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Buster Posey

Gerald Dempsey Posey (twitter: @BusterPosey)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: March 27, 1987 in Leesburg, GA
High School: Lee County HS (Leesburg, VA)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed August 15, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 2009
Team: Giants 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$615k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.161, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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Standard Batting

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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2008	21	SFG-min	Rk,A-	10	45	37	10	13	5	1	1	6	0	0	8	4	.351	.467	.622	1.088		23	0	0	0	1		GNT,SLM · ARIZ,NORW
2009	22	SFG-min	A+,AAA	115	497	422	84	137	31	1	18	80	6	1	62	68	.325	.416	.531	.947		224	11	8	5	0		SJO,FRE · CALL,PCL
2009	22	SFG	NL	7	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.118	.118	.118	.235	-38	2	0	0	0	0	/2
2010	23	SFG-min	AAA	47	208	172	31	60	13	2	6	32	1	1	28	30	.349	.442	.552	.995		95	7	4	4	2		FRE · PCL
2010	23	SFG	NL	108	443	406	58	124	23	2	18	67	0	2	30	55	.305	.357	.505	.862	133	205	12	4	3	5	23	MVP-11,RoY-1
2011	24	SFG	NL	45	185	162	17	46	5	0	4	21	3	0	18	30	.284	.368	.389	.756	116	63	4	4	1	3	2/3
2012	25	SFG	NL	44	177	159	19	48	10	0	6	27	1	0	15	31	.302	.362	.478	.840	137	76	6	1	2	0	*2/3
4 Yrs				204	822	744	95	220	38	2	28	115	4	2	63	120	.296	.355	.465	.820	126	346	22	9	6	8
162 Game Avg.				162	653	591	75	175	30	2	22	91	3	2	50	95	.296	.355	.465	.820	126	275	17	7	5	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2009	22	SFG	NL	7	17	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
2010	23	SFG	NL	108	443	17	1	-0	4	3	24	2.5	12	36	3.7	.524	.516	3.3	0.7	32	$	23	MVP-11,RoY-1
2011	24	SFG	NL	45	185	3	0	-1	3	2	8	0.9	5	13	1.3	.518	.505	1.0	0.6	10	$575,000	2/3
2012	25	SFG	NL	44	177	10	0	-1	-2	2	9	1.0	5	14	1.5	.522	.506	1.7	0.0	16	$	*2/3
4 Seasons				204	822	28	2	-2	5	7	39	4.3	23	62	6.4	.520	.506	5.9	1.4	57	$575,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2009	22	SFG	NL	17	15	0	0.0	108	.154	.118	.268	.118	.342	.118	.426	.235	.767	-38	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.133	.000	.000
2010	23	SFG	NL	443	299	70	6.3	100	.315	.305	.258	.357	.328	.505	.407	.862	.735	133	.639	17.9	1.8	.801	.268	.200	.0
2011	24	SFG	NL	185	121	24	5.3	91	.326	.284	.250	.368	.316	.389	.389	.756	.704	116	.584	4.5	0.4	.733	.235	.105	3.4
2012	25	SFG	NL	177	119	27	6.1	92	.339	.302	.248	.362	.314	.478	.391	.840	.705	137	.634	8.6	0.8	.795	.277	.176	1.7
4 Yrs				822	554	121	5.8	96	.319	.296	.254	.355	.322	.465	.400	.820	.723	126	.614	27.5	2.7	.766	.257	.169	7.0
162 Game Avg.				653	440	96	5.8	96	.319	.296	.254	.355	.322	.465	.400	.820	.723	126	.614	22	2	.766	.257	.169	6

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	IBB
2010	23	SFG	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	4	18	16	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	5	.375	.444	.438	.882	7	1	0
2010	23	SFG	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	6	26	23	1	5	2	0	3	0	3	7	.217	.308	.304	.612	7	0	1
2010	23	SFG	NL	WS	TEX	W	5	21	20	2	6	0	1	2	0	1	6	.300	.333	.450	.783	9	0	0
1 Yr (3 Series)							15	65	59	6	17	3	1	5	1	6	18	.288	.354	.390	.744	23	1	1
1 NLDS							4	18	16	3	6	1	0	0	1	2	5	.375	.444	.438	.882	7	1	0
1 NLCS							6	26	23	1	5	2	0	3	0	3	7	.217	.308	.304	.612	7	0	1
1 WS							5	21	20	2	6	0	1	2	0	1	6	.300	.333	.450	.783	9	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2009	22	SFG	NL	17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3			1.60	1.25	76%	15%	0.0%	0%
2010	23	SFG	NL	443	4.1%	12.4%	6.8%	9.7%	35%	1.83	7.4	22.6	6.1	0.97	1.41	76%	20%	10.2%	2%
2011	24	SFG	NL	185	2.2%	16.2%	9.7%	4.9%	20%	1.67	5.4	40.5	7.7	1.22	1.33	70%	15%	7.3%	8%
2012	25	SFG	NL	177	3.4%	17.5%	8.5%	9.0%	33%	2.07	5.1	26.5	5.9	1.06	1.58	70%	16%	9.8%	3%
4 Yrs				822	3.4%	14.6%	7.7%	8.3%	31%	1.90	6.2	26.6	6.5	1.05	1.42	73%	18%	9.4%	4%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.5%	8.5%	7.6%	33%	2.18	4.8	35.0	8.1	0.80	1.08	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2009	22	SFG	NL	-3.5	-0.3	17	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.78	-0.2	0.1	1.0	0.1	0.89	-1.5	0.01	1
2010	23	SFG	NL	17.9	1.8	453	0.9	8.4	-7.5	1.01	2.1	-1.2	27.0	2.7	0.99	23.8	2.21	3
2011	24	SFG	NL	4.0	0.4	188	-0.2	3.1	-3.3	1.11	-0.0	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	1.00	-0.4	1.74	2
2012	25	SFG	NL	8.6	0.8	183	0.5	4.3	-3.8	1.23	0.8	-0.4	9.0	0.9	1.01	9.2	2.05	2
4 Yrs				27.0	2.6	841	1.2	15.9	-14.8	1.08	2.6	-1.6	34.1	3.4	0.99	31.2	1.78	8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2009	22	SFG	NL	2	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	23	SFG	NL	4	29%	157	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	2	15	39%	21	18	3	5	0	5	15	6	8
2011	24	SFG	NL	0	20%	73	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	1	3	44%	9	6	3	5	3	2	2	0	2
2012	25	SFG	NL	4	22%	77	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	7	25%	7	7	0	5	4	1	4	1	3
4 Yrs				10	25%	310	4	2	67%	2	1	2	1	3	25	37%	37	31	6	15	7	8	21	7	13

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2009	22	SFG	NL	17	29%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		7	1	14%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2010	23	SFG	NL	443	25%	124	13	0	3	0	0	0	2.21	18	1	12	12	6	6	12	0	0	0		95	12	13%	33	14	42%	302	52	17%	26	11	42%	20	17	85%	0
2011	24	SFG	NL	185	29%	46	6	0	2	0	0	0	1.74	4	0	6	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		23	4	17%	17	7	41%	114	17	15%	11	7	64%	3	2	67%	0
2012	25	SFG	NL	177	28%	48	3	0	2	1	0	0	2.05	6	0	1	5	1	1	5	0	0	0		42	6	14%	17	4	24%	124	21	17%	17	9	53%	8	4	50%	0
4 Yrs				822	26%	220	22	0	8	1	0	0	1.78	28	1	19	20	8	8	20	0	0	0		164	22	13%	67	25	37%	547	91	17%	54	27	50%	32	24	75%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2009	22	SFG	NL	17	66	3.88	43	65%	28%	16%	26%	30%	72%	0%	47%	77%	29%	0%	0	0	12%	2	1	6%	1	1	25%	0	0	0
2010	23	SFG	NL	443	1708	3.86	1070	63%	27%	13%	27%	33%	73%	3%	46%	82%	27%	3%	14	0	13%	58	27	9%	40	28	27%	0	0	0
2011	24	SFG	NL	185	731	3.95	426	58%	33%	13%	23%	31%	67%	4%	39%	81%	21%	5%	9	1	17%	31	13	9%	17	7	23%	0	0	0
2012	25	SFG	NL	179	727	4.06	458	63%	29%	12%	30%	28%	71%	0%	45%	82%	20%	6%	11	2	16%	29	12	9%	17	11	16%	-2	0	0
4 Yrs				824	3232	3.92	1997	62%	29%	13%	27%	32%	71%	2%	44%	82%	24%	4%	34	3	15%	120	53	9%	75	47	23%	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
2009	22	7	17	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.118	.118	.118	.235	-38	2	0	0	0	0
2010	23	115	460	423	59	126	23	2	18	67	0	2	30	59	.298	.348	.489	.837	126	207	12	4	3	5
2011	24	160	645	585	76	172	28	2	22	88	3	2	48	89	.294	.353	.462	.815	123	270	16	8	4	8
2012	25	204	822	744	95	220	38	2	28	115	4	2	63	120	.296	.355	.465	.820	126	346	22	9	6	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2009	22	7	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
2010	23	108	448	410	61	128	24	2	19	70	0	31	55	.312	.364	.520	.883	76	108
2011	24	45	191	166	20	50	5	0	4	24	3	20	30	.301	.387	.404	.791	26	45
2012	25	44	184	164	22	53	11	0	7	31	1	17	31	.323	.386	.518	.904	32	44
4 Yrs		204	840	757	103	231	40	2	30	125	4	68	120	.305	.367	.482	.849	134	204
162 Game Avg.		162	667	601	82	183	32	2	24	99	3	54	95	.305	.367	.482	.849	106	204

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Awards (yr lg award) 2010 NL Rookie of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (11, 9%) 0.09 Career Shares (940th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 2012 NL 6 (10th)

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 NL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2010 NL (11, 9%)
0.09 Career Shares (940th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 NL 6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Batting - 4 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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