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José Molina

Jose Benjamin (Matta) Molina

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: June 3, 1975 in Bayamon, P.R.
High School: Masetro Ladi (Vega Alta, PR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1999
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees/BlueJays/Cubs 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$1.8M (10-11), 1 yr/$1.8M (12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.026, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Octagon, previously: Levinsons [*]
Relatives: Brother of Bengie Molina and Brother of Yadier Molina
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:02AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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
1999 24 CHC NL 10 21 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .316 .649 68 6 0 0 0 0 1 2
2001 26 ANA AL 15 42 37 8 10 3 0 2 4 0 0 3 8 .270 .325 .514 .839 116 19 2 0 2 0 0 2
2002 27 ANA AL 29 81 70 5 19 3 0 0 5 0 2 5 15 .271 .312 .314 .626 68 22 2 0 4 2 0 2
2003 28 ANA AL 53 123 114 12 21 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 26 .184 .210 .219 .429 15 25 1 3 4 1 0 2
2004 29 ANA AL 73 218 203 26 53 10 2 3 25 4 1 10 52 .261 .296 .374 .670 76 76 6 0 5 0 0 2/3
2005 30 LAA AL 75 203 184 14 42 4 0 6 25 2 0 13 41 .228 .286 .348 .634 70 64 5 2 4 0 0 2/3
2006 31 LAA AL 78 245 225 18 54 17 0 4 22 1 0 9 49 .240 .273 .369 .642 65 83 6 2 7 2 0 2/3
2007 32 TOT AL 69 202 191 18 49 13 0 1 19 2 1 5 43 .257 .274 .340 .614 61 65 4 0 5 1 0 2
2007 32 LAA AL 40 131 125 9 28 8 0 0 10 2 1 3 30 .224 .242 .288 .530 39 36 3 0 3 0 0 2
2007 32 NYY AL 29 71 66 9 21 5 0 1 9 0 0 2 13 .318 .333 .439 .773 102 29 1 0 2 1 0 2
2008 33 NYY AL 100 297 268 32 58 17 0 3 18 0 0 12 52 .216 .263 .313 .576 51 84 9 6 8 3 0 2/3
2009 34 NYY AL 52 155 138 15 30 4 0 1 11 0 0 14 28 .217 .292 .268 .560 47 37 6 1 1 1 0 2/35
2010 35 TOR AL 57 183 167 13 41 4 0 6 12 1 0 9 36 .246 .304 .377 .681 84 63 7 5 2 0 1 2
2011 36 TOR AL 55 191 171 19 48 12 1 3 15 2 1 15 44 .281 .342 .415 .757 103 71 2 1 4 0 0 2/D
12 Seasons 666 1961 1787 183 430 92 3 29 163 12 5 98 398 .241 .286 .344 .630 66 615 50 20 46 10 2
162 Game Avg. 162 477 435 45 105 22 1 7 40 3 1 24 97 .241 .286 .344 .630 66 150 12 5 11 2 0
LAA (7 yrs) 363 1043 958 92 227 49 2 15 97 9 4 44 221 .237 .274 .339 .613 61 325 25 7 29 5 0
NYY (3 yrs) 181 523 472 56 109 26 0 5 38 0 0 28 93 .231 .281 .318 .599 57 150 16 7 11 5 0
TOR (2 yrs) 112 374 338 32 89 16 1 9 27 3 1 24 80 .263 .323 .396 .720 94 134 9 6 6 0 1
CHC (1 yr) 10 21 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .316 .649 68 6 0 0 0 0 1
AL (11 yrs) 656 1940 1768 180 425 91 3 29 162 12 5 96 394 .240 .286 .344 .630 66 609 50 20 46 10 1
NL (1 yr) 10 21 19 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .316 .649 68 6 0 0 0 0 1

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 Awards
1999 24 CHC NL 21 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $200,000 2
2001 26 ANA AL 42 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $ 2
2002 27 ANA AL 81 -2 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ 2
2003 28 ANA AL 123 -14 0 -1 1 1 2 4 -7 -0.7 -8 -0.8 0.1 $320,000 2
2004 29 ANA AL 218 -7 -1 -1 0 10 4 8 13 1.3 3 0.3 1.0 $335,000 2/3
2005 30 LAA AL 203 -7 0 0 -1 6 3 7 8 0.8 2 0.2 0.6 $725,000 2/3
2006 31 LAA AL 245 -13 -1 -2 -1 2 4 8 -3 -0.2 -5 -0.5 0.3 $850,000 2/3
2007 32 LAA AL 131 -12 0 1 0 0 2 5 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $1,350,000 2
2007 32 NYY AL 71 0 -1 0 0 2 1 2 4 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $ 2
2008 33 NYY AL 297 -20 1 -1 -1 9 5 10 3 0.3 -6 -0.6 0.9 $1,875,000 2/3
2009 34 NYY AL 155 -10 -0 1 -1 2 2 5 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $2,125,000 2/35
2010 35 TOR AL 183 -4 -1 -1 -1 0 3 6 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $800,000 2
2011 36 TOR AL 191 1 -0 0 -0 0 3 6 10 1.0 10 0.9 0.1 $1,200,000 2/D
12 Seasons 1961 -89 -4 -4 -4 35 32 67 33 3.4 -3 -0.3 3.7 $9,780,000
LAA (7 yrs) 1043 -55 -2 -3 -1 22 18 36 15 1.6 -7 -0.7 2.3 $3,580,000
NYY (3 yrs) 523 -30 -0 -0 -2 13 8 17 5 0.5 -8 -0.8 1.3 $4,000,000
TOR (2 yrs) 374 -3 -1 -0 -1 0 6 13 13 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $2,000,000
CHC (1 yr) 21 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $200,000

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 ALCS MIN W 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 27 ANA AL WS SFG W 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2004 29 ANA AL ALDS BOS L 2 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 30 LAA AL ALDS NYY W 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 30 LAA AL ALCS CHW L 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 NYY AL ALDS MIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 NYY AL ALCS LAA W 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 34 NYY AL WS PHI W 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (8 Series) 15 18 14 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .286 .412 .286 .697 4 0 0 1 0 0
3 ALDS 4 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .400 .571 .400 .971 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 ALCS 6 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 1 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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1999 CHC NL 24 C 10 49 44 5 0 1 1.000 0 4.90 .990 7.35 1 5 3 38%
2001 ANA AL 26 C 15 84 78 6 0 1 1.000 2 5.60 .990 7.11 2 11 8 42%
2002 ANA AL 27 C 29 173 154 16 3 3 .983 1 5.86 .993 6.89 1 15 9 38%
2003 ANA AL 28 C 53 239 221 17 1 0 .996 1 0 4.49 .991 6.72 3 18 7 28%
2004 ANA AL 29 C 70 481 441 37 3 4 .994 10 7 6.83 .992 7.07 3 23 22 49%
2004 ANA AL 29 1B 2 6 5 1 0 2 1.000 0 0 3.00 .993 9.25
2005 LAA AL 30 C 65 452 408 41 3 6 .993 6 7 6.91 .992 6.72 3 19 20 51%
2005 LAA AL 30 1B 4 10 10 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 2.50 .994 9.50
2005 LAA AL 30 DH 1 1
2006 LAA AL 31 C 76 560 502 50 8 4 .986 2 6 7.26 .992 6.99 5 27 20 43%
2006 LAA AL 31 1B 3 4 4 0 0 2 1.000 0 1.33 .995 9.40
2007 TOT AL 32 C 69 53 45 492.1 470 436 30 4 3 .991 2 1 5 2 8.52 6.75 .991 0.00 7.20 4 18 31 13 30% 2
2007 LAA AL 32 C 40 37 32 323.0 304 283 17 4 2 .987 0 0 0 0 8.36 7.50 .991 0.00 7.20 2 14 18 7 28% 0
2007 NYY AL 32 C 29 16 13 169.1 166 153 13 0 1 1.000 2 1 14 7 8.82 5.72 .991 0.00 7.20 2 4 13 6 32% 2
2008 NYY AL 33 C 97 689 634 52 3 6 .996 9 13 7.07 .991 7.19 7 42 33 44%
2008 NYY AL 33 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.20
2009 NYY AL 34 C 49 388 366 21 1 1 .997 1 2 7.90 .992 7.39 3 23 9 28%
2009 NYY AL 34 1B 3 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 1 1 2.00 .993 9.03
2009 NYY AL 34 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
2009 NYY AL 34 DH 1 1
2010 TOR AL 35 C 56 456 417 37 2 3 .996 0 6 8.11 .990 7.37 5 19 15 44%
2010 TOR AL 35 DH 1 1
2011 TOR AL 36 C 48 44 40 399.0 367 342 24 1 3 .997 0 2 1 6 8.26 7.63 .992 7.61 7.57 8 19 24 12 33% 3
2011 TOR AL 36 DH 4 4
12 Seasons C 637 97 85 891.1 4408 4043 336 29 35 .993 34 44 46 59 8.40 6.87 .991 3.41 7.11 45 37 257 171 40% 5
5 Seasons 1B 13 26 23 3 0 7 1.000 1 1 2.00 .994 9.31
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
12 Seasons TOT 651 97 85 891.1 4434 4066 339 29 42 .993 35 45 47 60 8.40 6.77 .991 3.41 7.15 45 37 257 171 40% 5
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
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-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
  • 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2004 AL  1.0 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2008 AL  8 (7th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
Active  637 (17th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
Active  4,043 (17th)

Assists as C s c a p y
Active  336 (14th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2006 AL  8 (4th)
Active  29 (24th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2008 AL  7 (5th)
2011 AL  8 (4th)
Active  45 (10th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2008 AL  33 (1st)
Active  171 (14th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2004 AL  48.9 (2nd)
2005 AL  51.3 (2nd)
2006 AL  42.6 (4th)
2008 AL  44.0 (1st)
2010 AL  44.1 (1st)
Active  40.0 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2004 AL  10 (1st)
2005 AL  6 (3rd)
2008 AL  9 (3rd)
Active  34 (6th)
Career  34 (32nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2008 AL  8.38 (1st)
Active  8.40 (6th)
Career  8.40 (6th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Active  6.87 (9th)
Career  6.87 (22nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2008 AL  .996 (3rd)
Active  .993 (10th)
Career  .993 (19th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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
199924Chicago Cubs$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200025Chicago Cubs$205,0004/5/00 AP
200328Anaheim Angels$320,0004/3/03 AP
200429Anaheim Angels$335,0004/7/04 AP
200530Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$725,000
200631Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$850,000
200732Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$1,350,000
200833New York Yankees$1,875,000
200934New York Yankees$2,125,000
201035Toronto Blue Jays$800,000
201136Toronto Blue Jays$1,200,000
201237Tampa Bay Rays$1,500,000
201338Tampa Bay Rays*$1,500,000$1.5M Team Option, $300k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,985,000Does not include future salaries
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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