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Buster Posey

Gerald Demp Posey

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 (Leesburg, GA)
School: Florida State University
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   vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Giants 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$575k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.161, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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 .756 115 63 4 4 0 1 3 2/3
3 Seasons 160 645 585 76 172 28 2 22 88 3 2 48 89 .294 .353 .462 .815 123 270 16 8 0 4 8
162 Game Avg. 162 653 592 77 174 28 2 22 89 3 2 49 90 .294 .353 .462 .815 123 273 16 8 0 4 8

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
2009 22 SFG NL 17 -3 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
2010 23 SFG NL 443 16 2 -1 -0 -0 3 12 31 3.1 32 3.2 -0.1 $ 23 MVP-11,RoY-1
2011 24 SFG NL 185 4 0 -1 -1 4 2 5 14 1.5 10 1.0 0.5 $575,000 2/3
3 Seasons 645 17 2 -1 -1 4 6 17 43 4.4 40 4.0 0.4 $575,000

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
1 Season (3 Series) 15 65 59 6 17 3 0 1 5 1 0 6 18 .288 .354 .390 .744 23 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLDS 4 18 16 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 .375 .444 .438 .882 7 1 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 6 26 23 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .217 .308 .304 .612 7 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 5 21 20 2 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .300 .333 .450 .783 9 0 0 0 0 0

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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
2009 SFG NL 22 C 7 36 32 4 0 0 1.000 0 5.14 .993 7.70 0 1 1 50%
2010 SFG NL 23 C 76 662 615 41 6 4 .991 5 5 8.63 .992 7.97 1 39 23 37% MVP-11,RoY-1
2010 SFG NL 23 1B 30 214 196 17 1 14 .995 -5 0 7.10 .993 9.13 MVP-11,RoY-1
2011 SFG NL 24 C 41 41 35 361.0 359 333 24 2 4 .994 3 2 11 7 8.90 8.71 .992 7.98 7.96 3 7 27 15 36% 0
2011 SFG NL 24 1B 2 2 2 18.0 18 16 2 0 2 1.000 1 1 53 67 9.00 9.00 .994 9.35 9.30
3 Seasons C 124 41 35 361.0 1057 980 69 8 8 .992 8 7 27 23 8.90 8.46 .992 7.98 7.95 4 7 67 39 37% 0
2 Seasons 1B 32 2 2 18.0 232 212 19 1 16 .996 -5 1 -307 66 9.00 7.22 .993 9.35 9.14
3 Seasons TOT 156 43 37 379.0 1289 1192 88 9 24 .993 4 8 11 25 8.91 8.21 .992 8.05 8.20 4 7 67 39 37% 0
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

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

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

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2010 NL  6 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2010 NL  37.1 (4th)
2011 NL  35.7 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
Active  8 (21st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  2. Earle Brucker (914)
  3. Ben Petrick (910)
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  5. Tom Wilson (908)
  6. Alex Avila (898)
  7. Emil Gross (898)
  8. Carlos Santana (894)
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  10. John Baker (884)
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  2. Ernie Lombardi (934) *
  3. Alex Cintron (934)
  4. Javy Lopez (932)
  5. Bill DeLancey (932)
  6. Khalil Greene (927)
  7. A.J. Pierzynski (923)
  8. Jack O'Brien (915)
  9. Ken O'Dea (913)
  10. Kevin Stocker (913)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  1. Jack Rowe (939)  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
201124San Francisco Giants$575,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$575,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Gerald Buster D Demp Posey

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