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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 5	NYY	@	OAK	W,9-7	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
2	5	Apr 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
3	6	Apr 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,13-7	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	7	Apr 8	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	10 (2)	Apr 12	NYY		OAK	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
6	11	Apr 15	NYY		ANA	W,6-3	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
7	12	Apr 17	NYY	@	DET	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
8	14 (1)	Apr 19	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
9	15	Apr 20	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	16	Apr 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	19 (2)	Apr 25	NYY		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	23 (3)	Apr 30	NYY		SEA	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	24	May 1	NYY	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
14	25	May 2	NYY	@	KCR	W,12-6	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	26	May 3	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
16	28 (1)	May 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,15-13	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	29	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	31 (1)	May 10	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	34 (2)	May 14	NYY		TEX	L,5-7	CG	60	13.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
20	35	May 15	NYY		MIN	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
21	36	May 16	NYY		MIN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	37	May 17	NYY		MIN	W,4-0	CG	27	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
23	38	May 19	NYY		BAL	W,9-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
24	39	May 20	NYY		BAL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	41 (1)	May 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	42	May 23	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	44 (1)	May 25	NYY	@	CHW	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	46 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,9-12	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	47	May 28	NYY		BOS	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
30	49 (1)	May 30	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
31	50	May 31	NYY		BOS	L,7-13	GF	14	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	51	Jun 1	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	52	Jun 2	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	53	Jun 3	NYY		TBD	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
35	56 (2)	Jun 6	NYY		FLA	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	59 (2)	Jun 10	NYY	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	62 (2)	Jun 15	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	63	Jun 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	65 (1)	Jun 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
40	67 (1)	Jun 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
41	68	Jun 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
42	70 (1)	Jun 23	NYY		ATL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
43	73 (2)	Jun 26	NYY	@	NYM	W,8-4	GS	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B C
44	74	Jun 27	NYY	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
45	75	Jun 28	NYY	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	8	2	0	10	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	78 (2)	Jul 2	NYY		PHI	W,9-8	CG	49	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	80 (1)	Jul 4	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
48	85 (4)	Jul 12	NYY	@	TBD	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
49	86	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
50	88 (1)	Jul 15	NYY	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	90 (1)	Jul 17	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	93 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	64	17.0	5	4	0	9	0	C
53	96 (2)	Jul 22	NYY		DET	W,13-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	98 (1)	Jul 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	99	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
56	101 (1)	Jul 29	NYY	@	ANA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	102	Jul 30	NYY	@	ANA	W,3-0	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
58	103	Jul 31	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	104	Aug 1	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	105	Aug 2	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
61	106	Aug 3	NYY	@	OAK	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
62	107	Aug 4 (1)	NYY	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	108	Aug 4 (2)	NYY	@	OAK	W,10-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
64	109	Aug 5	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	111 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,14-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	112	Aug 8	NYY		KCR	W,14-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
67	113	Aug 9	NYY		KCR	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
68	114	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	115	Aug 11	NYY		MIN	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	117 (1)	Aug 13	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
71	119 (1)	Aug 15	NYY		TEX	L,5-16	CG	49	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
72	120	Aug 16	NYY		TEX	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
73	122 (1)	Aug 18	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
74	123	Aug 19	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
75	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
76	125	Aug 21	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	127 (1)	Aug 23	NYY	@	TEX	L,10-12	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	129 (1)	Aug 25	NYY		ANA	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
79	130	Aug 26 (1)	NYY		ANA	L,4-6	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
80	131	Aug 26 (2)	NYY		ANA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	133 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
82	135 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	136	Sep 1	NYY		OAK	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
84	137	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
85	138	Sep 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	140 (1)	Sep 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
87	141	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	143 (1)	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
89	146 (2)	Sep 12	NYY		TOR	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
90	148 (1)	Sep 14	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
91	149	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,4-9	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
92	151 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	TBD	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	152	Sep 18	NYY	@	BAL	W,15-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	154 (1)	Sep 20	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
95	155	Sep 21	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
96	157 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
97	159 (1)	Sep 24	NYY		TBD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
98	160	Sep 25	NYY		TBD	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
99	162 (1)	Sep 27	NYY		TBD	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							100gm		797.2	594	47	4	645	5