Jorge Posada (Jorge Rafael (Villeta) Posada) was born on August 17, 1970 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 1995 for the New York Yankees. In 1997, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 6 home runs and 25 RBI. Posada played for the New York Yankees for his entire 12 year career.
Most people believe that Jorge Posada's best season was 2000, when he slugged 28 home runs, hit for a .287 average and knocked in 86 runs.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1995
NY
A
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1996
NY
A
8
14
1
1
0
0
.071
.133
.071
0
0
1
6
0
0
0
0
1
1997
NY
A
60
188
29
47
6
25
.250
.359
.410
12
0
30
33
3
1
1
2
2
1998
NY
A
111
358
56
96
17
63
.268
.350
.475
23
0
47
92
0
0
0
7
14
1999
NY
A
112
379
50
93
12
57
.245
.341
.401
19
2
53
91
3
0
1
2
9
2000
NY
A
151
505
92
145
28
86
.287
.417
.527
35
1
107
151
8
0
2
10
11
2001
NY
A
138
484
59
134
22
95
.277
.363
.475
28
1
62
132
6
0
2
10
10
2002
NY
A
143
511
79
137
20
99
.268
.370
.468
40
1
81
143
3
0
1
9
23
2003
NY
A
142
481
83
135
30
101
.281
.405
.518
24
0
93
110
10
0
2
6
13
2004
NY
A
137
449
72
122
21
81
.272
.400
.481
31
0
88
92
9
0
1
5
24
2005
NY
A
142
474
67
124
19
71
.262
.352
.430
23
0
66
94
2
0
1
5
8
2006
NY
A
143
465
65
129
23
93
.277
.374
.492
27
2
64
97
11
0
3
1
10
2007
NYY
A
144
506
91
171
20
90
.338
.426
.543
42
1
74
98
6
0
2
7
18
Total
1432
4814
744
1334
218
861
.277
.381
.479
304
8
766
1139
61
1
16
64
143
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1995
NY
A
C
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1996
NY
A
C
4
2
24.1
17
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1996
NY
A
DH
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1997
NY
A
C
60
52
479.1
367
23
3
3
0
8
40
10
0
.992
1998
NY
A
1B
1
1
5.2
7
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1998
NY
A
C
99
85
792
587
46
4
3
0
7
48
32
1
.994
1998
NY
A
DH
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1999
NY
A
1B
1
1
8
4
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1999
NY
A
C
109
98
885.2
705
46
5
7
0
17
75
29
1
.993
1999
NY
A
DH
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2000
NY
A
DH
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2000
NY
A
C
142
136
1182
892
56
7
7
0
11
70
34
1
.993
2000
NY
A
1B
12
8
68
63
8
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
.986
2001
NY
A
DH
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2001
NY
A
1B
2
1
9
7
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2001
NY
A
C
131
126
1111.2
996
52
11
11
0
18
94
37
1
.990
2002
NY
A
DH
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2002
NY
A
C
138
131
1191.2
965
66
12
5
0
7
76
31
1
.988
2003
NY
A
C
137
131
1165
933
75
6
4
0
13
72
28
4
.994
2003
NY
A
DH
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2004
NY
A
C
134
126
1102.1
835
53
9
13
0
8
67
25
1
.990
2005
NY
A
C
133
123
1076.2
716
76
3
6
0
9
90
39
1
.996
2005
NY
A
DH
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
NY
A
C
134
121
1050.1
786
68
9
7
0
13
64
38
2
.990
2006
NY
A
DH
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
NY
A
1B
1
0
3
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2007
NY
A
C
138
125
1111.1
798
54
5
6
0
13
102
32
0
.994
2007
NY
A
DH
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2007
NY
A
1B
1
1
6
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
1B
18
12
99.2
89
10
1
13
0
0
0
0
0
.990
Total
C
1360
1256
11173.1
8598
617
74
72
0
124
798
335
13
.992
Total
DH
37
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Transactions[]
Selected by New York Yankees in the 24th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed May 24, 1991).
Signed a 4 year, $52 million contract to remain with the Yankees (November 12, 2007).
Trivia[]
Jorge is the nephew of Leo Posada.
Posada's favorite player to watch while growing up was George Brett, whom he credits for why he doesn't use batting gloves, since he didn't wear batting gloves.
When the announcer called Posada's name over the speaker at the 2002 All-Star Game, Jorge let his son, Jorge Jr., run out on the field.
His best friend in the game is his teammate, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. In fact, Jeter served as Jorge's best man at his wedding.
Posada, along with his wife Laura and their two children Jorge Jr. and Paulina, appeared on an episode of the ABC series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that aired on May 14, 2006. He donated a Yankees jersey signed by the entire roster to the Arena family of the Westchester County community of Somers, who had lost their only son Jimmy to a brain tumor in 2005.
Posada appeared on two episodes of the Discovery Channel series American Chopper that aired in September 2005 when the crew at Orange County Choppers built a Yankee themed bike to benefit the Jorge Posada Foundation for Craniosynostosis, a condition which his son Jorge Jr. suffers from. Posada entertainingly met Paul Teutul Sr.'s 87-year old mother who repeatedly referred to him as George.
Posada has a rally cry "Hip Hip Jorge!" ESPN had a commercial using it multiple times thus annoying him.
Posada made the last out of the 2003 World Series, grounding out to Josh Beckett.
Posada is sponsored by Nike.
Posada was in the same class in elementary school with Prison Break actor Amaury Nolasco.