Izzy Molina

Islay Molina

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 3, 1971 in New York, NY
High School: Columbus (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 22nd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1996
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles 1996-2002

Final Game: May 6, 2002
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
1990	19	OAK-min	Rk	39	142	127	20	43	12	2	0	18	5	0	9	22	.339	.383	.465	.848		59		2	1	3	1	ATH · ARIZ
1991	20	OAK-min	A	95	342	316	35	89	16	1	3	45	6	4	15	38	.282	.323	.367	.690		116	9	6	1	4	1	MAD · MIDW
1992	21	OAK-min	A+,AAA	126	533	472	74	120	17	3	10	80	9	7	41	63	.254	.319	.367	.686		173	21	7	7	6	0	REN,TAC · CALL,PCL
1993	22	OAK-min	A+	124	506	444	61	116	26	5	6	69	2	8	44	85	.261	.325	.383	.708		170	11	3	4	11	0	MOD · CALL
1994	23	OAK-min	AA	116	423	388	31	84	17	2	8	50	5	1	16	47	.216	.252	.332	.585		129	10	5	7	7	0	HVL · SOUL
1995	24	OAK-min	AA,AAA	85	343	307	38	79	16	1	8	26	3	4	26	64	.257	.329	.394	.724		121	6	8	0	2	0	HVL,EDM · SOUL,PCL
1996	25	OAK-min	AAA	98	377	342	45	90	12	3	12	56	2	5	25	55	.263	.317	.421	.738		144	9	3	5	2	4	EDM · PCL
1996	25	OAK	AL	14	26	25	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.200	.231	.280	.511	28	7	0	0	0	0	0	2/D
1997	26	OAK-min	AAA	61	231	218	33	57	11	3	6	34	2	0	12	27	.261	.300	.422	.722		92	4	0	1	0	0	EDM · PCL
1997	26	OAK	AL	48	115	111	6	22	3	1	3	7	0	0	3	17	.198	.219	.324	.544	42	36	1	0	1	0	0	2
1998	27	OAK-min	AAA	86	328	303	29	73	15	2	8	38	3	0	17	60	.241	.287	.383	.670		116	16	4	1	3	0	EDM · PCL
1998	27	OAK	AL	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	167	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2

2002	31	BAL-min	AA,AAA	99	380	342	34	76	11	0	7	33	2	1	28	58	.222	.287	.316	.603		108	9	5	0	5	0	BOW,ROC · EL,IL
2002	31	BAL	AL	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	83	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2003	32	BAL-min	A-,AA,AAA	27	102	84	9	17	4	1	2	6	2	2	17	20	.202	.343	.345	.688		29	1	1	0	0	2	ADN,BOW,OTT · NYPL,EL,IL
4 Seasons				69	146	141	8	29	5	1	3	8	0	0	4	20	.206	.228	.319	.547	42	45	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	343	331	19	68	12	2	7	19	0	0	9	47	.206	.228	.319	.547	42	106	2	0	2	0	0

OAK (3 yrs)				68	143	138	7	28	5	1	3	8	0	0	4	20	.203	.225	.319	.544	41	44	1	0	1	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	83	1	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1996	25	OAK	AL	26	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$109,000	2/D
1997	26	OAK	AL	115	-11	0	0	1	-2	2	4	-6	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$152,000	2
1998	27	OAK	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$175,000	/2

2002	31	BAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
4 Seasons				146	-14	0	0	1	-4	2	5	-10	-1.0	-6	-0.6	-0.4	$436,000

OAK (3 yrs)				143	-14	0	0	1	-4	2	5	-10	-1.0	-6	-0.6	-0.4	$436,000
BAL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1996	OAK	AL	25	C	12	6	3	55.2	32	31	1	0	1	1.000	-2	-43	5.17	2.67	.990	6.92	6.87	0	2	9	0	0%	0
1996	OAK	AL	25	DH	1	1
1997	OAK	AL	26	C	48	34	24	306.2	237	218	17	2	1	.992	-2	-8	6.90	4.90	.991	7.15	7.09	3	13	33	10	23%	0
1998	OAK	AL	27	C	5	0	0	8.1	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.72	1.80	.990	7.13	7.04	0	0	2	0	0%	0
2002	BAL	AL	31	C	1	1	1	9.0	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	8.00	8.00	.992	7.00	6.90	0	1	1	1	50%	0
	4 Seasons			C	66	41	28	379.2	286	264	20	2	2	.993	-4	-13	6.73	4.30	.991	7.11	7.04	3	16	45	11	20%	0
	4 Seasons			TOT	66	41	28	379.2	286	264	20	2	2	.993	-4	-13	6.73	4.30	.991	7.11	7.04	3	16	45	11	20%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 22nd round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 1990.
December 21, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
December 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
October 26, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
March 30, 1999: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Ben Ford to the New York Yankees for Darren Holmes and cash.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
November 16, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
October 15, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 20, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1996	25	Oakland Athletics	$109,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	26	Oakland Athletics	$152,000	1997 AP survey
1998	27	Oakland Athletics	$175,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$436,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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