#28 Buster "Hum Buss" Posey, Catcher, 33 yrs, St. Louis Cardinals
Saturday, 2/20/2021 |
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| Buster Posey
Hum Buss
3/27/1987
33
United States
6"1
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Catcher
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2.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 9,500,000
2022
10 Year(s), 124 Days (1844 total Days)
0 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 124 Days (1844 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Versus LHP | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| Versus RHP | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Talent | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
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| Fielding Ratings
C : 8 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 3 (Range), .928 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 8
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Close/Late | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Scoring Position | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Pinch Hitting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2010 | 100 | 342 | 118 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 52 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | .345 | .422 | .526 | .948 | PIT |
| 2011 | 148 | 557 | 162 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 73 | 70 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | .291 | .369 | .409 | .779 | PIT,NL |
| 2012 | 152 | 584 | 195 | 40 | 5 | 15 | 93 | 89 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 87 | 1 | 0 | .334 | .394 | .497 | .891 | PIT,NL |
| 2013 | 156 | 563 | 197 | 49 | 5 | 10 | 71 | 81 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 1 | .350 | .410 | .508 | .918 | PIT,NL |
| 2014 | 151 | 553 | 168 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 73 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .377 | .434 | .811 | PIT,NL |
| 2015 | 145 | 533 | 169 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .397 | .415 | .812 | PIT |
| 2016 | 149 | 554 | 175 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 80 | 81 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 0 | .316 | .381 | .444 | .825 | CLE,AL |
| 2017 | 146 | 572 | 195 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 75 | 82 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | .341 | .386 | .481 | .867 | CLE,AL |
| 2018 | 143 | 573 | 190 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 98 | 96 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .332 | .368 | .466 | .834 | CLE,AL |
| 2019 | 143 | 578 | 177 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 70 | 86 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 1 | 0 | .306 | .349 | .420 | .769 | CLE |
| 2020 | 138 | 508 | 124 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 62 | 72 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .309 | .354 | .663 | CLE STL |
| Total | 1571 | 5917 | 1870 | 429 | 33 | 97 | 817 | 871 | 605 | 13 | 56 | 639 | 7 | 1 | .316 | .377 | .449 | .826 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2008, A | 51 | 174 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .369 | .517 | .886 |
| 2008, AA | 78 | 290 | 101 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 62 | 45 | 42 | 65 | 0 | 0 | .348 | .428 | .552 | .980 |
| 2009, AA | 136 | 500 | 153 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 80 | 87 | 79 | 94 | 1 | 0 | .306 | .399 | .502 | .901 |
| 2010, AAA | 54 | 179 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .291 | .392 | .453 | .844 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2018 | 10 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .378 | .417 | .556 | .972 |
| 2020 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .929 | 1.357 |
| Total | 14 | 59 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .390 | .419 | .644 | 1.063 |
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Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 3/4/2008 to a minor league deal...
Had first career hit on 6/6/2010, off Jesse Litsch (CHC)...
Hit first career homerun on 6/6/2010, off Michael Wuertz (CHC)...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/2010, hitting .600 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/2010, hitting .684 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Milwaukee on 9/28/2011...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/2012, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 6 RBI...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
2/2/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (C) on 6/4/2014...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
2/2/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia on 9/4/2015...
1/31/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 6/11/2016...
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 7/8/2016...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
8/24/2016: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $9,500,000 per year, for 6 years.
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 4/11/2017...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Milwaukee on 6/4/2017...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/29/2017...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2018, hitting .390 with 3 HR, 23 RBI...
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Toronto on 9/15/2018...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 9/3/2019...
Traded from Cleveland to St. Louis on 2/20/2020 (Going to STL: C Buster Posey. Going to CLE: P Jake Woodford)...
Injured on 3/2/2020 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
2012 - .334 - 2nd
2013 - .350 - 1st
2014 - .304 - 7th
2015 - .317 - 6th
2016 - .316 - 8th
2017 - .341 - 1st
2018 - .332 - 1st
2019 - .306 - 9th
| OBP
2012 - .394 - 9th
2013 - .410 - 4th
2015 - .397 - 6th
2017 - .386 - 4th
| OPS
2013 - .918 - 7th
2017 - .867 - 10th
| Hits
2012 - 195 - 1st
2013 - 197 - 1st
2017 - 195 - 6th
2018 - 190 - 3rd
2019 - 177 - 10th
| Doubles
2013 - 49 - 4th
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