Brian Schneider
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| Washington Nationals — No. 23 | |
| Catcher | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| May 26, 2000 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
|
| Batting average | .256 |
| Home runs | 41 |
| Runs batted in | 240 |
| Former teams | |
Brian Duncan Schneider (born November 26, 1976 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball catcher. He is currently the starting catcher for the Washington Nationals.
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 2000 after being drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1995.
During the 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 2003 through 2005, he threw out 43.5 percent of would-be base stealers, the best mark in baseball over that three-year span. [1].
Schneider was injured for most of the season. Though he was expected to become one of the better hitting catchers in the game in 2005 because of a .268 average, an impressive average for a catcher, Schneider has struggled through the season with a .238 average with little to no power and no ability to hit to the opposite field, as well as catching for a Nationals team with a 4.82 ERA.
