Snake Henry

{{short description|American baseball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Snake Henry

|position=First baseman

|image=Snake henry minors newspaper.png

|caption=Snake Henry with a minor league team, circa 1917.

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{birth date|1895|7|19}}

|birth_place=Waynesville, North Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1987|10|12|1895|7|19}}

|death_place=Wendell, North Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 15

|debutyear=1922

|debutteam=Boston Braves

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 14

|finalyear=1923

|finalteam=Boston Braves

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.187

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=7

|teams=

• Boston Braves ({{baseball year|1922}}–{{baseball year|1923}})

}}

Frederick Marshall "Snake" Henry (July 19, 1895 – October 12, 1987) was a major league baseball first baseman and minor league manager.

Henry played in a total of twenty nine games for the Boston Braves during the {{Baseball year|1922}} and {{Baseball year|1923}} seasons. He compiled a .187 batting average with four doubles, one triple, and seven runs batted in.

Henry's greatest achievements in baseball were in the minor leagues where he compiled 3384 career hits (fifth all time in minor league history), 675 doubles, and 200 triples (both ranking him second all time).

He also saw service as a minor league manager including an explosive stint with the Kinston Eagles in {{Baseball year|1939}}. During that year, Henry physically attacked an umpire on the field after a close play at third. The assault included a knee to the groin, shoving and much swearing. It precipitated a near riot from the fans, and a one-year suspension for Henry.