He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1986 to 1994 for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles Dodgers, earning a total of $5.7 million.

Snyder grew up in Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California,[4] and started playing baseball when he was 6 or 7 years old.

He batted .321 for the season, belting a league-record 22 home runs, including homers in four consecutive at-bats on July 7–8.

In May 1986, while playing for the Maine Guides, Snyder was sued after an incident where he threw his bat towards the backstop, but due to pine tar in his hands, it flew into the stands and hit two women sitting in the front row, breaking one of their noses and cracking the dental plate and bloodying the lip of the other.

[17] On December 4, 1990, the Cleveland Indians traded Snyder to the Chicago White Sox for pitchers Eric King and Shawn Hillegas.

[5] In July 1991, the White Sox traded Snyder to the Toronto Blue Jays for Shawn Jeter and a player to be named later.

[1] In March 1995, he was signed by the San Diego Padres to a contract with Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League.

[26] In March 2006, Snyder received a 10-day assignment to assist in coaching the minor league players of the Cleveland Indians.

[29] He managed Pericos de Puebla in the Mexican League, leading the team to their first championship in 30 years by defeating the Tijuana Toros.

In February 2019, Snyder became Director of Public Relations for the Orem Owlz, a Minor League Baseball team.

[32] Snyder and his wife Tina have been married since 1985 and have six children, Ashley, Amberley, JC, Taylor, Aubrey, and Autumn.

[33] They are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Snyder does not drink alcohol due to his religion.

[35] Amberley Snyder, involved in professional barrel racing, was paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident in January 2010 when she was 18 years old.