Jorge Posada

Position: Catcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: August 17, 1970 in Santurce, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL) and the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL).

High School: Colegio Alejandrino (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico)

School: Calhoun Community College (Decatur, AL)

Debut: September 4, 1995 (Age 25-018d, 16,771st in major league history)
vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2011 (Age 41-042d)
vs. TBR 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1997 season

Agents: ACES

Full Name: Jorge Rafael Posada

Nicknames: Sado

Pronunciation: \hor-hay po-SAH-dah\

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Relatives: Nephew of Bruce Brubaker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

6092

1664

275

.273

900

RBI

1065

OBP

.374

SLG

.474

OPS

.848

OPS+

121

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-29 / in Starts: 27-25
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 224 PAs	25
Actual Runners on Base	158 (74-61-23)
Avg. MLBer w/ 224 PAs	26
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (69-46-24)

Most Driven In
Self	6
C Curtis	5
D Jeter	3
M Whiten	3
P O'Neill	2
T Martinez	2
B Williams	1
L Sojo	1

Most Driven In By
B Williams	6
Self	6
T Raines	5
W Boggs	3
D Jeter	3
M Whiten	1
R SÃ¡nchez	1
C Fielder	1

1997 Batting Game Log

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1997 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	10	2 (1)	Apr 2	NYY	@	SEA	W,16-2	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.31	-0.047	.29	-0.03%	-1.33	C
2	11	3	Apr 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	1.52	-0.170	1.58	-0.11%	-1.49	C
3	12	4	Apr 5	NYY	@	OAK	W,10-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.94	-0.044	.86	-0.03%	0.03	C
4	13	8 (3)	Apr 9	NYY	@	ANA	W,12-5	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.33	0.066	.33	0.04%	0.16	C
5	14	11 (2)	Apr 13 (2)	NYY		OAK	L,4-7	CG	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.364	.739	8	.70	0.101	.72	0.06%	1.43	C
6	15	14 (2)	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.393	.333	.726	9	1.02	-0.058	.85	-0.03%	-0.48	C
7	16	18 (3)	Apr 20	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG(11)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.353	.286	.639	8	2.18	-0.165	1.83	-0.08%	-1.37	C
8	17	21 (2)	Apr 23	NYY		MIL	W,10-5	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.368	.267	.635	9	.55	0.035	.52	0.02%	0.24	C
9	18	22	Apr 25	NYY		CHW	L,3-9	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.366	.273	.639	9	.35	-0.024	.34	-0.01%	0.02	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	19	30 (7)	May 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,13-5	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.391	.421	.812	8	.58	-0.038	.64	-0.03%	0.67	C
11	20	36 (5)	May 10	NYY		KCR	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.293	.388	.415	.802	9	1.14	-0.054	1.36	-0.04%	-0.56	C
12	21	41 (4)	May 16	NYY	@	TEX	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.365	.386	.752	9	1.43	-0.115	2.00	-0.10%	-0.97	C
13	22	42	May 17	NYY	@	TEX	W,11-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.386	.396	.782	9	.17	0.007	.24	0.01%	0.87	C
14	23	43	May 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.361	.365	.726	8	1.19	-0.134	1.64	-0.11%	-1.05	C
15	24	44	May 20	NYY		TOR	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.344	.345	.689	9	1.22	-0.096	1.88	-0.09%	-0.70	C
16	25	46 (1)	May 22	NYY		BOS	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.353	.373	.726	8	.60	0.043	.77	0.03%	0.59	C
17	26	47	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.349	.683	9	.43	-0.045	.53	-0.03%	-0.75	C
18	27	51 (3)	May 28	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.316	.328	.644	9	1.11	-0.119	1.49	-0.10%	-1.29	C
19	28	53 (1)	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.313	.324	.636	9	.31	0.007	.42	0.01%	0.28	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	29	56 (2)	Jun 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.240	.318	.333	.651	9	.88	-0.013	1.24	-0.01%	0.19	C
21	30	58 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-9	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.326	.342	.668	1	.87	0.047	1.30	0.04%	0.87	C
22	31	66 (7)	Jun 15 (2)	NYY	@	FLA	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.344	.363	.707	8	2.10	0.269	3.06	0.24%	0.93	C
23	32	70 (3)	Jun 20	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.340	.349	.690	9	.38	-0.014	.60	-0.01%	-0.51	C
24	33	74 (3)	Jun 24	NYY	@	DET	W,12-9	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.343	.337	.681	9	.61	-0.012	.96	-0.01%	-0.41	C
25	34	77 (2)	Jun 28	NYY		CLE	L,8-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.340	.333	.673	9	1.08	-0.131	1.73	-0.13%	-1.37	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	35	80 (2)	Jul 1	NYY		ATL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.327	.319	.646	9	2.10	-0.188	3.12	-0.17%	-1.35	C
27	36	90 (9)	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	GS-10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.327	.313	.640	9	1.25	-0.080	2.21	-0.09%	-0.97	C
28	37	94 (3)	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.333	.323	.657	9	.99	0.100	1.48	0.09%	0.45	C
29	38	99 (4)	Jul 23	NYY		ANA	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.331	.320	.651	9	1.48	0.094	2.54	0.10%	0.30	C
30	39	101 (1)	Jul 26	NYY		SEA	L,7-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.331	.320	.651	8						C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	40	108 (6)	Aug 3	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.328	.318	.646	8	.95	0.056	1.45	0.05%	-0.06	C
32	41	113 (4)	Aug 8	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.333	.318	.652	9	.15	-0.005	.19	0.00%	0.16	C
33	42	120 (6)	Aug 15	NYY		TEX	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.346	.327	.674	8	.60	0.077	.49	0.04%	0.66	C
34	43	123 (2)	Aug 19	NYY	@	ANA	L,4-12	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.344	.325	.668	8	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.18	C
35	44	124	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	ANA	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.341	.347	.688	8	.43	0.020	.40	0.01%	0.87	C
36	45	128 (3)	Aug 23	NYY	@	SEA	W,10-8	CG(11)	6	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.355	.361	.715	8	1.28	0.109	.56	0.03%	0.66	C
37	46	130 (1)	Aug 26	NYY	@	OAK	W,18-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.352	.358	.710	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
38	47	132 (1)	Aug 29	NYY		MON	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.356	.378	.734	8	2.21	0.031	.38	0.00%	0.45	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	48	137 (4)	Sep 3	NYY	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.362	.375	.737	7	1.24	0.086	.35	0.02%	1.02	C
40	49	139 (1)	Sep 5	NYY		BAL	L,9-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.353	.364	.717	8	1.06	-0.128	.42	-0.03%	-1.70	C
41	50	140	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.346	.356	.702	8	.78	-0.065	.40	-0.02%	-0.68	C
42	51	141	Sep 7	NYY		BAL	W,10-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.350	.388	.738	8	.52	0.151	.28	0.05%	2.61	C
43	52	142	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.348	.392	.739	8	.98	0.092	.34	0.02%	0.09	C
44	53	143	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.255	.351	.386	.737	8	1.03	0.042	.15	0.00%	0.22	C
45	54	144	Sep 11	NYY	@	BAL	W,14-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.343	.378	.721	8	.59	-0.042	.13	-0.01%	-1.48	C
46	55	145	Sep 12	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-5	CG	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.348	.371	.719	8	.32	0.007	.02	0.00%	-0.87	C
47	56	146	Sep 13	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.343	.364	.706	8	.30	-0.023	.01	0.00%	-0.76	C
48	57	147	Sep 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.341	.357	.697	8	.55	-0.053	.02	0.00%	-0.67	C
49	58	148	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.344	.356	.700	8	1.68	0.069	.05	0.00%	0.36	C
50	59	149	Sep 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.347	.362	.709	8	1.15	-0.005	.01	0.00%	0.44	C
51	60	151 (1)	Sep 17	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.355	.395	.751	8	.62	0.208	.00	0.00%	2.99	C
52	61	152	Sep 18	NYY		DET	L,7-9	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.351	.390	.741	8	1.46	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
53	62	153	Sep 19	NYY		TOR	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.350	.386	.736	8	1.56	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
54	63	155 (1)	Sep 21	NYY		TOR	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.247	.352	.382	.734	8	.82	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
55	64	157 (1)	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,9-10	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.354	.380	.734	7	.52	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.50	C
56	65	158	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.356	.396	.752	8	.47	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.19	C
57	66	159	Sep 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.353	.391	.745	7	1.12	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.66	C
58	67	160	Sep 26	NYY	@	DET	W,8-2	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.356	.391	.747	8	3.64	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.84	C
59	68	161	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	W,6-1	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.359	.395	.754	8	.10	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
60	69	162	Sep 28	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.359	.410	.768	8	.39	0.066	.00	0.00%	0.50	C
							31-29		224	188	29	47	12	0	6	25	30	2	33	3	1	2	2	2	1	2	.250	.359	.410	.768		.92	-0.167	.74	-0.40%	-2.80

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