Yadier Molina is a professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB) from Puerto Rico. Yadier Molina has won two championship rings.
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Molina has been nominated for five NL Most Valuable Player Awards (MVP), finishing fourth in 2012 and third in 2013.
When Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico in September 2017, Molina began relief efforts for victims, earning him the Roberto Clemente Award in 2018.
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Molina leads catchers in putouts, is second all-time in catchers with 130 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS), and leads active catchers with 845 assists, 40.21% of runners caught stealing, and 55 pickoffs.
Molina has more than 2,100 hits, 150 home runs, and 1,000 runs batted in (RBIs) while batting over.300 in five seasons.
Other honors include selection to ten MLB All-Star Games, four Platinum Glove Awards, and one Silver Slugger Award. He has been named to the All-WBC Tournament Team twice and was a member of the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.
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