Yadier
Molina
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 217
 
Born: July 13, 1982 in Arecibo Pr
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 2013    2014    2018   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 24 CIN NL     39 39 40 31 31 31 49 46 47 16 16 16 60 59 59
2008 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   43 43 44 47 47 47 44 40 41 23 23 23 64 63 63
2009 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   49 49 51 52 52 52 44 40 41 23 23 23 67 66 66
2010 27 CIN NL $ 414,286   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
2011 28 CIN NL $ 571,429   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2012 29 CIN NL $ 1,371,429   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
2013 30 CIN NL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2014 31 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2015 32 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2016 33 NYA AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 3 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
2017 34 NYA AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2018 35 BOS AL $ 2,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 36 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   49 49 51 52 52 52 49 46 47 23 23 23 67 66 66
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 24 AAA   129 486 54 135 26 0 6 54 5 6 33 78 .278 .324 .368 .692 55.4  
2008 25 CIN NL 46 132 12 29 5 0 1 13 1 0 5 23 .220 .262 .280 .543 10.1 0.0
2009 26 CIN NL 63 150 28 42 5 0 5 25 0 1 13 17 .280 .335 .413 .749 21.9 2.9
2010 27 CIN NL 67 155 26 45 4 0 8 34 1 0 8 15 .290 .333 .471 .804 23.7 3.6
2011 28 CIN NL 99 227 25 69 9 0 10 40 0 0 6 22 .304 .325 .476 .801 31.9 4.8
2012 29 CIN NL 123 348 40 109 16 1 7 37 0 2 19 43 .313 .358 .425 .784 49.2 8.7
2013 30 CIN NL 146 530 75 150 17 1 23 80 3 0 27 75 .283 .321 .449 .770 72.1 10.4
2014 31 CIN NL 82 281 25 71 6 0 7 34 1 1 16 56 .253 .296 .349 .645 29.3 3.2
  NYA AL 61 191 15 40 3 0 2 19 0 0 15 41 .209 .271 .257 .528 13.4 0.0
  TOT   143 472 40 111 9 0 9 53 1 1 31 97 .235 .286 .311 .597 42.6 3.2
2015 32 NYA AL 133 454 60 123 9 1 17 65 0 1 23 88 .271 .313 .407 .721 55.5 10.1
2016 33 NYA AL 115 375 32 75 7 0 12 54 1 0 17 94 .200 .249 .315 .564 30.6 0.0
2017 34 NYA AL 109 398 47 100 9 0 15 51 0 0 12 92 .251 .278 .387 .665 41.3 5.3
  HOU NL 9 29 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .207 .233 .207 .440 0.9 0.0
  TOT   118 427 48 106 9 0 15 51 0 0 13 98 .248 .275 .375 .650 42.1 5.3
2018 35 BOS AL 131 480 64 135 14 4 4 55 1 0 23 122 .281 .322 .352 .674 51.2 7.6
2019 36 A   56 68 8 17 3 0 0 6 1 0 12 16 .250 .363 .294 .657 8.5  
11 Years Sim 1184 3750 450 994 104 7 111 507 8 5 185 694 .265 .306 .385 .692 430.9 56.5
1 Years AAA 129 486 54 135 26 0 6 54 5 6 33 78 .278 .331 .368 .699 55.4  
1 Years A 56 68 8 17 3 0 0 6 1 0 12 16 .250 .361 .294 .656 8.5  
2 Years Minors 185 554 62 152 29 0 6 60 6 6 45 94 .274 .335 .359 .694 63.9  
162 Game Average 513 61 136 14 0 15 69 1 0 25 94 .265 .306 .385 .692 59.0  
Career Highs 146 530 75 150 17 4 23 80 3 2 31 122 .313 .358 .476 .804 72.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2741 323 711 77 5 76 352 6 3 136 533 .259 .300 .374 .674 298.1
vs LH   1009 127 283 27 2 35 155 2 2 49 161 .280 .323 .415 .738 128.1
Home 594 1856 225 470 55 4 59 259 5 1 68 337 .253 .286 .383 .668 195.4
Away 590 1894 225 524 49 3 52 248 3 4 117 357 .277 .326 .388 .714 230.8
RISP   955 0 267 34 2 29 385 0 0 63 177 .280 .322 .410 .732 124.7
Pinch Hitting   162 18 44 3 0 6 26 0 0 3 22 .272 .296 .401 .697 18.0
Close/Late   445 58 121 13 0 15 55 0 0 21 77 .272 .309 .402 .711 53.5
Mar/Apr 167 524 72 143 16 2 15 78 1 0 28 91 .273 .320 .397 .717 63.3
May 207 651 72 162 15 1 26 96 0 0 29 156 .249 .287 .395 .682 72.2
June 187 618 84 178 19 2 17 88 1 1 23 105 .288 .319 .408 .726 75.7
July 192 593 59 154 16 0 13 80 1 1 29 102 .260 .296 .352 .649 60.3
August 214 675 74 175 17 1 19 81 3 1 33 118 .259 .309 .372 .680 73.1
Sep/Oct 217 689 89 182 21 1 21 84 2 2 43 122 .264 .308 .389 .697 81.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 25 CIN NL C 38 36 289.7 212 17 3 0 .987 7.12 38 14 .368 0 1.6
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 26 CIN NL C 39 39 315.0 243 19 6 0 .978 7.49 36 17 .472 1 1.8
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 27 CIN NL C 39 34 306.0 242 14 3 2 .988 7.53 38 10 .263 1 0.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 28 CIN NL C 52 48 394.3 318 26 4 0 .989 7.85 37 18 .486 1 2.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 29 CIN NL C 76 76 661.3 486 40 6 1 .989 7.16 63 31 .492 1 4.3
    3B 4 3 27.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 3 3 26.0 1 2 1 0 .750 1.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 30 CIN NL C 138 127 1161.3 862 65 11 0 .988 7.18 100 47 .470 5 9.7
2014 31 CIN NL C 80 76 697.7 565 44 4 1 .993 7.86 84 37 .440 2 5.4
    1B 1 1 5.3 4 1 0 1 1.000 8.49 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYA AL C 59 56 483.3 392 31 3 0 .993 7.88 59 25 .424 1 2.1
    1B 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 139 132 1181.0 957 75 7 1 .993 7.86 143 62 .434 3 7.5
      1B 1 1 9.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.0
2015 32 NYA AL C 133 132 1177.3 918 57 4 1 .996 7.45 89 41 .461 3 8.2
2016 33 NYA AL C 108 107 943.0 882 39 3 0 .997 8.79 82 28 .341 2 5.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 34 NYA AL C 108 103 926.3 639 49 5 0 .993 6.68 63 33 .524 1 6.0
  HOU NL C 9 8 66.3 46 3 0 0 1.000 6.65 5 2 .400 0 0.6
  TOT   C 117 111 992.6 685 52 5 0 .993 6.68 68 35 .515 1 6.6
2018 35 BOS AL C 131 129 1155.0 938 72 4 0 .996 7.87 95 49 .516 1 11.7
  C 1010 971 8576.6 6743 476 56 5 .992 7.58 789 352 .446 19 60.3
  SS 5 3 30.0 2 3 1 1 .833 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 5 3 29.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 1 1 9.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1024 978 8649.6 6754 483 57 7 .992 7.53 789 352 .446 19 60.4
Career Highs   140 133 1190.0 963 76 11 2 .997 8.77 143 62 .516 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 26 CIN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 28 CIN NL 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
2012 29 CIN NL 19 74 5 14 2 0 0 7 0 0 5 9 .189 .244 .216 .460
2013 30 CIN NL 9 36 6 8 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 .222 .263 .417 .680
2014 31 NYA AL 4 16 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500
2015 32 NYA AL 9 30 4 7 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 9 .233 .233 .433 .667
2016 33 NYA AL 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2018 35 BOS AL 3 9 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556
Career Post-Season Batting 52 182 17 36 4 0 5 19 0 0 7 35 .198 .229 .302 .531
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  1. Ryan Doumit (952)
  2. Barney Barger (947)
  3. Ronny Paulino (945)
  4. Brad Cresse (941)
  5. Koyie Hill (920)
  6. Christopher Berg (917)
  7. Jack Mickelsen (910)
  8. Thomas McCord (905)
  9. Yorvit Torrealba (902)
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History
Injured on 8/30/2007 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/18/2008, off John Koronka (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/25/2008, off Josh Shortslef (PIT)
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/6/2010
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,371,429 through salary arbitration
9/17/2012: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years