

Hit his fifth career regular-season grand slam on July 12 at Milwaukee off RHP Matt Albers.his 435-foot homer came in the 10th inning and gave the Giants a 10-6 lead in what was a 6-6 tie.marked his first grand slam since Jvs. Marked the third time in his career Posey delivered a walkoff hit against the Dodgers, tied with Matt Williams for the most walkoff hits by any Giants player against the Dodgers since both teams moved to California in 1958.
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Los Angeles-NL, hitting a two-out single off Pedro Báez in the 9th inning that brought Steven Duggar home for a 2-1 victory and series win. Recorded the sixth career walkoff hit of his career on May 1 vs. Ended a 237 at-bat homerless drought on April 21 at Pittsburgh with a three-run go-ahead homer in the 5th inning.marked the longest home run drought of his career and was his first in 191 regular-season and playoff at-bats against the Pirates, the only National League team he had not taken deep. 125 run/strike bases and includes park & pitcher adjustments).among qualified catchers, the 10 runs extra strikes was sixthbest in the Majors behind SD's Austin Hedges (20), ATL's Tyler Flowers (13), MIL's Yasmani Grandal (13), CLE's Roberto Perez (12) and BOS Christian Vazquez (11). According to Statcast, Posey saved 10 runs from extra strikes with pitch framing (runs from extra strikes converts strikes to runs saved on a.

Finished the season with 14 defensive runs saved at catcher, third-best among Major League catchers who caught a minimum of 800 ailed CLE Roberto Perez (29) and SD's Austin Hedges (22) (Fangraphs). Hit his only Oracle Park homer of the season on September 24 vs. Posted career lows in batting average, RBI, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. Made his ninth consecutive Opening Day roster with San Francisco. Opted out of the 2020 season out of health concerns for his newly adopted twin baby girls during the Coronavirus pandemic. Played shortstop his freshman year then moved to catcher his sophomore year on the suggestion of assistant coach Mike Martin Jr.

14, 2011.Buster and Kristen adopted identical-twin girls, Ada and Livvi, born July 3, 2020.Graduated from Lee County (GA) High School and attended Florida State where he played baseball under coach Mike Martin. Kristen gave birth to twins, Lee Dempsey & Addison Lynn Aug.
