Jorge Posada retirement

Jorge Posada declared his retirement  Tuesday after 17 years in the significant groups, all with the New Yorkyankees.The 40-year-old catcher won five Community Sequence, was a five-time all-star and completed a .273 profession hitting regular, 275 house works and 1,065 RBIs.


It's all very amazing, and he's certainly going to go down as one of the all-time excellent Ny yankees. But is he a Area of Famer?


There are 16 soldiers enshrined in Cooperstown. Posada -- who also has 1,664 visits, 900 works obtained, an on-base amount of .374 and slugging amount of .474 -- is in the past very regular as opposed to those folks.


But that can be taken two techniques -- it's real that Posada doesn't control in any particular classification, but he definitely supports his own among the best who have ever performed his location.


He also won no Precious metal Mitts, and his maximum comes to an end in MVP voting were third in 2003 and 6th in 2007. As a factor of assessment, Area of Popularity catcher Ashton Common won 10 Fantastic Mitts and two MVPs.


But there's a lot to be said for those five Community Sequence brands, such as four during a five-year expand from 1996-2000, and the part Posada performed on those groups. And the truth that he performed for such a extensive time and always used a Ny yankees consistent -- those are the types of elements data don't actually expose but voters certainly must take into account.

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