And then, shockingly, he hung up his spikes. Not even fellow Giants legend Barry Bonds, who accrued 3. Add it all up and Posey has compiled an impressive resume that will likely land him in the Baseball Hall of Fame. His All but one of the non-Negro League Hall of Fame catchers played at least 16 seasons; Posey will end up playing only 12 seasons, and in one of those, he was a September callup who took only 17 plate appearances.
As demonstrated by his stellar final season, Posey likely could have accumulated more value if he had wanted to. The projection system ZiPS thinks he would have been good for 6. And if you subscribe to the idea that the Hall of Fame should enshrine the best players of every era, Posey checks that box too.
Since the start of the season, Posey has been the ninth-most-valuable position player in baseball, according to Baseball-Reference. And he accrued only 1, hits; a position player with fewer than 2, hits in the expansion era has yet to make the Hall.
But Posey has plenty of traditionalist arguments for the old-school voters who might care about such things: his seven All-Star appearances, MVP award, batting title, Gold Glove … and, oh yeah, three World Series rings. Like any great performer, Posey knew to leave baseball fans wanting more.
Won his fourth Silver Slugger Award Finished with a. Started games 96 at catcher, 30 at first base and seven as the DH Left the game in the 1st inning on April 10 vs.
Arizona Home Opener after getting hit in the head by a Cracked a home run in the 17th inning to bring an end to a marathon game in San Francisco, with the Giants going home as winners over the Reds on May Reached base safely in each of his first 37 road games, one of the longest streaks to start a season by any NL player in the last years Stole home in the 6th inning on Sept.
Was named the Giants' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, which honors a player for his community philanthropy Stole a career-high six bases, five of which came prior to the All-Star break Opponents went for in stolen base attempts against him and were 17 of their last 21 to end the season.
Hit a pair of three-run HRs on May 28 at Colorado, both of which have given the Giants the lead first and eighth innings Recorded his 1,th career hit on Sept.
Homered just twice in his final 63 games and had just three homers in the second half. Posted another stellar season, batting. Won his third Silver Slugger award , , , becoming the first Giants catcher to win the award three times Made starts at catcher, 37 at 1st base and three as DH Was selected to his third All-Star Game and second as a starter Among NL leaders he finished fourth in batting avg.
Hit safely in a season-best consecutive games May Reached base safely via hit, walk or hit by pitch in a career-best 27 games from April May Hit his th career home run Sept.
Completed his fifth full season with San Francisco, batting. Finished fourth in the NL in batting avg. Also ranked fourth in batting average with RISP. Led the Majors with a. Barry Bonds was the last Giants player to pace the big leagues in road batting average when he hit. Started games for the Giants, at catcher, 30 at first base and two as the designated hitter Threw out of Had some back issues that led to fatigue in his legs earlier in the season and hit just.
However, had the highest batting avg. Ranked third among all big league players with a. LAD's Carl Crawford,. Was in and out of the Giants lineup the last week of the season to rest his ailing back. The two-time NL All-Star batted. Made starts at catcher, 16 at 1st base and five as DH. Signed a nine-year contract eight-year extension through with an option for on March Was selected to his second-consecutive All-Star Game, via the player ballot.
Finished 12th in the league with a. Owned the ninth-highest avg. His 63 stolen bases against were tied for the fourth-most by any National League catcher. Recorded his first career walk-off hit of any kind on May 3 vs. Los Angeles, hitting a game-winning solo home run off Ronald Belisario in the 9th inning to give the Giants a win Posey's last walk-off home run came in a minor league game on June 5, while playing for Class A Advanced San Jose Hit three doubles on June 14 at Atlanta, with each one coming with two strikes on him Recorded a career-high five hits on July 8 vs.
New York- NL in a Recorded five RBI in a game for the third time in his career on July 12 at San Diego, but it marked the first time he accomplished it as a catcher in the two other games he was playing 1st base Became the 48th catcher to catch multiple no-hitters when he caught Tim Lincecum's no-hitter on July 13 at San Diego. Suffered a small fracture on the tip of his right finger and missed four games rom Sept. Posey went 2-for-5 with a home run and an additional run scored in Tuesday's win over the Padres.
Posey extended his hitting streak to three games and also homered for the second time this month, as the veteran catcher has been seeing the ball well of late. Posey is hitting. Posey has been battling a slump in recent weeks, hitting just. Curt Casali will take over behind the plate Monday. Posey is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rockies.
Posey will get a breather for the series finale after he caught in both of the Giants ' first two games in Colorado while going a combined 3-for with a home run, two doubles, three runs and two RBI. Curt Casali will check in for Posey behind the plate. Posey went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and two runs in Monday's victory over the Rockies. The catcher took Kyle Freeland deep in the first inning for his 17th long ball of the season.
He later doubled and scored again in the sixth inning. The year-old has been a huge part of the team's success this season, posting a. Posey started the last two games and went 3-for-9 with a double, a run, an RBI and a walk. Curt Casali will start behind the plate and bat seventh. The catcher had gone just 7-for Posey also knocked in San Francisco's lone run of the contest in the first inning. Through plate appearances, he's slashing.
Since he's started five of the last six games, the year-old will likely cede catching duties to Curt Casali for Sunday's series finale. Posey has gone cold at the plate recently, hitting.
He'll hit the bench after starting three straight games, with Curt Casali taking over behind the plate.
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