Yadier Molina

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 225lb (180cm, 102kg)

Born: July 13, 1982 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2000 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ladislao Martinez HS (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico).

High School: Ladislao Martinez HS (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico)

Debut: June 3, 2004 (Age 21-326d, 18,465th in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 2022 (Age 40-084d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: MDR Sports Management

Full Name: Yadier Benjamin Molina

Nicknames: Yadi

Pronunciation: \YAH-dee-air moh-LEE-na\

Twitter: @Yadimolina04

Instagram: @yadier_marciano_molina

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Relatives: Brother of Bengie Molina, José Molina

10x All-Star
2x World Series
9x Gold Glove
Silver Slugger
4x Platinum Glove
Clemente

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

42.1

7817

2168

176

.277

777

RBI

1022

OBP

.327

SLG

.399

OPS

.726

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-22 / in Starts: 20-22
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	12 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 156 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	103 (56-31-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 156 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	95 (48-30-16)

Most Driven In
P Goldschmidt	5
Self	4
M Carpenter	3
B Miller	2
P DeJong	1
R Ravelo	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
T O'Neill	2
K Wong	2
D Carlson	2
H Bader	1
D Fowler	1

2020 Batting Game Log

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2020 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1984	1	Jul 24	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.80	0.009	.92	0.01%	0.24	C
2	1985	2	Jul 25	STL		PIT	W,9-1	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.63	0.050	.75	0.04%	0.01	C
3	1986	3	Jul 26	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	6	1.29	-0.056	1.55	-0.04%	-0.75	C
4	1987	4	Jul 28	STL	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	.65	-0.079	.70	-0.05%	-1.19	C
5	1988	5	Jul 29	STL	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	6	.68	-0.011	.74	-0.01%	-0.08	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1989	14 (8)	Aug 20	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	8	2.88	0.315	3.86	0.25%	1.99	C
7	1990	15	Aug 21	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	8	1.08	-0.097	1.50	-0.08%	-0.78	C
8	1991	16	Aug 22	STL		CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.233	.233	.467	6	.42	-0.004	.57	0.00%	-1.07	C
9	1992	17	Aug 23	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.314	.314	.629	6	.97	0.227	1.39	0.20%	1.66	C
10	1993	18	Aug 24	STL		KCR	W,9-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.300	.282	.582	6	.55	-0.062	.68	-0.05%	-0.81	C
11	1994	19	Aug 25	STL		KCR	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.295	.302	.598	6	1.76	-0.173	2.20	-0.13%	-1.52	C
12	1995	20	Aug 26	STL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.327	.319	.646	7	2.77	0.060	3.61	0.05%	1.01	C
13	1996	21	Aug 27 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG(8)	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.327	.380	.707	6	1.87	0.103	2.46	0.08%	0.22	C
14	1997	22	Aug 27 (2)	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.327	.377	.705	6	1.39	0.000	1.82	0.00%	0.26	C
15	1998	23	Aug 28	STL		CLE	L,2-14	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.333	.370	.704	6	.61	0.022	.80	0.02%	0.15	C
16	1999	24	Aug 29	STL		CLE	L,1-2	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.288	.323	.356	.679	5	2.85	-0.073	3.75	-0.06%	-1.00	C
17	2000	25	Aug 30	STL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.333	.365	.698	6	.58	0.052	.74	0.04%	0.97	C
18	2001	26	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.284	.310	.343	.653	6	.52	-0.031	.80	-0.03%	-0.97	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	2002	27	Sep 1	STL	@	CIN	W,16-2	GS-9	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.301	.325	.356	.681	6	.21	-0.051	.32	-0.05%	-0.08	C 1B
20	2003	28	Sep 2	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.325	.395	.720	6	1.90	0.066	2.82	0.06%	0.21	C
21	2004	29	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.325	.392	.718	6	.45	0.007	.67	0.01%	0.04	C
22	2005	30	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG(7)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.322	.378	.700	6	1.34	0.066	1.96	0.06%	0.25	C
23	2006	32 (1)	Sep 6	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.319	.365	.683	7	.63	-0.035	1.00	-0.03%	-0.48	C
24	2007	33	Sep 7	STL	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.312	.356	.668	6	.68	-0.036	1.09	-0.04%	-0.37	C
25	2008	34	Sep 8 (1)	STL		MIN	L,3-7	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.302	.344	.647	6	.62	-0.048	.91	-0.04%	-0.52	C
26	2009	36 (1)	Sep 10 (1)	STL		DET	W,12-2	CG(7)	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.310	.383	.693	6	.40	0.204	.61	0.19%	1.58	C
27	2010	38 (1)	Sep 11	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.301	.371	.672	6	.95	-0.090	1.56	-0.09%	-0.80	C
28	2011	40 (1)	Sep 13	STL		CIN	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.299	.366	.665	6	1.54	-0.041	2.63	-0.04%	-0.60	C
29	2012	41	Sep 14 (1)	STL	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.291	.356	.647	8	1.40	-0.120	2.64	-0.14%	-0.62	C
30	2013	43 (1)	Sep 15	STL	@	MIL	L,3-18	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.283	.346	.629	6	.57	-0.048	1.13	-0.06%	-0.69	C
31	2014	44	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.284	.345	.630	9	1.12	0.027	2.28	0.03%	0.07	C
32	2015	46 (1)	Sep 17	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.339	.625	5	.49	-0.014	.94	-0.02%	-0.22	C
33	2016	47	Sep 18 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG(7)	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.295	.348	.643	7	.64	0.009	1.20	0.01%	0.27	C
34	2017	49 (1)	Sep 19	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.296	.342	.638	6	1.10	0.043	2.29	0.05%	0.47	C
35	2018	50	Sep 20	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.295	.364	.658	7	1.37	0.236	2.78	0.29%	0.87	C
36	2019	51	Sep 21	STL	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.301	.368	.669	5	1.14	0.033	2.06	0.04%	0.45	C
37	2020	52	Sep 22	STL	@	KCR	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.292	.357	.649	5	.82	-0.076	1.56	-0.09%	-1.25	C
38	2021	53	Sep 23	STL	@	KCR	L,3-12	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.305	.371	.676	5	.44	0.049	.70	0.05%	0.72	C 1B
39	2022	54	Sep 24	STL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.310	.375	.685	5	.96	-0.029	2.47	-0.05%	-0.42	C
40	2023	55	Sep 25 (1)	STL		MIL	L,0-3	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.304	.367	.671	5	.97	-0.080	1.89	-0.09%	-0.77	C
41	2024	57 (1)	Sep 26	STL		MIL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.305	.366	.671	5	.60	0.014	.87	0.01%	0.17	C
42	2025	58	Sep 27	STL		MIL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.303	.359	.662	5	.45	-0.025	.64	-0.02%	-1.66	C
							20-22		156	145	12	38	2	0	4	16	6	0	21	3	1	1	0	7	0	0	.262	.303	.359	.662		1.07	0.313	1.62	0.27%	-5.03

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