Brian Schneider

Infobox MLB player
name=Brian Schneider


width=250
position=Catcher
team=New York Mets
number=23 [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071220&content_id=2334937&vkey=hotstove2007&fext=.jsp The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Major League Baseball News ] ]
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1976|11|26
debutdate=May 26
debutyear=2000
debutteam=Montreal Expos
statyear=July 30, 2008
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.252
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=49
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=314
teams=
*Montreal Expos (by|2000-by|2004)
*Washington Nationals (by|2005-by|2007)
*New York Mets (by|2008-present)

Brian Duncan Schneider (born November 26, 1976 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball catcher for the New York Mets.

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 by|2000 after being drafted by the Montreal Expos in by|1995. During the by|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 by|2003 through by|2005, he threw out 43.5 percent of would-be base stealers, the best mark in baseball over that three-year span. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/11/AR2006091101253.html.] Schneider was behind the plate catching Mike Bacsik when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th career home run on August 7, by|2007. In 2007, he had the lowest range factor of all major league catchers, 6.46.

On November 30, 2007, along with Ryan Church, Schneider was traded by the Washington Nationals to the Mets for Lastings Milledge. [ [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071130&content_id=2314337&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym&partnered=rss_nym/ The Official Site of The New York Mets: News: New York Mets News ] ]

Brian hits especially well against the Philadelphia Phillies. His average against the Phillies is forty points higher than his career average. If he played the Phillies 162 games he would break every single season offensive record including: batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.

Schneider currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Charity

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.

References

External links

* [http://catchingforkids.com/ Brian Schneider's official charity web site]