Buster Posey

 Buster Posey 

Gerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey (conceived March 27, 1987) is an American expert baseball catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 215 pounds (98 kg). He bats and tosses right-gave. Posey has likewise filled in at a respectable starting point for the Giants. 

Posey experienced childhood in Leesburg, Georgia. He played four games in secondary school; when playing baseball, he exceeded expectations at hitting and pitching. He went to Florida State University, where he started playing the catcher position. He won the Golden Spikes Award in 2008 and was chosen by the Giants with the fifth general pick in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft. Posey made his significant alliance make a big appearance on September 11, 2009. In the wake of beginning the 2010 season in the small time, he was gotten back to up to the real classes in May. With the nearness of then full-time catcher Bengie Molina, Posey played a respectable starting point when initially rang to the majors, however turned into the Giants' consistent catcher toward the finish of June when Molina was exchanged to the Texas Rangers, the group the Giants would later face in the World Series. 

As a newbie, he completed with a .305 batting normal, 18 grand slams, and 67 runs batted in. He was named the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year. He found each inning of the playoffs as the Giants won the 2010 World Series. In 2011, Posey missed a large portion of the year after he was extremely harmed in a crash with Scott Cousins at home plate. 

Posey came back from his harm in 2012 and posted a .336 batting normal to win the 2012 NL batting title. He turned into the second San Francisco Giant to win the batting title and was named the NL Most Valuable Player for 2012. He won his second World Series that year as the Giants cleared the Detroit Tigers in four amusements. In 2013, Posey marked an eight-year contract expansion worth $167 million, a record in total and long for a player with his level of experience. He won his third World Series the next year as the Giants crushed the Kansas City Royals. In 2016, he won his first Gold Glove grant after a great cautious season.