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Bengie Molina
Benjamin Jose Molina

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 21, 1998

Born July 20, 1974 in Rio Piedras, P.R.

Brother of Jose Molina and Brother of Yadier Molina

Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 23 ANA AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 24 ANA AL  31  101    8   26   5  0   1   10   0  1   6   6  .257  .312  .337   67   34   0   0   0   2   5
 2000 25 ANA AL 130  473   59  133  20  2  14   71   1  0  23  33  .281  .318  .421   84  199   4   7   0   6  17 RoY-4
 2001 26 ANA AL  96  325   31   85  11  0   6   40   0  1  16  51  .262  .309  .351   73  114   2   4   3   8   8
 2002 27 ANA AL 122  428   34  105  18  0   5   47   0  0  15  34  .245  .274  .322   58  138   6   6   3   4  15
 2003 28 ANA AL 119  409   37  115  24  0  14   71   1  1  13  31  .281  .304  .443   96  181   2   4   2   2  17
 2004 29 ANA AL  97  337   36   93  13  0  10   54   0  1  18  35  .276  .313  .404   88  136   2   4   1   2  18
 2005 30 LAA AL 119  410   45  121  17  0  15   69   0  2  27  41  .295  .336  .446  108  183   5   6   2   1  14
 2006 31 TOR AL 117  433   44  123  20  1  19   57   1  1  19  47  .284  .319  .467  100  202   0   2   1   4  15
 2007 32 SFG NL 134  497   38  137  19  1  19   81   0  0  15  53  .276  .298  .433   86  215   1   2   2   2  13
 2008 33 SFG NL  30  115    9   31   6  0   4   20   0  0   4   5  .270  .295  .426   88   49   0   2   2   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     997 3529  341  969 153  4 107  520   3  7 156 336  .275  .308  .411   86 1451  22  37  16  32 126
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   55  157  25  1  17   84   0  1  25  55  .275  .308  .411   86  236   4   6   3   5  20
 Career High    134  497   59  137  24  2  19   81   1  2  27  53  .295  .336  .467  108  215   6   7   3   8  18
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 23 ANA AL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .274| .000  .343| .000  .436| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1999 24 ANA AL  109   81    9   3.0   113| .257  .274| .312  .346| .337  .438| .649  .785|  67  .249  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 2000 25 ANA AL  513  368   60   4.4   117| .281  .279| .318  .352| .421  .448| .739  .800|  84  .393 -12.8  -1.2 100%
 2001 26 ANA AL  355  255   35   3.7   108| .262  .268| .309  .336| .351  .431| .660  .766|  73  .357 -12.8  -1.2   0%
 2002 27 ANA AL  459  350   35   2.7   105| .245  .264| .274  .332| .322  .425| .596  .757|  58  .245 -26.1  -2.5   0%
 2003 28 ANA AL  430  318   49   4.1   105| .281  .265| .304  .331| .443  .425| .747  .756|  96  .410  -3.3  -0.3  50%
 2004 29 ANA AL  363  269   37   3.7   107| .276  .267| .313  .334| .404  .428| .717  .763|  88  .349  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 2005 30 LAA AL  449  316   58   4.9   103| .295  .266| .336  .328| .446  .422| .782  .750| 108  .500   4.6   0.4   0%
 2006 31 TOR AL  458  328   59   4.8   111| .284  .275| .319  .340| .467  .438| .786  .778| 100  .462  -1.7  -0.2  50%
 2007 32 SFG NL  517  376   60   4.3   111| .276  .273| .298  .342| .433  .436| .731  .778|  86  .423 -12.8  -1.2   0%
 2008 33 SFG NL  122   90   13   3.9   107| .270  .265| .295  .341| .426  .419| .721  .760|  88  .387  -2.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3776 2752  415   4.0   109| .275  .270| .308  .338| .411  .432| .719  .770|  86  .391 -79.2  -7.5  30%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 23 ANA AL C 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 6.15 3.00 7.20 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1999 24 ANA AL C 30 192 19 2 2 .991 .991 7.03 6.11 7.42 6.98 30 256.0 3 12 15 10 2000 25 ANA AL C 127 685 60 7 9 .991 .991 5.87 6.02 6.14 6.93 123 1092.0 6 35 69 40 DH 2 2001 26 ANA AL C 94 527 36 5 4 .991 .990 5.99 6.12 6.48 7.17 89 781.7 4 23 60 28 DH 1 2002 27 ANA AL C 121 707 60 1 6 .999 .993 6.34 6.16 6.81 6.96 114 1014.3 5 34 43 35 GG 2003 28 ANA AL C 117 672 62 5 10 .993 .991 6.27 5.88 6.96 6.79 109 949.7 4 40 45 36 GG 2004 29 ANA AL C 89 597 56 3 5 .995 .992 7.34 6.19 7.71 7.12 89 762.0 6 40 51 18 DH 5 2005 30 LAA AL C 105 641 48 3 5 .996 .992 6.56 5.96 7.10 6.80 100 873.3 10 40 44 20 DH 11 2006 31 TOR AL C 99 615 47 2 6 .997 .992 6.69 6.32 7.08 7.09 98 842.0 11 29 68 15 DH 16 2007 32 SFG NL C 129 808 61 8 4 .991 .991 6.74 6.51 7.08 7.39 125 1104.0 16 41 53 23 2008 33 SFG NL C 28 219 12 0 3 1.000 .994 8.25 6.63 8.48 7.38 28 245.3 3 12 12 4
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1998 23 ANA AL C 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 6.15 3.00 7.20 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1999 24 ANA AL C 30 192 19 2 2 .991 .991 7.03 6.11 7.42 6.98 30 256.0 3 12 15 10 2000 25 ANA AL C 127 685 60 7 9 .991 .991 5.87 6.02 6.14 6.93 123 1092.0 6 35 69 40 2001 26 ANA AL C 94 527 36 5 4 .991 .990 5.99 6.12 6.48 7.17 89 781.7 4 23 60 28 2002 27 ANA AL C 121 707 60 1 6 .999 .993 6.34 6.16 6.81 6.96 114 1014.3 5 34 43 35 2003 28 ANA AL C 117 672 62 5 10 .993 .991 6.27 5.88 6.96 6.79 109 949.7 4 40 45 36 2004 29 ANA AL C 89 597 56 3 5 .995 .992 7.34 6.19 7.71 7.12 89 762.0 6 40 51 18 2005 30 LAA AL C 105 641 48 3 5 .996 .992 6.56 5.96 7.10 6.80 100 873.3 10 40 44 20 2006 31 TOR AL C 99 615 47 2 6 .997 .992 6.69 6.32 7.08 7.09 98 842.0 11 29 68 15 2007 32 SFG NL C 129 808 61 8 4 .991 .991 6.74 6.51 7.08 7.39 125 1104.0 16 41 53 23 2008 33 SFG NL C 28 219 12 0 3 1.000 .994 8.25 6.63 8.48 7.38 28 245.3 3 12 12 4 2000 25 ANA AL DH 2 2001 26 ANA AL DH 1 2004 29 ANA AL DH 5 2005 30 LAA AL DH 11 2006 31 TOR AL DH 16
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 941 5664 461 36 54 .994 .992 6.51 6.16 6.96 7.04 905 7923.3 68 306 460 229 DH 35 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 941 5664 461 36 54 .994 .992 6.51 6.16 6.96 7.04 905 7923
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  ANA NYY     W   4  15   0   4  2  0  0   2   0   1  .267  .267  .400   0  0   2   0   0 
        ALCS  ANA MIN     W   5  14   0   3  0  1  0   2   1   2  .214  .313  .357   0  0   0   0   1 
        WS    ANA SFG     W   7  21   2   6  2  0  0   2   3   1  .286  .375  .381   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  ANA BOS     L   3   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   2  .167  .167  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  LAA NYY     W   5  18   5   8  0  0  3   5   0   0  .444  .444  .944   0  0             
        ALCS  LAA CHW     L   5  17   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   2  .118  .118  .118   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       2-1  12  39   5  13  2  0  3   7   0   3  .333  .333  .615   0  0   2   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1  10  31   0   5  0  1  0   3   1   4  .161  .212  .226   0  0   0   0   1 
  6 Postseason Series   4-2  29  91   7  24  4  1  3  12   4   8  .264  .302  .429   0  0   2   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Gold Gloves
2002-AL--C
2003-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

At Bats per Strikeout
2000 AL-14.3-1
2007 NL-9.4-10
2008 NL-23.0-1
Act-10.5-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2261) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (950) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 23, 1993: Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

February 6, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 29, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999Anaheim Angels$200,000
2000Anaheim Angels$210,000
2001Anaheim Angels$350,000
2002Anaheim Angels$350,000
2003Anaheim Angels$1,425,000
2004Anaheim Angels$2,025,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$3,000,000
2006Toronto Blue Jays$4,500,000
2007San Francisco Giants$4,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,060,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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