He's ahead of eight Hall of Famers (and Molina). JAWS loops that in and Posey is 14th among catchers in history, behind 10 Hall of Famers, Joe Mauer (not yet eligible), Thurman Munson and Tenace. With the short career, Posey is obviously a peak candidate and not a compiler. He's given up one passed ball every 186 innings in his career. For comparison's sake, Yadier Molina has long been considered the gold standard defender at catcher. He gave up just 27 passed balls in 9,291 2/3 regular-season innings behind the plate. Whammy.Īgain, consider how good he was on a shortened career, so sitting top 40 among catchers in all those things is very good.ĭefensively, Posey never allowed more than five passed balls in a season and he did this while being an amazing framer (we'll get to that). He's third here behind Mike Piazza and Gene Tenace. OPS+ adjusts for ballpark and era conditions and remember that Posey played his home games in a cavernous park. He's ninth in on-base percentage and 13th in slugging. Among players with at least 1,000 games in the majors who caught at least 50 percent of their games, he's one of just six to hit over. Now that I've established that, Posey's career slash line is among the best ever for Hall-eligible catchers. In his career, he appeared in 1,093 games as a catcher, 229 at first and 31 at DH. Since I mentioned that, let's point out that for whatever reason, there's a small faction of fans who liked to call Posey a first baseman over the years as some kind of put down. If he were a designated hitter or first baseman, that probably wouldn't be good enough. That is, over the course of his career he was 29 percent better than the average hitter. Here's a look at Posey's Hall of Fame case. When a player of Posey's stature retires, the natural discussion flows toward whether or not he's a Hall of Famer and, hey, I love talking history. Longtime Giants catcher Buster Posey officially announced his retirement Thursday following a 12-year MLB career which included three World Series championships, seven All-Star appearances and the 2012 NL MVP award.
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