What years did Jorge Posada play?

Jorge Posada played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2011.

Was Jorge Posada a pitcher?

No. Jorge Posada was a position player (Catcher).

How many home runs did Jorge Posada hit?

Jorge Posada hit 275 career home runs with 1,664 hits.

What teams did Jorge Posada play for?

Jorge Posada played for one team, the New York Yankees (1995–2011).

Did Jorge Posada win an MVP award?

No. Jorge Posada did not win the MVP award.

What awards did Jorge Posada win?

Jorge Posada won 5 Silver Slugger awards (2000–2003, 2007). He was selected to 5 All-Star Games.

What were Jorge Posada's career stats?

In 1,829 games, Jorge Posada had 1,664 hits, 275 home runs, 1,065 RBI, 900 runs, and 20 stolen bases, with a .273 batting average.

What was Jorge Posada's salary?

Jorge Posada's last recorded salary was $13,100,000, in 2011. His highest recorded salary was $13,100,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $158,500, in 1997. The Salary History table lists each season from 1997 to 2011.

What position did Jorge Posada play?

Jorge Posada played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jorge Posada and how much did he weigh?

Jorge Posada was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 215 pounds.

How many home runs did Jorge Posada hit each season?

Jorge Posada's home runs by season: 0 in 1996, 6 in 1997, 17 in 1998, 12 in 1999, 28 in 2000, 22 in 2001, 20 in 2002, 30 in 2003, 21 in 2004, 19 in 2005, 23 in 2006, 20 in 2007, 3 in 2008, 22 in 2009, 18 in 2010, and 14 in 2011. His most in one season was 30, in 2003.

What was Jorge Posada's career batting average?

Jorge Posada batted .273 over his career, with 1,664 hits in 6,092 at bats.

How many RBI did Jorge Posada have?

Jorge Posada drove in 1,065 runs in his career.

Jorge Posada

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2011)

Jorge Posada was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2011 for the New York Yankees, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,829 career games, he hit .273 with 1,664 hits, 275 home runs, and 1,065 RBI. Jorge Posada was a 5-time All-Star and a 5-time Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 17,843.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 17, 2026

AVG .273

HR 275

RBI 1,065

H 1,664

OPS .848

PIV 17,843

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 215 lb
Born: 8/17/1970 in Santurce, P.R.
MLB Debut: 1995-09-04
Last Game: 2011-09-28
Awards: 5× All-Star · 5× Silver Slugger

Full name: Jorge Rafael Posada

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Career Batting Statistics

Jorge Posada — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,829	6,092	900	1,664	379	10	275	1,065	20	936	1,453	.273	.374	.474	.848	17,843

Career AVG .273 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .374 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — +11.8% above league average.

Career SLG .474 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — +12.6% above league average.

Career OPS .848 vs. league average .755 across their career seasons — +12.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jorge Posada Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	NYA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	NYA	AL	8	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	NYA	AL	60	188	29	47	12	0	6	25	1	30	33	.250	.266 (-6%)	.336 (+7%)	.419 (-2%)	.756 (+2%)	119.6
1998	NYA	AL	111	358	56	96	23	0	17	63	0	47	92	.268	.266 (+1%)	.335 (+4%)	.420 (+13%)	.755 (+9%)	651.5
1999	NYA	AL	112	379	50	93	19	2	12	57	1	53	91	.245	.271 (-10%)	.344 (-1%)	.433 (-8%)	.778 (-5%)	-251.7
2000	NYA	AL	151	505	92	145	35	1	28	86	2	107	151	.287	.270 (+6%)	.344 (+21%)	.437 (+20%)	.782 (+21%)	2663.0
2001	NYA	AL	138	484	59	134	28	1	22	95	2	62	132	.277	.263 (+5%)	.332 (+9%)	.426 (+11%)	.758 (+10%)	1140.6
2002	NYA	AL	143	511	79	137	40	1	20	99	1	81	143	.268	.261 (+3%)	.331 (+12%)	.416 (+12%)	.747 (+12%)	1423.1
2003	NYA	AL	142	481	83	135	24	0	30	101	2	93	110	.281	.264 (+6%)	.332 (+22%)	.422 (+23%)	.754 (+22%)	2612.8
2004	NYA	AL	137	449	72	122	31	0	21	81	1	88	92	.272	.266 (+2%)	.335 (+19%)	.427 (+12%)	.762 (+16%)	1827.8
2005	NYA	AL	142	474	67	124	23	0	19	71	1	66	94	.262	.264 (-1%)	.330 (+6%)	.418 (+3%)	.749 (+4%)	558.2
2006	NYA	AL	143	465	65	129	27	2	23	93	3	64	97	.277	.269 (+3%)	.336 (+11%)	.431 (+14%)	.768 (+13%)	1398.2
2007	NYA	AL	144	506	91	171	42	1	20	90	2	74	98	.338	.268 (+26%)	.335 (+27%)	.422 (+29%)	.758 (+28%)	3227.2
2008	NYA	AL	51	168	18	45	13	1	3	22	0	24	38	.268	.263 (+2%)	.333 (+9%)	.416 (-1%)	.749 (+3%)	151.7
2009	NYA	AL	111	383	55	109	25	0	22	81	1	48	101	.285	.262 (+8%)	.332 (+9%)	.417 (+25%)	.750 (+18%)	1348.3
2010	NYA	AL	120	383	49	95	23	1	18	57	3	59	99	.248	.257 (-4%)	.325 (+10%)	.402 (+13%)	.728 (+11%)	989.4
2011	NYA	AL	115	344	34	81	14	0	14	44	0	39	76	.235	.255 (-8%)	.320 (-2%)	.399 (avg)	.719 (-1%)	-16.9
Career · 17 seasons			1,829	6,092	900	1,664	379	10	275	1,065	20	936	1,453	.273	—	—	—	—	17,843

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jorge Posada — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
125	416	53	103	23	1	11	42	70	109	.248

Playoff Batting by Year

Jorge Posada — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2011	ALDS1	NYA	5	14	4	6	0	1	0	0	4	6	.429
2010	ALCS	NYA	6	19	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	8	.263
2010	ALDS2	NYA	3	11	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	4	.273
2009	ALCS	NYA	6	20	3	4	1	0	1	1	5	5	.200
2009	ALDS1	NYA	3	11	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	.364
2009	WS	NYA	6	19	1	5	1	0	0	5	2	7	.263
2007	ALDS2	NYA	4	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	3	.133
2006	ALDS1	NYA	4	14	2	7	1	0	1	2	2	2	.500
2005	ALDS2	NYA	5	13	3	3	1	0	1	2	6	2	.231
2004	ALCS	NYA	7	27	4	7	1	0	0	2	7	1	.259
2004	ALDS2	NYA	4	18	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	.222
2003	ALCS	NYA	7	27	5	8	4	0	1	6	3	4	.296
2003	ALDS1	NYA	4	17	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	.176
2003	WS	NYA	6	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	5	7	.158
2002	ALDS1	NYA	4	17	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	3	.235
2001	ALCS	NYA	5	14	4	3	1	0	0	0	6	7	.214
2001	ALDS2	NYA	5	18	3	8	1	0	1	2	2	2	.444
2001	WS	NYA	7	23	2	4	1	0	1	1	3	8	.174
2000	ALCS	NYA	6	19	2	3	1	0	0	3	5	5	.158
2000	ALDS1	NYA	5	17	2	4	2	0	0	1	3	5	.235
2000	WS	NYA	5	18	2	4	1	0	0	1	5	4	.222
1999	ALCS	NYA	3	10	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	.100
1999	ALDS2	NYA	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
1999	WS	NYA	2	8	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	.250
1998	ALCS	NYA	5	11	1	2	0	0	1	2	4	2	.182
1998	ALDS2	NYA	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
1998	WS	NYA	3	9	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	2	.333
1997	ALDS1	NYA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1995	ALDS2	NYA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Jorge Posada — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	892	2913	458	828	152	543	.284
Away	937	3179	442	836	123	522	.263

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jorge Posada — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2011-09-28	NYY	TBR	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011-09-27	NYY	TBR	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
2011-09-26	NYY	TBR	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-25	NYY	BOS	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2011-09-25	NYY	BOS	W	3	1	2	1	2	1	0
2011-09-22	NYY	TBR	L	5	0	1	0	0	0	4
2011-09-21	NYY	TBR	W	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
2011-09-21	NYY	TBR	W	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
2011-09-19	NYY	MIN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011-09-16	NYY	TOR	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jorge Posada — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	42	26	191	18	2	23
2B	1	0	0	1	0	0
C	1574	1450	10016	696	90	81

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jorge Posada — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	NYA	C	1	0	1	0	0	0
1996	NYA	C	4	2	17	2	0	0
1997	NYA	C	60	52	367	23	3	3
1998	NYA	1B	1	1	7	1	0	2
1998	NYA	C	99	85	587	46	4	3
1999	NYA	1B	1	1	4	1	0	1
1999	NYA	C	109	98	705	46	5	7
2000	NYA	1B	12	8	63	8	1	6
2000	NYA	C	142	136	892	56	7	7
2001	NYA	1B	2	1	7	0	0	1
2001	NYA	C	131	126	996	52	11	11
2002	NYA	C	138	131	965	66	12	5
2003	NYA	C	137	131	933	75	6	4
2004	NYA	C	134	126	835	53	9	13
2005	NYA	C	133	123	718	76	3	6
2006	NYA	1B	1	0	2	0	0	2
2006	NYA	C	134	121	787	68	9	7
2007	NYA	1B	1	1	6	0	0	1
2007	NYA	C	138	125	799	54	5	6
2008	NYA	1B	7	3	25	0	0	2
2008	NYA	C	30	28	197	7	1	1
2009	NYA	1B	2	0	3	2	0	0
2009	NYA	C	100	88	648	48	7	6
2010	NYA	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2010	NYA	C	83	78	562	22	8	2
2011	NYA	1B	14	11	74	6	1	8
2011	NYA	2B	1	0	0	1	0	0
2011	NYA	C	1	0	7	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Jorge Posada Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Catcher	1574
First Base	42
Second Base	1
Designated Hitter	181

Awards & Honors

Jorge Posada — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2007	Silver Slugger	C
2007	TSN All-Star	C
2003	Silver Slugger	C
2003	TSN All-Star	C
2002	Silver Slugger	C
2002	TSN All-Star	C
2001	Silver Slugger	C
2001	TSN All-Star	C
2000	Silver Slugger	C
2000	TSN All-Star	C

Salary History

Jorge Posada's recorded salaries total $117,458,500 over 15 seasons, 1997 to 2011. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Posada's career ran from 1995 to 2011. No salary is recorded for 1995 and 1996.

Jorge Posada — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2011	NYA	AL	$13,100,000
2010	NYA	AL	$13,100,000
2009	NYA	AL	$13,100,000
2008	NYA	AL	$13,100,000
2007	NYA	AL	$12,000,000
2006	NYA	AL	$12,000,000
2005	NYA	AL	$11,000,000
2004	NYA	AL	$9,000,000
2003	NYA	AL	$8,000,000
2002	NYA	AL	$7,000,000
2001	NYA	AL	$4,050,000
2000	NYA	AL	$1,250,000
1999	NYA	AL	$350,000
1998	NYA	AL	$250,000
1997	NYA	AL	$158,500
Total recorded salary (partial)			$117,458,500

College History

Jorge Posada — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Calhoun Community College	Decatur	AL	1990, 1991

Award Voting History

Jorge Posada — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2007	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	112.0	392	0
2003	Most Valuable Player	AL	3rd	194.0	392	5

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Jorge Posada: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 4, 1995 and the final game on September 28, 2011, Jorge Posada built the record summarized on this page. Posada spent the whole of the career shown here with one club, the New York Yankees. Born on August 17, 1970, in Santurce, P.R., Posada is listed as a catcher and switch-hit and threw right-handed. Posada's listed size is 6'2" and 215 pounds. The bio lists the given name Jorge Rafael.

Posada collected 1,664 hits in 6,092 at bats across 1,829 games, good for a .273 batting average; the totals also include 275 homers, 1,065 RBI, and 20 stolen bases. On-base and slugging figures of .374 and .474 give Posada a career OPS of .848. The .273 career average is close to the .265 the league hit across the same seasons. In OPS terms, Posada's .848 stands 12.3% above the league's .755. No season beat the 30 home runs Posada hit in 2003. 2007 produced Posada's most hits, 171 of them for the New York Yankees.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jorge Posada

What years did Jorge Posada play?: Jorge Posada played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2011.
Was Jorge Posada a pitcher?: No. Jorge Posada was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Jorge Posada hit?: Jorge Posada hit 275 career home runs with 1,664 hits.
What teams did Jorge Posada play for?: Jorge Posada played for one team, the New York Yankees (1995–2011).
Did Jorge Posada win an MVP award?: No. Jorge Posada did not win the MVP award.
What awards did Jorge Posada win?: Jorge Posada won 5 Silver Slugger awards (2000–2003, 2007). He was selected to 5 All-Star Games.
What were Jorge Posada's career stats?: In 1,829 games, Jorge Posada had 1,664 hits, 275 home runs, 1,065 RBI, 900 runs, and 20 stolen bases, with a .273 batting average.
How much did Jorge Posada earn in his career?: Jorge Posada's recorded salaries total $117,458,500 over 15 seasons, 1997 to 2011. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Posada's career ran from 1995 to 2011. No salary is recorded for 1995 and 1996.
What was Jorge Posada's salary?: Jorge Posada's last recorded salary was $13,100,000, in 2011. His highest recorded salary was $13,100,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $158,500, in 1997. The Salary History table lists each season from 1997 to 2011.
What position did Jorge Posada play?: Jorge Posada played primarily as a catcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jorge Posada and how much did he weigh?: Jorge Posada was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 215 pounds.
How many home runs did Jorge Posada hit each season?: Jorge Posada's home runs by season: 0 in 1996, 6 in 1997, 17 in 1998, 12 in 1999, 28 in 2000, 22 in 2001, 20 in 2002, 30 in 2003, 21 in 2004, 19 in 2005, 23 in 2006, 20 in 2007, 3 in 2008, 22 in 2009, 18 in 2010, and 14 in 2011. His most in one season was 30, in 2003.
What was Jorge Posada's career batting average?: Jorge Posada batted .273 over his career, with 1,664 hits in 6,092 at bats.
How many RBI did Jorge Posada have?: Jorge Posada drove in 1,065 runs in his career.