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Buster Posey

Buster Posey
Buster Posey 2013.jpg
Posey in September 2013 at Petco Park
San Francisco Giants – No. 28
Catcher / First baseman
Born: (1987-03-27) March 27, 1987 (age 29)
Leesburg, Georgia
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 11, 2009, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)
Batting average .307
Hits 1,005
Home runs 116
Runs batted in 527
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Gerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey (born March 27, 1987) is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 215 pounds (98 kg). He bats and throws right-handed. Posey has also filled in at first base for the Giants.

Posey grew up in Leesburg, Georgia. He played four sports in high school; when playing baseball, he excelled at hitting and pitching. He attended Florida State University, where he began playing the catcher position. He won the Golden Spikes Award in 2008 and was selected by the Giants with the fifth overall pick in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Posey made his major league debut on September 11, 2009. After starting the 2010 season in the minor leagues, he was called back up to the major leagues in May. With the presence of then full-time catcher Bengie Molina, Posey played first base when originally called up to the majors, but became the Giants' regular catcher at the end of June when Molina was traded to the Texas Rangers, the team the Giants would later face in the World Series.

As a rookie, he finished with a .305 batting average, 18 home runs, and 67 runs batted in. He was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year. He caught every inning of the playoffs as the Giants won the 2010 World Series. In 2011, Posey missed most of the year after he was severely injured in a collision with Scott Cousins at home plate.


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