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Three-time World Series champion Buster Posey has become the first former San Francisco Giants player to ever claim ownership in the franchise after retiring.
The Giants confirmed on Wednesday that its former catcher has invested in the team's ownership group - - the San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC - now making him one of 31 minority shareholders.
'Upon his retirement last year, Buster said that he would always stay involved with the organization, and when he approached us to express his interest in joining the ownership group, we were thrilled that he wanted to make this type of commitment,' Giants chairman Greg Johnson told ESPN. 'It is rare for a former player to join his own team's ownership with the desire to have an active role.'
The San Francisco Giants announced that former catcher Buster Posey is now a minority owner
The ex-Giant will be the youngest of 31 members on the San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC
Posey will be the youngest investor within the Giants' ownership group and on the team's six-person board of directors. During his entire twelve-year MLB career with the Giants, the 35-year-old was a seven-time
