Jorge Posada

Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta (born August 17, 1971) is a retired Puerto Rican baseball catcher who played 17 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees from 1995 to 2011. Posada produced strong offensive numbers for his position, recording a .273 batting average, 275 home runs, and 1,065 runs batted in (RBIs) during his career. A switch hitter, Posada was a five-time All-Star, won five Silver Slugger Awards, and was on the roster for four World Series championship teams.

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Filmography

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Selected Jorge Posada film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2011

Planeta Desconocido (Short Film)

Everette Casin - Oort Raider

Stunts Credits

2011

Planeta Desconocido (Short Film)

Self

2013

Henry & Me

2008

The Doctors (TV Show)

2007

2007 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2005

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith (TV Show)

2005

Unique Whips (TV Show)

2004

ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV Show)

2004

Premios juventud 2004 (TV Show)

2004

2004 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

2003

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Show)

2003

2003 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2002

2002 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2001

2001 World Series (TV Movie)

2001

2001 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2001

2001 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

2000

2000 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

2000

2000 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1999

ESPN SportsCentury (TV Show)

1999

1999 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1998

Candid Camera (TV Show)

1998

1998 American League Championship Series (TV Show)

1996

E! True Hollywood Story (TV Show)

1993

Late Show with David Letterman (TV Show)

1990

Sunday Night Baseball (TV Show)

Dating History

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List of Jorge Posada relationships, in date order.

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Jorge Posada.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1995	NYY	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1996	NYY	8	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.071	0.133	0.071
1997	NYY	60	188	29	47	12	0	6	25	1	30	33	0.250	0.359	0.410
1998	NYY	111	358	56	96	23	0	17	63	0	47	92	0.268	0.350	0.475
1999	NYY	112	379	50	93	19	2	12	57	1	53	91	0.245	0.341	0.401
2000	NYY	151	505	92	145	35	1	28	86	2	107	151	0.287	0.417	0.527
2001	NYY	138	484	59	134	28	1	22	95	2	62	132	0.277	0.363	0.475
2002	NYY	143	511	79	137	40	1	20	99	1	81	143	0.268	0.370	0.468
2003	NYY	142	481	83	135	24	0	30	101	2	93	110	0.281	0.405	0.518
2004	NYY	137	449	72	122	31	0	21	81	1	88	92	0.272	0.400	0.481
2005	NYY	142	474	67	124	23	0	19	71	1	66	94	0.262	0.352	0.430
2006	NYY	143	465	65	129	27	2	23	93	3	64	97	0.277	0.374	0.492
2007	NYY	144	506	91	171	42	1	20	90	2	74	98	0.338	0.426	0.543
2008	NYY	51	168	18	45	13	1	3	22	0	24	38	0.268	0.364	0.411
2009	NYY	111	383	55	109	25	0	22	81	1	48	101	0.285	0.363	0.522
2010	NYY	120	383	49	95	23	1	18	57	3	59	99	0.248	0.357	0.454
2011	NYY	115	344	34	81	14	0	14	44	0	39	76	0.235	0.315	0.398
Career		1829	6092	900	1664	379	10	275	1065	20	936	1453	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Jorge Posada.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1995	NYY	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1996	NYY	4	2	24	17	2	0	0	1.000
1997	NYY	60	52	479	367	23	3	3	0.992
1998	NYY	99	86	797	594	47	4	5	0.994
1999	NYY	110	99	893	709	47	5	8	0.993
2000	NYY	146	144	1,250	955	64	8	13	0.992
2001	NYY	131	127	1,120	1003	52	11	12	0.990
2002	NYY	138	131	1,191	965	66	12	5	0.988
2003	NYY	137	131	1,165	933	75	6	4	0.994
2004	NYY	134	126	1,102	835	53	9	13	0.990
2005	NYY	133	123	1,076	718	76	3	6	0.996
2006	NYY	134	121	1,053	789	68	9	9	0.990
2007	NYY	138	126	1,117	805	54	5	7	0.994
2008	NYY	33	31	265	222	7	1	3	0.996
2009	NYY	100	88	790	651	50	7	6	0.990
2010	NYY	83	78	679	562	22	8	2	0.986
2011	NYY	16	93	111	81	9	1	8	0.989
Career		1597	1558	-	10207	715	92	104	-

First Name	Jorge
Middle Name	Rafael
Last Name	Posada
Maternal Family Name	Villeta
Full Name at Birth	Jorge Rafael Posada
Age	41
Date of Birth	August 17, 1971
Birthplace	Santurce, P.R.
Height	6' 2" (188 cm)
Weight	215 lbs (97.5 kg)
Build	Athletic
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Brown - Dark
Star Sign	Leo
Ethnicity	Hispanic
Nationality	Puerto Rican
High School	Colegio Alejandrino (Guaynabo, PR)
University	Calhoun Community College
Occupation	Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Catcher
Bats	Both
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	4 September 1995
Draft	Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Claim to Fame	New York Yankees catcher