Jorge Posada

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Full Name: Jorge Rafael (Villeta) Posada Primary Position: C Height/Weight: 6'2"/205 First Game: September 4, 1995 Birthdate: August 17, 1971 MLB Experience: 13 years Birthplace: Santurce, Puerto Rico Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Jorge Posada (Jorge Rafael (Villeta) Posada) was born on August 17, 1971 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.

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• 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).

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• 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.

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