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 Leo Posada

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.7

6092

1664

275

.273

900

RBI

1065

OBP

.374

SLG

.474

OPS

.848

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1999 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 6	NYY	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
2	3	Apr 7	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 10	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
4	6	Apr 11	NYY		DET	W,11-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	7	Apr 13	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 15	NYY		BAL	L,7-9	CG	52	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
7	13 (3)	Apr 20	NYY		TEX	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	15 (1)	Apr 23	NYY		TOR	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
9	17 (1)	Apr 25	NYY		TOR	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
10	18	Apr 27	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
11	19	Apr 28	NYY	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
12	20	Apr 29	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	21	Apr 30	NYY	@	KCR	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	23 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	C
15	24	May 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	25	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	28 (2)	May 7	NYY		SEA	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	29	May 8	NYY		SEA	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	30	May 9	NYY		SEA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
20	31	May 11	NYY		ANA	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
21	33 (1)	May 13	NYY		ANA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	34	May 14	NYY		CHW	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	35	May 15	NYY		CHW	L,4-12	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
24	37 (1)	May 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
25	38	May 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	39	May 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	40	May 22 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	42 (1)	May 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	43	May 25	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
30	45 (1)	May 27	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
31	47 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
32	49 (1)	May 31	NYY		CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	50	Jun 1	NYY		CLE	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	52 (1)	Jun 4	NYY		NYM	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
35	53	Jun 5	NYY		NYM	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	55 (1)	Jun 7	NYY	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
37	56	Jun 8	NYY	@	PHI	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	58 (1)	Jun 11	NYY	@	FLA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	59	Jun 12	NYY	@	FLA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
40	61 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		TEX	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	63 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	64	Jun 17	NYY		TEX	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
43	66 (1)	Jun 19	NYY		ANA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
44	67	Jun 20	NYY		ANA	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
45	68	Jun 22	NYY	@	TBD	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	69	Jun 23	NYY	@	TBD	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
47	71 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-8	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
48	74 (2)	Jun 29	NYY		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	76 (1)	Jul 1	NYY		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
50	78 (1)	Jul 3	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	79	Jul 4	NYY		BAL	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	81 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	43	10.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
53	83 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
54	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	NYM	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	85	Jul 10	NYY	@	NYM	L,8-9	CG	41	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	86	Jul 11	NYY	@	NYM	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
57	87	Jul 15	NYY		ATL	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	88	Jul 16	NYY		ATL	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	91 (2)	Jul 19	NYY		MON	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
60	92	Jul 20	NYY		MON	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
61	93	Jul 21	NYY		TBD	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
62	95 (1)	Jul 23	NYY		CLE	W,9-8	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
63	96	Jul 24	NYY		CLE	W,21-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	97	Jul 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	98	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
66	100 (1)	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
67	101	Jul 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
68	102	Jul 31	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	103	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	106 (2)	Aug 4	NYY		TOR	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
71	107	Aug 5	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
72	108	Aug 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,11-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
73	111 (2)	Aug 9	NYY	@	OAK	W,12-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	112	Aug 10	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
75	113	Aug 11	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
76	115 (1)	Aug 14	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
77	116	Aug 15	NYY		MIN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	117	Aug 16	NYY		MIN	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
79	118	Aug 17	NYY		KCR	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
80	119	Aug 18	NYY		KCR	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
81	120	Aug 19	NYY		KCR	L,1-4	CG	43	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
82	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	125 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	TEX	W,10-7	CG	47	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
86	126	Aug 25	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	128 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		SEA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
88	130 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		OAK	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
89	131	Aug 31	NYY		OAK	L,2-3	CG	53	11.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	133 (1)	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
91	134	Sep 3	NYY	@	ANA	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	135	Sep 4	NYY	@	ANA	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
93	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	ANA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
94	138 (1)	Sep 7	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	139	Sep 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
96	141 (1)	Sep 11	NYY		BOS	L,10-11	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
97	142	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
98	143	Sep 13	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
99	144	Sep 14	NYY	@	TOR	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	C
100	146 (1)	Sep 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
101	148 (1)	Sep 18	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	149	Sep 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
103	151 (1)	Sep 22	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	153 (1)	Sep 24	NYY		TBD	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
105	154	Sep 25	NYY		TBD	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
106	156 (1)	Sep 27	NYY		TBD	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	158 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
108	159	Sep 30 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,12-5	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
109	161 (1)	Oct 2	NYY	@	TBD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
110	162	Oct 3	NYY	@	TBD	L,2-6	GS	31	7.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
							110gm		893.2	709	47	5	761	8