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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 2009-2012
2013 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$8M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.161, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 11, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #678. Mark Loretta… #679. Heinie Zimmerman… #680. George Stone… #681. BUSTER POSEY… #682. Jose Bautista… #683. Norm Siebern… #684. Whitey Kurowski… 

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
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 0 /2
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 0 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 0 1 3 2/3
2012 25 SFG NL 148 610 530 78 178 39 1 24 103 1 1 69 96 .336 .408 .549 .957 172 291 19 2 0 9 7 *23/D AS,MVP-1,SS
4 Yrs 308 1255 1115 154 350 67 3 46 191 4 3 117 185 .314 .380 .503 .883 146 561 35 10 0 13 15
162 Game Avg. 162 660 586 81 184 35 2 24 100 2 2 62 97 .314 .380 .503 .883 146 295 18 5 0 7 8

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 148 610 52 -0 -3 -1 5 52 5.5 17 69 7.2 .537 .533 7.1 0.5 70 $615,000 *23/D AS,MVP-1,SS
4 Seasons 308 1255 70 1 -4 6 10 82 8.8 35 117 12.1 .528 .513 11.3 1.9 111 $1,190,000

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
2010 23 SFG NL NLDS ATL W 4 18 16 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .375 .444 .438 .882 7 1 0 0 0 0
2010 23 SFG NL NLCS PHI W 6 26 23 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .217 .308 .304 .612 7 0 0 0 0 1
2010 23 SFG NL WS TEX W 5 21 20 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .300 .333 .450 .783 9 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 SFG NL NLDS CIN W 5 22 19 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 4 .211 .318 .526 .844 10 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 SFG NL NLCS STL W 7 30 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .154 .267 .154 .421 4 0 0 0 0 1
2012 25 SFG NL WS DET W 4 16 15 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 .267 .313 .467 .779 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (6 Series) 31 133 119 11 29 3 0 4 14 1 0 14 33 .244 .323 .370 .693 44 1 0 0 0 2
2 NLDS 9 40 35 6 10 1 0 2 5 1 0 5 9 .286 .375 .486 .861 17 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 13 56 49 2 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 13 .184 .286 .224 .510 11 0 0 0 0 2
2 WS 9 37 35 3 10 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 11 .286 .324 .457 .781 16 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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% 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
4 Seasons C 238 231 203 2036.0 1989 1835 138 16 17 .992 12 11 7 6 8.72 8.29 .992 8.18 8.10 6 57 154 77 33% 27% 2
3 Seasons 1B 61 61 30 482.0 444 416 25 3 29 .993 -6 -5 -14 -12 8.23 7.23 .993 9.26 9.16
4 Seasons TOT 299 292 233 2518.0 2433 2251 163 19 46 .992 7 6 3 2 8.63 8.07 .992 8.39 8.32 6 57 154 77 33% 27% 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

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)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2012 NL  7.2 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2012 NL  7.2 (1st)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  7.1 (2nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2012 NL  .336 (1st)

On-Base% s c a p y
2012 NL  .408 (2nd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2012 NL  .549 (4th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2012 NL  .957 (4th)

Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  178 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2012 NL  291 (7th)

Doubles s c a p y
2012 NL  39 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2012 NL  103 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  69 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
2012 NL  114 (9th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 NL  172 (1st)

Runs Created s c a p y
2012 NL  117 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2012 NL  56 (1st)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2012 NL  5.5 (1st)

Times On Base s c a p y
2012 NL  249 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2012 NL  .750 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 NL  9 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2012 NL  19 (2nd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2012 NL  51.00 (3rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.8 (3rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.9 (3rd)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2012 NL  5.3 (1st)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2012 NL  114 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2012 NL  855 (5th)

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)

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  33.3 (10th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
Active  12 (16th)
Career  12 (92nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2012 NL  8.55 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2012 NL  8.11 (4th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 18 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 41 (472), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (120th), 12.1 career WAR/12.1 7yr-peak WAR/12.1 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Duke Kenworthy (873)
  2. Starlin Castro (859)
  3. Emil Gross (858)
  4. Bill Schroeder (852)
  5. Carlos Santana (852)
  6. Ian Desmond (850)
  7. Alex Avila (848)
  8. Don Pavletich (846)
  9. Bill DeLancey (845)
  10. John Jaso (845)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Mike Piazza (914)
  2. Matt Nokes (901)
  3. Gabby Hartnett (900) *
  4. Rudy York (895)
  5. Yogi Berra (892) *
  6. Javy Lopez (886)
  7. Stephen Drew (882)
  8. Spud Davis (881)
  9. Carlton Fisk (879) *
  10. Tony Batista (877)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Jack Rowe (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Piazza (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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/Other Sources
201124San Francisco Giants$575,000
201225San Francisco Giants$615,000contracts
201326San Francisco Giants$8,000,000
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2017
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,190,000Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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