Yadier Benjamn Molina is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who has spent his entire 19-year MLB career with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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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.
Molina has more than 2,100 hits, 150 home runs, and 1,000 runs batted in (RBIs) in five seasons while batting over.300.
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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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