Earl Clifford Snyder (born May 6, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball player who played in the Major Leagues for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox.
While in college, he played for the Middletown Giants and Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
On December 13, 2001, the Mets sent Snyder and Billy Traber to the Cleveland Indians, completing a deal in which the Mets traded Matt Lawton, Alex Escobar, Jerrod Riggan, and two players to be named (Snyder and Traber) to Cleveland in exchange for All-Star Roberto Alomar, Mike Bacsik and Danny Peoples.
After playing the 2002 season with both the Indians and Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, Snyder was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox on January 17, 2003.
[4] Snyder played for the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005.