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 : 4, 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 .241 3 13 87 21 3 0 10 2 0 20 27 .394 .379
vs RHP .243 3 10 70 17 2 0 9 2 0 20 23 .424 .400
vs LHP .235 0 3 17 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .294
At Home .205 2 8 44 9 1 0 6 1 0 8 13 .309 .364
Away .279 1 5 43 12 2 0 4 1 0 12 14 .456 .395
R.I.S.P. .353 3 13 17 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 .429 .941
Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Close/Late .286 0 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .400 .286
This Week .286 1 4 14 4 1 0 3 0 0 3 5 .412 .571
Last Week .235 1 4 17 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 6 .364 .412
Apr/Mar .241 3 13 87 21 3 0 10 2 0 20 27 .384 .379
May .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
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 .292 25 89 151 497 145 39 2 89 1 0 89 148 .399 .529 NYA,PIT
2004 .276 26 78 151 485 134 35 4 70 0 0 85 133 .384 .526 PIT
Total AB : 3508
Total AVG : .272
Total Hits: 953
Total HR : 159
Total RBI : 605
Total Runs: 535
Total SB : 10
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from New York (A) to Pittsburgh on 3/31/2003 (Going to PIT: P J. Lieber, C J. Posada, P J. Acevedo, RF R. Sierra. Going to NYA: P D. Williams, C J. Kendall, P S. Sauerbeck)... Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against San Francisco on 5/7/2003... Drove in 6 runs against Houston on 5/13/2003... |