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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, GA)
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 (Age 22)
Team: Giants 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed, 9 yrs/$164M (13-21) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.161, Free Agent: 2022 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

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%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2009	SFG	NL	22	C	7	4	4	40.0	36	32	4	0	0	1.000		0		0	8.10	5.14	.993	7.76	7.70	0	2	1	1	50%	29%	0
2010	SFG	NL	23	C	76	75	67	662.0	662	615	41	6	4	.991	5	8	9	15	8.92	8.63	.992	8.05	7.97	1	22	39	23	37%	29%	0	MVP-11,RoY-1
2010	SFG	NL	23	1B	30	30	19	248.0	214	196	17	1	14	.995	-5	-4	-26	-19	7.73	7.10	.993	9.23	9.13								MVP-11,RoY-1
2011	SFG	NL	24	C	41	41	35	361.0	359	333	24	2	4	.994	3	3	10	10	8.90	8.71	.992	7.98	7.96	3	7	27	15	36%	28%	0
2011	SFG	NL	24	1B	2	2	2	18.0	18	16	2	0	2	1.000	1	0	40	0	9.00	9.00	.994	9.35	9.30
2012	SFG	NL	25	C	114	111	97	973.0	932	855	69	8	9	.991	4	0	5	0	8.55	8.11	.992	8.36	8.26	2	26	87	38	30%	27%	2	AS,MVP-1,SS
2012	SFG	NL	25	1B	29	29	9	216.0	212	204	6	2	13	.991	-1	-1	-5	-6	8.75	7.24	.992	9.29	9.18								AS,MVP-1,SS
2012	SFG	NL	25	DH	3	3																									AS,MVP-1,SS
2013	SFG	NL	26	C	39	37	32	329.2	326	305	20	1	0	.997	0	-1	0	-3	8.87	8.33	.993	8.10	8.03	2	9	24	7	23%	29%	0
2013	SFG	NL	26	1B	4	3	0	22.2	22	18	3	1	2	.955	1	0	46	0	8.34	5.25	.994	9.41	9.32
2013	SFG	NL	26	DH	1	1
	5 Seasons			C	277	268	235	2365.2	2315	2140	158	17	17	.993	12	10	6	5	8.74	8.30	.992	8.17	8.09	8	66	178	84	32%	28%	2
	4 Seasons			1B	65	64	30	504.2	466	434	28	4	31	.991	-5	-5	-11	-11	8.24	7.11	.993	9.27	9.17
	5 Seasons			TOT	342	332	265	2870.1	2781	2574	186	21	48	.992	7	5	3	2	8.65	8.07	.992	8.36	8.29	8	66	178	84	32%	28%	2

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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	RerC	RsbC
2009	SFG	NL	22	C								0	0		0		0	0
2010	SFG	NL	23	C	5	9					5	8	15		0	1	1	4
2010	SFG	NL	23	1B	-5	-26	-5	-3	-3	0		-4	-19	-4	0	0
2011	SFG	NL	24	C	3	10					3	3	10		0	0	0	2
2011	SFG	NL	24	1B	1	40	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
2012	SFG	NL	25	C	4	5					4	0	0			-1	-2	2
2012	SFG	NL	25	1B	-1	-5	-1	-0	-1	0		-1	-6	1	0	-1
2013	SFG	NL	26	C	0	0	0				0	-1	-3			0	2	-1
2013	SFG	NL	26	1B	1	46	1	1	0	-0		0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			C	12	6	0				12	10	5		0	0	1	7
	4 Seasons			1B	-5	-11	-5	-2	-3	-0		-5	-11	-3	0	-1
	5 Seasons			TOT	7	3	-5	-2	-3	-0	12	5	2	-3	0	-1	1	7

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	DH	PH
2009	SFG	NL	22	7	4	7	7	7	0	0	1
2010	SFG	NL	23	108	105	108	105	76	30	0	3
2011	SFG	NL	24	45	43	45	43	41	2	0	2
2012	SFG	NL	25	148	143	148	140	114	29	3	5
2013	SFG	NL	26	44	41	44	42	39	4	1	2
	5 Seasons			352	336	352	337	277	65	4	13

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

					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%
2009	SFG	NL	22	175	3.60	3.60	2	100%	0	0	32	0	0	0	32	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	SFG	NL	23	2735	3.18	3.41	24	100%	1	1	615	13	2	7	593	41	9	0	0	8	6	1	1	4	0	4	0	1	1	3	100%
2011	SFG	NL	24	1506	3.34	3.71	13	85%	0	0	333	5	2	5	321	24	5	0	1	6	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	1	2	100%
2012	SFG	NL	25	4070	3.50	3.81	27	81%	0	1	855	9	6	8	831	69	14	0	1	18	8	1	2	5	1	9	0	1	2	10	60%
2013	SFG	NL	26	1400	3.93	4.31	8	88%	0	0	305	4	1	1	299	20	3	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	75%
	5 Seasons			9886	3.45	3.75	74	89%	1	2	2140	31	11	21	2076	158	33	0	2	43	17	2	4	11	1	17	0	3	4	19	74%
	MLB Averages				4.07	4.43		91%																							85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
2009	SFG	NL	22	0	2	70	1	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0.31	0.04
2010	SFG	NL	23	1	22	917	39	23	18	37%	35	20	4	3	0	0	0	0	82	25	1.07	1.24
2011	SFG	NL	24	3	7	552	27	15	11	36%	25	11	2	4	0	0	0	0	54	16	1.33	1.32
2012	SFG	NL	25	2	26	1415	87	38	31	30%	73	33	14	5	0	0	2	0	146	42	1.24	1.17
2013	SFG	NL	26	2	9	491	24	7	6	23%	21	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	45	8	1.25	0.88
	5 Seasons			8	66	3445	178	84	67	32%	155	68	23	16	0	0	2	0	330	92	1.21	1.18
	MLB Averages									27%											1.28	1.24

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											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%
2010	SFG	NL	23	1087	60%	72%	26%	52	92%	2	196	21	165	9	13	17	6	6	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	14	1	0	1	12	2	2	0	2	3	100%
2011	SFG	NL	24	71	46%	59%	31%	3	100%	0	16	0	15	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
2012	SFG	NL	25	933	60%	75%	30%	33	91%	0	204	9	190	6	15	6	5	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	13	1	0	0	12	1	1	0	1	2	50%
2013	SFG	NL	26	96	60%	69%	23%	8	88%	0	18	0	16	2	4	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	4 Seasons			2187	60%	73%	28%	96	92%	2	434	30	386	18	34	28	14	8	1	3	4	1	3	0	3	31	2	1	1	28	4	3	0	3	6	83%
	MLB Averages				57%	75%	31%		93%																											82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 2012 (C)	Awards (yr lg award) 2010 NL Rookie of the Year 2012 NL batting_title 2012 NL Comeback Player of the Year 2012 NL Hank Aaron Award 2012 NL MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 2010 NL (11, 9%) 2012 NL (1, 94%) 1 MVP 1.03 Career Shares (236th)	Silver Sluggers 2012 NL (C)
Def. Games as C s c a p y 2012 NL 114 (4th) 2013 NL 39 (4th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 2012 NL 855 (5th) 2013 NL 305 (3rd)	Errors Committed as C s c a p y 2010 NL 6 (4th) 2012 NL 8 (3rd)	Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y 2012 NL 9 (3rd)
Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 2012 NL 87 (2nd) 2013 NL 24 (3rd)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 2012 NL 38 (1st)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 2010 NL 37.1 (4th) 2011 NL 35.7 (5th) Active 32.1 (12th)	Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y Active 12 (14th) Career 12 (92nd)
Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y 2010 NL 8.92 (3rd) 2013 NL 8.87 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 2010 NL 8.63 (3rd) 2013 NL 8.33 (5th)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 2013 NL .997 (4th)

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