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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.

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2012 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	STL	@	MIA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 6	STL	@	MIL	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 7	STL	@	MIL	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 8	STL	@	MIL	W,9-3	GF	10	2.1	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 9	STL	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 10	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 11	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	7	1	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 13	STL		CHC	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 14	STL		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,10-3	GS	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
11	11	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
12	12	Apr 18	STL		CIN	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	14 (1)	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
14	15	Apr 21	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
15	16	Apr 22	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	17	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
17	18	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	10	3	1	14	0
18	19	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	20	Apr 27	STL		MIL	W,13-1	GS	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
20	21	Apr 28	STL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
21	22	Apr 29	STL		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	23	May 1	STL		PIT	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
23	24	May 2	STL		PIT	W,12-3	GS	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
24	25	May 3	STL		PIT	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	26	May 4	STL	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
26	27	May 5	STL	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	28	May 6	STL	@	HOU	W,8-1	GS	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	29	May 7	STL	@	ARI	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
29	30	May 8	STL	@	ARI	W,6-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	32 (1)	May 11	STL		ATL	L,7-9	CG	55	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
31	33	May 12	STL		ATL	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
32	35 (1)	May 14	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	36	May 15	STL		CHC	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	38 (1)	May 17	STL	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	39	May 18	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	8	0	0	8	0
36	40	May 19	STL	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS	32	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
37	41	May 20	STL	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
38	42	May 21	STL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
39	43	May 22	STL		SDP	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
40	44	May 23	STL		SDP	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
41	45	May 24	STL		PHI	L,9-10	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
42	46	May 25	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	48 (1)	May 27	STL		PHI	W,8-3	GS	20	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	49	May 28	STL	@	ATL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
45	50	May 29	STL	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
46	51	May 30	STL	@	ATL	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	52	Jun 1	STL	@	NYM	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	5	5	0	10	0
48	53	Jun 2	STL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	54	Jun 3	STL	@	NYM	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	55	Jun 4	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	57 (1)	Jun 6	STL	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
52	58	Jun 7	STL	@	HOU	W,14-2	GS	26	6.0	11	0	0	11	0
53	59	Jun 8	STL		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
54	60	Jun 9	STL		CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	61	Jun 10	STL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
56	62	Jun 12	STL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	63	Jun 13	STL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
58	64	Jun 14	STL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	65	Jun 15	STL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
60	66	Jun 16	STL		KCR	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	67	Jun 17	STL		KCR	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	68	Jun 19	STL	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	69	Jun 20	STL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
64	70	Jun 21	STL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	5	1	0	6	0
65	71	Jun 22	STL	@	KCR	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	73 (1)	Jun 24	STL	@	KCR	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
67	74	Jun 25	STL	@	MIA	W,8-7	CG	46	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	75	Jun 26	STL	@	MIA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	77 (1)	Jun 29	STL		PIT	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	79 (1)	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
71	80	Jul 2	STL		COL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
72	81	Jul 3	STL		COL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
73	82	Jul 4	STL		COL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
74	83	Jul 5	STL		COL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
75	87 (3)	Jul 13	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
76	88	Jul 14	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	6	0	0	6	0
77	89	Jul 15	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
78	90	Jul 16	STL	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
79	91	Jul 17	STL	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
80	92	Jul 18	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	93	Jul 20	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
82	94	Jul 21	STL		CHC	W,12-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	96 (1)	Jul 23	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
84	97	Jul 24	STL		LAD	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
85	98	Jul 25	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	10	0	0	10	0
86	100 (1)	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
87	101	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
88	102	Jul 29	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
89	103	Jul 31	STL	@	COL	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	104	Aug 1	STL	@	COL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
91	106 (1)	Aug 3	STL		MIL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
92	107	Aug 4	STL		MIL	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
93	108	Aug 5	STL		MIL	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
94	109	Aug 6	STL		SFG	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
95	110	Aug 7	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
96	111	Aug 8	STL		SFG	L,0-15	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	112	Aug 9	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
98	113	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
99	114	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
100	116 (1)	Aug 14	STL		ARI	W,8-2	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
101	120 (3)	Aug 18	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
102	121	Aug 19	STL		PIT	L,3-6	GS	64	17.0	17	2	0	19	0
103	122	Aug 21	STL		HOU	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
104	123	Aug 22	STL		HOU	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	124	Aug 23	STL		HOU	W,13-5	GS	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
106	125	Aug 24	STL	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
107	127 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	W,8-2	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	128	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	129	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	L,0-9	GS	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	131 (1)	Aug 30	STL	@	WSN	L,1-8	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	132	Aug 31	STL	@	WSN	L,0-10	GS	33	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	133	Sep 1	STL	@	WSN	W,10-9	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
113	135 (1)	Sep 3	STL		NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
114	136	Sep 4	STL		NYM	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
115	138 (1)	Sep 7	STL		MIL	L,4-5	CG	51	13.0	12	3	0	15	0
116	139	Sep 8	STL		MIL	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
117	141 (1)	Sep 10	STL	@	SDP	L,3-11	CG	48	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
118	142	Sep 11	STL	@	SDP	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
119	143	Sep 12	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
120	144	Sep 13	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
121	145	Sep 14	STL	@	LAD	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
122	146	Sep 15	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	9	0	0	9	0
123	147	Sep 16	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	47	12.0	10	4	0	14	0
124	148	Sep 18	STL		HOU	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
125	149	Sep 19	STL		HOU	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
126	150	Sep 20	STL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
127	151	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	7	0	0	7	0
128	152	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
129	154 (1)	Sep 24	STL	@	HOU	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
130	155	Sep 25	STL	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
131	156	Sep 26	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
132	157	Sep 28	STL		WSN	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
133	158	Sep 29	STL		WSN	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
134	159	Sep 30	STL		WSN	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
135	160	Oct 1	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
136	161	Oct 2	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
							139gm		1170.1	973	90	3	1066	12