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.

2021 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2021 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 1	STL	@	CIN	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
2	2	Apr 3	STL	@	CIN	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 4	STL	@	CIN	L,1-12	GS	31	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 5	STL	@	MIA	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 6	STL	@	MIA	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
6	6	Apr 7	STL	@	MIA	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 8	STL		MIL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
8	8	Apr 10	STL		MIL	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	9	Apr 11	STL		MIL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
10	10	Apr 12	STL		WSN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
11	12 (1)	Apr 14	STL		WSN	L,0-6	GS	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	13	Apr 16	STL	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	14	Apr 17	STL	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
14	15	Apr 18	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
15	16	Apr 19	STL	@	WSN	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
16	17	Apr 20	STL	@	WSN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	19 (1)	Apr 23	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS	19	5.0	8	0	0	8	0
18	22 (2)	Apr 26	STL		PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	34 (11)	May 8	STL		COL	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
20	35	May 9	STL		COL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
21	36	May 11	STL	@	MIL	W,6-1	GS	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	37	May 12	STL	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	39 (1)	May 14	STL	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	40	May 15	STL	@	SDP	L,3-13	GS	34	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	41	May 16	STL	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
26	42	May 18	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	43	May 19	STL		PIT	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
28	44	May 21	STL		CHC	L,3-12	GS	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	45	May 22	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
30	46	May 23	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
31	47	May 24	STL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
32	48	May 25	STL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	50 (1)	May 27	STL	@	ARI	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
34	51	May 28	STL	@	ARI	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
35	52	May 29	STL	@	ARI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
36	54 (1)	May 31	STL	@	LAD	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	55	Jun 1	STL	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	57 (1)	Jun 3	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	58	Jun 4	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	59	Jun 5	STL		CIN	L,2-5	GS	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	62 (2)	Jun 9	STL		CLE	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
42	63	Jun 11	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	34	8.0	10	1	1	12	1
43	64	Jun 12	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
44	65	Jun 13	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	66	Jun 14	STL		MIA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
46	67	Jun 15	STL		MIA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
47	68	Jun 16	STL		MIA	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
48	69	Jun 17	STL	@	ATL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
49	70	Jun 18	STL	@	ATL	L,1-9	GS	28	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	71	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG	26	7.0	11	1	0	12	0
51	73 (1)	Jun 22	STL	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	74	Jun 23	STL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
53	75	Jun 24	STL		PIT	L,2-8	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	76	Jun 25	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
55	77	Jun 26	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
56	78	Jun 27	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
57	79	Jun 28	STL		ARI	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
58	80	Jun 29	STL		ARI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
59	81	Jun 30	STL		ARI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	82	Jul 1	STL	@	COL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
61	83	Jul 2	STL	@	COL	W,9-3	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
62	84	Jul 3	STL	@	COL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
63	86 (1)	Jul 5	STL	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	87	Jul 6	STL	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	89 (1)	Jul 9	STL	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	90	Jul 10	STL	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
67	91	Jul 16	STL		SFG	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
68	92	Jul 17	STL		SFG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	93	Jul 18	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
70	94	Jul 19	STL		CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	95	Jul 20	STL		CHC	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
72	96	Jul 21	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	7	2	0	9	1
73	97	Jul 22	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
74	101 (3)	Jul 27	STL	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
75	102	Jul 28	STL	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	103	Jul 30	STL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	104	Jul 31	STL		MIN	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	105	Aug 1	STL		MIN	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
79	106	Aug 3	STL		ATL	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
80	107	Aug 4	STL		ATL	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
81	109 (1)	Aug 6	STL		KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
82	110	Aug 7	STL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
83	112 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
84	113	Aug 11	STL	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	115 (1)	Aug 13	STL	@	KCR	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
86	116	Aug 14	STL	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
87	118 (1)	Aug 17	STL		MIL	L,0-2	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
88	119	Aug 18	STL		MIL	L,4-6	CG	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
89	121 (1)	Aug 20	STL		PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
90	122	Aug 21	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
91	123	Aug 22	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
92	124	Aug 24	STL		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
93	126 (1)	Aug 26	STL	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
94	127	Aug 27	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
95	128	Aug 28	STL	@	PIT	W,13-0	GS	25	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
96	129	Aug 29	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	8	0	0	8	0
97	130	Aug 30	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	132 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-12	GS	30	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	133	Sep 3	STL	@	MIL	W,15-4	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
100	134	Sep 4	STL	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
101	135	Sep 5	STL	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	6	1	0	7	0
102	137 (1)	Sep 7	STL		LAD	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
103	138	Sep 8	STL		LAD	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
104	140 (1)	Sep 10	STL		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
105	141	Sep 11	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
106	143 (1)	Sep 13	STL	@	NYM	W,7-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
107	144	Sep 14	STL	@	NYM	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
108	145	Sep 15	STL	@	NYM	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
109	146	Sep 17	STL		SDP	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
110	147	Sep 18	STL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	149 (1)	Sep 20	STL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	150	Sep 21	STL	@	MIL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
113	151	Sep 22	STL	@	MIL	W,10-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	152	Sep 23	STL	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
115	154 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	155	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
117	161 (5)	Oct 2	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
118	162	Oct 3	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
							119gm		1004.1	870	50	3	923	10