Yadier Molina

: January 5, 2024
: Baseball Player

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Full Name	Yadier Molina
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 13, 1982(1982-07-13)
Age	42
Birthplace	Bayamón
Country	Puerto Rico
Horoscope	Cancer

Yadier Molina Biography

Name	Yadier Molina
Birthday	Jul 13
Birth Year	1982
Place Of Birth	Bayamón
Birth Country	Puerto Rico
Birth Sign	Cancer
Spouse	Wanda Torres
Children(s)	Adrianna Molina, Yanuell Benjamin Molina

Yadier Molina is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on July 13, 1982 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. All-Star MLB catcher, who helped guide St. Louis Cardinals to World Series Championships. St. Louis Cardinals to World Series Championships in 2006 and the 2011 season.

He was the winner of the two World Series titles with friend and co-teammate He won two World Series titles with friend and teammate Albert Pujols..

On June 26, Molina became the ninth catcher all-time to record 11,000 career putouts at the position. For the eighth time in his career, he was an All-Star selection, as resulted in a vote by fellow players. He homered, making him the oldest catcher to hit a homer in an All-Star Game, in his age-34 season, and the first Cardinal to homer in an All-Star Game since Reggie Smith in 1974.

A sore left knee sustained after taking a foul ball of his kneecap temporarily disabled Molina on September 26. He was back in action on October 1 against Cincinnati, although he was removed from that game due to a “tweaked” knee. He finished the season with a .293 batting average, six home runs, 54 RBI, and a major league-leading 136 games caught, the highest franchise total since Ted Simmons’ total in 1977. His strikeout rate of once every 13.9 PA was the second-lowest in the NL. While accumulating 39 mult-hit games, the Cardinals won 27 of them. He led the major leagues with eight pickoffs and was second in the NL in innings caught. He also won his second Gold Glove award after the season. The Sporting News announced that major league managers and coaches had selected Molina for the magazine’s end-of-season All-Star award. For the first time in his career, Molina earned Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) consideration. He finished tied for 23rd with Miguel Tejada with one percent of the vote share.

He got married to Wanda Torres in 2007 and the couple has a son called Yanuell as well as one daughter name Adrianna. Brothers He married Wanda Torres in 2007 and he has a son named Yanuell and a daughter named Adrianna. His brothers Bengie and Jose were also MLB catchers. as well as Jose were also MLB catchers.

Yadier Molina Net Worth

Net Worth	$45 Million
Source Of Income	Baseball Player
House	Living in own house.

Yadier Molina is one of the richest Baseball Player from Puerto Rico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yadier Molina 's net worth $45 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was raised in an athletic family that played baseball in his hometown of Puerto Rico.

He assumed the catching tasks from He took over catching duties from Mike Matheny in 2004. in 2004.

On September 19, Molina tied Jim Bottomley (1922–1932) for 10th place in Cardinals history with 1,727 hits. Molina led the team in 2017 with 134 hits and 78 RBI, and all NL catchers in both categories, entering play on that date. He broke the tie with Bottomley on September 20, with his 1,728th hit, and tied his own career-high RBI total for a season with 80, reached in 2013. He passed 80 on September 21, with his 81st and 82nd RBI. He was the 2017 recipient of the Missouri Athletic Club’s Sports Personality of the Year Award.

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Height	5 ft 11 in

Yadier Molina height 5 ft 11 in Yadier weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Yadier Molina Dating?

According to our records, Yadier Molina married to Wanda Torres. As of December 1, 2023, Yadier Molina’s is not dating anyone.

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The Cardinals won the Series in seven games, giving Molina his second championship ring. He batted .333 and set a team World Series record with nine RBI. It was the highest World Series RBI total among catchers since Sandy Alomar, Jr., drove in 10 in 1997. Molina started all 18 games and played every inning in that 2011 playoff run, including one at first. Overall, he batted .299 with five doubles and 12 RBI. His 20 hits were the most by a catcher in the postseason since Iván Rodríguez stroked 21 in 2003. On November 1, Molina won his fourth consecutive Gold Glove Award, becoming just the fifth catcher on a pennant-winning club to lead his position in OPS+ in his league while winning a Gold Glove. He also won the first-ever National League Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, bestowed upon one player in each league. For the second time in his career, he won MVP consideration; he finished tied for 21st for the NL MVP balloting.

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Yadier Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Puerto Rico. Yadier Molina celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

Before he was drafted, Molina worked out for the Cincinnati Reds. He put on a spectacle at Riverfront Stadium with his arm and bat that grabbed the attention of executives, scouts, and prominent former Reds players, including Johnny Bench and Bob Boone. As Molina recalled, he left the session with the impression that Cincinnati intended to draft him. Undeterred by the universal reservations about his offensive ceiling, the St. Louis Cardinals instead took Molina in the fourth round of the 2000 MLB draft and signed him for $325,000.