Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame 2025 Inductees: Gerry Snyder

On June 7th, six new members will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario, bringing the total number of inductees to 167.

Canadian citizenship is not required for induction into the hall, as the list of inductees includes men and women who have made an impact on baseball in or for this country, from various aspects, including playing, coaching, volunteering, umpiring, writing, and everything in between. To be inducted, one must be nominated and then receive a sufficient number of votes from the selection committee.

Gerry Snyder – Montreal, Quebec

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame honours Gerry Snyder, a Montreal politician who had a significant impact on baseball in Canada until he died in 2007. He was instrumental in bringing Major League Baseball to Montreal in 1969 and used his position to help the sport grow in other ways over the next few decades as well.

Snyder worked tirelessly to grow the sport of baseball in Canada, doing most of the legwork that led to the city being granted the expansion Expos. He obtained the backing of former Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley, who could vouch for Montreal’s baseball market based on the city’s place as a Dodgers triple-A affiliate up until 1960. He also recruited eventual owner Charles Bronfman, along with John McHale, who would become Expos president. It’s fair to say that nobody had more of an impact on the arrival of the Expos than Snyder.