
New York N.L. Lifetime .275 BA
Attended St. Vincent'sCollege (Los Angeles, CA)
FRED SNODGRASSSnodgrass, Frederick Carlisle "Snow"b: 10/19/1887, Ventura, Cal. d: 4/5/74, Ventura, Cal.BR/TR, 5'11.5", 175 lbs. Deb: 6/4/08==============================================================================YEAR TM/L G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG------------------------------------------------------------------------------1908 NY-N 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .2501909 NY-N 28 70 10 21 5 0 1 6 7 .3001910 NY-N 123 396 69 127 22 8 2 44 71 52 .3211911 *NY-N 151 534 83 157 27 10 1 77 72 59 .2941912 *NY-N 146 535 91 144 24 9 3 69 70 65 .2691913 *NY-N 141 457 65 133 21 6 3 49 53 44 .2911914 NY-N 113 392 54 103 20 4 0 44 37 43 .2631915 NY-N 80 252 36 49 9 0 0 20 35 33 .194 Bos-N 23 79 10 22 2 0 0 9 7 9 .278 Yr 103 331 46 71 11 0 0 29 42 42 .2151916 Bos-N 112 382 33 95 13 5 1 32 34 54 .249------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 9 923 3101 453 852 143 42 11 351 386 ?359 .275 Fred Snodgrass had a very eventful World Series when the NY Giants played the Boston Red Sox in the 1912 Fall Classic.The events took place in the deciding 7th game. In a superbly pitched game (Christy Mathewsonvs.Smokey Joe Wood), the Giants in the top of the 10th inning scored the go-ahead run andwere 3 outs away from taking the series. In the bottom of the 10th,Clyde Engle lifteda fly ball to centerfield that was dropped by Snodgrass. Harry Hooper, the next batter, hit a screaming line drivethat looked like it was going to be an extra base hit, but was spectacularly grabbed for an out by Snodgrass. AfterMathewson walked the next batter (Yerkes),Tris Speaker came up and hit a foul pop upto the 1st base side. Mathewson called off the first baseman,Fred Merkle, who was closestto the ball, and shouted forChief Meyers, the catcher, to make the play. Meyers couldnot reach it in time and Speaker hit the next pitch for a single to score Engle with the tying run. Boston wenton to score the winning run and claim the championship. Snodgrass was called by the NY papers the 'goat' of theseries but one could argue that Mathewson was the real 'goat'.
Memories don't fade away easily in baseball. In 1914, during an exhibition game between the same two teams,Snodgrass was taunted, heckled, thrown at, and finally, was attempted to be tossed from the game by none otherthan Boston's Mayor Curley. The Giants were beating the Red Sox badly in this game and the Red Sox pitcher, Tyler,decided that Snodgrass was the perfect victim for target practice. According to Snodgrass, (as told to author LawrenceS. Ritter in the classic book on this era of baseball,The Glory Of Their Times), Tyler threw at hishead 4 consecutive times and further insulted Snodgrass by mimicking Snodgrass dropping a fly ball. After the Giantstook the field in the next half-inning, the Boston fans who were stationed behind ropes in the outfield, were "all-over"Snodgrass. Snodgrass, in response, said that he thumbed his nose to them. Mayor Curley, also in attendance, wasincensed at Snodgrass' reaction and, together with a Boston police officer, came onto the field and demanded toUmpire Bill Klem that Snodgrass be thrown out of the game because he insulted the Boston fans. To his credit, Klemdid not cave in to the Mayor and Snodgrass stayed in the game. |