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Bengie Molina

Benjamin Jose Molina

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 20, 1974 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
High School: Vega Alta (Vega Alta, PR)
Signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1998 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Angels/Giants/BlueJays/Rangers 1998-2010
Agents: Octagon, previously: Melvin Roman [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2010 (Age 36)
Relatives: Brother of Jose Molina and Brother of Yadier Molina
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 23, 2013 7:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #844. Sam Mertes… #845. Leon Wagner… #846. Willie Jones… #847. BENGIE MOLINA… #848. Russell Martin… #849. Gary Ward… #850. Eddie Foster… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ 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/D 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/D
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/D
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 2D
2006 31 TOR AL 117 458 433 44 123 20 1 19 57 1 1 19 47 .284 .319 .467 .785 100 202 15 4 0 2 1 2D
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/D
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/D
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 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 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 2/D
13 Yrs 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 .785 100 202 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1998 23 ANA AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .486 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $170,000 /2
1999 24 ANA AL 31 109 -6 -1 -0 1 2 -4 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .488 .498 -0.1 0.3 -1 $200,000 2
2000 25 ANA AL 130 513 -14 -1 -1 6 7 -2 -0.1 19 17 1.7 .498 .499 1.1 1.3 11 $210,000 *2/D RoY-4
2001 26 ANA AL 96 355 -13 -2 -1 3 5 -7 -0.6 13 6 0.6 .493 .496 0.3 0.9 3 $350,000 2/D
2002 27 ANA AL 122 459 -24 -5 -1 10 7 -13 -1.2 17 4 0.4 .489 .492 -0.6 1.7 -6 $350,000 *2 GG
2003 28 ANA AL 119 430 -5 -1 -2 2 7 1 0.1 16 17 1.7 .501 .501 1.5 0.9 15 $1,425,000 *2 GG
2004 29 ANA AL 97 363 -6 -2 -3 -1 5 -7 -0.6 14 7 0.7 .493 .496 0.7 0.5 8 $2,025,000 2/D
2005 30 LAA AL 119 449 5 -4 -2 3 6 8 0.8 17 24 2.4 .506 .505 2.1 0.9 21 $3,000,000 2D
2006 31 TOR AL 117 458 0 -3 -2 -3 5 -2 -0.1 17 15 1.5 .498 .499 1.8 0.2 18 $4,500,000 2D
2007 32 SFG NL 134 517 -11 -4 -1 4 8 -4 -0.5 16 12 1.0 .497 .497 0.6 1.1 8 $4,000,000 *2
2008 33 SFG NL 145 569 -2 -3 -4 3 8 3 0.2 18 21 1.9 .502 .502 1.6 1.0 18 $6,250,000 *2/D
2009 34 SFG NL 132 520 -13 -2 -2 -10 8 -20 -2.1 16 -3 -0.5 .485 .487 0.5 -0.3 7 $6,500,000 *2/D
2010 35 SFG NL 61 221 -8 -1 -1 1 3 -6 -0.7 7 1 0.0 .490 .496 -0.1 0.4 -0 $4,500,000 2/D
2010 35 TEX AL 57 195 -11 -1 -1 -4 3 -14 -1.4 7 -7 -0.7 .474 .491 -0.3 -0.1 -3 2/D
13 Seasons 1362 5159 -107 -29 -20 15 74 -68 -6.6 182 114 10.7 .495 .497 9.2 8.9 99 $33,480,000
LAA (8 yrs) 716 2679 -62 -16 -11 24 39 -25 -2.0 100 75 7.5 .497 .498 5.0 6.5 51 $7,730,000
SFG (4 yrs) 472 1827 -34 -10 -7 -2 27 -26 -3.0 57 31 2.4 .494 .496 2.7 2.3 33 $21,250,000
TEX (1 yr) 57 195 -11 -1 -1 -4 3 -14 -1.4 7 -7 -0.7 .474 .491 -0.3 -0.1 -3
TOR (1 yr) 117 458 0 -3 -2 -3 5 -2 -0.1 17 15 1.5 .498 .499 1.8 0.2 18 $4,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 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 Yrs (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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
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% lgCS% PO Awards
1998 ANA AL 23 C 2 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 0.50 .990 7.20 7.05 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 24 C 30 30 24 256.0 213 192 19 2 2 .991 1 5 7.42 7.03 .991 6.98 6.87 3 12 15 10 40% 33% 0
2000 ANA AL 25 C 127 123 115 1091.0 751 683 61 7 9 .991 6 7 6.14 5.86 .991 6.93 6.85 6 35 69 40 37% 30% 1 RoY-4
2000 ANA AL 25 DH 2 2 RoY-4
2001 ANA AL 26 C 94 89 81 781.2 568 527 36 5 4 .991 3 5 6.48 5.99 .990 7.17 7.11 4 23 60 28 32% 29% 0
2001 ANA AL 26 DH 1 1
2002 ANA AL 27 C 121 114 104 1014.1 768 707 60 1 6 .999 10 12 6.81 6.34 .993 6.96 6.89 5 34 43 35 45% 32% 1 GG
2003 ANA AL 28 C 117 109 97 949.2 740 672 63 5 10 .993 10 2 13 2 6.97 6.28 .991 6.79 6.72 4 40 45 36 44% 30% 3 GG
2004 ANA AL 29 C 89 89 73 762.0 656 597 56 3 5 .995 -3 -1 -5 -1 7.71 7.34 .992 7.12 7.07 6 40 51 18 26% 32% 2
2004 ANA AL 29 DH 5 2
2005 LAA AL 30 C 105 100 84 873.1 691 641 47 3 5 .996 -1 3 -1 4 7.09 6.55 .992 6.79 6.72 10 40 44 20 31% 30% 0
2005 LAA AL 30 DH 11 9
2006 TOR AL 31 C 99 98 84 842.0 664 614 48 2 6 .997 -7 -3 -10 -4 7.08 6.69 .992 7.09 6.99 11 29 68 15 18% 30% 1
2006 TOR AL 31 DH 16 15
2007 SFG NL 32 C 129 125 112 1104.0 877 808 61 8 4 .991 0 4 0 5 7.08 6.74 .991 7.39 7.36 16 41 53 23 30% 25% 2
2008 SFG NL 33 C 136 132 107 1128.1 1063 987 71 5 6 .995 3 3 3 3 8.44 7.78 .993 7.65 7.60 5 54 68 36 35% 27% 2
2008 SFG NL 33 DH 1 1
2009 SFG NL 34 C 123 120 103 1042.0 1024 942 77 5 8 .995 -9 -10 -10 -11 8.80 8.28 .993 7.77 7.70 4 50 85 25 23% 29% 1
2009 SFG NL 34 DH 1 1
2010 TOT MLB 35 C 113 105 81 897.2 817 751 60 6 5 .993 -8 -3 -11 -4 8.13 7.18 .991 7.75 7.68 4 45 79 24 23% 28% 1
2010 TOT MLB 35 DH 2 2
2010 SFG NL 35 C 58 55 40 458.1 433 396 36 1 4 .998 -5 1 -13 3 8.48 7.45 .992 8.05 7.97 3 28 47 14 23% 29% 1
2010 SFG NL 35 DH 1 1
2010 TEX AL 35 C 55 50 41 439.1 384 355 24 5 1 .987 -3 -4 -8 -10 7.76 6.89 .990 7.44 7.37 1 17 32 10 24% 26% 0
2010 TEX AL 35 DH 1 1
13 Seasons C 1285 1234 1065 10745.0 8833 8122 659 52 70 .994 5 -3 1 0 7.35 6.83 .992 7.23 7.16 78 443 680 310 31% 29% 14
13 Seasons TOT 1285 1234 1065 10745.0 8833 8122 659 52 70 .994 5 -3 1 0 7.35 6.83 .992 7.23 7.16 78 443 680 310 31% 29% 14
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% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Gold Gloves
2002 AL (C)
2003 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2002 AL  1.7 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2008 NL  11 (1st)
2009 NL  11 (1st)
Career  63 (193rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 NL  23 (6th)
Career  173 (176th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2000 AL  14.3 (1st)
2007 NL  9.4 (10th)
2008 NL  13.9 (2nd)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2000 AL  127 (5th)
2007 NL  129 (3rd)
2008 NL  136 (4th)
2009 NL  123 (5th)
Career  1,285 (53rd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2007 NL  808 (3rd)
2008 NL  987 (4th)
2009 NL  942 (2nd)
Career  8,122 (25th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2000 AL  61 (2nd)
2002 AL  60 (3rd)
2003 AL  63 (3rd)
2004 AL  56 (2nd)
2007 NL  61 (4th)
2008 NL  71 (2nd)
2009 NL  77 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2000 AL  7 (5th)
2007 NL  8 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2000 AL  9 (2nd)
2003 AL  10 (2nd)
2009 NL  8 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2005 AL  10 (1st)
2006 AL  11 (3rd)
2007 NL  16 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2006 AL  68 (4th)
2008 NL  68 (4th)
2009 NL  85 (1st)
Career  680 (88th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2000 AL  40 (1st)
2002 AL  35 (2nd)
2003 AL  36 (2nd)
2008 NL  36 (2nd)
2009 NL  25 (2nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2002 AL  44.9 (1st)
2003 AL  44.4 (1st)
2008 NL  34.6 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2000 AL  6 (2nd)
2002 AL  10 (1st)
2003 AL  10 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2004 AL  7.71 (3rd)
2005 AL  7.09 (5th)
2008 NL  8.44 (1st)
2009 NL  8.80 (2nd)
Career  7.36 (36th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2004 AL  7.34 (1st)
2006 AL  6.69 (5th)
2008 NL  7.78 (2nd)
2009 NL  8.28 (2nd)
Career  6.83 (27th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2001 AL  .991 (4th)
2002 AL  .999 (1st)
2004 AL  .995 (4th)
2005 AL  .996 (4th)
2006 AL  .997 (2nd)
2008 NL  .995 (4th)
2009 NL  .995 (3rd)
Career  .994 (13th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 29 (628), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (474), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (149th), 10.7 career WAR/10.9 7yr-peak WAR/10.8 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Sandy Alomar (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Dan Wilson (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dan Wilson (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ed Taubensee (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ed Taubensee (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Darrin Fletcher (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199823Anaheim Angels$170,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
199924Anaheim Angels$200,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200025Anaheim Angels$210,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200126Anaheim Angels$350,0004/6/01 USA Today
200227Anaheim Angels$350,0004/3/02 AP
200328Anaheim Angels$1,425,0004/3/03 AP
200429Anaheim Angels$2,025,0004/7/04 AP
200530Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$3,000,000
200631Toronto Blue Jays$4,500,000
200732San Francisco Giants$4,000,000
200833San Francisco Giants$6,250,000
200934San Francisco Giants$6,500,000
201035San Francisco Giants$4,500,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$33,480,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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