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

Born: July 13, 1982 in Bayamon, P.R.
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 70 280 247 25 69 8 1 5 25 4 1 25 19 .279 .349 .381 .730 95 94 11 2 5 1 2 *2/3
6 Seasons 599 2194 1981 169 524 88 2 34 234 8 10 153 182 .265 .320 .362 .682 78 718 79 16 28 16 19
162 Game Avg. 162 593 536 46 142 24 1 9 63 2 3 41 49 .265 .320 .362 .682 78 194 21 4 8 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
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
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
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
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
3 Seasons (7 Series) 29 101 95 7 30 7 0 2 11 0 1 6 9 .316 .356 .453 .809 43 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 7 26 26 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 3 .269 .269 .308 .577 8
3 NLCS 14 52 49 3 16 4 0 2 6 0 0 3 4 .327 .365 .531 .896 26 0 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 0

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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 69 69 596.0 488 446 41 1 4 .998 7.35 7.06 .993 7.65 6.95 2 13 11 46%
2009 STL NL 26 1B 3 0 6.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.30 8.53 0 0 0
6 Seasons C 587 552 4800.0 3720 3357 333 30 30 .992 49.0 12.2 49 6.92 6.29 .992 7.45 6.52 33 120 130 118 48%
5 Seasons 1B 11 1 24.0 29 24 4 1 3 .966 -0.4 -20.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 10.50 2.55 .997 9.34 8.22 0 0 0
1 Season DH 1
6 Seasons TOT 598 553 4824.0 3749 3381 337 31 33 .992 48.6 12.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 0 49 6.94 6.22 .984 7.46 6.55 33 120 130 118 48%

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
2008-NL-C

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2007 NL--18--10th
2008 NL--21--7th
2009 NL--11--7th

AB per SO s c a p y
2008 NL--15.310--9th**
2009 NL--13.000--4th

             
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 - 12 (1018), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3123), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Michael Barrett (961)
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  8. Aaron Ward (959)
  9. Milt May (959)
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  1. Jorge Orta (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alex Kampouris (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Andres Thomas (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. B.J. Surhoff (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - 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
Career (may be incomplete)$3,061,000
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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