Leopoldo Jesús Posada Hernández (April 1, 1934 – June 23, 2022) was a Cuban baseball player.

[2][3][4] Posada was signed as an amateur free agent by the Milwaukee Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1954.

[14] Posada struggled to begin the season, batting .190, before he was optioned to Shreveport; Athletics general manager Frank Lane had intended to option Norm Bass to the minor leagues, but team owner Charlie O. Finley overruled Lane, who sent down Posada instead.

In MLB, Posada had a .256 batting average, eight home runs, and 58 RBIs in 426 plate appearances, all for Kansas City.

[3] On August 3, 1962, the Athletics traded Posada, Dale Willis, and Bill Kunkel along with cash considerations to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Class AAA International League for Orlando Peña.

[16] Posada began the 1963 season with Toronto, but batted .235 for the Maple Leafs before he was optioned to the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in May.

[18] He was released by Seattle[19] and finished the 1963 season with the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Class AA Mexican League.

[13] After the 1974 season, executives Tal Smith and Pat Gillick left the Astros for the New York Yankees organization.

[33] Posada continued to work as a hitting coach for the Dodgers organization,[34] and he provided instruction to Raúl Mondesí.

[3] Posada's father, mother, and sister left Cuba for the United States after the Cuban Revolution.