What key details about buster posey  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: gerald dempsey `` buster '' posey iii -lrb- born march 27 , 1987 -rrb- is an american professional baseball catcher and first baseman for the san francisco giants of major league baseball . he stands tall and weighs . he bats and throws right-handed . posey grew up in leesburg , georgia . he played four sports in high school ; when playing baseball , he excelled at hitting and pitching . he attended florida state university , where he began playing the catcher position . he won the golden spikes award in 2008 and was selected by the giants with the fifth overall pick in the 2008 major league baseball draft . posey made his major league debut on september 11 , 2009 . after beginning the 2010 season in the minor leagues , he was called back up to the major leagues in may . he played first base when he came up , but became the giants ' regular catcher at the end of june . as a rookie , he finished with a .305 batting average , 18 home runs , and 67 runs batted in . he was named the national league -lrb- nl -rrb- rookie of the year . he caught every inning of the playoffs as the giants won the 2010 world series . in 2011 , posey missed most of the year after he was severely injured in a collision with scott cousins at home plate . posey returned from his injury in 2012 and posted a .336 batting average to win the 2012 nl batting title . he became 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 swept the detroit tigers in four games . on march 29 , 2013 , posey signed an 8-year contract extension worth $ 167 million , a record in sum and in length for a player with his level of experience . he won his third world series the following year as the giants defeated the kansas city royals .
- statyear is august 22 , 2015- statlabel is batting percentage average hits home runs runs batted in slugging- number is 28- position is catcher / first baseman- statvalue is .310 808 99 431 .486- caption is posey in april 2011 at dodger stadium- throws is right- bats is right- debutdate is september 11- debutteam is san francisco giants- college is florida state- team is san francisco giants- birth date is 27 march 1987- name is buster posey- image is buster posey -lrb- 2011 -rrb- . jpg- birth place is leesburg , georgia- debutyear is 2009