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Jorge Posada

Jorge Rafael (Villeta) Posada

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 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
Team: Yankees 1995-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 4 yrs/$52.4M (08-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 15.085, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: ACES [*]
Relatives: Nephew of Leo Posada
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #196. Carlos Beltran… #197. Bobby Wallace… #198. Darryl Strawberry… #199. JORGE POSADA… #200. Vern Stephens… #201. Jason Giambi… #202. Magglio Ordonez… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1995 23 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 24 NYY AL 8 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .071 .133 .071 .205 -46 1 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1997 25 NYY AL 60 224 188 29 47 12 0 6 25 1 2 30 33 .250 .359 .410 .768 101 77 2 3 1 2 2 2
1998 26 NYY AL 111 409 358 56 96 23 0 17 63 0 1 47 92 .268 .350 .475 .824 115 170 14 0 0 4 7 2/3
1999 27 NYY AL 112 437 379 50 93 19 2 12 57 1 0 53 91 .245 .341 .401 .742 91 152 9 3 0 2 2 *2/3
2000 28 NYY AL 151 624 505 92 145 35 1 28 86 2 2 107 151 .287 .417 .527 .943 139 266 11 8 0 4 10 *23 AS,SS
2001 29 NYY AL 138 557 484 59 134 28 1 22 95 2 6 62 132 .277 .363 .475 .838 117 230 10 6 0 5 10 *2/3 AS,SS
2002 30 NYY AL 143 598 511 79 137 40 1 20 99 1 0 81 143 .268 .370 .468 .837 122 239 23 3 0 3 9 *2 AS,SS
2003 31 NYY AL 142 588 481 83 135 24 0 30 101 2 4 93 110 .281 .405 .518 .922 144 249 13 10 0 4 6 *2 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 32 NYY AL 137 547 449 72 122 31 0 21 81 1 3 88 92 .272 .400 .481 .881 131 216 24 9 0 1 5 *2
2005 33 NYY AL 142 546 474 67 124 23 0 19 71 1 0 66 94 .262 .352 .430 .782 109 204 8 2 0 4 5 *2
2006 34 NYY AL 143 545 465 65 129 27 2 23 93 3 0 64 97 .277 .374 .492 .867 122 229 10 11 0 5 1 *2/3
2007 35 NYY AL 144 589 506 91 171 42 1 20 90 2 0 74 98 .338 .426 .543 .970 153 275 18 6 0 3 7 *2/3 AS,MVP-6,SS
2008 36 NYY AL 51 195 168 18 45 13 1 3 22 0 0 24 38 .268 .364 .411 .775 104 69 7 2 0 1 3 2/3
2009 37 NYY AL 111 438 383 55 109 25 0 22 81 1 0 48 101 .285 .363 .522 .885 125 200 13 2 0 5 4 2/3
2010 38 NYY AL 120 451 383 49 95 23 1 18 57 3 1 59 99 .248 .357 .454 .811 115 174 6 7 0 2 3 2/3
2011 39 NYY AL 115 387 344 34 81 14 0 14 44 0 2 39 76 .235 .315 .398 .714 87 137 17 2 0 2 4 D3/42
17 Seasons 1829 7150 6092 900 1664 379 10 275 1065 20 21 936 1453 .273 .374 .474 .848 121 2888 186 74 1 47 78
162 Game Avg. 162 633 540 80 147 34 1 24 94 2 2 83 129 .273 .374 .474 .848 121 256 16 7 0 4 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 24 NYY AL 15 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
1997 25 NYY AL 224 2 -1 0 0 -6 4 8 7 0.7 13 1.3 -0.6 $158,500 2
1998 26 NYY AL 409 10 0 -1 -2 7 5 14 33 3.3 26 2.5 0.8 $250,000 2/3
1999 27 NYY AL 437 -8 -1 -2 0 -4 6 15 6 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $350,000 *2/3
2000 28 NYY AL 624 36 -5 -1 -1 1 8 21 59 5.7 58 5.6 0.1 $1,250,000 *23 AS,SS
2001 29 NYY AL 557 11 -4 -1 -1 -4 8 19 28 2.8 32 3.2 -0.4 $4,050,000 *2/3 AS,SS
2002 30 NYY AL 598 18 1 1 -3 -4 8 20 41 4.1 45 4.5 -0.4 $7,000,000 *2 AS,SS
2003 31 NYY AL 588 33 -2 2 -1 1 8 20 61 6.1 60 6.0 0.1 $8,000,000 *2 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 32 NYY AL 547 26 -3 1 -4 -3 8 19 44 4.4 47 4.6 -0.2 $9,000,000 *2
2005 33 NYY AL 546 6 -3 2 0 4 8 19 36 3.6 32 3.2 0.4 $11,000,000 *2
2006 34 NYY AL 545 16 -4 2 0 5 8 19 46 4.6 41 4.1 0.5 $12,000,000 *2/3
2007 35 NYY AL 589 44 -3 0 -2 -8 8 20 59 5.8 67 6.6 -0.8 $12,000,000 *2/3 AS,MVP-6,SS
2008 36 NYY AL 195 1 0 -1 -1 -5 0 7 1 0.1 6 0.6 -0.5 $13,100,000 2/3
2009 37 NYY AL 438 16 -4 1 -2 -3 5 15 28 2.6 30 2.8 -0.2 $13,100,000 2/3
2010 38 NYY AL 451 10 -2 -1 1 -10 2 15 16 1.5 26 2.5 -1.0 $13,100,000 2/3
2011 39 NYY AL 387 -7 -4 1 -2 -4 -10 13 -12 -1.1 -8 -0.7 -0.4 $13,100,000 D3/42
16 Seasons 7150 211 -35 3 -18 -32 76 245 451 44.7 484 47.6 -2.9 $117,458,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 23 NYY AL ALDS SEA L 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL ALCS CLE W 5 15 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 2 .182 .400 .455 .855 5 1 0 0 0 0
1998 26 NYY AL WS SDP W 3 11 9 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 .667 1.121 6 1 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL ALDS TEX W 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 3 11 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .400 .582 4 0 0 0 0 0
1999 27 NYY AL WS ATL W 2 8 8 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .375 .625 3 1 0 0 0 0
2000 28 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 20 17 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .235 .350 .353 .703 6 0 0 0 0 1
2000 28 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 6 25 19 2 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 5 .158 .360 .211 .571 4 0 1 0 0 1
2000 28 NYY AL WS NYM W 5 23 18 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .222 .391 .278 .669 5 1 0 0 0 3
2001 29 NYY AL ALDS OAK W 5 20 18 3 8 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 .444 .500 .667 1.167 12 1 0 0 0 0
2001 29 NYY AL ALCS SEA W 5 20 14 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 .214 .450 .286 .736 4 0 0 0 0 1
2001 29 NYY AL WS ARI L 7 26 23 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 .174 .269 .348 .617 8 2 0 0 0 0
2002 30 NYY AL ALDS ANA L 4 18 17 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .235 .222 .412 .634 7 1 0 0 1 0
2003 31 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 17 17 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .235 .412 4 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 NYY AL ALCS BOS W 7 30 27 5 8 4 0 1 6 0 0 3 4 .296 .367 .556 .922 15 1 0 0 0 0
2003 31 NYY AL WS FLA L 6 24 19 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 7 .158 .333 .211 .544 4 0 0 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 4 18 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .222 .222 .222 .444 4 1 0 0 0 0
2004 32 NYY AL ALCS BOS L 7 36 27 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 1 .259 .417 .296 .713 8 1 1 0 1 2
2005 33 NYY AL ALDS LAA L 5 19 13 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 6 2 .231 .474 .538 1.012 7 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 NYY AL ALDS DET L 4 16 14 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 .563 .786 1.348 11 0 0 0 0 0
2007 35 NYY AL ALDS CLE L 4 17 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .133 .235 .200 .435 3 2 0 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 11 11 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .636 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 6 25 20 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 5 .200 .360 .400 .760 8 2 0 0 0 0
2009 37 NYY AL WS PHI W 6 22 19 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 7 .263 .318 .316 .634 6 0 0 0 1 1
2010 38 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 3 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .273 .333 .273 .606 3 0 0 0 0 0
2010 38 NYY AL ALCS TEX L 6 20 19 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .263 .300 .368 .668 7 0 0 0 0 0
2011 39 NYY AL ALDS DET L 5 19 14 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 .429 .579 .571 1.150 8 0 1 0 0 0
15 Seasons (29 Series) 125 492 416 53 103 23 1 11 42 3 3 70 109 .248 .358 .387 .745 161 15 3 0 3 9
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
15 ALDS 51 196 173 25 49 8 1 5 14 1 0 21 44 .283 .362 .428 .790 74 5 1 0 1 1
8 ALCS 45 182 147 21 33 10 0 4 17 1 2 32 34 .224 .368 .374 .742 55 5 2 0 1 4
6 WS 29 114 96 7 21 5 0 2 11 1 1 17 31 .219 .333 .333 .667 32 5 0 0 1 4

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1995 NYY AL 23 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 6.70 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 24 C 4 19 17 2 0 0 1.000 0 4.75 .990 6.88 0 0 0
1997 NYY AL 25 C 60 393 367 23 3 3 .992 -6 6.50 .991 7.09 8 40 10 20%
1998 NYY AL 26 C 99 637 587 46 4 3 .994 7 6.39 .990 7.05 7 48 32 40%
1998 NYY AL 26 1B 1 8 7 1 0 2 1.000 0 8.00 .992 9.30
1998 NYY AL 26 DH 5 5
1999 NYY AL 27 C 109 756 705 46 5 7 .993 -4 6.89 .991 6.87 17 75 29 28%
1999 NYY AL 27 1B 1 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -0 5.00 .992 9.40
1999 NYY AL 27 DH 1 1
2000 NYY AL 28 C 142 955 892 56 7 7 .993 0 6.68 .991 6.85 11 70 34 33% AS,SS
2000 NYY AL 28 1B 12 72 63 8 1 6 .986 1 5.92 .993 9.26 AS,SS
2000 NYY AL 28 DH 3 3 AS,SS
2001 NYY AL 29 C 131 1059 996 52 11 11 .990 -4 8.00 .990 7.11 18 94 37 28% AS,SS
2001 NYY AL 29 1B 2 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -0 3.50 .993 9.30 AS,SS
2001 NYY AL 29 DH 6 6 AS,SS
2002 NYY AL 30 C 138 1043 965 66 12 5 .988 -4 7.47 .993 6.89 7 76 31 29% AS,SS
2002 NYY AL 30 DH 5 5 AS,SS
2003 NYY AL 31 C 137 1014 933 75 6 4 .994 1 -2 7.36 .991 6.72 13 72 28 28% AS,MVP-3,SS
2003 NYY AL 31 DH 2 2 AS,MVP-3,SS
2004 NYY AL 32 C 134 897 835 53 9 13 .990 -3 -5 6.63 .992 7.07 9 67 25 27%
2005 NYY AL 33 C 133 797 718 76 3 6 .996 4 -2 5.97 .992 6.72 8 90 39 30%
2005 NYY AL 33 DH 3 3
2006 NYY AL 34 C 134 864 787 68 9 7 .990 6 1 6.38 .992 6.99 13 64 38 37%
2006 NYY AL 34 1B 1 2 2 0 0 2 1.000 -1 -1 2.00 .995 9.40
2006 NYY AL 34 DH 2 2
2007 NYY AL 35 C 138 858 799 54 5 6 .994 -8 -7 6.18 .991 7.20 13 102 32 24% AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 NYY AL 35 1B 1 6 6 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 6.00 .995 9.30 AS,MVP-6,SS
2007 NYY AL 35 DH 5 5 AS,MVP-6,SS
2008 NYY AL 36 C 30 205 197 7 1 1 .995 -4 -5 6.80 .991 7.19 2 34 7 17%
2008 NYY AL 36 1B 7 25 25 0 0 2 1.000 -1 0 3.57 .994 9.19
2008 NYY AL 36 DH 15 15
2009 NYY AL 37 C 100 703 648 48 7 6 .990 -3 -11 6.96 .992 7.39 8 80 31 28%
2009 NYY AL 37 1B 2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 2.50 .994 9.00
2009 NYY AL 37 DH 9 9
2010 NYY AL 38 C 83 592 562 22 8 2 .986 -10 -8 7.04 .990 7.37 8 72 13 15%
2010 NYY AL 38 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.20
2010 NYY AL 38 DH 30 28
2011 NYY AL 39 DH 90 82
2011 NYY AL 39 1B 14 11 8 104.0 81 74 6 1 8 .988 -5 0 -54 0 6.92 5.71 .993 9.30 9.24
2011 NYY AL 39 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 252 0 9.00 1.00 .980 4.50 4.70
2011 NYY AL 39 C 1 0 0 6.0 9 7 2 0 0 1.000 0 1 54 200 13.50 9.00 .992 7.65 7.60 0 1 0 1 100% 0
17 Seasons C 1574 0 0 6.0 10802 10016 696 90 81 .992 -28 -38 -5546 -7600 13.50 6.81 .991 7.65 7.01 142 1 984 387 28% 0
10 Seasons 1B 42 11 8 104.0 211 191 18 2 23 .991 -5 0 -54 0 6.92 4.98 .993 9.30 9.24
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 252 0 9.00 1.00 .980 4.50 4.70
17 Seasons TOT 1617 11 8 111.0 11014 10207 715 92 104 .992 -32 -38 -348 -410 7.30 6.75 .991 9.17 7.06 142 1 984 387 28% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2000 *
2001 *
2002 (C)
2003 (C)
2007 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2003 AL (3, 49%)
2007 AL (6, 28%)
0.78 Career Shares (308th)

Silver Sluggers
2000 AL (C)
2001 AL (C)
2002 AL (C)
2003 AL (C)
2007 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2000 AL  5.7 (10th)
2003 AL  6.1 (10th)
2007 AL  5.8 (10th)
Active  44.7 (28th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2000 AL  5.7 (9th)
2003 AL  6.1 (6th)
2006 AL  4.6 (10th)
2007 AL  5.8 (6th)
Active  44.7 (21st)
Career  44.7 (224th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2003 AL  6.0 (5th)
2007 AL  6.6 (3rd)
Active  47.6 (17th)
Career  47.6 (174th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2007 AL  .338 (4th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2000 AL  .417 (8th)
2003 AL  .405 (5th)
2004 AL  .400 (4th)
2007 AL  .426 (3rd)
Active  .374 (25th)
Career  .374 (221st)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL  .543 (8th)
Career  .474 (220th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2003 AL  .922 (10th)
2007 AL  .970 (6th)
Active  .848 (34th)
Career  .848 (173rd)

Games Played s c a p y
Active  1,829 (25th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  6,092 (38th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active  7,150 (33rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
Active  900 (39th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,664 (40th)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2,888 (35th)

Doubles s c a p y
2002 AL  40 (7th)
2007 AL  42 (8th)
Active  379 (30th)
Career  379 (212th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Active  275 (31st)
Career  275 (165th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Active  1,065 (25th)
Career  1,065 (225th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL  107 (6th)
2003 AL  93 (6th)
2004 AL  88 (3rd)
Active  936 (15th)
Career  936 (151st)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 AL  151 (4th)
2001 AL  132 (9th)
2002 AL  143 (4th)
Active  1,453 (13th)
Career  1,453 (58th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1,000 (42nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2003 AL  144 (8th)
2007 AL  153 (5th)
Active  121 (39th)

Runs Created s c a p y
2007 AL  117 (9th)
Active  1,100 (27th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  35 (10th)
2003 AL  35 (9th)
2007 AL  43 (5th)
Active  217 (24th)
Career  217 (228th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2000 AL  3.2 (10th)
2003 AL  3.3 (9th)
2007 AL  4.0 (5th)
Active  20.1 (25th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active  664 (29th)
Career  664 (204th)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  2,674 (26th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2003 AL  .679 (10th)
2007 AL  .733 (5th)
Active  .595 (49th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  74 (32nd)
Career  74 (184th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Active  47 (43rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL  10 (9th)
2001 AL  10 (8th)
2002 AL  9 (10th)
Active  78 (20th)
Career  78 (183rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2002 AL  23 (1st)
2004 AL  24 (1st)
Active  186 (20th)
Career  186 (128th)

AB per HR s c a p y
2003 AL  16.0 (9th)
Active  22.2 (42nd)
Career  22.2 (185th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  4,683 (35th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2003 AL  39.41 (5th)
2007 AL  34.90 (7th)
Active  176.91 (36th)
Career  176.91 (220th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.0 (9th)
Active  12.7 (45th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.1 (10th)
2007 AL  3.3 (7th)
Active  16.3 (37th)
Career  16.3 (233rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2003 AL  3.7 (3rd)
2007 AL  3.2 (7th)
Active  16.3 (36th)
Career  16.3 (230th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  10,207 (8th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2000 AL  142 (2nd)
2001 AL  131 (3rd)
2002 AL  138 (1st)
2003 AL  137 (2nd)
2004 AL  134 (1st)
2005 AL  133 (4th)
2006 AL  134 (4th)
2007 AL  138 (1st)
Active  1,574 (2nd)
Career  1,574 (24th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2000 AL  892 (2nd)
2001 AL  996 (1st)
2002 AL  965 (1st)
2003 AL  933 (1st)
2004 AL  835 (4th)
2007 AL  799 (5th)
Active  10,016 (3rd)
Career  10,016 (11th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2000 AL  56 (3rd)
2001 AL  52 (3rd)
2002 AL  66 (2nd)
2003 AL  75 (1st)
2004 AL  53 (3rd)
2005 AL  76 (1st)
2006 AL  68 (2nd)
2007 AL  54 (4th)
Active  696 (2nd)
Career  696 (96th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2000 AL  7 (5th)
2001 AL  11 (1st)
2002 AL  12 (1st)
2004 AL  9 (2nd)
2006 AL  9 (3rd)
2009 AL  7 (5th)
2010 AL  8 (3rd)
Active  90 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1999 AL  17 (2nd)
2000 AL  11 (3rd)
2001 AL  18 (1st)
2003 AL  13 (2nd)
2004 AL  9 (4th)
2005 AL  8 (2nd)
2006 AL  13 (1st)
2007 AL  13 (2nd)
2009 AL  8 (5th)
2010 AL  8 (2nd)
Active  142 (1st)
Career  142 (73rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1999 AL  75 (5th)
2000 AL  70 (5th)
2001 AL  94 (4th)
2002 AL  76 (3rd)
2003 AL  72 (2nd)
2004 AL  67 (4th)
2005 AL  90 (3rd)
2006 AL  64 (5th)
2007 AL  102 (1st)
2009 AL  80 (4th)
2010 AL  72 (4th)
Active  984 (2nd)
Career  984 (38th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2000 AL  34 (3rd)
2001 AL  37 (3rd)
2002 AL  31 (4th)
2003 AL  28 (5th)
2004 AL  25 (5th)
2005 AL  39 (1st)
2006 AL  38 (2nd)
2007 AL  32 (4th)
2009 AL  31 (2nd)
Active  387 (2nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1998 AL  40.0 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1998 AL  7 (2nd)
2005 AL  4 (5th)
2006 AL  6 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1999 AL  7.63 (3rd)
2000 AL  7.22 (4th)
2001 AL  8.48 (2nd)
2002 AL  7.79 (2nd)
2003 AL  7.79 (1st)
2006 AL  7.33 (4th)
2009 AL  7.98 (3rd)
2010 AL  7.75 (5th)
Active  13.50 (1st)
Career  13.50 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1999 AL  6.89 (4th)
2000 AL  6.68 (3rd)
2001 AL  8.00 (1st)
2002 AL  7.47 (2nd)
2003 AL  7.36 (1st)
2010 AL  7.04 (3rd)
Active  6.81 (11th)
Career  6.81 (25th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1998 AL  .994 (3rd)
2000 AL  .993 (4th)
2003 AL  .994 (4th)
2005 AL  .996 (2nd)
2007 AL  .994 (5th)
Active  .992 (14th)
Career  .992 (45th)

Oldest s c a p y
2010 AL  born 1971-08-17 (10th)
2011 AL  born 1971-08-17 (7th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 17 (1105), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 98 (165), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 40 (164), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Lance Parrish (861)
  2. Gabby Hartnett (849) *
  3. Bret Boone (832)
  4. Javy Lopez (830)
  5. Gary Carter (826) *
  6. Vern Stephens (821)
  7. Joe Gordon (810) *
  8. Bill Dickey (806) *
  9. Bill Freehan (805)
  10. Benito Santiago (804)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 39 
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  1. Carlton Fisk (886) *
  2. Lance Parrish (861)
  3. Gabby Hartnett (855) *
  4. Bill Dickey (806) *
  5. Benito Santiago (805)
  6. Ernie Lombardi (786) *
  7. Raul Ibanez (763)
  8. Jason Varitek (760)
  9. Yogi Berra (755) *
  10. Ron Cey (750)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. John Orsino (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Orsino (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Geovany Soto (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Lieberthal (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Mike Lieberthal (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Mike Lieberthal (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Lieberthal (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Carlton Fisk (921) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Carlton Fisk (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Carlton Fisk (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carlton Fisk (917) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carlton Fisk (898) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carlton Fisk (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Carlton Fisk (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 4, 1990: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1991.
  • October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 13, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199725New York Yankees$158,5001997 AP survey
199826New York Yankees$250,0004/3/98 USA Today
199927New York Yankees$350,0004/6/99 USA Today
200028New York Yankees$1,250,0004/5/00 AP
200129New York Yankees$4,050,0004/6/01 USA Today
200230New York Yankees$7,000,0004/3/02 AP
200331New York Yankees$8,000,0004/3/03 AP
200432New York Yankees$9,000,0004/7/04 AP
200533New York Yankees$11,000,000
200634New York Yankees$12,000,000
200735New York Yankees$12,000,000
200836New York Yankees$13,100,000
200937New York Yankees$13,100,000
201038New York Yankees$13,100,000
201139New York Yankees$13,100,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$117,458,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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