Jorge Posada
Jorge Rafael (Villeta) Posada
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 17, 1971 in Santurce, P.R.
High School: Colegio Alejandrino (Guaynabo, PR)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1995
Relatives: Nephew of Leo Posada
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1995 NYY AL 23 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.60 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 24 C 4 2 24.1 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.03 4.75 .989 6.92 5.85 0 2 0 0
1996 NYY AL 24 DH 3
1997 NYY AL 25 C 60 52 479.1 393 367 23 3 3 .992 -6.0 -15.0 -6 7.32 6.50 .991 7.15 6.08 8 23 40 10 20%
1998 NYY AL 26 C 99 85 792.0 637 587 46 4 3 .994 7.0 10.6 7 7.19 6.39 .990 7.13 6.17 7 21 48 32 40%
1998 NYY AL 26 DH 6
1998 NYY AL 26 1B 1 1 5.2 8 7 1 0 2 1.000 0.4 84.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 12.71 8.00 .988 9.53 8.30
1999 NYY AL 27 C 109 98 885.2 756 705 46 5 7 .993 -4.0 -5.4 -4 7.63 6.89 .991 6.98 6.11 17 36 75 29 28%
1999 NYY AL 27 1B 1 1 8.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 5.62 5.00 1.000 9.45 8.30
1999 NYY AL 27 DH 1
2000 NYY AL 28 C 142 136 1182.0 955 892 56 7 7 .993 0.0 0.0 0 7.22 6.68 .991 6.93 6.02 11 41 70 34 33% AS,SS
2000 NYY AL 28 1B 12 8 68.0 72 63 8 1 6 .986 1.1 19.4 1.1 0.0 1.0 0 9.40 5.92 .993 9.37 8.17 AS,SS
2000 NYY AL 28 DH 4 AS,SS
2001 NYY AL 29 C 131 126 1111.2 1059 996 52 11 11 .990 -4.0 -4.3 -4 8.48 8.00 .990 7.17 6.12 18 41 94 37 28% AS,SS
2001 NYY AL 29 DH 6 AS,SS
2001 NYY AL 29 1B 2 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 7.00 3.50 1.000 9.40 8.25 AS,SS
2002 NYY AL 30 C 138 131 1191.2 1043 965 66 12 5 .988 -4.0 -4.0 -4 7.79 7.47 .993 6.96 6.16 7 49 76 31 29% AS,SS
2002 NYY AL 30 DH 5 AS,SS
2003 NYY AL 31 C 137 131 1165.0 1014 933 75 6 4 .994 1.0 1.0 1 7.79 7.36 .991 6.79 5.88 13 30 72 28 28% AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 NYY AL 31 DH 2 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 NYY AL 32 C 134 126 1102.1 897 835 53 9 13 .990 -3.0 -3.3 -3 7.25 6.63 .992 7.12 6.19 8 50 67 25 27%
2005 NYY AL 33 C 133 123 1076.2 797 718 76 3 6 .996 4.0 4.5 4 6.64 5.97 .992 6.80 5.96 8 32 90 39 30%
2005 NYY AL 33 DH 3
2006 NYY AL 34 C 134 121 1050.1 864 789 66 9 7 .990 6.0 6.9 6 7.33 6.38 .992 7.09 6.32 13 37 64 38 37%
2006 NYY AL 34 DH 2
2006 NYY AL 34 1B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 2 1.000 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 9.60 8.00
2007 NYY AL 35 C 138 125 1111.1 858 799 54 5 6 .994 -8.0 -8.6 -8 6.91 6.18 .991 7.28 6.41 13 52 102 32 24% AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 NYY AL 35 DH 5 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 NYY AL 35 1B 1 1 6.0 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 6.00 1.000 9.30 7.90 AS,MVP-6,SS
2008 NYY AL 36 C 30 28 234.1 205 197 7 1 1 .995 -4.0 -20.5 -4 7.83 6.80 .991 7.26 6.47 2 12 34 7 17%
2008 NYY AL 36 DH 15
2008 NYY AL 36 1B 7 3 31.0 25 25 0 0 2 1.000 -0.9 -34.8 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 7.26 3.57 .992 9.26 8.01
2009 NYY AL 37 C 100 88 785.0 703 648 48 7 6 .990 7.98 6.96 .992 7.48 6.63 8 80 31 28%
2009 NYY AL 37 DH 9 0 0 0
2009 NYY AL 37 1B 2 0 5.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 2.50 1.000 9.18 8.10 0 0 0
15 Seasons C 1490 1372 12192.2 10201 9449 670 82 79 .992 -15.0 -1.5 -15 7.47 6.79 .991 7.06 6.17 133 426 912 373 29%
12 Seasons DH 61 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1B 27 15 135.2 130 117 12 1 15 .992 -0.4 -3.5 -0.4 -1.3 0.8 0 8.56 4.78 .994 9.35 8.12 0 0 0
15 Seasons TOT 1517 1387 12328.1 10331 9566 682 83 94 .992 -15.4 -1.5 -0.4 -1.3 0.8 0 -15 7.48 6.76 .983 7.08 6.20 133 426 912 373 29%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 24 8 2 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1997 NYY AL 25 60 52 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYY AL 26 111 91 111 99 0 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 0
1999 NYY AL 27 112 100 112 110 0 109 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0
2000 NYY AL 28 151 147 151 146 0 142 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
2001 NYY AL 29 138 133 138 131 0 131 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0
2002 NYY AL 30 143 136 143 138 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
2003 NYY AL 31 142 133 142 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
2004 NYY AL 32 137 126 137 134 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2005 NYY AL 33 142 126 142 133 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 0
2006 NYY AL 34 143 123 143 134 0 134 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 0
2007 NYY AL 35 144 131 144 138 0 138 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0
2008 NYY AL 36 51 46 51 33 0 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 0
2009 NYY AL 37 111 97 111 100 0 100 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 14 0
15 Seasons 1594 1443 1594 1498 0 1490 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 137 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1995 NYY AL 23 4 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 24 103 2.59 3.33 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 17 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 25 2224 4.71 5.24 26 88% 0 0 367 13 1 4 349 24 6 0 2 3 3 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1 9 67%
1998 NYY AL 26 3400 3.83 3.99 35 97% 0 0 587 26 2 3 556 44 4 0 1 5 4 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
1999 NYY AL 27 3998 4.16 4.65 37 100% 0 0 705 22 3 14 666 45 12 1 0 9 5 0 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 5 100%
2000 NYY AL 28 5326 4.67 4.97 48 90% 0 2 895 29 3 12 850 54 10 0 1 6 7 0 1 6 4 7 0 0 1 10 60%
2001 NYY AL 29 4903 3.77 4.21 44 89% 0 0 996 28 3 10 954 52 10 0 0 9 11 0 3 8 2 11 0 2 2 5 40%
2002 NYY AL 30 5207 3.78 4.18 65 92% 0 1 983 40 2 9 932 49 18 2 0 0 12 0 3 9 2 5 1 1 2 10 80%
2003 NYY AL 31 5116 4.12 4.43 44 93% 0 0 933 27 3 11 892 75 13 1 0 23 6 0 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 9 89%
2004 NYY AL 32 4906 4.65 5.01 57 88% 0 0 835 36 8 8 783 53 11 3 0 14 9 1 1 7 0 13 1 1 3 10 60%
2005 NYY AL 33 4880 4.65 5.17 50 94% 1 0 718 27 4 10 677 76 23 0 0 15 3 0 2 1 0 6 0 3 3 9 78%
2006 NYY AL 34 4659 4.36 4.71 61 95% 0 0 787 41 5 14 726 68 15 0 0 13 9 0 1 8 1 7 0 2 2 7 71%
2007 NYY AL 35 5045 4.49 4.80 55 91% 2 0 799 28 1 21 749 54 16 0 0 6 5 1 2 2 0 6 0 0 1 11 73%
2008 NYY AL 36 1079 4.61 5.03 12 83% 0 0 197 6 0 6 185 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 75%
2009 NYY AL 37 3653 5.02 5.50 32 88% 2 0 648 19 3 6 620 48 10 0 0 13 7 0 2 5 1 6 0 1 2 4 100%
15 Seasons 54503 4.33 4.71 566 92% 5 3 9468 342 38 128 8957 651 150 7 4 120 82 2 17 63 13 79 2 10 17 97 73%
MLB Averages 4.45 4.85 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1995 NYY AL 23 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 24 0 2 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 NYY AL 25 8 23 856 40 10 9 20% 31 9 9 1 0 0 0 0 94 17 1.41 1.46
1998 NYY AL 26 7 21 1134 48 32 29 40% 41 28 7 4 0 0 1 0 93 37 1.22 1.12
1999 NYY AL 27 17 36 1426 75 29 20 28% 71 26 4 2 0 1 1 0 166 33 1.11 1.19
2000 NYY AL 28 11 41 1989 70 34 30 33% 60 31 9 3 1 0 1 0 163 44 1.29 1.34
2001 NYY AL 29 18 41 1715 94 37 29 28% 73 35 20 2 1 0 1 0 196 51 1.36 1.29
2002 NYY AL 30 7 49 1857 76 31 23 29% 72 27 3 2 1 2 1 0 170 40 1.39 1.16
2003 NYY AL 31 13 30 1852 72 28 26 28% 62 25 10 3 0 0 4 0 151 34 1.25 1.16
2004 NYY AL 32 9 50 1775 67 25 23 27% 63 23 4 1 0 1 1 0 171 29 1.22 1.25
2005 NYY AL 33 9 32 1817 90 39 34 30% 83 35 7 2 0 2 1 0 161 42 1.14 1.15
2006 NYY AL 34 13 37 1641 64 38 34 37% 58 36 6 2 0 0 2 0 152 41 1.21 1.20
2007 NYY AL 35 13 52 1863 102 32 28 24% 84 30 17 1 1 1 0 0 202 35 1.32 1.14
2008 NYY AL 36 2 12 397 34 7 2 17% 32 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 59 9 1.36 1.57
2009 NYY AL 37 8 41 1292 80 31 22 28% 66 28 12 2 2 1 0 0 171 36 1.27 1.24
15 Seasons 135 467 19650 912 373 309 29% 796 336 110 28 6 9 13 0 1953 448 1.27 1.22
MLB Averages 30% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1998 NYY AL 26 24 58% 67% 46% 2 100% 0 7 0 7 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
1999 NYY AL 27 36 39% 61% 22% 1 0% 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYY AL 28 323 56% 76% 29% 21 95% 0 62 4 58 0 8 8 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2001 NYY AL 29 44 77% 77% 20% 1 100% 0 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 NYY AL 34 12 58% 83% 25% 1 0% 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NYY AL 35 29 62% 69% 21% 1 100% 0 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2008 NYY AL 36 144 40% 70% 24% 7 100% 0 25 4 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYY AL 37 23 70% 74% 39% 2 100% 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 635 54% 74% 28% 36 92% 0 116 10 104 2 13 12 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14 0 0 1 14 1 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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