José Molina

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 250lb (183cm, 113kg)

Born: June 3, 1975 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 14th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ladislao Martinez HS (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico).

High Schools: Ladislao Martinez HS (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico), Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 6, 1999 (Age 24-095d, 17,566th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2014 (Age 39-117d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: Octagon • Previously: Levinsons

Full Name: José Benjamin Molina

Pronunciation: \mo-LEE-nuh\

Twitter: @Joeycatch8

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Relatives: Brother of Bengie Molina, Yadier Molina

2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

2546

592

.233

240

RBI

223

OBP

.282

SLG

.327

OPS

.608

OPS+

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

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2008 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 2	NYY		TOR	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
2	3	Apr 3	NYY		TOR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	4	Apr 4	NYY		TBR	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
4	7 (2)	Apr 7	NYY		TBR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	8	Apr 8	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-5	GF	12	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
6	9	Apr 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
7	10	Apr 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
8	11	Apr 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	12	Apr 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	13	Apr 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	GS	34	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
11	19 (5)	Apr 19	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	41	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
12	23 (3)	Apr 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	35	8.1	6	1	0	7	0	C
13	25 (1)	Apr 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	26	Apr 27	NYY	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
15	27	Apr 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	28	Apr 29	NYY		DET	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	29	Apr 30	NYY		DET	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	31 (1)	May 2	NYY		SEA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	32	May 3	NYY		SEA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	34 (1)	May 6	NYY		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
21	35	May 7	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
22	36	May 8	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	39 (2)	May 12	NYY	@	TBR	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
24	40	May 13	NYY	@	TBR	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	41	May 14	NYY	@	TBR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	42	May 15	NYY	@	TBR	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	44 (1)	May 18	NYY		NYM	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	45	May 20	NYY		BAL	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
29	47 (1)	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
30	49 (1)	May 24	NYY		SEA	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	50	May 25	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
32	52 (1)	May 27	NYY	@	BAL	L,9-10	CG	52	10.1	9	1	0	10	0	C
33	54 (1)	May 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
34	55	May 31	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	54	12.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	58 (2)	Jun 3	NYY		TOR	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
36	59	Jun 4	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	60	Jun 5	NYY		TOR	W,9-8	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	61	Jun 6	NYY		KCR	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
39	64 (2)	Jun 9	NYY		KCR	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	67 (2)	Jun 12	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
41	68	Jun 13	NYY	@	HOU	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	69	Jun 14	NYY	@	HOU	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
43	73 (3)	Jun 19	NYY		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	15	2	0	17	0	C
44	74	Jun 20	NYY		CIN	L,2-4	GS	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
45	78 (3)	Jun 25	NYY	@	PIT	W,10-0	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
46	80 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	NYY	@	NYM	W,9-0	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	81	Jun 28	NYY	@	NYM	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	82	Jun 29	NYY	@	NYM	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	83	Jun 30	NYY		TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	85 (1)	Jul 2	NYY		TEX	W,18-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
51	87 (1)	Jul 4	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
52	88	Jul 5	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
53	89	Jul 6	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
54	90	Jul 8	NYY		TBR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	91	Jul 9	NYY		TBR	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
56	92	Jul 10	NYY	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
57	96 (3)	Jul 18	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
58	97	Jul 19	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	98	Jul 20	NYY		OAK	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
60	99	Jul 21	NYY		MIN	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	100	Jul 22	NYY		MIN	W,8-2	GF	11	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	101	Jul 23	NYY		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
63	102	Jul 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
64	103	Jul 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
65	104	Jul 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	32	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
66	105	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	L,4-13	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
67	106	Jul 29	NYY		BAL	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	107	Jul 30	NYY		BAL	W,13-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	110 (2)	Aug 2	NYY		LAA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	111	Aug 3	NYY		LAA	W,14-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	113 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	TEX	L,6-8	GS	29	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
72	114	Aug 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,5-3	GF	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	PH C
73	115	Aug 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
74	116	Aug 8	NYY	@	LAA	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
75	118 (1)	Aug 10	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
76	120 (1)	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	48	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
77	122 (1)	Aug 15	NYY		KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
78	124 (1)	Aug 17	NYY		KCR	W,15-6	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
79	126 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	127	Aug 21	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-14	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
81	128	Aug 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	131 (2)	Aug 26	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GS	36	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
83	133 (1)	Aug 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
84	135 (1)	Aug 30	NYY		TOR	L,6-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
85	136	Aug 31	NYY		TOR	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	138 (1)	Sep 2	NYY	@	TBR	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
87	141 (2)	Sep 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	143 (1)	Sep 7	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
89	144	Sep 8	NYY	@	LAA	L,1-12	GF	13	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
90	146 (1)	Sep 10	NYY	@	LAA	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
91	147	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		TBR	L,1-7	GS	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
92	150 (2)	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
93	151	Sep 16	NYY		CHW	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
94	153 (1)	Sep 18	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	155 (1)	Sep 20	NYY		BAL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
96	156	Sep 21	NYY		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	157	Sep 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
98	161 (3)	Sep 28 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
							98gm		738.0	634	52	3	689	6