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Buster Posey
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 213LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 1, #5, San Francisco Giants | Florida State
PA
AB
R
H
HR
SB
AVG
OBP
SLG
OPS
2018 448 398 47 113 5 3 .284 .359 .382 .741
2019 445 405 43 104 7 0 .257 .320 .368 .688
2021 454 395 68 120 18 0 .304 .390 .499 .889
12 Seasons 5,607 4,970 663 1,500 158 23 .302 .372 .460 .832
AVG
HR
SB
OPS
2018 .284 5 3 .741
2019 .257 7 0 .688
2021 .304 18 0 .889
12 Seasons .302 158 23 .832
20212021 MLB Percentile Rankings
ValuesavantPOORAVERAGEGREATBatting Run Value25NOT QUALIFIED83Baserunning Run Value-3NOT QUALIFIED10Fielding Run Value9NOT QUALIFIED94BattingxwOBA.361NOT QUALIFIED81xBA.281NOT QUALIFIED87xSLG.469NOT QUALIFIED76Avg Exit Velocity88.5NOT QUALIFIED35Barrel %8.1NOT QUALIFIED46Hard-Hit %39.4NOT QUALIFIED39LA Sweet-Spot %38.4NOT QUALIFIED87Chase %22.1NOT QUALIFIED86Whiff %23.9NOT QUALIFIED56K %19.2NOT QUALIFIED64BB %12.3NOT QUALIFIED87FieldingRange (OAA)--NOT QUALIFIEDCatchingBlocks Above Avg17NOT QUALIFIED99CS Above Avg1NOT QUALIFIED68Framing4NOT QUALIFIED87Pop Time2.00NOT QUALIFIED34RunningSprint Speed24.3NOT QUALIFIED10
20212021 Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season
Age
Pitches
Batted
Balls
Barrels
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
Exit
Velocity
Max EV
Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA
XSLG
WOBA
XWOBA
XWOBACON
HardHit%
K%
BB%
2015 28 2194 512 31 6.1 5.0 89.0 110.3 10.8 33.6 .309 .498 .363 .377 .385 37.5 8.3 9.0
2016 29 2297 479 33 6.9 5.4 90.5 110.2 9.9 32.6 .288 .480 .341 .361 .371 43.2 11.1 10.4
2017 30 2073 433 15 3.5 2.6 88.7 109.6 11.6 36.5 .277 .443 .366 .345 .352 34.8 11.6 10.7
2018 31 1679 347 18 5.2 4.0 89.1 108.1 10.3 35.2 .274 .416 .326 .336 .341 34.9 11.8 10.0
2019 32 1765 336 16 4.8 3.6 88.6 107.6 9.1 32.4 .248 .408 .298 .310 .333 36.3 16.0 7.6
2021 34 1757 310 25 8.1 5.5 88.5 109.2 8.7 38.4 .281 .469 .379 .361 .406 39.4 19.2 12.3
Player 11765 2417 138 5.7 4.4 89.1 110.3 10.2 34.6 .281 .455 .347 .350 .365 37.8 12.6 10.0
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups
All Batted Balls
Batted Ball Breakdown
Season
GB %
AIR %
FB %
LD %
PU %
Pull %
Straight %
Oppo %
Pull GB %
Straight GB %
Oppo GB %
Pull AIR %
Straight AIR %
Oppo AIR %
2015 45.1 54.9 20.1 29.5 5.3 34.4 36.7 28.9 22.1 17.0 6.1 12.3 19.7 22.9
2016 49.3 50.7 19.6 27.8 3.3 31.9 36.5 30.7 18.8 20.7 9.2 13.2 15.9 21.5
2017 44.1 55.9 26.1 26.6 3.2 34.2 41.3 24.5 17.3 19.6 7.2 16.9 21.7 17.3
2018 46.4 53.6 21.0 28.8 3.7 30.8 39.5 29.7 20.7 18.7 6.9 10.1 20.7 22.8
2019 50.0 50.0 24.4 22.9 2.7 29.8 39.3 31.0 20.5 21.1 8.3 9.2 18.2 22.6
2021 46.5 53.5 23.2 26.1 4.2 30.3 44.8 24.8 17.7 24.5 4.2 12.6 20.3 20.6
Player 46.8 53.2 22.2 27.2 3.8 32.2 39.3 28.3 19.6 20.0 7.1 12.6 19.3 21.3
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season
Weak %
Topped %
Under %
Flare/Burner %
Solid %
Barrel %
Barrel/PA
2015 3.3 30.3 20.5 29.3 6.3 6.1 5.0
2016 2.7 34.4 20.0 27.1 6.3 6.9 5.4
2017 3.2 31.6 25.9 28.6 6.7 3.5 2.6
2018 1.4 36.9 22.8 28.0 5.8 5.2 4.0
2019 2.7 39.9 21.4 24.4 6.8 4.8 3.6
2021 4.5 32.6 19.0 29.4 6.5 8.1 5.5
Player 3.0 33.9 21.6 27.9 6.4 5.7 4.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year
Pitch Type
Team
RV/100
Run Value
Pitches
%
PA
BA
SLG
wOBA
Whiff%
K%
PutAway %
xBA
xSLG
xwOBA
Hard Hit %
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.8 10 550 31.3 151 .357 .556 .444 14.1 11.9 13.6 .335 .586 .441 50.0
2021 Slider 0.2 1 313 17.8 67 .207 .362 .293 34.1 26.9 18.2 .223 .390 .309 24.4
2021 Sinker 1.8 5 293 16.7 78 .342 .616 .438 14.7 14.1 15.7 .290 .470 .348 46.8
2021 Changeup 1.4 3 197 11.2 52 .267 .444 .344 37.2 30.8 23.2 .232 .358 .302 33.3
2021 Curveball 1.3 2 178 10.1 38 .286 .400 .330 28.8 18.4 13.2 .269 .355 .304 25.0
2021 Cutter 2.8 4 135 7.7 38 .324 .559 .411 29.7 23.7 24.3 .270 .507 .368 28.0
2021 Sweeper 1.5 1 57 3.2 14 .231 .462 .386 16.7 21.4 16.7 .211 .297 .255 30.0
2021 Split-Finger -5.2 -1 22 1.3 9 .111 .111 .100 57.1 44.4 33.3 .207 .381 .247 20.0
2021 Slurve 1.5 0 11 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -2 631 35.8 152 .297 .442 .354 12.3 11.8 10.5 .251 .454 .331 42.5
2019 Sinker -0.8 -3 319 18.1 87 .280 .427 .366 11.1 8.0 9.9 .289 .510 .380 43.5
2019 Slider -1.2 -3 249 14.1 70 .194 .269 .223 30.2 25.7 19.4 .234 .302 .249 18.4
2019 Curveball 0.4 1 239 13.5 38 .286 .371 .320 25.6 23.7 11.4 .232 .318 .270 30.8
2019 Changeup -1.9 -3 153 8.7 45 .250 .318 .259 23.2 20.0 18.4 .225 .383 .266 34.3
2019 Cutter -1.9 -3 136 7.7 39 .206 .294 .260 22.2 12.8 13.2 .255 .378 .305 33.3
2019 Split-Finger -6.5 -2 27 1.5 7 .000 .000 .000 52.9 42.9 23.1 .082 .248 .132 25.0
2019 Sweeper -0.5 0 9 0.5 6 .200 .200 .267 40.0 33.3 50.0 .243 .290 .314 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year
Team
PA
Pitches
Heart
Shadow
Chase
Waste
All
2009 17 65 -2 0 0 0 -2
2010 438 1,690 5 -1 9 6 20
2011 181 717 -3 -4 3 4 0
2012 602 2,579 5 15 18 10 47
2013 587 2,380 -8 -1 18 12 21
2014 600 2,308 -10 13 19 7 30
2015 613 2,158 9 -5 13 8 25
2016 607 2,270 -11 -8 19 8 8
2017 551 2,056 -7 -7 22 9 18
2018 445 1,679 -12 -9 14 9 2
2019 444 1,763 -17 -15 9 9 -14
2021 449 1,757 0 -2 20 7 25
Player 5,534 21,422 -50 -23 165 -50 181
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Plate Discipline

Season
Pitches
Zone %
Zone Swing %
Zone Contact %
Chase %
Chase Contact %
Edge %
1st Pitch Swing %
Swing %
Whiff %
Meatball %
Meatball Swing %
2015 2,194 47.2 69.8 91.3 27.0 75.6 42.5 31.9 47.2 13.3 7.3 81.9
2016 2,297 50.2 66.5 90.6 26.7 73.9 43.1 31.1 46.7 14.1 7.6 69.7
2017 2,073 49.0 66.2 87.9 23.4 73.5 43.6 27.7 44.2 15.9 7.3 80.1
2018 1,679 48.5 64.7 90.1 25.0 77.3 43.7 28.0 44.3 13.6 6.9 69.8
2019 1,765 48.2 67.6 87.5 28.0 66.8 42.8 30.4 47.1 18.5 7.3 77.5
2021 1,757 49.0 67.9 79.7 22.1 65.7 42.3 30.7 44.6 23.9 7.3 82.0
Player 11,765 48.7 67.2 88.1 25.4 72.4 43.0 30.1 45.7 16.3 7.3 76.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year
xwOBA
xBA
xSLG
xISO
xOBP
Brl
Brl%
EV
Max EV
Hard
Hit%
K%
BB%
Whiff%
Chase
Rate
Speed
OAA
Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 93 100 90 76 96 76 60 57 78 61 99 69 91 64 22
2016 85 93 80 65 90 69 52 76 75 83 93 79 93 63 20
2017 69 80 58 44 86 25 20 66 72 46 96 71 87 77 13
2018 63 83 50 33 79 28 32 55 60 36 94 67 96 67 16
2019 25 33 29 27 27 19 21 35 54 34 80 35 84 53 10
2021 81 87 76 59 91 40 46 35 61 39 64 87 56 86 10
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year
Team
Avg HR Trot
Actual HR
xHR
HR-xHR
Doubters
Mostly Gone
No Doubters
No Doubter %
2016 22.4 14 17.0 -3 12 16 6 42.9
2017 23.8 12 13.2 -1 18 11 3 25.0
2018 22.6 5 6.7 -2 10 5 3 60.0
2019 25.1 7 8.6 -2 8 13 0 0.0
2021 23.1 19 18.1 1 3 16 7 36.8
Player 23.3 57 63.6 -7 51 61 19 33.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year
HR
2016 14 19 11 19 15 13 19 22 12 10 16 19 20 15 16 16 8 13 18 16 20 14 28 27 16 16 14 27 22 17 12
2017 12 14 10 16 14 13 14 13 9 10 12 20 13 11 13 14 12 11 15 13 13 13 17 15 12 11 12 19 15 13 10
2018 5 10 5 7 7 5 8 6 7 3 6 10 11 5 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 5 12 6 4 3 7 8 9 7 7
2019 7 11 7 12 9 9 10 9 5 2 5 10 12 8 9 7 6 5 8 10 10 8 17 11 10 6 4 12 14 9 3
2021 19 21 13 20 20 17 19 21 17 12 15 21 14 14 20 24 19 18 17 19 16 16 24 23 17 14 21 22 17 14 18
Player 57 75 46 74 65 57 70 71 50 37 54 80 70 53 64 67 50 52 63 66 66 56 98 82 59 50 58 88 77 60 50
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric
2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
+/-
 
2019
Exit Velocity 89.0 1.5 90.5 -1.8 88.7 0.4 89.1 -0.5 88.6
Launch Angle 10.8 -0.9 9.9 1.7 11.6 -1.3 10.3 -1.2 9.1
Barrel % 6.1 0.8 6.9 -3.4 3.5 1.7 5.2 -0.4 4.8
Hard Hit % 37.5 5.7 43.2 -8.4 34.8 0.1 34.9 1.4 36.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.6 -1.0 32.6 3.9 36.5 -1.3 35.2 -2.8 32.4
xBA .309 -0.021 .288 -0.011 .277 -0.003 .274 -0.026 .248
BA .318 -0.030 .288 0.032 .320 -0.036 .284 -0.027 .257
xwOBA .377 -0.016 .361 -0.016 .345 -0.009 .336 -0.026 .310
wOBA .363 -0.022 .341 0.025 .366 -0.040 .326 -0.028 .298
xSLG .498 -0.018 .480 -0.037 .443 -0.027 .416 -0.008 .408
SLG .470 -0.036 .434 0.028 .462 -0.080 .382 -0.014 .368
K% 8.3 2.8 11.1 0.5 11.6 0.2 11.8 4.2 16.0
BB% 9.0 1.4 10.4 0.3 10.7 -0.7 10.0 -2.4 7.6
Swing % 47.2 -0.5 46.7 -2.5 44.2 0.1 44.3 2.8 47.1
Whiff% 13.3 0.8 14.1 1.8 15.9 -2.3 13.6 4.9 18.5
In Zone % 47.2 3.0 50.2 -1.2 49.0 -0.5 48.5 -0.3 48.2
Out of Zone % 52.8 -3.0 49.8 1.2 51.0 0.5 51.5 0.3 51.8
Out of Zone Swing % 27.0 -0.3 26.7 -3.3 23.4 1.6 25.0 3.0 28.0
First Pitch Swing % 31.9 -0.8 31.1 -3.4 27.7 0.3 28.0 2.4 30.4
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 1.5 60.7 -7.7 53.0 3.7 56.7 3.2 59.9
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
Season
Alignment Type
Bat Side
PA
Shifts/Shades
%
No Shift/Shade
Shift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 583 10 1.7 .337 .314
2017 Shifts R 553 0 0.0 .367
2018 Shifts R 445 3 0.7 .326 .293
2019 Shifts R 444 11 2.5 .297 .316
2021 Shifts R 449 25 5.6 .379 .384
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases Empty
Runners On Base
Season
Team
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
Pitches
Tempo
Fast %
Slow %
2010 463 15.5 43.0% 1.9% 336 21.0 2.7% 12.5%
2011 205 15.8 41.0% 1.0% 146 22.3 0.7% 11.6%
2012 637 15.7 40.8% 1.3% 588 21.4 1.2% 7.0%
2013 706 16.2 39.0% 2.0% 521 22.0 3.1% 7.5%
2014 651 16.8 29.8% 1.2% 447 22.7 1.3% 10.1%
2015 533 17.8 25.3% 4.9% 428 24.7 4.9% 22.4%
2016 588 18.9 19.7% 6.0% 428 25.0 3.0% 24.1%
2017 594 17.5 22.2% 1.7% 394 23.4 0.8% 15.5%
2018 504 17.7 20.2% 2.0% 286 23.6 0.0% 9.8%
2019 540 18.2 17.8% 0.9% 275 23.7 1.1% 10.5%
2021 495 19.0 11.9% 3.6% 318 24.6 0.0% 13.2%
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