Buster Posey
American baseball player
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| September 30 2024 | The Giants announced that Buster Posey would be their new president of baseball operations following the firing of Farhan Zaidi. |
| September 4 2024 | Posey was actively involved in contract negotiations that led to Matt Chapman finalizing a six-year, $151 million contract with the Giants. |
| September 21 2022 | The Giants announced that Buster Posey had joined the 30-member ownership group of the team and was serving on its board of directors. |
| 2021 | Buster Posey led the Giants to a franchise-record 107 wins in his final MLB season. |
| 2021 | Posey was selected as an NL All Star for the seventh time in his career. |
| 2021 | Posey received the NL Silver Slugger award at catcher, marking his fifth overall Silver Slugger and his first since 2016. |
| 2021 | Posey became the first player in franchise history to catch 1,000 games for the Giants. |
| 2021 | On his first swing since the 2019 season, Posey hit a solo home run off Marco Gonzales. |
| 2021 | Buster Posey became the longest-tenured member of the San Francisco Giants when he returned to the team in 2021. |
| 2021 | Posey was awarded his second NL Comeback Player of the Year award. |
| November 4 2021 | Buster Posey announced his retirement from baseball, becoming just the fifth player in the San Francisco era to spend his entire career with the Giants. |
| 2020 | Buster Posey and his family adopted twin girls. |
| 2020 | Buster Posey opted out of the shortened MLB season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Buster Posey announced that he would take the 2020 season off to be with his family during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | The Johnny Bench Award was renamed the Buster Posey Award, honoring college baseball's top NCAA Division I catcher. |
| 2019 | Buster Posey was honored with the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award. |
| 2019 | In 2019, Buster Posey batted .257/.320/.368, achieving 43 runs, 7 home runs, and 38 RBIs during 405 at bats. |
| 2018 | Buster Posey was named to the 2018 MLB All-Star Game but did not participate due to a hip injury. |
| August 25 2018 | The San Francisco Giants announced that Buster Posey would undergo season-ending hip surgery, sidelining him for 6–8 months. |
| 2017 | At the end of the season, Posey was selected as the catcher on Baseball America's All-MLB Team. |
| 2017 | Posey led the league with a .339 batting average and ten home runs, earning him the position of starting catcher for the 2017 MLB All-Star Game, marking his third consecutive All-Star start. |
| May 12 2017 | Posey hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 17th inning against the Cincinnati Reds after catching all 17 innings of the game. This home run set a new Giants franchise record for the latest walk-off home run, surpassing the previous record held by Willie Mays. |
| April 2017 | Buster Posey was hit in the helmet by a pitch from Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Taijuan Walker during the first inning of the San Francisco Giants' home opener. Although he felt fine after medical attention, he was removed from the game to undergo further tests and placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list the following day. |
| 2016 | Buster Posey won a Gold Glove Award. |
| 2016 | Buster Posey was selected for the National League All-Star team, marking one of several post-season accolades in his career. |
| 2016 | Buster Posey was selected by fan voting to start at catcher in the 2016 MLB All-Star Game, making it his fourth career All-Star appearance, the most for a Giants catcher in franchise history. |
| 2016 | Buster Posey and his wife Kristen founded the BP28 Foundation, which focuses on assisting pediatric cancer patients and raising funds for research and treatment. |
| September 27 2016 | In a 12–3 triumph over the Colorado Rockies, Posey recorded the 1,000th hit of his career, which was a solo home run off pitcher Germán Márquez. |
| May 28 2016 | In a 10–5 victory against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, Buster Posey hit two three-run home runs, achieving a career-high of six runs batted in, marking the second most RBIs in a single game by a Giants catcher since the team's move to San Francisco. |
| November 12 2015 | The following day, Posey was awarded the 2015 National League Silver Slugger award at catcher. |
| November 11 2015 | Posey was named the winner of the 2015 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year award, recognizing him as the best defensive catcher in MLB. |
| September 6 2015 | Posey hit his 100th career home run in a 7–4 win over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. |
| July 5 2015 | Posey was selected to his third career All-Star Game and was the leading vote-getter for NL catchers. |
| June 23 2015 | Posey hit another grand slam in a 6–0 victory against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park. |
| June 19 2015 | In a 9–5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers, Posey hit a grand slam and stole a base, becoming the first Giants catcher in 112 years to accomplish this feat. |
| June 9 2015 | Posey caught rookie Chris Heston's no-hitter against the New York Mets at Citi Field, marking the seventeenth no-hitter in Giants franchise history. |
| May 2015 | Buster Posey caught Santiago Casilla's immaculate inning save against the Cincinnati Reds, marking the Giants' first nine-pitch strikeout inning since 1992. |
| 2014 | Buster Posey won his third World Series title as the Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals. |
| August 29 2014 | In a 13–2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Oracle Park, Buster Posey went 5-for-5 in 6 innings, becoming the only catcher in Giants franchise history to have two career five-hit games. |
| July 2014 | Buster Posey and pitcher Madison Bumgarner both hit grand slams against the Arizona Diamondbacks, marking the first time in Major League Baseball history that a catcher and a pitcher hit grand slams in the same game. |
| June 25 2014 | In a 4–0 win over the San Diego Padres, Buster Posey caught the final out of Tim Lincecum's second career no-hitter while playing first base. |
| July 16 2013 | Posey played in his second straight All-Star Game, where he struck out in his only at-bat. |
| July 13 2013 | Posey caught Tim Lincecum's first no-hitter against the San Diego Padres, marking the 15th no-hitter in Giants history. |
| July 1 2013 | Posey was named National League Player of the Week for the week of June 23–29, marking the second time in his career he received this award. |
| March 29 2013 | Buster Posey signed an eight-year contract extension worth $167 million with the San Francisco Giants, the most lucrative in franchise history, locking him in through the 2021 season. |
| 2012 | After the season, Posey was named the NL MVP by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. |
| 2012 | Buster Posey won the National League batting championship, leading the league in batting average. |
| 2012 | Posey was named the NL Comeback Player of the Year and received the Willie Mac Award from the Giants' organization. |
| 2012 | Buster Posey was named the National League Most Valuable Player (MVP), a significant highlight in his career. |
| 2012 | Posey batted .154 with four hits and one RBI in the NLCS as the Giants defeated the Cardinals in seven games. |
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