Yadier Molina
Bats R Throws R5'11" 225 lbBorn 1982 Bayamon, P.R.Debut 2004Team STL10x All-StarDraft 2000 R4 #113 St. Louis Cardinals, Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, PR)
Awards: Gold Glove x9, Roberto Clemente Award, Silver Slugger
Batting
| Year | Team | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HIT+ |
|---|
| 2022 | STL | 80 | 270 | 19 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 0.214 | 0.233 | 0.302 | 0.535 | 50.3 |
| 2021 | STL | 121 | 472 | 45 | 111 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 66 | 3 | 24 | 79 | 0.252 | 0.297 | 0.370 | 0.667 | 85.6 |
| 2020 | STL | 42 | 156 | 12 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0.262 | 0.303 | 0.359 | 0.662 | 81.3 |
| 2019 | STL | 113 | 452 | 45 | 113 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 57 | 6 | 23 | 58 | 0.270 | 0.312 | 0.399 | 0.711 | 85.3 |
| 2018 | STL | 123 | 503 | 55 | 120 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 74 | 4 | 29 | 66 | 0.261 | 0.314 | 0.436 | 0.750 | 103.7 |
| 2017 | STL | 136 | 543 | 60 | 137 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 82 | 9 | 28 | 74 | 0.273 | 0.312 | 0.439 | 0.751 | 92.6 |
| 2016 | STL | 147 | 581 | 56 | 164 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 3 | 39 | 63 | 0.307 | 0.360 | 0.427 | 0.787 | 111.7 |
| 2015 | STL | 136 | 530 | 34 | 132 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 32 | 59 | 0.270 | 0.310 | 0.350 | 0.660 | 75.4 |
| 2014 | STL | 110 | 445 | 40 | 114 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 28 | 55 | 0.282 | 0.333 | 0.386 | 0.719 | 99.6 |
| 2013 | STL | 136 | 541 | 68 | 161 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 80 | 3 | 30 | 55 | 0.319 | 0.359 | 0.477 | 0.836 | 133.5 |
| 2012 | STL | 138 | 563 | 65 | 159 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 76 | 12 | 45 | 55 | 0.315 | 0.373 | 0.501 | 0.874 | 139.8 |
| 2011 | STL | 139 | 518 | 55 | 145 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 65 | 4 | 33 | 44 | 0.305 | 0.349 | 0.465 | 0.814 | 128.2 |
| 2010 | STL | 136 | 521 | 34 | 122 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 42 | 51 | 0.262 | 0.329 | 0.342 | 0.671 | 84.0 |
| 2009 | STL | 140 | 544 | 45 | 141 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 9 | 50 | 39 | 0.293 | 0.366 | 0.383 | 0.749 | 104.0 |
| 2008 | STL | 124 | 485 | 37 | 135 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 0.304 | 0.349 | 0.392 | 0.740 | 94.6 |
| 2007 | STL | 111 | 396 | 30 | 97 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 34 | 43 | 0.275 | 0.340 | 0.368 | 0.708 | 83.6 |
| 2006 | STL | 129 | 461 | 29 | 90 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 26 | 41 | 0.216 | 0.274 | 0.321 | 0.595 | 52.4 |
| 2005 | STL | 114 | 421 | 36 | 97 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 0.252 | 0.295 | 0.358 | 0.654 | 65.4 |
| 2004 | STL | 51 | 151 | 12 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0.267 | 0.329 | 0.356 | 0.684 | 73.6 |
| Career | | 2226 | 8553 | 777 | 2168 | 408 | 7 | 176 | 1022 | 71 | 542 | 922 | 0.277 | 0.327 | 0.399 | 0.726 | 95.4 |
Pitching
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | BF | HR | BB | SO | PITCH+ |
|---|
| 2022 | STL | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Career | | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | | |
Statcast
| Year | PA | EV | LA | Barrel% | HardHit% | Whiff% | Chase% | xBA | xSLG | xwOBA | Sprint |
|---|
| 2022 | 270 | 84.7 | 16.9 | 3.1 | 26.0 | 22.0 | 41.3 | 0.232 | 0.345 | 0.260 | 21.8 |
| 2021 | 473 | 88.0 | 15.3 | 5.2 | 31.6 | 24.0 | 38.9 | 0.252 | 0.413 | 0.308 | 22.7 |
| 2020 | 156 | 84.7 | 12.3 | 2.4 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 39.9 | 0.254 | 0.385 | 0.298 | 23.1 |
| 2019 | 452 | 87.4 | 13.9 | 4.1 | 35.0 | 18.9 | 38.5 | 0.271 | 0.435 | 0.322 | 22.7 |
| 2018 | 503 | 88.2 | 15.4 | 5.9 | 33.8 | 17.2 | 35.3 | 0.266 | 0.432 | 0.329 | 22.9 |
| 2017 | 543 | 87.9 | 14.5 | 6.5 | 35.0 | 18.7 | 33.2 | 0.272 | 0.462 | 0.330 | 23.8 |
| 2016 | 581 | 87.8 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 28.1 | 15.3 | 35.0 | 0.281 | 0.417 | 0.329 | 23.8 |
| 2015 | 530 | 86.4 | 10.4 | 2.5 | 25.3 | 16.9 | 34.1 | 0.238 | 0.329 | 0.270 | 23.4 |
Fielding
| Year | Team | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Runs saved |
|---|
| 2022 | STL | C | 77 | 628 | 512 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0.994 | +6.5 |
| 2022 | STL | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | -0.1 |
| 2022 | STL | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | -0.0 |
| 2021 | STL | C | 118 | 1001 | 869 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 0.997 | +3.8 |
| 2021 | STL | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | +0.0 |
| 2020 | STL | C | 42 | 337 | 307 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0.985 | +2.3 |
| 2020 | STL | 1B | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.0 |
| 2019 | STL | C | 111 | 939 | 916 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0.999 | -1.6 |
| 2019 | STL | 1B | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | -0.0 |
| 2019 | STL | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 2018 | STL | C | 121 | 1018 | 966 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 0.998 | -3.5 |
| 2018 | STL | 1B | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.917 | +0.0 |
| 2017 | STL | C | 133 | 1126 | 1082 | 55 | 7 | 13 | 0.994 | -0.3 |
| 2017 | STL | 1B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | -0.0 |
| 2016 | STL | C | 146 | 1218 | 1113 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 0.998 | -0.3 |
| 2016 | STL | 1B | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | +0.8 |
| 2015 | STL | C | 134 | 1150 | 1064 | 56 | 7 | 9 | 0.994 | +0.0 |
| 2014 | STL | C | 107 | 932 | 810 | 56 | 2 | 10 | 0.998 | |
| 2014 | STL | 1B | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2013 | STL | C | 131 | 1115 | 976 | 63 | 4 | 11 | 0.996 | |
| 2013 | STL | 1B | 5 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 2012 | STL | C | 136 | 1161 | 962 | 88 | 3 | 12 | 0.997 | |
| 2012 | STL | 1B | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2011 | STL | C | 137 | 1150 | 857 | 67 | 5 | 5 | 0.995 | |
| 2011 | STL | 1B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.750 | |
| 2010 | STL | C | 135 | 1138 | 895 | 79 | 5 | 10 | 0.995 | |
| 2010 | STL | 1B | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 2009 | STL | C | 138 | 1177 | 884 | 82 | 5 | 6 | 0.995 | |
| 2009 | STL | 1B | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | |
| 2008 | STL | C | 119 | 1002 | 653 | 70 | 10 | 7 | 0.986 | |
| 2008 | STL | 1B | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 2007 | STL | C | 107 | 861 | 582 | 63 | 6 | 8 | 0.991 | |
| 2007 | STL | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 2006 | STL | C | 127 | 1037 | 734 | 79 | 4 | 6 | 0.995 | |
| 2006 | STL | 1B | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.833 | |
| 2005 | STL | C | 114 | 959 | 684 | 66 | 7 | 4 | 0.991 | |
| 2005 | STL | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| 2004 | STL | C | 51 | 344 | 256 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0.993 | |
Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.
Minor leagues
| Year | Level | Team | Side | PA / BF | Line | AVG / ERA | OPS |
|---|
| 2004 | AAA | Memphis Redbirds | Bat | 150 | 1 HR, 0 SB | 0.302 | 0.759 |
| 2003 | AA | Tennessee Smokies | Bat | 397 | 2 HR, 0 SB | 0.275 | 0.659 |
| 2002 | A | Peoria Chiefs | Bat | 430 | 7 HR, 2 SB | 0.280 | 0.715 |
| 2001 | Rk | Johnson City Cardinals | Bat | 175 | 4 HR, 1 SB | 0.259 | 0.725 |
Splits
| Year | vs LHP | vs RHP | Home | Away |
|---|
| 2022 | 0.299 | 0.228 | 0.259 | 0.226 |
| 2021 | 0.374 | 0.290 | 0.316 | 0.295 |
| 2020 | 0.328 | 0.293 | 0.310 | 0.287 |
| 2019 | 0.404 | 0.302 | 0.338 | 0.304 |
| 2018 | 0.352 | 0.328 | 0.268 | 0.393 |
| 2017 | 0.367 | 0.314 | 0.318 | 0.333 |
| 2016 | 0.343 | 0.357 | 0.330 | 0.375 |
| 2015 | 0.264 | 0.305 | 0.297 | 0.291 |
wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.
Postseason batting
| Year | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 0.250 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 2020 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.462 | 0.500 | 0.615 | 1.115 |
| 2019 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.152 | 0.216 | 0.242 | 0.459 |
| 2015 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 0.125 | 0.250 |
| 2014 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.238 | 0.238 | 0.286 | 0.524 |
| 2013 | 17 | 62 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0.274 | 0.348 | 0.355 | 0.703 |
| 2012 | 13 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0.265 | 0.345 | 0.286 | 0.631 |
| 2011 | 18 | 67 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 0.299 | 0.360 | 0.373 | 0.733 |
| 2009 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.385 | 0.692 |
| 2006 | 16 | 53 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0.358 | 0.424 | 0.547 | 0.971 |
| 2005 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.286 | 0.286 | 0.371 | 0.657 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.286 |
| Career | 104 | 373 | 29 | 102 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 27 | 44 | 0.273 | 0.326 | 0.357 | 0.682 |
Salaries
| Year | Team | Salary |
|---|
| 2016 | STL | $14,200,000 |
| 2015 | STL | $15,000,000 |
| 2014 | STL | $15,000,000 |
| 2013 | STL | $14,200,000 |
| 2012 | STL | $7,000,000 |
| 2011 | STL | $5,312,500 |
| 2010 | STL | $4,312,500 |
| 2009 | STL | $3,312,500 |
| 2008 | STL | $1,812,500 |
| 2007 | STL | $525,000 |
| 2006 | STL | $400,000 |
| 2005 | STL | $323,500 |
Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.