#55 Jorge Posada, Catcher, 33 yrs, San Diego Padres

#55 Jorge Posada, Catcher, 33 yrs, San Diego Padres
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Jorge Posada

8/17/1971
33
P.R.,,
6"2
195

Catcher
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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 5,230,000
2005
7 Year(s), 124 Days (1328 total Days)
172 Day(s)
7 Year(s), 124 Days (1328 total Days)
7 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	6	7	9	3
Versus LHP	4	6	7	9	3
Versus RHP	5	6	7	10	3
Talent	6	6	8	10	3

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Fielding Ratings
C : 8 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 6
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/24	@COL	W 4-3	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	#2
9/25	@COL	L 3-4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/26	@CHC	L 6-14	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	#2
9/27	@CHC	L 5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#9
9/28	HOU	L 3-4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	#2
9/29	HOU	W 7-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6
9/30	@ATL	L 1-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/2	NYN	W 9-6	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	#2
10/3	@MON	W 5-0	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/4	ATL	L 3-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#6

Batting Stats 2004

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	140	500	121	35	2	24	68	98	78	128	.242	.359	.464	.823	.831	.222
Projected	140	500	121	35	2	24	68	98	78	128	.242	.359	.464	.823	.831	.222

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	129	596	14	2	0	11	2	2	232	61	0	0	.0	87.6	6.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	117	23	6	0	6	14	21	19	30	1	1	2	.197	.314	.402	.716
vs. RHP	383	98	29	2	18	54	77	59	98	1	1	12	.256	.371	.483	.854
Close/Late	59	16	4	0	4	10	14	14	10	0	2	1	.271	.408	.542	.950
Scoring Position	98	29	10	0	5	42	0	18	28	2	1	1	.296	.400	.551	.951
Pinch Hitting	9	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.444	.500	.444	.944

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	71	256	63	24	0	11	34	46	37	66	.246	.358	.469	.826
Road	69	244	58	11	2	13	34	52	41	62	.238	.357	.459	.816
March/April	23	78	17	6	1	2	8	18	10	19	.218	.316	.397	.713
May	26	96	25	8	1	4	15	15	9	27	.260	.336	.490	.826
June	24	85	28	4	0	6	17	22	22	17	.329	.486	.588	1.075
July	15	46	10	4	0	2	6	9	10	14	.217	.368	.435	.803
August	24	91	19	7	0	4	10	13	12	29	.209	.308	.418	.725
Sept/Oct	28	104	22	6	0	6	12	21	15	22	.212	.328	.442	.770

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1997	67	225	51	6	0	2	24	22	13	7	1	49	0	0	.227	.289	.280	.569	MON
1998	92	189	54	14	0	9	30	26	19	7	0	44	0	0	.286	.372	.503	.875	MON
1999	142	452	138	30	1	15	80	74	47	4	3	94	0	0	.305	.374	.476	.849	MON
2000	148	565	180	49	2	13	103	98	66	12	5	90	0	0	.319	.398	.481	.880	MON SDN,NL
2001	156	596	164	27	1	19	80	107	97	12	2	99	2	0	.275	.386	.419	.806	SDN
2002	139	516	131	31	5	15	94	94	108	11	7	81	1	0	.254	.389	.421	.810	SDN,NL
2003	154	526	123	32	4	23	84	79	107	14	4	121	0	0	.234	.375	.441	.816	SDN
2004	140	500	121	35	2	24	68	98	78	14	2	128	0	0	.242	.359	.464	.823	SDN
Total	1038	3569	962	224	15	120	563	598	535	81	24	706	3	0	.270	.375	.442	.816

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1997, AAA	62	229	61	9	1	2	22	31	16	34	0	0	.266	.308	.341	.649

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1997	3	12	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333
2001	5	20	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	.100	.217	.100	.317
Total	8	32	4	0	0	0	2	4	3	4	0	0	.125	.200	.125	.325

Fielding Stats 2004

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	133	129	929	35	0	968	4	.996	1159.1	7.51	5	48	16	33.3

Player History

Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 6/19/2003...
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against Milwaukee on 7/17/2003...
Injured on 7/22/2004 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Doubles
2000 - 49 - 3rd

BB
2003 - 107 - 9th

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