Born August 17, 1970
Santurce, , P.R.
He played seventeen seasons for New York and caught the champions of 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009. Only Yogi Berra has hit more home runs in the club's uniform as a catcher: Posada's 275 are second, ahead of Bill Dickey's 202. He was a switch-hitter with 936 walks and a .273 average, which for the position is rare in both directions.
Seventeen seasons gave him 1,664 hits, 1,065 runs batted in and 379 doubles, with five All-Star selections and five Silver Sluggers. His best year was 2003: 30 home runs, 101 runs batted in, and a .405 on-base percentage from behind the plate at thirty-one.
He was one of the four the club brought up together — Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and him — and the only one of them who was converted from another position, having been signed as a second baseman out of Puerto Rico. His single ballot, in 2017, gave him 17 votes of 442.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 5 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 |
| Silver Slugger | 5 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 |
| The Sporting News All-Star | 5 | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | NYY | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .071 |
| 1997 | NYY | 60 | 188 | 29 | 47 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 1 | .250 |
| 1998 | NYY | 111 | 358 | 56 | 96 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 63 | 47 | 92 | 0 | .268 |
| 1999 | NYY | 112 | 379 | 50 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 57 | 53 | 91 | 1 | .245 |
| 2000 | NYY | 151 | 505 | 92 | 145 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 86 | 107 | 151 | 2 | .287 |
| 2001 | NYY | 138 | 484 | 59 | 134 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 95 | 62 | 132 | 2 | .277 |
| 2002 | NYY | 143 | 511 | 79 | 137 | 40 | 1 | 20 | 99 | 81 | 143 | 1 | .268 |
| 2003 | NYY | 142 | 481 | 83 | 135 | 24 | 0 | 30 | 101 | 93 | 110 | 2 | .281 |
| 2004 | NYY | 137 | 449 | 72 | 122 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 81 | 88 | 92 | 1 | .272 |
| 2005 | NYY | 142 | 474 | 67 | 124 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 71 | 66 | 94 | 1 | .262 |
| 2006 | NYY | 143 | 465 | 65 | 129 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 93 | 64 | 97 | 3 | .277 |
| 2007 | NYY | 144 | 506 | 91 | 171 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 90 | 74 | 98 | 2 | .338 |
| 2008 | NYY | 51 | 168 | 18 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 38 | 0 | .268 |
| 2009 | NYY | 111 | 383 | 55 | 109 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 81 | 48 | 101 | 1 | .285 |
| 2010 | NYY | 120 | 383 | 49 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 57 | 59 | 99 | 3 | .248 |
| 2011 | NYY | 115 | 344 | 34 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 39 | 76 | 0 | .235 |
| Career | — | 1829 | 6092 | 900 | 1664 | 379 | 10 | 275 | 1065 | 936 | 1453 | 20 | .273 |
Santurce, , P.R.
Jorge Posada made a major-league debut on September 4, 1995.
Jorge Posada played a final major-league game on September 28, 2011.