Entering his 50th straight season inside the Braves organization, Brian Snitker now knows the date of his induction into the club’s Hall of Fame.
The Braves will honor their longtime coach and manager on April 25 when they host the Phillies, the club announced during a Tuesday event at Truist Park. The game is scheduled for a 7:15 p.m. ET first pitch. Snitker will be the first Braves Hall of Fame inductee since the team added William Henry Wright in 2024.
Stepping down in October after 10 seasons as the club’s manager, Snitker, 70, is now serving in an advisory role in Atlanta. He took over as the interim manager in 2016 before earning the full-time job for 2017, amassing a .548 career win percentage and reaching the postseason seven times.
Snitker additionally won the World Series with the Braves in 2021 -- their first since 1995 -- and was named the National League Manager of the Year in 2018. He received votes as the NL’s top skipper seven total times, including three third-place finishes.
“Honestly, I never thought I’d manage one day in the Major Leagues, let alone 10 years,” Snitker said in October. “I never thought I’d hoist a [World Series] trophy. I never thought I’d be around a group of guys that makes this so special. It’s about the players and we’ve been fortunate here to have the greatest group of coaches and players.”
Snitker is a Braves lifer. Though he was drafted by the Cubs in 1976, he returned to the University of New Orleans for his senior season and later signed with Atlanta as a free agent. He bounced around the Minor Leagues as a catcher for a few seasons before beginning his coaching career in 1980.
Snitker spent the next 40-plus years managing different levels of the Braves’ farm system, as the third-base coach in the big leagues or as bullpen coach.
“We celebrate and honor not only one of the most accomplished managers in the history of our franchise, but also one of the finest people to ever wear the Braves uniform, Brian Snitker,” Braves CEO Terry McGuirk said. “You know, in an era where loyalty in professional sports is rare, Brian's story is remarkable.”