Yadier Molina stats

Last played for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2022

Catcher · #4

Age 44 · 5' 11"

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Yadier Molina played 19 MLB seasons, 2004 to 2022.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
2,225
AB
7,817
R
777
H
2,168
HR
176
RBI
1,022
SB
71
AVG
.277

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2004STL5113512362150.267
2005STL11438536978492.252
2006STL12941729906491.216
2007STL11135330976401.275
2008STL124444371357560.304
2009STL140481451416549.293
2010STL136465341226628.262
2011STL1394755514514654.305
2012STL13850565159227612.315
2013STL1365056816112803.319
2014STL110404401147381.282
2015STL136488341324613.270
2016STL147534561648583.307
2017STL1365016013718829.273
2018STL1234595512020744.261
2019STL1134194511310576.270
2020STL4314512384160.262
2021STL1214404511111663.252
2022STL7826219565242.214

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
104
AB
373
R
29
H
102
HR
4
RBI
36
SB
1
AVG
.273

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
8,554
TB
3,118
XBH
591
HBP
76
IBB
50
GIDP
287
P/PA
3.55

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2004STL1514880343.5
2005STL4211382423103.2
2006STL4611343282153.4
2007STL3961302135183.5
2008STL4851742514213.4
2009STL5441843062273.6
2010STL5211592576193.6
2011STL5182214714213.5
2012STL5632535054103.4
2013STL5412415634143.5
2014STL4451562864143.8
2015STL5301712903163.4
2016STL5812284761223.6
2017STL5432204644143.7
2018STL5032004090153.9
2019STL4521673450143.6
2020STL1565263073.6
2021STL4731633051163.5
2022STL270791320103.7

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
39.2
RC
968.5
RC/27
4.30
ISOP
.122
SECA
.195
BB/K
0.59
AB/HR
44.4
GO/FO
0.90

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2004STL0.315.23.8.0890.20.767.50.9
2005STL1.338.83.4.1060.20.848.11.2
2006STL-0.332.72.5.1060.20.669.50.8
2007STL1.941.24.0930.20.858.80.9
2008STL1.255.64.4.0880.21.163.40.9
2009STL2.963.54.5.0890.21.380.21.1
2010STL2.950.63.7.0800.20.877.51.1
2011STL2.669.85.2.1600.20.833.90.9
2012STL6.793.46.9.1860.30.8230.7
2013STL5.781.56.1.1580.20.642.10.7
2014STL2.450.14.3.1040.20.557.71
2015STL1.5513.6.0800.20.51221
2016STL2.976.35.2.1200.20.666.81
2017STL2.066.64.6.1660.20.427.80.7
2018STL1.859.94.5.1740.20.4230.7
2019STL1.350.54.2.1290.20.441.90.7
2020STL0.113.93.2.0970.10.336.30.8
2021STL1.844.93.5.1180.20.3400.7
2022STL0.214.21.8.0880.10.152.40.6

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
44 yearsJul 13, 1982
Height
5' 11"
Debut
2004
Draft
2000Rd 4, Pk 113
NL Gold Glove
9x
NL Silver Slugger
2013

Brother of Bengie Molina · All MLB brothers

Latest performance

Yadier Molina

Oct 08 · vs PHI · L 2-0

AB
4
R
0
H
1
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.125
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sat, Oct 08vsPHIL 2-040100
Fri, Oct 07vsPHIL 6-340000
Wed, Oct 05atPITL 5-310000
Sun, Oct 02vsPITL 7-510001
Sat, Oct 01vsPITW 13-330000
Fri, Sep 30vsPITW 2-130000

What were Yadier Molina's career stats?

Yadier Molina played 19 seasons for the Cardinals. He was a career .277 hitter with 2,168 hits, 176 home runs and 1,022 RBI. His best season was 2013: a .319 batting average, 12 home runs and 80 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

19 seasons, 12 postseasons, 2004 to 2022

Yadier Molina finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Championships ×2

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 201st in hits (2,168)
  • 251st in rbi (1,022)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Yadier Molina

Playoff series

Yadier Molina played 95 games across 12 MLB postseasons in 23 series — 12 won, 11 lost.

Yadier Molina's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2022PHILost 0-228100
2021LADLost 0-114000
2020SDLost 1-2313602
2019ATLWon 3-2521302
2019WSHLost 0-4412211
2015CHCLost 1-238100
2014LADWon 3-1415300
2014SFLost 1-126200
2013PITWon 3-2517511
2013LADWon 4-2622501
2013BOSLost 2-4623702
2012ATLWon 1-014001
2012WSHWon 3-2517201
2012SFLost 3-47281102
2011PHIWon 3-2519401
2011MILWon 4-2624802
2011TEXWon 4-3724809
2009LADLost 0-3313400
2006SDWon 3-1413401
2006NYMWon 4-3723826
2006DETWon 4-1517701
2004HOULost 0-114100
2004BOSLost 0-333000

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Yadier Molina’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.