Benjamin Jose Molina
Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.
Born: July 20, 1974 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
High School: Vega Alta (Vega Alta, PR)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1993.
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Debut: September 21, 1998
Teams (by GP): Angels/Giants/BlueJays/Rangers 1998-2010
Agents: Octagon, previously: Melvin Roman [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010
vs. LAA 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother of Jose Molina and Brother of Yadier Molina
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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23 | ANA | AL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /2 | |
| 1999 | 24 | ANA | AL | 31 | 109 | 101 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | .257 | .312 | .337 | .649 | 67 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 25 | ANA | AL | 130 | 513 | 473 | 59 | 133 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 33 | .281 | .318 | .421 | .739 | 84 | 199 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | *2 | RoY-4 |
| 2001 | 26 | ANA | AL | 96 | 355 | 325 | 31 | 85 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 51 | .262 | .309 | .351 | .660 | 73 | 114 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 27 | ANA | AL | 122 | 459 | 428 | 34 | 105 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34 | .245 | .274 | .322 | .596 | 58 | 138 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | *2 | GG |
| 2003 | 28 | ANA | AL | 119 | 430 | 409 | 37 | 115 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 31 | .281 | .304 | .443 | .746 | 96 | 181 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | *2 | GG |
| 2004 | 29 | ANA | AL | 97 | 363 | 337 | 36 | 93 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 35 | .276 | .313 | .404 | .717 | 88 | 136 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 30 | LAA | AL | 119 | 449 | 410 | 45 | 121 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 41 | .295 | .336 | .446 | .782 | 108 | 183 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 31 | TOR | AL | 117 | 458 | 433 | 44 | 123 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 47 | .284 | .319 | .467 | .785 | 101 | 202 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 32 | SFG | NL | 134 | 517 | 497 | 38 | 137 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 53 | .276 | .298 | .433 | .731 | 86 | 215 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | *2 | |
| 2008 | 33 | SFG | NL | 145 | 569 | 530 | 46 | 155 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 38 | .292 | .322 | .445 | .767 | 98 | 236 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 5 | *2 | |
| 2009 | 34 | SFG | NL | 132 | 520 | 491 | 52 | 130 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 68 | .265 | .285 | .442 | .727 | 87 | 217 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 3 | *2 | |
| 2010 | 35 | TOT | MLB | 118 | 416 | 377 | 27 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 34 | .249 | .297 | .326 | .623 | 68 | 123 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | *2/D | |
| 2010 | 35 | TEX | AL | 57 | 195 | 175 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .240 | .279 | .320 | .599 | 58 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 22 | |
| 2010 | 35 | SFG | NL | 61 | 221 | 202 | 17 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .257 | .312 | .332 | .644 | 77 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | |
| 13 Seasons | 1362 | 5159 | 4812 | 457 | 1317 | 217 | 6 | 144 | 711 | 3 | 7 | 208 | 471 | .274 | .307 | .411 | .718 | 86 | 1978 | 173 | 49 | 27 | 63 | 26 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 614 | 572 | 54 | 157 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 56 | .274 | .307 | .411 | .718 | 86 | 235 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||||
| LAA (8 yrs) | 716 | 2679 | 2484 | 250 | 678 | 108 | 2 | 65 | 362 | 2 | 6 | 118 | 231 | .273 | .309 | .397 | .705 | 84 | 985 | 94 | 25 | 21 | 31 | 11 | |||||
| SFG (4 yrs) | 472 | 1827 | 1720 | 153 | 474 | 83 | 2 | 58 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 178 | .276 | .303 | .427 | .731 | 89 | 735 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 14 | |||||
| TEX (1 yr) | 57 | 195 | 175 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .240 | .279 | .320 | .599 | 58 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| TOR (1 yr) | 117 | 458 | 433 | 44 | 123 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 47 | .284 | .319 | .467 | .785 | 101 | 202 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| AL (10 yrs) | 890 | 3332 | 3092 | 304 | 843 | 134 | 4 | 86 | 438 | 3 | 7 | 147 | 293 | .273 | .309 | .402 | .711 | 85 | 1243 | 116 | 30 | 26 | 37 | 12 | |||||
| NL (4 yrs) | 472 | 1827 | 1720 | 153 | 474 | 83 | 2 | 58 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 178 | .276 | .303 | .427 | .731 | 89 | 735 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 26 | 14 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | PA | Rbat | Rbaser | Rroe | Rdp | Rfield | Rpos | Rrep | RAR | WAR | oRAR | oWAR | dWAR | Pos | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23 | ANA | AL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | $170,000 | /2 | |
| 1999 | 24 | ANA | AL | 109 | -5 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | $200,000 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 25 | ANA | AL | 513 | -15 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 1.5 | 8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | $210,000 | *2 | RoY-4 |
| 2001 | 26 | ANA | AL | 355 | -15 | -2 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | $350,000 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 27 | ANA | AL | 459 | -25 | -5 | 1 | -1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0.4 | -6 | -0.6 | 1.0 | $350,000 | *2 | GG |
| 2003 | 28 | ANA | AL | 430 | -4 | -1 | -2 | -2 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 2.3 | 13 | 1.3 | 1.0 | $1,425,000 | *2 | GG |
| 2004 | 29 | ANA | AL | 363 | -5 | -2 | -1 | -3 | -3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0.4 | 7 | 0.7 | -0.3 | $2,025,000 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 30 | LAA | AL | 449 | 8 | -4 | -1 | -2 | -1 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 2.0 | 21 | 2.1 | -0.1 | $3,000,000 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 31 | TOR | AL | 458 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0.4 | 11 | 1.1 | -0.7 | $4,500,000 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 32 | SFG | NL | 517 | -11 | -4 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | $4,000,000 | *2 | |
| 2008 | 33 | SFG | NL | 569 | -4 | -3 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1.6 | 13 | 1.4 | 0.2 | $6,250,000 | *2 | |
| 2009 | 34 | SFG | NL | 520 | -10 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -9 | 8 | 15 | -2 | -0.2 | 6 | 0.6 | -0.8 | $6,500,000 | *2 | |
| 2010 | 35 | SFG | NL | 221 | -8 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -5 | 3 | 6 | -6 | -0.6 | -1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | $4,500,000 | 22 | |
| 2010 | 35 | TEX | AL | 195 | -10 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | -0.6 | -3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | $ | 22 | |
| 13 Seasons | 5159 | -107 | -30 | -13 | -21 | 5 | 76 | 168 | 78 | 8.1 | 73 | 7.4 | 0.7 | $33,480,000 | |||||
| LAA (8 yrs) | 2679 | -61 | -16 | -5 | -10 | 26 | 41 | 93 | 68 | 7.0 | 42 | 4.2 | 2.8 | $7,730,000 | |||||
| SFG (4 yrs) | 1827 | -33 | -10 | -5 | -8 | -11 | 27 | 52 | 12 | 1.3 | 23 | 2.4 | -1.1 | $21,250,000 | |||||
| TEX (1 yr) | 195 | -10 | -1 | -1 | -1 | -3 | 3 | 7 | -6 | -0.6 | -3 | -0.3 | -0.3 | $ | |||||
| TOR (1 yr) | 458 | -3 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0.4 | 11 | 1.1 | -0.7 | $4,500,000 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 27 | ANA | AL | ALDS | NYY | W | 4 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 | .267 | .400 | .667 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 27 | ANA | AL | ALCS | MIN | W | 5 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .313 | .357 | .670 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 27 | ANA | AL | WS | SFG | W | 7 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .381 | .756 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 29 | ANA | AL | ALDS | BOS | L | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 30 | LAA | AL | ALDS | NYY | W | 5 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .474 | .944 | 1.418 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 30 | LAA | AL | ALCS | CHW | L | 5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 35 | TEX | AL | ALDS | TBR | W | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .357 | .357 | .571 | .929 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 35 | TEX | AL | ALCS | NYY | W | 5 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .313 | .353 | .563 | .915 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 35 | TEX | AL | WS | SFG | L | 4 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 Seasons (9 Series) | 42 | 144 | 132 | 14 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .273 | .324 | .447 | .771 | 59 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 ALDS | 16 | 56 | 53 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .340 | .352 | .604 | .956 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 ALCS | 15 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .213 | .275 | .340 | .615 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 WS | 11 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .250 | .351 | .344 | .695 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | CG | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rdrs | Rtot/yr | Rdrs/yr | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | PO | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | ANA | AL | 23 | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.50 | .990 | 7.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | ANA | AL | 24 | C | 30 | 213 | 192 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 1 | 7.03 | .991 | 6.87 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 40% | |||||||||||
| 2000 | ANA | AL | 25 | C | 127 | 751 | 683 | 61 | 7 | 9 | .991 | 6 | 5.86 | .991 | 6.85 | 6 | 69 | 40 | 37% | RoY-4 | ||||||||||
| 2000 | ANA | AL | 25 | DH | 2 | 2 | RoY-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | ANA | AL | 26 | C | 94 | 568 | 527 | 36 | 5 | 4 | .991 | 3 | 5.99 | .990 | 7.11 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 32% | |||||||||||
| 2001 | ANA | AL | 26 | DH | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | ANA | AL | 27 | C | 121 | 768 | 707 | 60 | 1 | 6 | .999 | 10 | 6.34 | .993 | 6.89 | 5 | 43 | 35 | 45% | GG | ||||||||||
| 2003 | ANA | AL | 28 | C | 117 | 740 | 672 | 63 | 5 | 10 | .993 | 10 | 3 | 6.28 | .991 | 6.72 | 4 | 45 | 36 | 44% | GG | |||||||||
| 2004 | ANA | AL | 29 | C | 89 | 656 | 597 | 56 | 3 | 5 | .995 | -3 | -2 | 7.34 | .992 | 7.07 | 6 | 51 | 18 | 26% | ||||||||||
| 2004 | ANA | AL | 29 | DH | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | LAA | AL | 30 | C | 105 | 691 | 641 | 47 | 3 | 5 | .996 | -1 | 3 | 6.55 | .992 | 6.72 | 10 | 44 | 20 | 31% | ||||||||||
| 2005 | LAA | AL | 30 | DH | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | TOR | AL | 31 | C | 99 | 664 | 614 | 48 | 2 | 6 | .997 | -7 | -4 | 6.69 | .992 | 6.99 | 11 | 68 | 15 | 18% | ||||||||||
| 2006 | TOR | AL | 31 | DH | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | SFG | NL | 32 | C | 129 | 877 | 808 | 61 | 8 | 4 | .991 | 0 | 4 | 6.74 | .991 | 7.36 | 16 | 53 | 23 | 30% | ||||||||||
| 2008 | SFG | NL | 33 | C | 136 | 1063 | 987 | 71 | 5 | 6 | .995 | 3 | 7 | 7.78 | .993 | 7.60 | 5 | 68 | 36 | 35% | ||||||||||
| 2008 | SFG | NL | 33 | DH | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | SFG | NL | 34 | C | 123 | 1024 | 942 | 77 | 5 | 8 | .995 | -9 | -9 | 8.28 | .993 | 7.70 | 4 | 85 | 25 | 23% | ||||||||||
| 2009 | SFG | NL | 34 | DH | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | TOT | MLB | 35 | C | 113 | 817 | 751 | 60 | 6 | 5 | .993 | -8 | -2 | 7.18 | .991 | 7.68 | 4 | 79 | 24 | 23% | ||||||||||
| 2010 | TOT | MLB | 35 | DH | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | SFG | NL | 35 | C | 58 | 433 | 396 | 36 | 1 | 4 | .998 | -5 | 1 | 7.45 | .992 | 7.97 | 3 | 47 | 14 | 23% | ||||||||||
| 2010 | TEX | AL | 35 | C | 55 | 384 | 355 | 24 | 5 | 1 | .987 | -3 | -3 | 6.89 | .990 | 7.37 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 24% | ||||||||||
| 2010 | SFG | NL | 35 | DH | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | TEX | AL | 35 | DH | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Seasons | C | 1285 | 8833 | 8122 | 659 | 52 | 70 | .994 | 5 | 0 | 6.83 | .992 | 7.16 | 78 | 680 | 310 | 31% | |||||||||||||
| 13 Seasons | TOT | 1285 | 8833 | 8122 | 659 | 52 | 70 | .994 | 5 | 0 | 6.83 | .992 | 7.16 | 78 | 680 | 310 | 31% | |||||||||||||
| Lg | Pos | G | GS | CG | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rdrs | Rtot/yr | Rdrs/yr | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | PO | Awards | |||
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| Hall of Fame Monitor | Batting - 29 (622), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Batting - 26 (466), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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| Year | Age | Team | Salary | Sources | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23 | Anaheim Angels | $170,000 | 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 | |
| 1999 | 24 | Anaheim Angels | $200,000 | 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 | |
| 2000 | 25 | Anaheim Angels | $210,000 | 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 | |
| 2001 | 26 | Anaheim Angels | $350,000 | 4/6/01 USA Today | |
| 2002 | 27 | Anaheim Angels | $350,000 | 4/3/02 AP | |
| 2003 | 28 | Anaheim Angels | $1,425,000 | 4/3/03 AP | |
| 2004 | 29 | Anaheim Angels | $2,025,000 | 4/7/04 AP | |
| 2005 | 30 | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | $3,000,000 | ||
| 2006 | 31 | Toronto Blue Jays | $4,500,000 | ||
| 2007 | 32 | San Francisco Giants | $4,000,000 | ||
| 2008 | 33 | San Francisco Giants | $6,250,000 | ||
| 2009 | 34 | San Francisco Giants | $6,500,000 | ||
| 2010 | 35 | San Francisco Giants | $4,500,000 | ||
| Career to date (may be incomplete) | $33,480,000 | ||||
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