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Yadier Molina

Yadier Benjamin Molina (twitter: @Yadimolina04)

Position: Catcher
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
Team: Cardinals 2004-2012
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2017, 10 yrs/$96.5M (08-17) & 18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.123, Free Agent: 2018 [*], Agents: Alan Nero [*]
Relatives: Brother of Bengie Molina and Brother of Jose Molina
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 12:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #655. Whitey Kurowski… #656. Casey Blake… #657. Billy Rogell… #658. YADIER MOLINA… #659. Delino DeShields… #660. Bill Joyce… #661. Tony Gonzalez… 

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 96 174 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
2010 27 STL NL 136 521 465 34 122 19 0 6 62 8 4 42 51 .262 .329 .342 .671 84 159 19 7 2 5 6 *2/3 AS,GG
2011 28 STL NL 139 518 475 55 145 32 1 14 65 4 5 33 44 .305 .349 .465 .814 124 221 21 1 5 4 4 *2/3 AS,MVP-21,GG
2012 29 STL NL 138 563 505 65 159 28 0 22 76 12 3 45 55 .315 .373 .501 .874 137 253 10 5 3 5 4 *2/3 AS,MVP-4,GG
9 Yrs 1082 4060 3660 343 1022 182 3 77 466 37 24 298 352 .279 .336 .394 .730 95 1441 145 33 39 30 33
162 Game Avg. 162 608 548 51 153 27 0 12 70 6 4 45 53 .279 .336 .394 .730 95 216 22 5 6 4 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 21 STL NL 51 151 -5 -0 0 2 2 -1 -0.1 4 4 0.3 .499 .500 0.1 0.4 2 $ 2
2005 22 STL NL 114 421 -14 -3 1 11 6 1 0.1 12 13 1.3 .501 .501 0.1 1.8 2 $323,500 *2/3
2006 23 STL NL 129 461 -30 -3 -2 13 7 -15 -1.5 12 -3 -0.3 .488 .491 -1.6 2.0 -16 $400,000 *2/3
2007 24 STL NL 111 396 -8 -2 -2 15 6 9 0.9 11 19 1.9 .508 .505 0.4 2.1 4 $525,000 2/3
2008 25 STL NL 124 485 -3 -4 -3 3 7 -0 -0.1 13 12 1.2 .500 .500 0.9 1.0 10 $1,812,500 *2/3D GG
2009 26 STL NL 140 544 3 -3 -3 10 8 14 1.5 15 29 2.9 .511 .509 1.8 1.9 19 $3,312,500 *2/3 AS,MVP-23,GG
2010 27 STL NL 136 521 -8 -2 -2 20 7 14 1.5 14 29 2.9 .511 .509 0.8 2.9 9 $4,312,500 *2/3 AS,GG
2011 28 STL NL 139 518 13 -3 -2 -4 8 11 1.2 14 25 2.6 .508 .507 3.0 0.4 29 $5,312,500 *2/3 AS,MVP-21,GG
2012 29 STL NL 138 563 28 -2 -1 16 8 48 5.2 16 64 6.7 .537 .532 4.9 2.6 48 $7,000,000 *2/3 AS,MVP-4,GG
9 Seasons 1082 4060 -25 -23 -15 86 57 81 8.8 111 192 19.5 .508 .506 10.4 15.1 106 $22,998,500

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
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
2011 28 STL NL NLDS PHI W 5 20 19 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 .211 .250 .211 .461 4 0 0 0 0 1
2011 28 STL NL NLCS MIL W 6 26 24 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .333 .385 .458 .843 11 1 0 0 0 1
2011 28 STL NL WS TEX W 7 29 24 1 8 2 0 0 9 0 0 4 3 .333 .414 .417 .830 10 0 0 0 1 1
2012 29 STL NL NLWC ATL W 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
2012 29 STL NL NLDS WSN W 5 23 17 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 .118 .348 .118 .465 2 2 1 0 0 0
2012 29 STL NL NLCS SFG L 7 28 28 2 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .393 .393 .429 .821 12 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (14 Series) 63 244 224 19 67 14 0 2 27 1 1 18 23 .299 .352 .388 .741 87 8 1 0 1 4
1 NLWC 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
5 NLDS 20 82 75 5 17 2 0 0 6 1 1 6 10 .227 .293 .253 .546 19 5 1 0 0 1
5 NLCS 27 106 101 10 35 8 0 2 10 0 0 5 8 .347 .377 .485 .863 49 2 0 0 0 1
3 WS 15 52 44 4 15 4 0 0 10 0 0 7 5 .341 .423 .432 .855 19 0 0 0 1 2

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% lgCS% PO Awards
2004 STL NL 21 C 51 39 27 344.0 274 256 16 2 1 .993 3 2 10 7 7.12 5.33 .993 7.45 7.40 4 11 9 8 47% 28% 1
2005 STL NL 22 C 114 111 94 959.1 757 684 66 7 4 .991 13 11 16 14 7.04 6.58 .992 7.26 7.16 8 26 14 25 64% 29% 9
2005 STL NL 22 1B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 9.50
2006 STL NL 23 C 127 118 101 1037.1 817 734 79 4 6 .995 15 14 17 16 7.05 6.40 .992 7.37 7.32 7 25 37 29 44% 28% 8
2006 STL NL 23 1B 4 0 0 5.0 6 5 0 1 1 .833 -1 -1 -192 -240 9.00 1.25 .993 9.36 9.35
2007 STL NL 24 C 107 101 89 861.1 651 582 63 6 8 .991 12 15 17 21 6.74 6.03 .991 7.39 7.36 7 24 23 27 54% 25% 2
2007 STL NL 24 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 0 -360 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.20
2008 STL NL 25 C 119 114 103 1002.0 733 653 70 10 7 .986 6 3 7 4 6.49 6.08 .993 7.65 7.60 5 34 34 18 35% 27% 7 GG
2008 STL NL 25 1B 2 1 0 11.0 16 13 3 0 1 1.000 1 0 76 0 13.09 8.00 .992 9.33 9.30 GG
2008 STL NL 25 DH 1 1 GG
2009 STL NL 26 C 138 136 118 1176.2 971 884 82 5 6 .995 10 9 10 9 7.39 7.00 .993 7.77 7.70 4 36 32 22 41% 29% 8 AS,MVP-23,GG
2009 STL NL 26 1B 6 0 0 10.0 11 10 1 0 2 1.000 0 1 24 120 9.90 1.83 .993 9.27 9.22 AS,MVP-23,GG
2010 STL NL 27 C 135 130 112 1138.0 979 895 79 5 10 .995 16 20 17 21 7.70 7.21 .992 8.05 7.97 7 27 35 33 49% 29% 3 AS,GG
2010 STL NL 27 1B 7 0 0 7.0 7 7 0 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 .993 9.26 9.13 AS,GG
2011 STL NL 28 C 137 132 112 1150.0 929 857 67 5 5 .995 6 -4 6 -4 7.23 6.74 .992 7.98 7.96 6 35 46 19 29% 28% 3 AS,MVP-21,GG
2011 STL NL 28 1B 2 0 0 2.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -0 0 -300 0 13.50 1.50 .995 9.45 9.30 AS,MVP-21,GG
2012 STL NL 29 C 136 133 114 1161.1 1053 962 88 3 12 .997 14 16 14 17 8.14 7.72 .992 8.36 8.26 6 36 38 35 48% 27% 5 AS,MVP-4,GG
2012 STL NL 29 1B 3 0 0 9.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 80 0 13.00 4.33 .992 9.30 9.17 AS,MVP-4,GG
9 Seasons C 1064 1014 870 8830.0 7164 6507 610 47 59 .993 95 86 13 11 7.25 6.69 .992 7.75 7.68 54 254 268 216 45% 28% 46
8 Seasons 1B 26 1 0 46.0 58 50 6 2 6 .966 -0 0 -3 0 10.96 2.15 .993 9.31 9.23
9 Seasons TOT 1090 1015 870 8876.0 7222 6557 616 49 65 .993 95 86 13 11 7.27 6.58 .992 7.75 7.71 54 254 268 216 45% 28% 46
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% lgCS% 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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

All-Star Games
2009 (C)
2010 (C)
2011 *
2012

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2009 NL (23, 1%)
2011 NL (21, 0%)
2012 NL (4, 54%)
0.55 Career Shares (416th)

Gold Gloves
2008 NL (C)
2009 NL (C)
2010 NL (C)
2011 NL (C)
2012 NL (C)
All multiple winners

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
2012 NL  6.7 (4th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2012 NL  6.7 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.9 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.0 (9th)
2007 NL  2.1 (7th)
2009 NL  1.9 (6th)
2010 NL  2.9 (3rd)
2012 NL  2.6 (3rd)
Active  15.1 (9th)
Career  15.1 (100th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2011 NL  .305 (8th)
2012 NL  .315 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2012 NL  137 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2012 NL  .691 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL  18 (10th)
2008 NL  21 (7th)
2009 NL  27 (2nd)
2010 NL  19 (9th)
2011 NL  21 (2nd)
Active  145 (34th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 NL  15.3 (9th)**
2009 NL  12.3 (2nd)
2010 NL  9.1 (6th)
2011 NL  10.8 (2nd)
2012 NL  9.2 (6th)
Active  10.4 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2012 NL  4.3 (6th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  6,557 (22nd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
Active  95 (9th)
Career  95 (58th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2006 NL  127 (2nd)
2009 NL  138 (1st)
2010 NL  135 (2nd)
2011 NL  137 (1st)
2012 NL  136 (2nd)
Active  1,064 (5th)
Career  1,064 (97th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2009 NL  884 (4th)
2010 NL  895 (2nd)
2012 NL  962 (3rd)
Active  6,507 (7th)
Career  6,507 (56th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2005 NL  66 (2nd)
2006 NL  79 (1st)
2007 NL  63 (3rd)
2008 NL  70 (3rd)
2009 NL  82 (2nd)
2010 NL  79 (1st)
2012 NL  88 (1st)
Active  610 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2005 NL  7 (5th)
2008 NL  10 (2nd)
Active  47 (10th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2005 NL  8 (1st)
2006 NL  7 (5th)
2010 NL  7 (3rd)
Active  54 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2005 NL  25 (5th)
2006 NL  29 (4th)
2007 NL  27 (3rd)
2010 NL  33 (2nd)
2012 NL  35 (3rd)
Active  216 (7th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2005 NL  64.1 (1st)
2006 NL  43.9 (3rd)
2007 NL  54.0 (1st)
2008 NL  34.6 (2nd)
2009 NL  40.7 (3rd)
2010 NL  48.5 (1st)
2012 NL  47.9 (2nd)
Active  44.6 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2005 NL  13 (1st)
2006 NL  15 (1st)
2007 NL  12 (1st)
2008 NL  6 (2nd)
2009 NL  10 (1st)
2010 NL  16 (1st)
2011 NL  6 (3rd)
2012 NL  14 (2nd)
Active  95 (1st)
Career  95 (7th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Active  7.25 (19th)
Career  7.25 (42nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Active  6.69 (19th)
Career  6.69 (40th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2006 NL  .995 (4th)
2009 NL  .995 (4th)
2010 NL  .995 (4th)
2012 NL  .997 (2nd)
Active  .993 (11th)
Career  .993 (21st)

                           
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.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1536), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 46 (425), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (470), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (61st), 19.5 career WAR/19.5 7yr-peak WAR/19.5 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Milt May (940)
  2. Sammy White (933)
  3. Earl Battey (933)
  4. Ron Hassey (930)
  5. Don Slaught (929)
  6. Shanty Hogan (928)
  7. Birdie Tebbetts (927)
  8. Bo Diaz (926)
  9. Damian Miller (924)
  10. Joe Oliver (924)
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  1. Tim McCarver (951)
  2. Thurman Munson (927)
  3. Benito Santiago (924)
  4. Jack Clements (919)
  5. Frankie Hayes (919)
  6. Shanty Hogan (914)
  7. Terry Kennedy (912)
  8. Russell Martin (910)
  9. Butch Wynegar (905)
  10. A.J. Pierzynski (904)
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
  6. Cy Perkins (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tim McCarver (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tim McCarver (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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
200522St. Louis Cardinals$323,500
200623St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
200724St. Louis Cardinals$525,000
200825St. Louis Cardinals$1,812,500
200926St. Louis Cardinals$3,312,500
201027St. Louis Cardinals$4,312,500
201128St. Louis Cardinals$5,312,500
201229St. Louis Cardinals$7,000,000contracts
201330St. Louis Cardinals$14,000,000
201431St. Louis Cardinals$15,000,000
201532St. Louis Cardinals$15,000,000
201633St. Louis Cardinals$14,000,000
201734St. Louis Cardinals$14,000,000
201835St. Louis Cardinals*$15,000,000$15M Team Option, $2M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$22,998,500Does 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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