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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2004 STL NL 21 C 51 39 344.0 274 256 16 2 1 .993 3.0 10.5 3 7.12 5.33 .993 7.45 6.46 4 11 9 8 47%
2005 STL NL 22 C 114 111 959.1 757 684 66 7 4 .991 13.0 16.3 13 7.04 6.58 .992 7.26 6.26 8 26 14 25 64%
2005 STL NL 22 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.30
2006 STL NL 23 C 127 118 1037.1 817 736 77 4 6 .995 15.0 17.4 15 7.05 6.40 .992 7.37 6.36 7 25 37 29 44%
2006 STL NL 23 1B 4 0 5.0 6 5 0 1 1 .833 -0.8 -192.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 9.00 1.25 1.000 9.36 8.05
2007 STL NL 24 C 107 101 861.1 651 582 63 6 8 .991 12.0 16.7 12 6.74 6.03 .991 7.39 6.51 7 24 23 27 54%
2007 STL NL 24 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.00 7.80
2008 STL NL 25 C 119 114 1002.0 733 653 70 10 7 .986 6.0 7.2 6 6.49 6.08 .993 7.65 6.72 5 34 34 18 35% GG
2008 STL NL 25 1B 2 1 11.0 16 13 3 0 1 1.000 0.7 76.4 0.7 0.5 0.2 0 13.09 8.00 .994 9.33 8.25 GG
2008 STL NL 25 DH 1 GG
2009 STL NL 26 C 138 136 1176.2 971 884 82 5 6 .995 7.39 7.00 .993 7.65 6.93 4 32 22 41% AS,GG
2009 STL NL 26 1B 6 0 10.0 11 10 1 0 2 1.000 9.90 1.83 .991 9.27 8.32 0 0 0 AS,GG
6 Seasons C 656 619 5380.2 4203 3795 374 34 32 .992 49.0 10.9 49 6.97 6.36 .992 7.47 6.56 35 120 149 129 46%
5 Seasons 1B 14 1 28.0 34 29 4 1 4 .971 -0.4 -17.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 10.61 2.36 .994 9.32 8.19 0 0 0
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 670 620 5408.2 4237 3824 378 35 36 .992 48.6 10.8 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 49 6.99 6.27 .984 7.48 6.59 35 120 149 129 46%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2004 STL NL 21 51 39 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 STL NL 22 114 111 114 114 0 114 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 23 129 118 129 129 0 127 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 STL NL 24 111 101 111 108 0 107 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 STL NL 25 124 116 124 119 0 119 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
2009 STL NL 26 140 136 140 138 0 138 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 669 621 669 659 0 656 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2004 STL NL 21 1480 3.64 3.98 13 85% 0 0 256 7 0 6 242 16 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 33%
2005 STL NL 22 4070 3.39 3.80 36 89% 1 0 684 13 4 14 653 66 16 3 0 19 7 1 2 4 1 4 0 1 1 16 88%
2006 STL NL 23 4569 4.52 4.76 35 86% 1 0 734 12 5 11 706 79 16 1 1 23 4 0 1 3 2 6 0 1 1 14 71%
2007 STL NL 24 3815 4.29 4.78 34 97% 0 0 582 16 3 15 548 63 14 2 0 19 6 1 0 5 0 8 1 2 4 10 100%
2008 STL NL 25 4433 4.20 4.49 39 74% 0 4 653 17 2 12 622 70 8 2 0 27 10 2 1 7 1 7 1 0 2 14 57%
2009 STL NL 26 5045 3.48 3.72 53 91% 0 0 884 24 2 23 835 82 19 3 1 29 5 0 1 4 0 6 0 1 3 21 86%
6 Seasons 23412 3.94 4.26 210 87% 2 4 3793 89 16 81 3606 376 76 11 2 120 34 4 5 25 5 32 2 5 11 78 78%
MLB Averages 4.39 4.77 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2004 STL NL 21 4 11 501 9 8 8 47% 8 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 32 12 1.60 1.07
2005 STL NL 22 8 26 1381 14 25 17 64% 11 21 3 3 0 1 9 0 76 35 1.42 1.37
2006 STL NL 23 7 25 1668 37 29 26 44% 29 27 6 1 2 1 8 1 84 37 1.42 1.47
2007 STL NL 24 7 24 1403 23 27 23 54% 19 26 4 1 0 0 2 0 79 33 1.22 1.07
2008 STL NL 25 5 34 1664 34 18 16 35% 31 14 3 2 0 2 7 0 104 29 1.70 1.80
2009 STL NL 26 4 36 1811 32 22 16 41% 28 22 4 0 0 0 8 0 110 34 1.28 1.27
6 Seasons 35 156 8428 149 129 106 46% 126 117 21 7 2 5 35 1 485 180 1.43 1.35
MLB Averages 28% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2005 STL NL 22 5 80% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 23 22 59% 73% 32% 2 50% 0 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 24 8 75% 88% 50% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 STL NL 25 50 52% 86% 40% 6 100% 0 13 0 12 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 STL NL 26 40 55% 75% 30% 1 100% 0 10 0 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 125 57% 79% 34% 9 89% 0 29 1 26 2 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 84%

* 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.

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