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.

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2002 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 3	NYY	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 4	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 5	NYY		TBD	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
5	6 (1)	Apr 7	NYY		TBD	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
6	7	Apr 8	NYY	@	TOR	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	8	Apr 9	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
8	9	Apr 10	NYY	@	TOR	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	10	Apr 11	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-11	GS	38	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
10	12 (1)	Apr 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	13	Apr 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
12	14	Apr 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	15	Apr 16	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	16	Apr 17	NYY		BAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
15	17	Apr 18	NYY		BAL	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	18	Apr 19	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
17	19	Apr 20	NYY		TOR	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
18	20	Apr 21	NYY		TOR	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
19	21	Apr 23	NYY	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
20	22	Apr 24	NYY	@	OAK	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	23	Apr 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	24	Apr 26	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
23	26 (1)	Apr 28	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
24	27	Apr 30	NYY		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	28	May 1	NYY		OAK	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	29	May 2	NYY		OAK	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
27	30	May 3	NYY		SEA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
28	31	May 4	NYY		SEA	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	32	May 5	NYY		SEA	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
30	33	May 7	NYY	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	34	May 8	NYY	@	TBD	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	35	May 9	NYY	@	TBD	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
33	36	May 10	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	38 (1)	May 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
35	39	May 14	NYY		TBD	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
36	40	May 15	NYY		TBD	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	41	May 16	NYY		TBD	W,13-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	42	May 17	NYY		MIN	W,13-12	CG	65	14.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
39	44 (1)	May 19	NYY		MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	C
40	45	May 20	NYY		TOR	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
41	46	May 21	NYY		TOR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	48 (1)	May 23	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
43	49	May 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	53	10.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
44	50	May 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	51	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,14-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
46	53 (1)	May 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	54	May 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
48	55	May 31	NYY		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	56	Jun 1	NYY		BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
50	57	Jun 2	NYY		BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	58	Jun 3	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
52	60 (1)	Jun 5	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	61	Jun 7	NYY		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
54	62	Jun 8	NYY		SFG	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	63	Jun 9	NYY		SFG	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
56	64	Jun 10	NYY		ARI	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
57	65	Jun 11	NYY		ARI	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	66	Jun 12	NYY		ARI	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	67	Jun 14	NYY	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	68	Jun 15	NYY	@	NYM	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
61	69	Jun 16	NYY	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
62	70	Jun 18	NYY	@	COL	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	71	Jun 19	NYY	@	COL	W,20-10	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	72	Jun 20	NYY	@	COL	L,11-14	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
65	73	Jun 21	NYY	@	SDP	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
66	75 (1)	Jun 23	NYY	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	76	Jun 25	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	77	Jun 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
69	78	Jun 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
70	79	Jun 28	NYY		NYM	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	81 (1)	Jun 30	NYY		NYM	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	82	Jul 2	NYY		CLE	W,10-5	CG	36	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
73	83	Jul 3	NYY		CLE	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	85 (1)	Jul 5	NYY		TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
75	86	Jul 6	NYY		TOR	L,3-8	GS	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
76	87	Jul 7	NYY		TOR	W,10-6	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	88	Jul 11	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
78	89	Jul 12	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	90	Jul 13	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
80	93 (2)	Jul 16	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	94	Jul 17	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
82	95	Jul 18	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
83	96	Jul 19	NYY		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
84	97	Jul 20	NYY		BOS	W,9-8	CG	52	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
85	98	Jul 21	NYY		BOS	W,9-8	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	99	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-9	GS	23	4.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	101 (1)	Jul 26	NYY	@	TBD	W,12-9	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
88	102	Jul 27	NYY	@	TBD	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	103	Jul 28	NYY	@	TBD	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
90	104	Jul 29	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	105	Jul 30	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	106	Jul 31	NYY	@	TEX	L,6-17	GS	42	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	108 (1)	Aug 2	NYY	@	ANA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	109	Aug 3	NYY	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
95	110	Aug 4	NYY	@	ANA	W,7-5	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
96	111	Aug 6	NYY		KCR	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
97	112	Aug 7	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
98	113	Aug 8	NYY		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
99	114	Aug 9	NYY		OAK	L,2-3	CG	66	16.0	12	0	2	14	0	C
100	117 (2)	Aug 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
101	118	Aug 14	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
102	119	Aug 15	NYY	@	KCR	W,7-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
103	120	Aug 16	NYY	@	SEA	W,9-3	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
104	121	Aug 17	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	122	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	DH C
106	123	Aug 20	NYY		ANA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
107	124	Aug 21	NYY		ANA	L,1-5	CG	50	11.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
108	126 (1)	Aug 23	NYY		TEX	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
109	127	Aug 24	NYY		TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
110	129 (1)	Aug 26	NYY		TEX	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
111	130	Aug 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
112	131	Aug 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
113	132	Aug 29	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
114	133	Aug 30	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
115	134	Aug 31	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	135	Sep 1	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
117	136	Sep 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
118	137	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
119	138	Sep 4	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	139	Sep 5	NYY		DET	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
121	140	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
122	141	Sep 7	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	11	2	1	14	0	C
123	142	Sep 8	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
124	143	Sep 10 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
125	145 (1)	Sep 11	NYY		BAL	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	147 (1)	Sep 13	NYY		CHW	L,2-13	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
127	148	Sep 14	NYY		CHW	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
128	149	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	W,8-4	CG	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	150	Sep 17	NYY	@	TBD	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
130	151	Sep 18	NYY	@	TBD	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
131	152	Sep 19	NYY	@	TBD	L,2-3	CG	44	9.2	10	1	0	11	0	C
132	153	Sep 20	NYY	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
133	154	Sep 21	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
134	156 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		TBD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
135	157	Sep 24	NYY		TBD	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
136	158	Sep 25	NYY		TBD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
137	159	Sep 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
138	161 (1)	Sep 29	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
							138gm		1191.2	965	66	12	1043	5