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). He played in the Yankee organization through 1958, and was traded to Kansas City on April 12, 1959, in a four-player deal. The Orioles acquired him in a seven-player trade in January 1961.\n', '

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 Orioles. Then, in the World Series opening game, "he saved two Dodgers runs with a dramatic lunging catch of John Roseboro\'s sinking liner" in centerfield, the Sun said.\n', '

He finished third in voting for the 1959 American League Rookie of the Year Award for playing in 73 games, with 243 at bats, 41 runs scored, 76 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, three home runs, 21 runs batted in, six stolen bases, 19 walks, a .313 batting average, .367 on-base percentage, .420 slugging percentage, along with 102 total bases and 3 sacrifice hits. In 1962, Snyder\'s .305 batting average led the Orioles that year and in 1966, his .347 batting average at the All-Star break led the American League. \n', '

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