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.

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	13	0	0	13	0	C
3	3	Apr 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 8	STL	@	ATL	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
5	5	Apr 9	STL	@	ATL	W,12-2	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 10	STL	@	ATL	W,12-7	CG	47	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
7	7	Apr 11	STL		MIL	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 13	STL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
9	9	Apr 14	STL		MIL	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
10	10	Apr 15	STL		CIN	W,14-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	11	Apr 16	STL		CIN	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	12	Apr 17	STL		CIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	13	Apr 18	STL		CHC	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	14	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
15	15	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	16	Apr 22	STL	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
17	17	Apr 23	STL	@	SDP	W,11-2	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	18	Apr 24	STL	@	SDP	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
19	19	Apr 25	STL	@	ARI	L,7-12	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	20	Apr 26	STL	@	ARI	W,8-2	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	21	Apr 27	STL	@	ARI	W,11-4	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
22	22	Apr 28	STL	@	ARI	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
23	24 (1)	Apr 30	STL		WSN	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	25	May 1	STL		WSN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
25	26	May 2	STL		PHI	W,10-3	GS	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C 1B
26	27	May 3	STL		PHI	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
27	28	May 4	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B C
28	29	May 5	STL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	30	May 6	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
30	31	May 7	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
31	32	May 8	STL		PIT	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	33	May 10	STL	@	LAA	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	34	May 11	STL	@	LAA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	35	May 12	STL	@	LAA	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	36	May 13	STL	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	37	May 14	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	38	May 15	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
38	39	May 17	STL		COL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	40	May 18	STL		COL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
40	41	May 19	STL		COL	W,13-7	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
41	42	May 20	STL		ARI	L,7-11	GS	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
42	43	May 21	STL		ARI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	44	May 22	STL		ARI	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
44	45	May 23	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	46	May 24	STL		CHC	L,3-12	GS	30	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	47	May 25	STL		CHC	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
47	48	May 26	STL	@	WSN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	49	May 27	STL	@	WSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
49	50	May 28	STL	@	WSN	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	52 (1)	May 30	STL	@	MIL	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
51	53	May 31	STL	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	54	Jun 1	STL	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	55	Jun 3	STL		SFG	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	56	Jun 4	STL		SFG	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	57	Jun 5	STL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
56	58	Jun 7	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	59	Jun 8	STL	@	CIN	W,12-7	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
58	60	Jun 9	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
59	61	Jun 10	STL	@	PIT	W,9-3	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
60	62	Jun 11	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	63	Jun 12	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
62	64	Jun 14	STL		HOU	L,2-5	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
63	65	Jun 15	STL		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	66	Jun 17	STL		TEX	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	67	Jun 18	STL		TEX	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	69 (1)	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	70	Jun 21	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	71	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	72	Jun 24	STL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	73	Jun 25	STL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	75 (1)	Jun 27	STL	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	76	Jun 28	STL	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	77	Jun 29	STL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	58	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	79 (1)	Jul 1	STL		MIL	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	80	Jul 2	STL		MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
76	81	Jul 3	STL		MIL	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
77	82	Jul 4	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
78	84 (1)	Jul 6	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
79	85	Jul 7	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
80	86	Jul 8	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	9	0	0	9	0	C
81	87	Jul 9	STL	@	MIL	W,8-1	GS	33	8.0	15	1	0	16	1	C
82	89 (1)	Jul 15	STL		MIA	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	90	Jul 16	STL		MIA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	92 (1)	Jul 18	STL		SDP	W,10-2	GS	32	8.0	13	0	1	14	0	C
85	93	Jul 20 (1)	STL		SDP	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
86	95 (1)	Jul 21	STL		SDP	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
87	96	Jul 22	STL		LAD	W,4-3	CG	64	16.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
88	98 (1)	Jul 24	STL		LAD	L,6-9	GS	35	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
89	99	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	101 (1)	Jul 27	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
91	102	Jul 28	STL	@	MIA	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	103	Jul 29	STL	@	MIA	W,11-6	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
93	104	Jul 30	STL	@	MIA	L,0-11	GS	23	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
94	105	Jul 31	STL	@	MIA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	106	Aug 2	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	8.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	107	Aug 3	STL	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	109 (1)	Aug 5	STL		ATL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
98	110	Aug 6	STL		ATL	L,5-13	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	111	Aug 7	STL		ATL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	112	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
101	113	Aug 9	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	114	Aug 10	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
103	115	Aug 11	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
104	116	Aug 12	STL	@	CHC	L,2-13	GS	20	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
105	117	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
106	118	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
107	119	Aug 16	STL	@	HOU	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
108	120	Aug 17	STL	@	HOU	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
109	121	Aug 19	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
110	122	Aug 20	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
111	123	Aug 21	STL	@	PHI	W,9-0	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
112	124	Aug 23	STL		NYM	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
113	125	Aug 24	STL		NYM	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
114	126	Aug 25	STL		NYM	L,6-10	GS	26	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
115	127	Aug 26	STL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
116	128	Aug 27	STL		OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
117	130 (1)	Aug 29	STL	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	19	0	0	19	0	C
118	131	Aug 30	STL	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
119	132	Aug 31	STL	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	133	Sep 2	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	42	8.1	10	2	0	12	0	C
121	135 (1)	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	C
122	136	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	W,12-6	GS	26	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
123	137	Sep 6	STL	@	PIT	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
124	138	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
125	139	Sep 8	STL		MIL	L,5-12	GS	34	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
126	140	Sep 9	STL		MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
127	141	Sep 10	STL		MIL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
128	143 (1)	Sep 12	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
129	144	Sep 13	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
130	145	Sep 14	STL		CHC	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
131	146	Sep 15	STL	@	SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
132	147	Sep 16	STL	@	SFG	L,2-8	GS	27	5.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
133	148	Sep 17	STL	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
134	149	Sep 18	STL	@	SFG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
135	150	Sep 19	STL	@	COL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
136	151	Sep 20	STL	@	COL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
137	153 (1)	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
138	154	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	W,10-4	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
139	155	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
140	156	Sep 26	STL		CIN	L,2-15	GS	27	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
141	157	Sep 27	STL		CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
142	158	Sep 28	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
143	159	Sep 29	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
144	160	Sep 30	STL		PIT	W,7-0	GS	30	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
145	161	Oct 1	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
146	162	Oct 2	STL		PIT	W,10-4	GS	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
							148gm		1225.1	1123	61	2	1186	5