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Buster Posey
San Francisco Giants
C: 106 DH: 1
2022 Projected Value: $0
2024 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $0
Based on 10-team NL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	Rate
2021	395	120	68	18	56	56	87	0	0.304	36.1
2019	405	104	43	7	38	34	71	0	0.257	13.7
2018	398	113	47	5	41	45	53	3	0.284	20.2
2017	494	158	62	12	67	61	66	6	0.320	41.3
2016	542	155	82	14	80	65	68	6	0.286	39.4
2015	557	177	74	19	95	56	52	2	0.318	51.8
2014	550	170	72	22	89	47	69	0	0.309	48.1
2013	520	153	61	15	72	60	70	2	0.294	36.1
2012	530	178	78	24	103	69	96	1	0.336	59.4
2011	162	46	17	4	21	18	30	3	0.284	10.4
2010	406	124	58	18	67	30	55	0	0.305	36.7
2009	17	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0.118	-1.1

Player News

Date	News
12/23/23	Melvin defends San Francisco's reputation amid negative noise. In recent weeks, the city of San Francisco has been -- fairly or unfairly -- under fire for potentially being responsible for the Giants' struggles to sign marquee free agents. Figures such as Warriors coach Steve Kerr and MLB agent Scott Boras lately have come to the city's defense, in addition to Giants fan favorites such as Buster Posey, Hunter Pence and Logan Webb, all emphasizing how San Francisco is desirable and its problems aren't unique to the city. Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco...
12/18/23	Kurtenbach Mailbag: Answering your questions on the SF Giants' free agency issues, Draymond Green's anger. What did you make of Buster Posey's comments on free agents being afraid of San Francisco? Posey was not the first to blame the city of San Francisco for the Giants' high-profile free agency failures when he made such comments to the Athletic. Hell, Farhan Zaidi preemptively blamed the city before free agency even started. Now, there is no doubt plenty of negativity towards San Francisco floating around these days. Source: https://www.montereyherald.com/2023/12/18/kurtenba...
12/14/23	Buster Posey says SF crime perception may have played role in Ohtani's move to Dodgers: report. Former San Francisco Giants star Buster Posey raised a controversial point as to why Shohei Ohtani might have chosen the Dodgers over the Giants. ABC7 News spoke to Andrew Baggarly, the journalist who wrote the article. Source: https://abc7news.com/shohei-ohtani-buster-posey-sa...
12/14/23	[Fan Nation] - S.F. Giants Singing Familiar Tune to A's Fans. Buster Posey's comments appear to be right out of the A's playbook Source: https://sportspyder.com/mlb/oakland-athletics/arti...
12/13/23	SF doom loop narrative killing Giants in free agency, Buster Posey says. “Whether that’s all completely fair or not, perception is reality,” Posey said. Source: https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/giants-posey...
11/11/23	SF Giants Opinion: End of an era?. Back in 2021, San Francisco Giants fans were taken by surprise when Buster Posey announced his unexpected retirement. After that, there were only two players left who had been on any of the World Series winning teams, and 2022 saw the departure of Brandon Belt from the team, but not the game. Source: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/11/11/23952...
10/26/23	Buster Posey defends SF Giants owner Greg Johnson's 'somewhat break even' comment. Former Giants legend Buster Posey had to clean up another PR mess for ownership. Source: https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/buster-posey...
9/30/23	Zaidi states Posey will be ‘key component' of Giants' manager search. Buster Posey likely won't be the Giants' next manager, but he'll play a role in the search. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/zaidi-states-posey-key-co...
9/29/23	SF Giants Community: Who's your pick for this year's Willie Mac Award?. Tonight, the San Francisco Giants present the 2023 Willie Mac Award. The award is presented to the most inspirational player, as voted on by their teammates, coaches, training staff and the fans. A handful of previous winners include Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, Hunter Pence, Matt Cain, and last year's winner Wilmer Flores. This is always a star-studded event featuring a parade of Forever Giants, so it's always fun to tune in and see everyone. Source: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/9/29/238933...
9/02/23	SF Giants News: Brandon Belt considering retirement after 2023 season. This is not the happiest topic to be bringing up on a holiday weekend, but it's one to keep in mind. When Buster Posey announced his retirement unexpectedly after the 2021 season, it took a lot of people by surprise. The Giants would have been happy to pay him for however long he wanted to keep playing. Former San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt appeared on the Foul Territory podcast recently and discussed, among other things, what his future in baseball looks like. Source: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/9/2/2385576...
8/31/23	SF Giants News: Buster Posey is heading back to school. Buster and Kristen Posey recently moved their family back to the Bay Area, which is cool in and of itself. Posey was unable to complete his degree at Florida State University before being drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 2008. Source: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2023/8/31/238529...
8/30/23	Giants legend Buster Posey going back to school to earn degree from FSU – KION546. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KION-TV) - Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. No, the seven-time All-Star doesn't need to study again after a decorated baseball career spanning more than a decade. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year's worth of online coursework remaining to complete his degree in social science at Florida State, yet he plans to spread the work over two years given his busy home life with four children. Posey had been a finance major before being drafted by San Francisco fifth overall in 2008, but since he can't finish that path remotely, he will study social science, with his current studies including a class focused on sports and society. Source: https://kion546.com/top-stories/2023/08/30/giants-...
8/30/23	Retired Giants catcher Buster Posey goes back to school to complete his degree from Florida State. Buster Posey is going back to school at age 36. The retired San Francisco Giants catcher has a year’s worth of online coursework remaining to complete his degree in social science at Florida State, yet he plans to spread the work over two years given his busy home life with four children. Posey had been a finance major before being drafted by San Francisco fifth overall in 2008, but since he can’t finish that path remotely, he will study social science, with his current studies including a class focused on sports and society. Source: https://news.yahoo.com/retired-giants-catcher-bust...
8/29/23	Giants legend Buster Posey re-enrolls at FSU to earn college degree. Former Giants catcher Buster Posey is a three-time World Series champion, seven-time MLB All-Star, National League MVP and, hopefully soon, a college graduate. The San Francisco legend has re-enrolled at Florida State University in search of a degree 15 years after he last attended, he told the Tallahassee Democrat's Jim Henry, taking two online courses in the fall semester that started Monday. "I've kicked the tires on this for awhile," Posey told Henry. Posey is enrolled in New Media and Social Change and Sports and Society, per Henry, after recently moving his family back to California from Georgia. Source: https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/san-francisco...
8/28/23	Former Seminoles, Giants star Buster Posey wants to add college degree to his resume. The former Florida State and San Francisco Giants star catcher has reenrolled at FSU after 15 years. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-seminoles-giants-s...
8/24/23	Your Random D-Back: Robert Kieschnick. The 2008 MLB Amateur draft would go into the books for the San Francisco Giants as yet another game changer, when they picked future franchise cornerstones Buster Posey in the 1st round and Brandon Crawford in the 4th. Between these future long term baseball players Robert Kieschnick was just as much as a no-doubt pick, in the 3rd round. Texas-born Kieschnick grew up in Rockwall, across Dallas, on the other side of Lake Ray Hubbard. Source: https://www.azsnakepit.com/2023/8/24/23844403/your...
8/17/23	Could Buster Posey really be a future SF Giants manager? Here's why it's impossible now — and unlikely later. Buster Posey's plans to return to the Bay Area may have stirred up some speculation about managing the Giants down the line, but don't count on No. 28 returning to the dugout. Posey recently told The Athletic that his family is moving back to the Bay Area, having packed up his home in Georgia earlier this month after moving there in 2022. Posey, 36, said the Bay Area truly felt like home: Posey and his wife Kristen's two sets of twins were born during Posey's career in San Francisco, one set born in 2011 and another adopted in 2020. Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/17/could-buste...
8/16/23	SF Giants legend Buster Posey leaving Georgia for Bay Area. The SF Giants legend is headed back to the Bay less than two years after leaving, according to a new report. Source: https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/buster-posey...
7/15/23	Reds select Don Lugo High grad in fifth round. Don Lugo High graduate Connor Burns was selected in the fifth round by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft held July 9 to 11. Burns was the 141st player taken and was rated as one of the top defensive catchers available in the draft. The 2020 Don Lugo grad played three seasons at Long Beach State, earning two Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year awards, was a finalist for the ABCA-Rawlings Gold Glove award and a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award. He was also named an All-Big West Conference first-team honoree and ABCA All-West Region second-team honoree. At Long Beach State, Burns finished with a .993 field percentage with 1,079 put outs, 122 assists Source: https://www.championnewspapers.com/sports_and_recr...
7/11/23	Kyle Teel's College Coach Backs Lofty MLB Comp For Red Sox Draftee. Boston Red Sox first-round pick Kyle Teel took a home-run swing when selecting the Major League Baseball player he feels he compares to the most. The left-handed-hitting catcher, who the Red Sox drafted at No. 14 overall Sunday night out of the University of Virginia, chose seven-time All-Star and 2012 National League MVP Buster Posey. Source: https://nesn.com/2023/07/kyle-teels-college-coach-...

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