Yadier Molina

Yadier Benjamin Molina
Born: July 13, 1982
Bayamon, P.R.
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: P, C, 1B, 3B, DH, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 225
Career: 2004-2022
Draft: Round 4 (2000 June Amateur Draft, St. Louis Cardinals)
School: Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, PR)
Minor League Statistics

Yadier Molina compiled a career batting average of .277 with 176 home runs and 1022 RBI in his 2226-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 2004 season and last took the field during the 2022 campaign.

St. Louis Cardinals

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	0	0		18.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12
Totals			0	0		18.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	51	151	135	12	36	6	0	2	15	0	1	13	20	.267	.329	.356	.684	48	4	0	2	1	3
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	114	421	385	36	97	15	1	8	49	2	3	23	30	.252	.295	.358	.654	138	10	2	8	3	3
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	129	461	417	29	90	26	0	6	49	1	2	26	41	.216	.274	.321	.595	134	15	8	8	2	2
2007	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	111	396	353	30	97	15	0	6	40	1	1	34	43	.275	.340	.368	.708	130	18	3	2	4	5
2008	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	124	485	444	37	135	18	0	7	56	0	2	32	29	.304	.349	.392	.740	174	21	1	3	5	4
2009	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	140	544	481	45	141	23	1	6	54	9	3	50	39	.293	.366	.383	.749	184	27	6	6	1	2
2010	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	136	521	465	34	122	19	0	6	62	8	4	42	51	.262	.329	.342	.671	159	19	7	2	5	6
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	139	518	475	55	145	32	1	14	65	4	5	33	44	.305	.349	.465	.814	221	21	1	5	4	4
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	138	563	505	65	159	28	0	22	76	12	3	45	55	.315	.373	.501	.874	253	10	5	3	5	4
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	136	541	505	68	161	44	0	12	80	3	2	30	55	.319	.359	.477	.836	241	14	3	0	3	4
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	110	445	404	40	114	21	0	7	38	1	1	28	55	.282	.333	.386	.719	156	14	6	1	6	4
2015	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	136	530	488	34	132	23	2	4	61	3	1	32	59	.270	.310	.350	.660	171	16	0	1	9	3
2016	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	147	581	534	56	164	38	1	8	58	3	2	39	63	.307	.360	.427	.787	228	22	6	0	2	1
2017	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	136	543	501	60	137	27	1	18	82	9	4	28	74	.273	.312	.439	.751	220	14	4	1	9	4
2018	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	123	503	459	55	120	20	0	20	74	4	3	29	66	.261	.314	.436	.750	200	15	9	0	6	0
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	113	452	419	45	113	24	0	10	57	6	0	23	58	.270	.312	.399	.711	167	14	5	0	5	0
2020	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	42	156	145	12	38	2	0	4	16	0	0	6	21	.262	.303	.359	.662	52	7	3	1	1	0
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	121	472	440	45	111	19	0	11	66	3	0	24	79	.252	.297	.370	.667	163	16	5	0	3	1
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	80	270	262	19	56	8	0	5	24	2	0	5	40	.214	.233	.302	.535	79	10	2	0	1	0
Totals			2226	8553	7817	777	2168	408	7	176	1022	71	37	542	922	.277	.327	.399	.726	3118	287	76	43	75	50

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
2004	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	51	39	344.0	256	16	2	1	.993	7.116	5.333	4	9	8	47.1
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	114	111	959.3	684	66	7	4	.991	7.036	6.579	8	14	25	64.1
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	127	118	1037.3	734	79	4	6	.995	7.054	6.402	7	37	29	43.9
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	4	0	5.0	5	0	1	1	.833	9.000	1.250	0	0	0
2007	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	107	101	861.3	582	63	6	8	.991	6.740	6.028	7	23	27	54.0
2007	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
2008	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	119	114	1002.0	653	70	10	7	.986	6.494	6.076	5	34	18	34.6
2008	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	2	1	11.0	13	3	0	1	1.000	13.091	8.000	0	0	0
2009	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	138	136	1176.7	884	82	5	6	.995	7.389	7.000	4	32	22	40.7
2009	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	6	0	10.0	10	1	0	2	1.000	9.900	1.833	0	0	0
2010	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	135	130	1138.0	895	79	5	10	.995	7.703	7.215	7	35	33	48.5
2010	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	7	0	7.0	7	0	0	2	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	137	132	1150.0	857	67	5	5	.995	7.231	6.745	6	46	19	29.2
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	2	0	2.0	3	0	1	0	.750	13.500	1.500	0	0	0
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	136	133	1161.3	962	88	3	12	.997	8.137	7.721	6	38	35	47.9
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	3	0	9.0	11	2	0	0	1.000	13.000	4.333	0	0	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	131	129	1115.3	976	63	4	11	.996	8.384	7.931	3	26	20	43.5
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	5	2	18.0	17	1	0	1	1.000	9.000	3.600	0	0	0
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	107	106	931.7	810	56	2	10	.998	8.366	8.093	3	23	21	47.7
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	1	1	9.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	11.000	11.000	0	0	0
2015	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	134	131	1149.7	1064	56	7	9	.994	8.768	8.358	4	37	26	41.3
2016	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	146	142	1218.3	1113	60	2	5	.998	8.665	8.034	8	67	18	21.2
2016	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	2	1	7.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	14.143	5.500	0	0	0
2017	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	133	133	1125.7	1082	55	7	13	.994	9.091	8.549	6	43	24	35.8
2017	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	1	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	18.000	4.000	0	0	0
2018	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	121	120	1017.7	966	42	2	8	.998	8.915	8.331	4	27	12	30.8
2018	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	5	0	12.0	9	2	1	3	.917	8.250	2.200	0	0	0
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	111	108	939.3	916	30	1	5	.999	9.064	8.523	4	22	8	26.7
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	4	0	8.0	6	0	0	1	1.000	6.750	1.500	0	0	0
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
2020	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	42	42	337.3	307	16	5	1	.985	8.618	7.690	3	6	5	45.5
2020	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	2	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	5.400	1.500	0	0	0
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	118	118	1001.3	869	49	3	10	.997	8.251	7.780	6	26	18	40.9
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	1	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.000	2.000	0	0	0
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	C	77	71	628.3	512	25	3	6	.994	7.692	6.974	1	20	13	39.4
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals				2235	2119	18408.7	15232	1074	86	148	.995	7.972	7.296	96	565	381	40.3

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	3	13	13	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	0	0	0
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	6	22	22	1	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.318	.318	.455	.773	10	1	0	0	0	0
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	4	13	13	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	.308	.308	.385	.692	5	2	0	0	0	0
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	7	26	23	2	8	1	2	6	0	0	3	2	.348	.423	.652	1.075	15	0	0	0	0	0
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	5	20	17	3	7	2	0	1	0	0	3	1	.412	.500	.529	1.029	9	0	0	0	0	1
2009	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	3	13	13	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.385	.692	5	1	0	0	0	0
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	5	20	19	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	0	0	0	0	1
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	6	26	24	5	8	3	0	2	0	0	2	3	.333	.385	.458	.843	11	1	0	0	0	1
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	7	29	24	1	8	2	0	9	0	0	4	3	.333	.414	.417	.830	10	0	0	0	1	1
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	5	23	17	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	.118	.348	.118	.465	2	2	1	0	0	0
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	7	28	28	2	11	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	.393	.393	.429	.821	12	0	0	0	0	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	5	20	17	2	5	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	.294	.400	.529	.929	9	0	0	0	0	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	6	25	22	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.227	.320	.227	.547	5	2	0	0	0	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	6	24	23	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	.304	.333	.348	.681	8	0	0	0	0	1
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	4	15	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.267	.467	4	0	0	0	0	0
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	1	0	1	0	0
2015	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	5	23	21	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.143	.174	.143	.317	3	1	0	0	1	1
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	4	14	12	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.286	.417	.702	5	1	2	0	0	0
2020	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC2	3	14	13	2	6	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	.462	.500	.615	1.115	8	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC2	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				104	406	373	29	102	19	4	36	1	1	27	44	.273	.326	.357	.682	133	13	3	1	2	6

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB
2004	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	1	1	7.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	7.714	6.000	0
2004	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	C	3	1	10.0	10	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	3.333	0
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	C	3	3	27.0	18	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	6.000	0
2005	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	6	6	52.0	34	3	0	0	1.000	6.404	6.167	1
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	C	4	4	34.0	33	5	1	1	.974	1.059	9.500	0
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	7	7	60.0	36	3	0	0	1.000	5.850	5.571	0
2006	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	C	5	5	44.0	35	3	0	0	1.000	7.773	7.600	0
2009	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	C	3	3	25.7	24	1	0	0	1.000	8.766	8.333	1
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	C	5	5	44.0	29	3	1	1	.970	6.545	6.400	1
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	6	6	52.0	40	1	0	0	1.000	7.096	6.833	0
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	1B	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0
2011	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	C	7	7	63.0	52	4	0	1	1.000	8.000	8.000	0
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC	C	1	1	9.0	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000	8.000	0
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	C	5	5	43.0	43	2	0	0	1.000	9.419	9.000	0
2012	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	7	7	60.0	51	3	0	0	1.000	8.100	7.714	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	C	5	5	44.0	37	4	0	0	1.000	8.386	8.200	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	6	6	56.0	50	2	0	1	1.000	8.357	8.667	0
2013	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	WS	C	6	6	52.0	59	3	0	0	1.000	1.731	1.333	0
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	C	4	4	35.0	34	3	0	0	1.000	9.514	9.250	1
2014	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	2	2	15.0	9	0	0	0	1.000	5.400	4.500	0
2015	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS1	C	3	3	23.0	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.174	8.667	0
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLDS2	C	5	5	45.0	48	2	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	1
2019	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLCS	C	4	4	34.0	45	2	0	0	1.000	12.441	11.750	0
2020	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC2	C	3	3	25.0	30	1	0	1	1.000	11.160	1.333	0
2021	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC	C	1	1	8.7	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.308	8.000	0
2022	NL	St. Louis Cardinals	NLWC2	C	2	2	18.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	7.500	7.500	0
Totals					105	102	887.3	779	47	2	6	.998	8.378	7.867	5

Awards

2008 - NL Gold Glove C
2009 - NL Gold Glove C
2010 - NL Gold Glove C
2011 - NL Platinum Glove
2011 - NL Gold Glove C
2012 - NL Platinum Glove
2012 - NL Gold Glove C
2013 - NL Gold Glove C
2013 - NL Silver Slugger C
2014 - NL Platinum Glove
2014 - NL Gold Glove C
2015 - NL Platinum Glove
2015 - NL Gold Glove C
2018 - NL Gold Glove C

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