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Yadier Molina
Yadier B. Molina

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 225 lb.

Debut June 3, 2004

Born July 13, 1982 in Bayamon, P.R.

Brother of Bengie Molina and Brother of Jose Molina

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 6, 2000. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 21 STL NL  51  135   12   36   6  0   2   15   0  1  13  20  .267  .329  .356   78   48   2   1   3   0   4
 2005 22 STL NL 114  385   36   97  15  1   8   49   2  3  23  30  .252  .295  .358   70  138   8   3   3   2  10
 2006 23 STL NL 129  417   29   90  26  0   6   49   1  2  26  41  .216  .274  .321   53  134   8   2   2   8  15
 2007 24 STL NL 111  353   30   97  15  0   6   40   1  1  34  43  .275  .340  .368   85  130   2   4   5   3  18
 2008 25 STL NL  32  112    8   33   6  0   2   11   0  0  11   5  .295  .355  .402  101   45   0   1   1   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      437 1402  115  353  68  1  24  164   4  7 107 139  .252  .309  .353   72  495  20  11  14  13  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        520   43  131  25  0   9   61   1  3  40  52  .252  .309  .353   72  184   7   4   5   5  20
 Career High    129  417   36   97  26  1   8   49   2  3  34  43  .295  .355  .402  101  138   8   4   5   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 21 STL NL  151  107   15   3.8   111| .267  .269| .329  .341| .356  .437| .685  .778|  78  .370  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 2005 22 STL NL  421  312   39   3.3   109| .252  .270| .295  .340| .358  .430| .653  .770|  70  .337 -17.8  -1.7  40%
 2006 23 STL NL  461  354   34   2.6   112| .216  .271| .274  .342| .321  .440| .595  .782|  53  .222 -29.7  -2.8  33%
 2007 24 STL NL  396  281   41   3.9   110| .275  .272| .340  .341| .368  .434| .708  .775|  85  .384  -7.4  -0.7  50%
 2008 25 STL NL  124   86   15   4.7   106| .295  .264| .355  .340| .402  .418| .757  .757| 101  .472   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1553 1140  144   3.4   110| .252  .270| .309  .341| .353  .434| .662  .774|  72  .329 -59.0  -5.6  36%

* 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 ------+
2004 21 STL NL C 51 256 16 2 1 .993 .993 5.33 6.46 7.12 7.45 39 344.0 4 11 9 8 2005 22 STL NL C 114 684 66 7 4 .991 .992 6.58 6.26 7.04 7.26 111 959.3 8 26 14 25 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 2006 23 STL NL C 127 736 77 4 6 .995 .992 6.40 6.36 7.05 7.37 118 1037.3 7 25 37 29 1B 4 5 0 1 1 .833 1.000 1.25 8.05 9.00 9.36 0 5.0 2007 24 STL NL C 107 582 63 6 8 .991 .991 6.03 6.51 6.74 7.39 101 861.3 7 24 23 27 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 7.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 2008 25 STL NL C 32 166 23 2 2 .990 .994 5.91 6.63 6.25 7.38 30 272.0 1 4 15 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2005 22 STL NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.30 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 2006 23 STL NL 1B 4 5 0 1 1 .833 1.000 1.25 8.05 9.00 9.36 0 5.0 2007 24 STL NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 7.80 9.00 9.00 0 1.0 2004 21 STL NL C 51 256 16 2 1 .993 .993 5.33 6.46 7.12 7.45 39 344.0 4 11 9 8 2005 22 STL NL C 114 684 66 7 4 .991 .992 6.58 6.26 7.04 7.26 111 959.3 8 26 14 25 2006 23 STL NL C 127 736 77 4 6 .995 .992 6.40 6.36 7.05 7.37 118 1037.3 7 25 37 29 2007 24 STL NL C 107 582 63 6 8 .991 .991 6.03 6.51 6.74 7.39 101 861.3 7 24 23 27 2008 25 STL NL C 32 166 23 2 2 .990 .994 5.91 6.63 6.25 7.38 30 272.0 1 4 15 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 431 2424 245 21 21 .992 .992 6.19 6.40 6.91 7.35 399 3474.0 27 90 98 95 1B* 6 6 0 1 1 .857 1.000 1.00 8.05 7.71 9.39 0 7.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 437 2430 245 22 22 .992 .992 6.12 6.43 6.92 7.36 399 3481
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2004   NLCS  STL HOU     W   1   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    STL BOS     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   NLDS  STL SDP     W   3  13   1   3  0  0  0   3   0   1  .231  .231  .231   0  0             
        NLCS  STL HOU     L   6  22   1   7  3  0  0   0   0   2  .318  .318  .455   0  0             
 2006   NLDS  STL SDP     W   4  13   0   4  1  0  0   1   0   2  .308  .308  .385   0  1             
        NLCS  STL NYM     W   7  23   2   8  1  0  2   6   3   2  .348  .423  .652   0  0             
        WS    STL DET     W   5  17   3   7  2  0  0   1   3   1  .412  .500  .529   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   7  26   1   7  1  0  0   4   0   3  .269  .269  .308   0  1             
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  14  49   3  16  4  0  2   6   3   4  .327  .365  .531   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1   8  20   3   7  2  0  0   1   3   2  .350  .435  .450   0  0   0   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   5-2  29  95   7  30  7  0  2  11   6   9  .316  .356  .453   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Grounded into Double Plays
2007 NL-18-10
2008 NL-6-6

At Bats per Strikeout
2008 NL-22.4-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3449) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1205) (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 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 6, 2000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005St. Louis Cardinals$323,500
2006St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$525,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,248,500

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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