Yadier Molina
Yadier B. Molina
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 13, 1982 in Bayamon, P.R.
High School: Vega Alta (Vega Alta, PR)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed September 6, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2004
Relatives: Brother of Bengie Molina and Brother of Jose Molina
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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
2004 21 STL NL 51 151 135 12 36 6 0 2 15 0 1 13 20 .267 .329 .356 .684 78 48 4 0 2 1 3 2
2005 22 STL NL 114 421 385 36 97 15 1 8 49 2 3 23 30 .252 .295 .358 .654 70 138 10 2 8 3 3 *2/3
2006 23 STL NL 129 461 417 29 90 26 0 6 49 1 2 26 41 .216 .274 .321 .595 53 134 15 8 8 2 2 *2/3
2007 24 STL NL 111 396 353 30 97 15 0 6 40 1 1 34 43 .275 .340 .368 .708 85 130 18 3 2 4 5 2/3
2008 25 STL NL 124 485 444 37 135 18 0 7 56 0 2 32 29 .304 .349 .392 .740 95 174 21 1 3 5 4 *2/3D GG
2009 26 STL NL 140 544 481 45 141 23 1 6 54 9 3 50 39 .293 .366 .383 .749 100 184 27 6 6 1 2 *2/3 AS,MVP-23,GG
6 Seasons 669 2458 2215 189 596 103 2 35 263 13 12 178 202 .269 .327 .365 .692 81 808 95 20 29 16 19
162 Game Avg. 162 595 536 46 144 25 0 8 64 3 3 43 49 .269 .327 .365 .692 81 196 23 5 7 4 5

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
2004 21 STL NL 151 107 15 3.8 111 .298 .267 .269 .329 .341 .356 .437 .684 .778 78 .370 -4.4 -0.4 .577 .178 .089 .0
2005 22 STL NL 421 312 39 3.3 109 .254 .252 .270 .295 .340 .358 .430 .654 .770 70 .337 -17.8 -1.7 .538 .164 .106 3.2
2006 23 STL NL 461 354 34 2.6 112 .226 .216 .271 .274 .342 .321 .440 .595 .782 53 .222 -29.7 -2.8 .485 .165 .106 1.7
2007 24 STL NL 396 281 41 3.9 110 .295 .275 .272 .340 .341 .368 .434 .708 .775 85 .384 -7.4 -0.7 .607 .190 .093 1.7
2008 25 STL NL 485 340 56 4.4 107 .310 .304 .266 .349 .338 .392 .424 .740 .762 95 .453 -2.6 -0.2 .617 .155 .088 .0
2009 26 STL NL 544 377 63 4.5 106 .309 .293 .265 .366 .338 .383 .420 .749 .758 100 .468 1.0 0.1 .665 .206 .089 7.2
6 Seasons 2458 1771 248 3.8 109 .281 .269 .268 .327 .340 .365 .430 .692 .769 81 .376 -61.0 -5.8 .583 .177 .096 19.0
162 Game Avg. 595 429 60 3.8 109 .281 .269 .268 .327 .340 .365 .430 .692 .769 81 .376 -61.0 -5.8 .583 .177 .096 5

Postseason Batting

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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
2004 21 STL NL NLCS HOU W 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2004 21 STL NL WS BOS L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 22 STL NL NLDS SDP W 3 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .462 3 0 0 0 0 0
2005 22 STL NL NLCS HOU L 6 22 22 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .318 .318 .455 .773 10 1 0 0 0 0
2006 23 STL NL NLDS SDP W 4 13 13 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .308 .308 .385 .692 5 2 0 0 0 0
2006 23 STL NL NLCS NYM W 7 26 23 2 8 1 0 2 6 0 0 3 2 .348 .423 .652 1.075 15 0 0 0 0 0
2006 23 STL NL WS DET W 5 20 17 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .412 .500 .529 1.029 9 0 0 0 0 1
2009 26 STL NL NLDS LAD L 3 13 13 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .308 .385 .692 5 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (8 Series) 32 114 108 7 34 8 0 2 11 0 1 6 10 .315 .351 .444 .795 48 4 0 0 0 1
3 NLDS 10 39 39 1 11 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 4 .282 .282 .333 .615 13 3 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 14 52 49 3 16 4 0 2 6 0 0 3 4 .327 .365 .531 .896 26 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 23 20 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .350 .435 .450 .885 9 0 0 0 0 1

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 STL NL 26 as C 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
2004 21 STL NL 151 1.3% 13.3% 8.6% 5.3% 22% 1.54 6.8 67.5 9.0 0.84 1.32 76% 21% 3.3% 3%
2005 22 STL NL 421 1.9% 7.1% 5.5% 5.7% 25% 1.30 12.8 48.1 7.9 1.13 1.30 83% 14% 5.1% 7%
2006 23 STL NL 461 1.3% 8.9% 5.6% 6.9% 36% 1.58 10.2 69.5 8.5 0.75 1.02 81% 19% 3.1% 12%
2007 24 STL NL 396 1.5% 10.9% 8.6% 5.3% 22% 1.26 8.2 58.8 8.8 0.89 1.21 78% 21% 4.2% 13%
2008 25 STL NL 485 1.4% 6.0% 6.6% 5.2% 19% 0.91 15.3 63.4 7.9 0.88 1.16 85% 20% 3.5% 11%
2009 26 STL NL 544 1.1% 7.2% 9.2% 5.5% 21% 0.78 12.3 80.2 8.9 1.06 1.62 80% 21% 3.0% 7%
6 Seasons 2458 1.4% 8.2% 7.2% 5.7% 24% 1.13 11.0 63.3 8.4 0.93 1.26 81% 19% 3.7% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2004 21 STL NL 1 0 21% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 36% 8 7 1 2 1 1 4 1 3
2005 22 STL NL 8 0 25% 134 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 22% 16 16 0 3 1 2 18 9 6
2006 23 STL NL 2 0 20% 132 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 23% 12 10 1 3 2 1 15 8 5
2007 24 STL NL 3 0 19% 159 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 30% 28 21 7 2 1 1 13 7 5
2008 25 STL NL 2 0 19% 170 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 13% 26 24 2 10 8 2 10 8 2
2009 26 STL NL 3 0 20% 227 9 3 75% 9 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 11 10 27% 33 25 7 6 5 1 9 4 5
6 Seasons 19 0 20% 881 13 12 52% 12 10 1 0 0 2 3 1 29 42 24% 123 103 18 26 18 8 69 37 26
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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
2004 21 STL NL 151 24% 36 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.00 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 27 4 15% 9 5 56% 98 13 13% 7 4 57% 4 2 50% 0
2005 22 STL NL 421 28% 97 9 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 6 2 6 2 0 10 8 80% 82 10 12% 40 21 53% 270 43 16% 28 20 71% 36 17 47% 0
2006 23 STL NL 461 31% 90 4 0 2 0 0 0 0.77 6 0 17 5 1 2 4 0 8 8 100% 80 15 19% 54 21 39% 294 46 16% 32 16 50% 28 16 57% 0
2007 24 STL NL 396 31% 97 7 0 4 0 0 0 3.37 6 0 12 4 2 4 2 0 3 2 67% 80 18 23% 37 17 46% 264 36 14% 21 12 57% 26 13 50% 0
2008 25 STL NL 485 31% 135 12 0 4 2 0 1 1.57 7 0 15 3 4 2 5 0 3 3 100% 93 21 23% 43 16 37% 314 50 16% 19 11 58% 27 16 59% 0
2009 26 STL NL 544 25% 141 9 0 2 0 0 0 0.94 6 0 16 4 2 5 1 0 6 6 100% 100 27 27% 50 25 50% 355 53 15% 30 16 53% 40 23 58% 0
6 Seasons 2458 29% 596 42 0 13 3 0 1 1.78 35 0 72 24 11 20 15 0 32 29 91% 462 95 21% 233 105 45% 1595 241 15% 137 79 58% 161 87 54% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
2004 21 STL NL 151 526 3.48 333 63% 26% 16% 23% 35% 74% 6% 47% 79% 31% 6% 9 0 15% 23 8 8% 12 6 20% 0 0 0
2005 22 STL NL 421 1364 3.24 902 66% 22% 9% 28% 41% 78% 3% 51% 88% 36% 4% 15 0 13% 53 27 6% 25 12 23% 0 0 0
2006 23 STL NL 461 1571 3.41 1037 66% 24% 10% 29% 37% 76% 1% 50% 86% 36% 3% 16 0 13% 60 28 8% 35 15 17% 0 0 0
2007 24 STL NL 396 1396 3.53 881 63% 23% 11% 30% 36% 77% 4% 48% 86% 37% 5% 21 0 14% 57 23 8% 31 10 23% 0 0 0
2008 25 STL NL 485 1630 3.36 1081 66% 20% 8% 33% 39% 80% 3% 53% 90% 38% 4% 21 4 12% 60 30 7% 36 17 21% 0 0 0
2009 26 STL NL 544 1959 3.60 1221 62% 20% 11% 32% 37% 80% 1% 50% 86% 35% 4% 23 1 18% 99 57 9% 49 22 13% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2458 8446 3.44 5455 65% 22% 10% 30% 38% 78% 3% 50% 87% 36% 4% 105 5 14% 352 173 8% 188 82 19% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 21 51 151 135 12 36 6 0 2 15 0 1 13 20 .267 .329 .356 .684 78 48 4 0 2 1 3
2005 22 165 572 520 48 133 21 1 10 64 2 4 36 50 .256 .304 .358 .662 72 186 14 2 10 4 6
2006 23 294 1033 937 77 223 47 1 16 113 3 6 62 91 .238 .291 .342 .632 64 320 29 10 18 6 8
2007 24 405 1429 1290 107 320 62 1 22 153 4 7 96 134 .248 .304 .349 .653 69 450 47 13 20 10 13
2008 25 529 1914 1734 144 455 80 1 29 209 4 9 128 163 .262 .316 .360 .676 76 624 68 14 23 15 17
2009 26 669 2458 2215 189 596 103 2 35 263 13 12 178 202 .269 .327 .365 .692 81 808 95 20 29 16 19

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2004 21 51 145 132 11 33 6 0 2 14 0 12 20 .250 .310 .341 .651 14 51
2005 22 114 408 381 35 93 14 1 8 48 2 22 30 .244 .287 .349 .636 38 114
2006 23 129 447 412 27 85 25 0 6 46 1 25 41 .206 .264 .311 .575 32 129
2007 24 111 385 346 28 90 14 0 6 38 1 32 43 .260 .325 .353 .677 39 111
2008 25 124 472 436 37 127 17 0 7 55 0 30 29 .291 .335 .378 .713 55 124
2009 26 140 531 476 44 136 22 1 6 53 9 48 39 .286 .358 .374 .732 62 140
6 Seasons 669 2388 2183 182 564 98 2 35 254 13 169 202 .258 .315 .353 .669 240 669
162 Game Avg. 162 578 529 44 137 24 0 8 62 3 41 49 .258 .315 .353 .669 58 669

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 (C)

Gold Gloves
2008-NL-C
2009-NL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2009-NL-23-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL--18--10th
2008 NL--21--7th
2009 NL--27--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 NL--15.3--9th**
2009 NL--12.3--2nd

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (793), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Toby Hall (964)
  2. Charlie Berry (962)
  3. Earl Grace (961)
  4. Clyde Kluttz (956)
  5. Russ Nixon (955)
  6. Tony Eusebio (950)
  7. Ed Ott (948)
  8. Johnny Estrada (948)
  9. Art Wilson (948)
  10. Mike Redmond (947)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Cy Perkins (961)
  2. Ray Fosse (953)
  3. B.J. Surhoff (952)
  4. Milt May (949)
  5. Al Lopez (948) *
  6. Jack Clements (934)
  7. Ivey Wingo (934)
  8. Sammy White (934)
  9. Mike Scioscia (933)
  10. Russell Martin (932)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Ivey Wingo (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Garagiola (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ivey Wingo (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dioner Navarro (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cy Perkins (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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