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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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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
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

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

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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
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
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2009 (C)

Gold Gloves
2008-NL-C

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--15.310--9th**
2009 NL--12.333--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

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (867), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Aaron Ward (959)
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  1. Jorge Orta (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Andres Thomas (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed September 6, 2000.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2005St. Louis Cardinals$323,500
2006St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$525,000
2008St. Louis Cardinals$1,812,500
2009St. Louis Cardinals$3,312,500
Career (may be incomplete)$6,373,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Yadier B. Yadier Molina

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