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

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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.

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	1	Apr 1	STL		COL	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 2	STL		COL	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 4	STL		WSN	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	5	Apr 5	STL		WSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
5	6	Apr 6	STL		WSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 7	STL	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 9	STL	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	10	Apr 10	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	11	Apr 11	STL	@	SFG	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
10	12	Apr 12	STL	@	SFG	W,8-7	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	13	Apr 13	STL	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
12	14	Apr 15	STL		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	15	Apr 16	STL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	16	Apr 17	STL		MIL	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	18 (1)	Apr 19	STL		SFG	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	19	Apr 20	STL		SFG	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	20	Apr 21	STL	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
18	21	Apr 22	STL	@	MIL	L,8-9	GF	14	3.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	22	Apr 23	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	23	Apr 24	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
21	24	Apr 25	STL		HOU	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
22	26 (1)	Apr 27	STL		HOU	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	27	Apr 28	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	28	Apr 29	STL		CIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	30 (1)	May 2	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	49	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	31	May 3	STL		CHC	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	32	May 4	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
28	33	May 5	STL	@	COL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	34	May 6	STL	@	COL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
30	36 (1)	May 8	STL	@	COL	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	37	May 9	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	2	2	1	5	0	C
32	38	May 10	STL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
33	40 (1)	May 12	STL	@	MIL	L,3-8	GS	22	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
34	41	May 13	STL		PIT	L,4-8	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	42	May 14	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
36	43	May 15	STL		PIT	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	44	May 16	STL		TBR	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	45	May 17	STL		TBR	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	6	3	1	10	1	C
39	47 (1)	May 19	STL	@	SDP	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
40	48	May 20	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
41	49	May 21	STL	@	SDP	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	50	May 23	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
43	51	May 24	STL	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
44	52	May 25	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	53	May 27	STL		HOU	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
46	54	May 28	STL		HOU	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
47	56 (1)	May 30	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	58 (1)	Jun 1	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	59	Jun 2	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	60	Jun 3	STL	@	WSN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	61	Jun 5 (1)	STL	@	WSN	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	63 (1)	Jun 6	STL	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
53	64	Jun 7	STL	@	HOU	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	65	Jun 8	STL	@	HOU	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	66	Jun 10	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
56	68 (1)	Jun 12	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	69	Jun 13	STL		PHI	L,2-20	GS	42	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	70	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
59	71	Jun 15	STL		PHI	W,7-6	GS	46	8.2	12	0	0	12	0	C
60	77 (5)	Jun 22	STL	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	51	12.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B C
61	78	Jun 24	STL	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
62	79	Jun 25	STL	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	C
63	81 (1)	Jun 27	STL	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	82	Jun 28	STL	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	84 (1)	Jun 30	STL		NYM	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	85	Jul 1	STL		NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
67	86	Jul 2	STL		NYM	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
68	87	Jul 3	STL		NYM	L,1-11	GS	38	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
69	88	Jul 4	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
70	89	Jul 5	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
71	90	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
72	91	Jul 8	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	93 (1)	Jul 10	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	94	Jul 11	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	95	Jul 12	STL	@	PIT	L,11-12	CG	44	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	96	Jul 13	STL	@	PIT	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	97	Jul 17	STL		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	98	Jul 18	STL		SDP	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
79	99	Jul 19	STL		SDP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	101 (1)	Jul 21	STL		MIL	L,3-6	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
81	102	Jul 22	STL		MIL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
82	103	Jul 23	STL		MIL	L,0-3	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	105 (1)	Jul 25	STL	@	NYM	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	106	Jul 26	STL	@	NYM	W,10-8	CG	66	14.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
85	107	Jul 27	STL	@	NYM	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
86	108	Jul 28	STL	@	ATL	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	109	Jul 29	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
88	110	Jul 30	STL	@	ATL	W,7-2	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	112 (1)	Aug 1	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
90	113	Aug 2	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
91	114	Aug 3	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	115	Aug 5	STL		LAD	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
93	116	Aug 6	STL		LAD	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	118 (1)	Aug 8	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
95	119	Aug 9	STL	@	CHC	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	120	Aug 10	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
97	121	Aug 11	STL	@	FLA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	C
98	122	Aug 12	STL	@	FLA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
99	124 (1)	Aug 14	STL	@	FLA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
100	126 (1)	Aug 16	STL	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
101	127	Aug 17	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
102	128	Aug 19	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
103	130 (1)	Aug 22	STL		ATL	W,18-3	GS	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C 1B
104	131	Aug 23	STL		ATL	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
105	132	Aug 24	STL		ATL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
106	133	Aug 26	STL		MIL	L,0-12	CG	49	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	134	Aug 27	STL		MIL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
108	135	Aug 29	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	6	1	0	7	1	C
109	136	Aug 30	STL	@	HOU	L,5-8	GS	25	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
110	137	Aug 31	STL	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	138	Sep 1	STL	@	ARI	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
112	139	Sep 2	STL	@	ARI	W,8-2	GS	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
113	140	Sep 3	STL	@	ARI	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
114	141	Sep 5	STL		FLA	L,1-4	CG	43	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
115	142	Sep 6	STL		FLA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
116	143	Sep 7	STL		FLA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
117	144	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
118	145	Sep 10	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GS	22	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	149 (3)	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS	18	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
							121gm		1013.0	666	73	10	749	8