Yadier Molina is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), with whom he has played his entire 19-year MLB career.
Molina, a nine-time Rawlings Gold Glove and six-time Fielding Bible Award winner, is widely regarded as one of the greatest defensive catchers in baseball history, both for his blocking abilities and his caught stealing percentage.
With the Cardinals, he has won two World Series and four National League pennants in 12 postseason appearances. Two of the four World Baseball Classic (WBC) games that Molina has participated in for Puerto Rico have ended in silver medals.
Second among catchers with 130 DRS, and first among current catchers with 845 assists, 40.21 percent of runners caught stealing, and 55 pickoffs, Molina is one of the best catchers in the history of the game.
As a batter, Molina has accumulated more than 2,100 hits, 150 home runs, and 1,000 runs batted in (RBIs) over the course of five seasons, all while batting over.300.
All-Star Game selection (ten), four Platinum Glove Awards (four), and one Silver Slugger Award (one). He was a member of the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and was twice named to the All-WBC Tournament Team.
Yadier Molina Children: Meet Yadier Molina Daughter Adrianna Molina And Yanuell Benjamin Molina His Son
Yadier Molina has three children. Two of his children are Adrianna Molina, daughter, and Yanuell Benjamin Molina, son. Adrianna Molina was born on September 4, 2008.
Yanuell Benjamin was born on July 4, 2010. and his third child was born on February 6, 2016.