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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2005 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	STL	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 6	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	STL		PHI	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 10	STL		PHI	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
5	6	Apr 12	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
6	7	Apr 13	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	8	Apr 15	STL	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	9	Apr 16	STL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
9	10	Apr 17	STL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 18	STL	@	PIT	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
11	12	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
12	14 (1)	Apr 21	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
13	15	Apr 22	STL		HOU	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
14	16	Apr 23	STL		HOU	W,1-0	GS	30	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
15	17	Apr 24	STL		HOU	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	18	Apr 26	STL		MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
17	19	Apr 27	STL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	C
18	20	Apr 28	STL		MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	21	Apr 29	STL	@	ATL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
20	22	Apr 30	STL	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	24 (1)	May 2	STL	@	CIN	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
22	25	May 3	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
23	26	May 4	STL	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	27	May 5	STL		SDP	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
25	29 (1)	May 7	STL		SDP	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	30	May 8	STL		SDP	W,15-5	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	34 (3)	May 12	STL		LAD	W,10-3	GS	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
28	35	May 13	STL	@	NYM	L,0-2	GS	23	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
29	36	May 14	STL	@	NYM	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	37	May 15	STL	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	38	May 17	STL	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	39	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
33	40	May 19	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	41	May 20	STL	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	42	May 21	STL	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	44 (1)	May 23	STL		PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	45	May 24	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
38	46	May 25	STL		PIT	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	47	May 27	STL		WSN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	48	May 28	STL		WSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	49	May 29	STL		WSN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
42	50	May 30	STL	@	COL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
43	51	May 31	STL	@	COL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	52	Jun 1	STL	@	COL	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
45	54 (1)	Jun 3	STL	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	55	Jun 4	STL	@	HOU	W,11-9	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
47	56	Jun 5	STL	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	57	Jun 6	STL		BOS	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	58	Jun 7	STL		BOS	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	59	Jun 8	STL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
51	60	Jun 10	STL		NYY	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	61	Jun 11	STL		NYY	L,0-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
53	62	Jun 12	STL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
54	63	Jun 13	STL	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	64	Jun 14	STL	@	TOR	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
56	66 (1)	Jun 17	STL	@	TBD	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	67	Jun 18	STL	@	TBD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	68	Jun 19	STL	@	TBD	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	69	Jun 20	STL	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
60	70	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	L,4-11	GS	26	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
61	71	Jun 22	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
62	72	Jun 23	STL		PIT	L,7-11	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
63	73	Jun 24	STL		PIT	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
64	74	Jun 25	STL		PIT	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
65	75	Jun 26	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
66	76	Jun 28	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	77	Jun 29	STL		CIN	W,11-3	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C 1B
68	78	Jun 30	STL		COL	L,0-7	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	79	Jul 1	STL		COL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
70	81 (1)	Jul 3	STL		COL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	82	Jul 4	STL	@	ARI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	83	Jul 5	STL	@	ARI	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	84	Jul 6	STL	@	ARI	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	85	Jul 7	STL	@	ARI	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	121 (35)	Aug 18	STL		ARI	L,2-9	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	122	Aug 19	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	123	Aug 20	STL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	125 (1)	Aug 22	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
79	126	Aug 23	STL	@	PIT	L,0-10	GS	28	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	127	Aug 24	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
81	128	Aug 25	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	129	Aug 26	STL	@	WSN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	130	Aug 27	STL	@	WSN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
84	131	Aug 28	STL	@	WSN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	132	Aug 29	STL	@	FLA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	133	Aug 30	STL	@	FLA	L,6-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
87	134	Aug 31	STL	@	FLA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	135	Sep 2	STL	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	54	12.2	10	2	0	12	0	C
89	136	Sep 3	STL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
90	137	Sep 4	STL	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	139 (1)	Sep 6	STL		CHC	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
92	140	Sep 7	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
93	141	Sep 8	STL		NYM	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
94	142	Sep 9	STL		NYM	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	143	Sep 10	STL		NYM	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
96	144	Sep 11	STL		NYM	L,2-7	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	145	Sep 12	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
98	146	Sep 13	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
99	147	Sep 14	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
100	148	Sep 15	STL	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	35	8.2	8	0	1	9	0	C
101	149	Sep 16	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
102	150	Sep 17	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
103	151	Sep 18	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	GS	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
104	152	Sep 20	STL	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
105	153	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
106	154	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	155	Sep 23	STL	@	MIL	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	C
108	156	Sep 24	STL	@	MIL	L,7-8	GS	15	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
109	157	Sep 25	STL	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
110	158	Sep 27	STL		HOU	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
111	159	Sep 28	STL		HOU	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
112	160	Sep 30	STL		CIN	W,12-6	GS	39	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
113	161	Oct 1	STL		CIN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	162	Oct 2	STL		CIN	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							115gm		960.1	684	66	7	757	4