Jorge Posada

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: August 17, 1970 in Santurce, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL) and the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL).

High School: Colegio Alejandrino (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)

School: Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL)

Debut: September 4, 1995 (Age 25-018d, 16,771st in major league history)
vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2011 (Age 41-042d)
vs. TBR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Jorge Rafael Posada

Nicknames: Sado

Pronunciation: \hor-hay po-SAH-dah\

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Relatives: Nephew of Leo Posada

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

6092

1664

275

.273

900

RBI

1065

OBP

.374

SLG

.474

OPS

.848

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2009 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
2	2	Apr 8	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
4	5	Apr 11	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 13	NYY	@	TBR	L,5-15	GS	50	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
6	10 (2)	Apr 16	NYY		CLE	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	11	Apr 17	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	12	Apr 18	NYY		CLE	L,4-22	GS	58	9.0	11	2	0	13	0	C 1B
9	13	Apr 19	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
10	14	Apr 21	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
11	15	Apr 22	NYY		OAK	W,9-7	CG	58	14.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
12	17 (1)	Apr 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-16	CG	44	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
13	18	Apr 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	21 (2)	Apr 29	NYY	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
15	22	Apr 30	NYY		LAA	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	23	May 1	NYY		LAA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
17	24	May 2	NYY		LAA	L,4-8	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
18	48 (23)	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	49	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
20	50	May 31	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	GF	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	51	Jun 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	52	Jun 2	NYY		TEX	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
23	53	Jun 3	NYY		TEX	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
24	55 (1)	Jun 6	NYY		TBR	L,7-9	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	DH C
25	56	Jun 7	NYY		TBR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
26	57	Jun 8	NYY		TBR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
27	58	Jun 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
28	59	Jun 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
29	61 (1)	Jun 12	NYY		NYM	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	62	Jun 13	NYY		NYM	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
31	64 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		WSN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	65	Jun 17	NYY		WSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	66	Jun 18	NYY		WSN	L,0-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
34	67	Jun 19	NYY	@	FLA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	68	Jun 20	NYY	@	FLA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
36	69	Jun 21	NYY	@	FLA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
37	70	Jun 23	NYY	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
38	72 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	ATL	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	74 (1)	Jun 27	NYY	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	75	Jun 28	NYY	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
41	76	Jun 30	NYY		SEA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	77	Jul 1	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	80 (2)	Jul 4	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	CG	48	12.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
44	81	Jul 5	NYY		TOR	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	82	Jul 6	NYY		TOR	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	84 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
47	85	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
48	86	Jul 10	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-10	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
49	87	Jul 11	NYY	@	LAA	L,8-14	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	88	Jul 12	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
51	89	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
52	90	Jul 18	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	91	Jul 19	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
54	93 (1)	Jul 21	NYY		BAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	94	Jul 22	NYY		BAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
56	95	Jul 23	NYY		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	96	Jul 24	NYY		OAK	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
58	97	Jul 25	NYY		OAK	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
59	98	Jul 26	NYY		OAK	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	99	Jul 27	NYY	@	TBR	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	100	Jul 28	NYY	@	TBR	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	TBR	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
63	102	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
64	103	Jul 31	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-14	CG	48	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
67	106	Aug 4	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
68	108 (1)	Aug 6	NYY		BOS	W,13-6	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
69	109	Aug 7	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	GS	52	14.0	13	2	1	16	0	C
70	111 (1)	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	113 (1)	Aug 11	NYY		TOR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	114	Aug 12	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
73	116 (1)	Aug 14	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
74	118 (1)	Aug 16	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	119	Aug 17	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
76	120	Aug 18	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
77	122 (1)	Aug 21	NYY	@	BOS	W,20-11	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
78	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-14	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
79	125 (1)	Aug 25	NYY		TEX	L,9-10	CG	48	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
80	126	Aug 26	NYY		TEX	W,9-2	GS	30	7.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	130 (3)	Aug 30	NYY		CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	131	Aug 31	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	134 (1)	Sep 3	NYY	@	TOR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
85	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	TOR	L,0-6	GS	40	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
86	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
87	138 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		TBR	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
88	140 (1)	Sep 8	NYY		TBR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
89	141	Sep 9	NYY		TBR	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
90	142	Sep 11	NYY		BAL	L,4-10	GS	39	6.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	143	Sep 12	NYY		BAL	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
92	144	Sep 13	NYY		BAL	W,13-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	145	Sep 14	NYY		LAA	W,5-3	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	146	Sep 15	NYY		TOR	L,4-10	GS	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	150 (3)	Sep 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
96	152 (1)	Sep 22	NYY	@	LAA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	C
97	154 (1)	Sep 25	NYY		BOS	W,9-5	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
98	159 (4)	Sep 30	NYY		KCR	L,3-4	GS	35	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
99	160	Oct 2	NYY	@	TBR	L,4-13	GS	38	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
100	161	Oct 3	NYY	@	TBR	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							102gm		790.0	651	50	7	708	6