Yadier molina biography rbi
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Yadier Molina
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1982)
Baseball player
| Yadier Molina | |
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Molina with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2014 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: (1982-07-13) July 13, 1982 (age 42) Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| June 3, 2004, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| October 5, 2022, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Batting average | .277 |
| Hits | 2,168 |
| Home runs | 176 |
| Runs batted in | 1,022 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Yadier Benjamín Molina (Spanish pronunciation:[ɟʝaˈðjeɾmoˈlina]; born July 13, 1982) is a Puerto Rican professional baseballmanager and former catcher who is the manager of the Águilas Cibaeñas of the Dominican Professional Baseball League, he played his entire 19-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB) and he is currently the team's Special Assistant to the President of Baseball Operations. Widely considered one of the greatest
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Yadier Molina
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- B/T: R/R
- 5' 11"/225
Career Regular Season
| G | W-L | ERA | IP | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0-0 | 18.00 | 2.0 | 1 | 3.00 |
Career Regular Season
| AB | AVG | HR | RBI | SB | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7817 | .277 | 176 | 1022 | 71 | .726 |
Yadier Molina Bio
- Fullname: Yadier Benjamin Molina
- Nickname: Yadi
- Born: 7/13/1982 in Bayamon, Puerto Rico
- Draft: 2000, St. Louis Cardinals, Round: 4, Overall Pick: 113
- High School: Maestro Ladi, Vega Alta, PR
- Debut: 6/03/2004
- Relationship(s):brother of Bengie Molinabrother of José Molina
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Molina joins rare company with 1,000th RBI
May 8th, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO -- On an afternoon when fans at Oracle Park celebrated Buster Posey Day, Yadier Molina made sure he was invited to the catcher party. Early in a 13-7 loss to the Giants, the Cardinals vet singled home his 1,000th RBI, another milestone in a legendary career as he became just the seventh Cardinal in history to reach that mark.
RBI No. 1,000 came in the second inning, when Molina hit a line drive to right field to plate Juan Yepez from third. It made Molina just the eighth catcher with 2,000 hits and 1,000 RBIs and placed him just one hit behind Mike Piazza for sixth all-time among primary catchers.
“That’s a big milestone. Congrats to him,” said Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol after the loss. “He’d much rather have a team win than hit that milestone, but he’s in a good place right now.”
Serendipitously, Molina had family in attendance for the moment. Prior to the game, a series of Giants greats took