NAME : Jorge Posada
NICKNAME :
ORIGIN : Puerto Rico
BIRTHDAY : 8/17/1971
AGE : 33
HEIGHT : 6"2
WEIGHT : 205
POSITION : Catcher
BATS : Both
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $7,140,000 through 2006
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Average
TEAM LEADER : None at all
CONSISTENCY : Normal
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Normal
INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS :
Range at Catcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .990)
Range at First Base : D (Fielding Pct. : .994)
Catcher Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS :
(Rated by an average league scout)
Speed : E
Stealing Ability : E
Sacrifice Bunt : C
Bunt for Hit : E
Hitter Type : Pull Hitter
Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Average)
Hitting Doubles : 7 (VS. RHP : 6, VS. LHP : 9, Talent Good)
Hitting Homeruns : 6 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Good)
Getting BB's : 7 (VS. RHP : 7, VS. LHP : 6, Talent Good)
Avoiding Strikeouts : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Fair)
BATTING STATS :
Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG
Overall .269 24 96 487 131 30 3 96 0 0 105 131 .401 .491
vs RHP .277 20 74 354 98 20 2 74 0 0 74 101 .405 .514
vs LHP .248 4 22 133 33 10 1 22 0 0 31 30 .392 .429
At Home .257 10 39 214 55 10 1 43 0 0 55 61 .410 .453
Away .278 14 57 273 76 20 2 53 0 0 50 70 .393 .520
R.I.S.P. .306 8 70 134 41 8 2 0 0 0 41 38 .461 .575
Pinch Hitting .375 0 3 8 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 .545 .500
Close/Late .200 4 10 65 13 2 0 11 0 0 16 21 .366 .415
This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Last Week .100 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .250 .100
Apr/Mar .277 3 16 83 23 8 0 20 0 0 24 19 .435 .482
May .256 4 19 86 22 3 2 17 0 0 19 31 .389 .477
June .281 5 10 89 25 4 1 12 0 0 15 22 .390 .517
July .253 5 15 79 20 6 0 15 0 0 14 24 .366 .519
August .293 6 24 92 27 5 0 19 0 0 19 22 .421 .543
Sep/Oct .241 1 12 58 14 4 0 13 0 0 14 13 .397 .362
CAREER STATS :
YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS
1995 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 NYA
1996 .071 0 0 8 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .133 .071 NYA
1997 .250 6 25 60 188 47 12 0 29 1 2 30 33 .353 .410 NYA
1998 .268 17 63 111 358 96 23 0 56 0 1 47 92 .353 .475 NYA
1999 .245 12 57 112 379 93 19 2 50 1 0 53 91 .337 .401 NYA
2000 .287 28 86 151 505 145 35 1 92 2 2 107 151 .411 .527 NYA
2001 .277 22 95 138 484 134 28 1 59 2 6 62 132 .358 .475 NYA
2002 .268 20 99 143 511 137 40 1 79 1 0 81 143 .370 .468 NYA
2003 .231 12 86 163 581 134 39 2 94 4 0 114 148 .357 .367 NYA,OAK,AL
Total AB : 3507
Total AVG : .262
Total Hits: 918
Total HR : 141
Total RBI : 607
Total Runs: 556
Total SB : 11
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from New York (A) to Oakland on 3/31/2003 (Going to OAK: C J. Posada, 3B R. Ventura, SS D. Jeter. Going to NYA: C R. Hernandez, 3B E. Chavez, SS M. Tejada)... Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/8/2003... Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game... Traded from Oakland to San Francisco on 3/1/2004 (Going to SF: LF T. Long, C J. Posada, P J. Pineiro. Going to OAK: C B. Estalella, LF B. Bonds, P J. Schmidt)... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Injured on 9/14/2004 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... |