How Buster Posey's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Buster Posey posted a career Range Factor of 8.0, well above the league average of 3.19 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 2011, posting 8.72, well above the league average of 2.84 that year. The lowest point came in 2009 at 5.14, well above the league average of 2.8 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.01 in 2018 to 8.0 in 2019 and 8.63 in 2021. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 12 seasons.

Buster Posey Lifetime Range Factor

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Buster Posey Range Factor Per Season

Buster Posey's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Buster Posey Range Factor per season line chart

Buster Posey Range Factor by Team

Buster Posey's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Buster Posey career Range Factor by team bar chart

Buster Posey Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Buster Posey's career Range Factor shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Buster Posey Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Buster Posey Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Buster Posey's seasonal Range Factor alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Buster Posey Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Buster Posey Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Buster Posey's MLB career with Range Factor alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Buster Posey Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table