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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

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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+

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

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 28	STL	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Mar 29	STL	@	MIL	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
3	3	Mar 30	STL	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
4	4	Mar 31	STL	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 1	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	GS	47	11.0	9	2	0	11	1
6	6	Apr 3	STL	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 5	STL		SDP	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
8	8	Apr 6	STL		SDP	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	9	Apr 7	STL		SDP	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
10	10	Apr 8	STL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 9	STL		LAD	W,4-0	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
12	12	Apr 10	STL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
13	14 (1)	Apr 13	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
14	15	Apr 14	STL	@	CIN	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
15	16	Apr 15	STL	@	MIL	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
16	17	Apr 16	STL	@	MIL	L,4-8	GS	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
17	19 (1)	Apr 19	STL		NYM	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	20	Apr 20	STL		NYM	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	21	Apr 21	STL		NYM	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	22	Apr 22	STL		MIL	W,13-5	GS	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
21	23	Apr 23	STL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
22	24	Apr 24	STL		MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
23	25	Apr 26	STL		CIN	L,1-12	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
24	26	Apr 27	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	27	Apr 28	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	28	Apr 29	STL	@	WSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
27	29	Apr 30	STL	@	WSN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	30	May 1	STL	@	WSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	31	May 2	STL	@	WSN	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	32	May 3	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
31	33	May 4	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
32	34	May 5	STL	@	CHC	L,5-13	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	35	May 6	STL		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
34	36	May 7	STL		PHI	L,1-11	GS	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	37	May 8	STL		PHI	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	38	May 9	STL		PIT	W,17-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	39	May 10	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
38	40	May 11	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
39	41	May 12	STL		PIT	L,6-10	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
40	42	May 14	STL	@	ATL	W,14-3	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	43	May 15	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
42	44	May 16	STL	@	ATL	L,2-10	GS	33	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	45	May 17	STL	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
44	46	May 18	STL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	47	May 19	STL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	39	9.2	8	0	0	8	0
46	49 (1)	May 22 (2)	STL		KCR	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	50	May 24	STL		ATL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
48	51	May 25	STL		ATL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	52	May 26	STL		ATL	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	14	0	0	14	0
50	53	May 28	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	65 (11)	Jun 11	STL	@	MIA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	66	Jun 12	STL	@	MIA	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
53	67	Jun 13 susp	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	37	10.0	15	0	0	15	0
54	68	Jun 14	STL	@	NYM	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
55	69	Jun 15	STL	@	NYM	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
56	70	Jun 16	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	71	Jun 17	STL		MIA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
58	72	Jun 18	STL		MIA	L,0-6	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
59	74 (1)	Jun 20	STL		MIA	L,6-7	CG	47	11.0	11	3	0	14	0
60	75	Jun 21	STL		LAA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
61	76	Jun 22	STL		LAA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
62	77	Jun 23	STL		LAA	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
63	78	Jun 25	STL		OAK	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
64	79	Jun 26	STL		OAK	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
65	80	Jun 28	STL	@	SDP	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
66	81	Jun 29	STL	@	SDP	L,2-12	GS	22	4.0	7	0	0	7	0
67	82	Jun 30	STL	@	SDP	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	83	Jul 2	STL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
69	84	Jul 3	STL	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	117 (32)	Aug 13	STL	@	KCR	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
71	118	Aug 14	STL	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	119	Aug 15	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
73	120	Aug 16	STL	@	CIN	W,13-4	GS	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
74	122 (1)	Aug 18	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	123	Aug 19	STL		MIL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
76	124	Aug 20	STL		MIL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
77	125	Aug 21	STL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	126	Aug 22	STL		COL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	127	Aug 23	STL		COL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
80	128	Aug 24	STL		COL	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
81	129	Aug 25	STL		COL	W,11-4	GS	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
82	130	Aug 26	STL	@	MIL	W,12-2	GS	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
83	131	Aug 27	STL	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
84	132	Aug 28	STL	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
85	133	Aug 31 (1)	STL		CIN	W,10-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
86	134	Aug 31 (2)	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	135	Sep 1 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
88	137 (1)	Sep 2	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
89	138	Sep 3	STL		SFG	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
90	139	Sep 4	STL		SFG	L,8-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
91	140	Sep 5	STL		SFG	W,10-0	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	141	Sep 6	STL	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
93	142	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	W,10-1	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	143	Sep 8	STL	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
95	144	Sep 10	STL	@	COL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	145	Sep 11	STL	@	COL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
97	147 (1)	Sep 13	STL		MIL	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
98	148	Sep 14	STL		MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
99	149	Sep 15	STL		MIL	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
100	150	Sep 16	STL		WSN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	151	Sep 17	STL		WSN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
102	152	Sep 18	STL		WSN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	153	Sep 19	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
104	154	Sep 20	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	155	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
106	156	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
107	157	Sep 23	STL	@	ARI	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
108	158	Sep 24	STL	@	ARI	L,2-3	CG	74	18.2	22	1	0	23	0
109	160 (1)	Sep 27	STL		CHC	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
110	161	Sep 28	STL		CHC	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
111	162	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,9-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
							116gm		948.1	922	30	1	953	6