J.T. Snow

Full Name: Jack Thomas Snow	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: September 20, 1992
Birthdate: February 26, 1968	MLB Experience: 15 years
Birthplace: Long Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

J.T. Snow (Jack Thomas Snow) was born on February 26, 1968 in Long Beach, California. He made his Major League debut on September 20, 1992 for the New York Yankees. In 1993, his rookie year, he hit .241 with 16 home runs and 57 RBI. Snow played for the New York Yankees, California Angels, San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 15 year career.

Most people believe that J.T. Snow's best season was 1997, when he slugged 28 home runs, hit for a .281 average and knocked in 104 runs.

Snow is a first baseman who strikes out a lot, but doesn't have the power associated with high K-rates or first base. He has topped 20 HR just 3 times in his 14 year career. And he has managed just 30 doubles 3 times as well. He does draw a lot of walks, howerver, so he does usually end up with a respectable OBP to go with his mediocre AVG and SLG. He's best known for his defense. He has great range and good hands and is considered one of the best defensive first basemen of his generation.

Snow spent the bulk of his career with the Giants. In 9 seasons with the club he became a fan favorite. After his tank dried up and he had nothing left to offer a team, he signed with the Boston Red Sox as a free agent. In recent years the Red Sox have taken a liking to useless defensive first basemen like Snow, John Olerud, and Doug Mientkiewicz

Snow wears the number 84 in honor of his father, Jack Snow, a former wide receiver.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1992	NY	A	7	14	1	2	0	2	.143	.368	.214	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	1	0
1993	CAL	A	129	419	60	101	16	57	.241	.328	.408	18	2	55	88	2	7	3	4	10
1994	CAL	A	61	223	22	49	8	30	.220	.289	.345	4	0	19	48	3	2	0	1	2
1995	CAL	A	143	544	80	157	24	102	.289	.353	.465	22	1	52	91	3	5	2	4	16
1996	CAL	A	155	575	69	148	17	67	.257	.327	.384	20	1	56	96	5	2	1	6	19
1997	SF	N	157	531	81	149	28	104	.281	.387	.510	36	1	96	124	1	2	6	13	8
1998	SF	N	138	435	65	108	15	79	.248	.332	.423	29	1	58	84	0	0	1	3	12
1999	SF	N	161	570	93	156	24	98	.274	.370	.451	25	2	86	121	5	1	0	7	16
2000	SF	N	155	536	82	152	19	96	.284	.365	.459	33	2	66	129	11	0	1	6	20
2001	SF	N	101	285	43	70	8	34	.246	.371	.379	12	1	55	81	4	0	0	10	2
2002	SF	N	143	422	47	104	6	53	.246	.344	.360	26	2	59	90	7	0	0	5	11
2003	SF	N	103	330	48	90	8	51	.273	.387	.418	18	3	55	55	8	1	1	0	7
2004	SF	N	107	346	62	113	12	60	.327	.429	.529	32	1	58	61	7	2	4	0	5
2005	SF	N	117	367	40	101	4	40	.275	.343	.365	17	2	32	61	7	2	1	1	6
2006	BOS	A	38	44	5	9	0	4	.205	.340	.205	0	0	8	8	1	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		1182	3822	561	1043	124	615	.273	.369	.438	228	15	565	806	50	8	14	45	87
Total	AL		533	1819	237	466	65	262	.256	.331	.404	65	4	195	336	14	16	6	16	48
Total			1715	5641	798	1509	189	877	.268	.357	.427	293	19	760	1142	64	24	20	61	135

Fielding Stats[]

Won a Gold Glove in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1992	NY	A	1B	6	4	39	43	2	0	7	0	1.000
1992	NY	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1993	CAL	A	1B	129	119	1059	1010	81	6	103	0	.995
1994	CAL	A	1B	61	60	540.1	489	37	2	57	0	.996
1995	CAL	A	1B	143	143	1249	1161	57	4	105	0	.997
1996	CAL	A	1B	154	149	1339	1274	103	10	134	1	.993
1997	SF	N	1B	156	151	1333.1	1308	108	7	133	0	.995
1998	SF	N	1B	136	113	1037	1040	94	1	99	0	.999
1999	SF	N	1B	160	150	1344.1	1221	122	6	123	1	.996
2000	SF	N	1B	153	144	1273.1	1198	92	6	135	0	.995
2001	SF	N	1B	92	80	695	658	47	1	76	0	.999
2002	SF	N	1B	135	111	1015	939	78	7	104	0	.993
2003	SF	N	1B	97	93	812.1	814	74	5	82	0	.994
2004	SF	N	1B	100	88	793	801	55	4	69	0	.995
2005	SF	N	1B	108	96	825.2	814	57	3	62	0	.997
2006	BOS	A	1B	26	7	102.1	86	9	1	9	0	.990
2006	BOS	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1656	1508	13457.2	12856	1016	63	1298	2	.995

Transactions[]

Selected by New York Yankees in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 11, 1989).
Traded by New York Yankees with Jerry Nielsen and Russ Springer to California Angels in exchange for Jim Abbott (December 6, 1992).
Traded by Anaheim Angels to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (November 26, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (December 7, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 9, 2006).
Released by Boston Red Sox (June 19, 2006).