How Buster Posey's Total Chances Compares to Similar Players

Buster Posey totaled 10,626 career Total Chances, well above the league average of 1,199.9 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Chances season came in 2015, posting 1,193, well above the league average of 147.0 that year. The lowest point came in 2009 at 36, well below the league average of 148.3 that year. The Total Chances trended upward through the final seasons. The Total Chances total went from 811 in 2018 to 842 in 2019 and 918 in 2021, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Chances profile — ranging from 36 to 1,193 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Buster Posey Lifetime Total Chances

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Buster Posey Total Chances Per Season

Buster Posey's Total Chances 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 Total Chances per season line chart

Buster Posey Total Chances by Team

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

Buster Posey Cumulative Total Chances — Career Progression

A running total of Buster Posey's career Total Chances, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Buster Posey Total Chances year-over-year waterfall chart

Buster Posey Total Chances Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Buster Posey's seasonal Total Chances 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 Total Chances distribution box chart versus comparable players

Buster Posey Total Chances — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Buster Posey's MLB career with Total Chances 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 Total Chances season-by-season breakdown table