SAN FRANCISCO — Everything about Buster Posey stands out, except Buster Posey.

The 25-year-old Giants catcher, Posey may be the best player in baseball. He is a favorite to win the National League Most Valuable Player award. He became the first catcher since 1942 to lead the National League in batting, his .336 average buoyed by a .385 clip since the All-Star Game. Posey started that game after receiving more votes from fans than anyone in the league.

Yet it seems that the more attention he receives, the more deftly Posey swats it away like another hanging curveball.

“I don’t do well elaborating about myself a lot,” he said at his locker at AT&T Park on Friday, the day before the Giants opened a National League division series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Posey wears his hair short and his baseball pants long. In uniform, he looks like a player from a long-gone era, as if dispatched from some corn-stalked field of dreams. At 6 feet 1 inches and 220 pounds, he is not a big man by today’s baseball standards. He is not adorned with jewelry, tattoos or facial hair. He goes about his work with the perseverance and animation of an accountant. Dressed in suit and tie, he could probably pass for one with few suspicions.