Gustavo Molina

Gustavo Eduardo Molina

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: February 24, 1982 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
High School: San Jose (Vargas, VE)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/RedSox/Yankees/Mets 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 0.162, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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Standard Batting

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
2000	18	CHW-min	Rk	31	134	115	15	28	10	0	1	22	3	1	13	13	.243	.323	.357	.680		41	0	2	1	3	0		WHS · ARIZ
2001	19	CHW-min	Rk	46	184	166	18	47	9	0	2	24	3	1	9	26	.283	.333	.373	.707		62	2	5	1	3	1		BRS · APPY
2002	20	CHW-min	A	94	359	310	37	70	13	1	2	34	7	2	27	61	.226	.301	.294	.595		91	6	9	7	6	1		KAN · SALL
2003	21	CHW-min	A	96	350	315	30	72	15	1	5	41	5	3	17	56	.229	.287	.330	.617		104	4	9	8	1	0		KAN · SALL
2004	22	CHW-min	A,A+	62	209	182	26	39	9	0	7	31	2	1	17	40	.214	.298	.379	.677		69	6	5	4	1	0		KAN,WSM · SALL,CARL
2005	23	CHW-min	A+	109	392	345	38	90	20	1	11	41	1	2	30	47	.261	.328	.420	.748		145	16	6	8	3	0		WSM · CARL
2006	24	CHW-min	AA,AAA	113	413	374	26	83	14	0	7	34	5	6	26	70	.222	.279	.316	.595		118	11	4	8	1	0		BIR,CHR · SOUL,IL
2007	25	CHW-BAL-min	AAA,AA	65	236	216	18	57	8	0	2	15	0	2	12	37	.264	.307	.329	.636		71	10	2	5	1	0		CHR,BOW · IL,EL
2007	25	TOT	AL	17	30	27	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.111	.138	.148	.286	-25	4	0	0	1	1	0	2
2007	25	CHW	AL	10	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.056	.100	.056	.156	-58	1	0	0	1	1	0	/2
2007	25	BAL	AL	7	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.333	.556	44	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2008	26	NYM-min	AAA	74	250	228	22	47	7	0	7	27	0	0	16	56	.206	.272	.329	.601		75	10	5	0	1	0		NOR · PCL
2008	26	NYM	NL	2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2

2009	27	WSN-min	AAA	72	227	211	19	44	15	0	2	24	0	1	6	25	.209	.233	.308	.541		65	4	1	8	1	0		SYR · IL
2010	28	BOS-min	AAA	35	119	112	12	27	5	0	8	18	0	0	7	23	.241	.286	.500	.786		56	1	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2010	28	BOS	AL	4	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2011	29	NYY-min	AAA	47	173	162	9	41	6	0	4	21	0	0	7	37	.253	.287	.364	.651		59	1	1	2	1	0		SWB · IL
2011	29	NYY	AL	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2012	30	NYY-min	AAA,AA	14	55	53	7	13	2	0	4	12	0	0	1	12	.245	.259	.509	.769		27	3	0	1	0	0		SWB,TRE · IL,EL
4 Yrs				26	51	47	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.128	.160	.170	.330	-13	8	0	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	318	293	12	37	12	0	0	6	0	0	12	62	.128	.160	.170	.330	-13	50	0	0	6	6	0

NYM (1 yr)				2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	1	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				4	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	29	2	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				7	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.333	.556	44	3	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				10	21	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.056	.100	.056	.156	-58	1	0	0	1	1	0

AL (3 yrs)				24	43	40	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.125	.143	.175	.318	-17	7	0	0	1	1	0
NL (1 yr)				2	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
2007	25	CHW	AL	10	21	-5	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.455	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$380,000	/2
2007	25	BAL	AL	7	9	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
2008	26	NYM	NL	2	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.458	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2

2010	28	BOS	AL	4	7	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.442	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
2011	29	NYY	AL	3	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.482	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$455,000	/2
4 Seasons				26	51	-8	-0	0	-1	1	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.466	.499	-0.6	0.0	-6	$835,000

NYM (1 yr)				2	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.458	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
BOS (1 yr)				4	7	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.442	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
NYY (1 yr)				3	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.482	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$455,000
BAL (1 yr)				7	9	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
CHW (1 yr)				10	21	-5	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.455	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$380,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2007	25	TOT	AL	30	26	1	1.0	110	.143	.111	.275	.138	.343	.148	.429	.286	.772	-25	.052	-5.0	-0.5	.208	.074	.037
2007	25	CHW	AL	21	19	0	0.0	110	.067	.056	.276	.100	.344	.056	.431	.156	.775	-58	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.118	.056	.000
2007	25	BAL	AL	9	7	1	3.8	108	.333	.222	.272	.222	.340	.333	.426	.556	.765	44	.374	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.111	.111
2008	26	NYM	NL	8	6	0	0.0	106	.167	.143	.265	.250	.336	.143	.423	.393	.759	8	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.143	.000

2010	28	BOS	AL	7	6	0	0.0	105	.200	.143	.267	.143	.336	.143	.418	.286	.754	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
2011	29	NYY	AL	6	5	0	0.0	105	.167	.167	.267	.167	.333	.333	.423	.500	.756	29	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
4 Yrs				51	43	1	0.6	108	.158	.128	.271	.160	.340	.170	.426	.330	.765	-13	.022	-7.8	-0.8	.244	.085	.043
162 Game Avg.				318	268	6	0.6	108	.158	.128	.271	.160	.340	.170	.426	.330	.765	-13	.022	-7.8	-0.8	.244	.085	.043

NYM (1 yr)				8	6	0	0.0	106	.167	.143	.265	.250	.336	.143	.423	.393	.759	8	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.143	.000
BOS (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	105	.200	.143	.267	.143	.336	.143	.418	.286	.754	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	105	.167	.167	.267	.167	.333	.333	.423	.500	.756	29	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.400	.167	.167
BAL (1 yr)				9	7	1	3.8	108	.333	.222	.272	.222	.340	.333	.426	.556	.765	44	.374	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.111	.111
CHW (1 yr)				21	19	0	0.0	110	.067	.056	.276	.100	.344	.056	.431	.156	.775	-58	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.118	.056	.000

AL (3 yrs)				43	37	1	0.7	108	.156	.125	.272	.143	.340	.175	.426	.318	.766	-17	.029	-6.8	-0.7	.229	.075	.050
NL (1 yr)				8	6	0	0.0	106	.167	.143	.265	.250	.336	.143	.423	.393	.759	8	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.333	.143	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2007	25	TOT	AL	30	0.0%	23.3%	3.3%	3.3%	33%	7.00	3.9		27.0	1.10	1.22	70%	18%	0.0%	10%
2007	25	CHW	AL	21	0.0%	19.1%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.5		18.0	2.00	2.00	71%	13%	0.0%	0%
2007	25	BAL	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	11.1%	50%		3.0			0.20	0.25	67%	33%	0.0%	20%
2008	26	NYM	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.00	7.0			0.50	0.67	75%	33%	0.0%	0%

2010	28	BOS	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.00	0.33	71%	0%	0.0%	50%
2011	29	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	100%					1.00	1.50	100%	17%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				51	0.0%	19.6%	3.9%	3.9%	33%	5.00	4.7		47.0	0.95	1.00	75%	18%	0.0%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.9%	8.6%	7.8%	33%	2.10	5.0	34.6	7.9	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2007	25	TOT	AL	-5.0	-0.5	30	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.66	-0.6	-0.1	-5.4	-0.5	0.78	-6.7	0.03	2
2007	25	CHW	AL	-4.3	-0.4	21	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.80	-0.4	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.80	-4.7	0.05	1
2007	25	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.35	-0.1	0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.74	-1.9	0.00	1
2008	26	NYM	NL	-1.0	-0.1	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.47	-0.1	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.17	-1.1		0

2010	28	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.29	-0.1	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.11	-1.3		0
2011	29	NYY	AL	-0.6	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.41	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.66	-0.9		0
4 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	51	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.69	-0.9	-0.1	-10.2	-1.0	0.87	-10.0	0.03	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2007	25	TOT	AL	0	0	25%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2007	25	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	25	BAL	AL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2008	26	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	28	BOS	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	NYY	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	25%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2007	25	TOT	AL	30	40%	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	3	100%	12	1	8%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
2007	25	CHW	AL	21	57%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	3	100%	10	1	10%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
2007	25	BAL	AL	9	0%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	26	NYM	NL	8	25%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2010	28	BOS	AL	7	43%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
2011	29	NYY	AL	6	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				51	39%	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	5	3	60%	29	1	3%	2	1	50%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	25	TOT	AL	30	112	3.73	79	71%	24%	22%	27%	28%	76%	0%	54%	72%	37%	0%	0	0	7%	2	1	7%	2	1	14%	0	0	0
2007	25	CHW	AL	21	71	3.38	49	69%	24%	16%	27%	33%	76%	0%	52%	78%	43%	0%	0	0	10%	2	1	10%	2	1	25%	0	0	0
2007	25	BAL	AL	9	41	4.56	30	73%	23%	30%	27%	20%	77%	0%	56%	61%	22%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	26	NYM	NL	8	41	5.13	23	56%	9%	22%	43%	26%	91%	0%	51%	76%	63%	0%	0	0	13%	1	1	38%	3	2	0%	0	0	0

2010	28	BOS	AL	7	26	3.71	19	73%	21%	32%	21%	26%	79%	0%	58%	60%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2011	29	NYY	AL	6	11	1.83	8	73%	13%	0%	13%	75%	88%	0%	64%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
4 Yrs				51	190	3.73	129	68%	20%	22%	28%	30%	80%	0%	54%	73%	43%	0%	0	0	6%	3	2	10%	5	3	10%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF
2007	25	17	30	27	1	3	1	1	1	7	.111	.138	.148	.286	-25	4	1	1
2008	26	19	38	34	1	4	1	1	2	8	.118	.162	.147	.309	-18	5	1	1
2009	27	19	38	34	1	4	1	1	2	8	.118	.162	.147	.309	-18	5	1	1
2010	28	23	45	41	2	5	1	1	2	10	.122	.159	.146	.305	-19	6	1	1
2011	29	26	51	47	2	6	2	1	2	10	.128	.160	.170	.330	-13	8	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2007	25	17	31	28	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.143	.167	.179	.345	1	17
2008	26	2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	2

2010	28	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2011	29	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
4 Yrs		26	52	48	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	.083	.118	.104	.222	1	26
162 Game Avg.		162	324	299	6	25	6	0	0	6	0	12	62	.083	.118	.104	.222	6	26

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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