Yadier Molina is a professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB) from Puerto Rico
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Yadier Molina had 95 passed balls in his 18-year Major League Baseball career, for an average of 5.2778 per season.
His best season was 2013, when he had three passed balls, and his worst season was 2005, when he had eight.
Yadier Molina ranks first among 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.
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Other honors include ten MLB All-Star appearances, four Platinum Glove Awards, and one Silver Slugger Award. He was named to the All-WBC Tournament Team twice and played in the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.
Molina has nine Rawlings Gold Gloves and six Fielding Bible Awards and is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive catchers of all time for both his blocking ability and his caught stealing percentage.
He is a two-time World Series champion who has appeared in twelve playoff games and four National League pennants with the Cardinals. Molina has also represented Puerto Rico in four World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments, winning two silver medals.


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