Wilbur Snapp
| Wilbur Snapp | |
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Wilbur Snapp in 1985
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| Born | August 5, 1920 Champaign County, Ohio |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. South Pasadena, Florida |
| Instruments | Organ |
Wilbur Snapp (August 5, 1920 – September 6, 2003) was a self-taught American musician who played the organ for the Clearwater Phillies, a minor-league baseball team, and for the Philadelphia Phillies in spring training, over a period of 20 years.
Snapp served in the Army Air Forces in World War II; he married his wife Janice in 1942. Despite being unable to read sheet music, Snapp taught himself to play the organ at age 35;[1] upon his retirement from operating a music store in Ohio, he moved to Florida and became a ballpark organist for the Clearwater Phillies.[2]
On June 26, 1985 he was ejected from a game at the Jack Russell Stadium for playing "Three Blind Mice" in response to what he thought was a bad call from the umpire, Kevin O'Connor.[3] The umpire pointed up to Snapp, who was sitting at his organ behind first base, then thumbed him out of the game.[1]
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- 1920 births
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- American military personnel of World War II
- American organists
- People from Springfield, Ohio
- People from Pinellas County, Florida
- Stadium organists
- United States Air Force personnel
- People from Champaign County, Ohio
- Musicians from Ohio
- 20th-century American musicians
