Brian Schneider retires

Brian Schneider announced his retirement from playing baseball in January 2013. He was a catcher with 13 seasons MLB experience playing with the Phillies, Mets, and Nationals\Expos. For his MLB career he hit .247/.320/.369 with 67 HR, 387 RBI, 284 R, 4 SB in 1048 games. He threw out 36% of the base runners that attempted to steal on him. He was originally drafted by the Expos in the fifth round in 1995 out of Northampton High School in Northampton, PA.