 1-for-10 in 1958.

His Baseball Reference major league page ends things there, though his minor league page has his career continuing in Miami for a couple of years before going to the Dodgers system. How he got to Miami is covered with a short line in an article in the May 15, 1958 Gazette and Daily from York, PA:

"Senators Sold infielder Jerry Snyder to Miami"

Right to the point! This was part of a larger group of cutdowns mentioned in the article. Miami was a Phillies affiliate at that point, and transferred to Baltimore in 1959.

Snyder goes to the Dodgers chain in 1960, but I have not been able to find how that occured.