Yadier Molina
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 225LBS | Age: 42
Draft: 2000 | Rd: 4, #113, St. Louis Cardinals | Maestro Ladi (Vega Alta, PR)
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2020 156 145 12 38 4 0 .262 .303 .359 .662
2021 473 440 45 111 11 3 .252 .297 .370 .667
2022 270 262 19 56 5 2 .214 .233 .302 .535
19 Seasons 8,554 7,817 777 2,168 176 71 .277 .327 .399 .726
AVG HR SB OPS
2020 .262 4 0 .662
2021 .252 11 3 .667
2022 .214 5 2 .535
19 Seasons .277 176 71 .726
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Hits Spray Chart
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 32 1812 439 10 2.3 1.9 86.4 105.1 10.4 32.6 .238 .329 .287 .270 .279 25.3 11.1 6.0
2016 33 2072 473 17 3.6 2.9 87.8 106.6 9.4 35.5 .281 .417 .342 .329 .339 28.1 10.8 6.7
2017 34 1998 437 26 5.9 4.8 87.9 106.2 14.5 35.2 .272 .462 .316 .330 .363 35.0 13.6 5.2
2018 35 1969 399 22 5.5 4.4 88.2 107.2 15.4 37.6 .266 .432 .323 .329 .348 33.8 13.1 5.8
2019 36 1617 366 14 3.8 3.1 87.4 106.2 13.9 40.7 .271 .435 .303 .322 .345 35.0 12.8 5.1
2020 37 557 126 3 2.4 1.9 84.7 104.2 12.3 38.9 .254 .385 .290 .298 .319 25.4 13.5 3.8
2021 38 1669 364 19 5.2 4.0 88.0 108.2 15.3 34.1 .255 .406 .290 .306 .343 31.6 16.7 5.1
2022 39 986 223 7 3.1 2.6 84.7 107.8 16.9 34.1 .230 .328 .235 .254 .286 26.0 14.8 1.9
Player 12680 2827 118 4.2 3.4 87.2 108.2 13.3 35.8 .261 .405 .304 .309 .331 30.6 13.1 5.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 49.0 20.3 24.8 5.9 32.8 36.9 30.1 3.4 38.0 26.9 24.6 2.5 2.3 1.9
2016 48.8 19.7 27.9 3.6 35.9 36.8 27.3 2.7 36.4 21.8 28.8 5.7 3.6 2.9
2017 42.3 23.6 26.3 7.8 38.0 37.8 23.6 3.4 28.4 27.7 26.8 6.2 5.9 4.8
2018 40.4 25.8 27.1 6.8 45.4 33.8 20.8 4.0 28.8 27.8 26.8 7.0 5.5 4.4
2019 39.6 22.1 30.9 7.4 39.6 35.5 24.9 3.0 29.2 25.1 29.0 7.4 3.8 3.1
2020 42.9 23.0 25.4 8.7 40.5 41.3 18.3 4.0 32.5 27.8 25.4 7.9 2.4 1.9
2021 42.6 29.1 21.7 6.6 43.4 34.3 22.3 2.7 26.9 28.0 29.1 7.7 5.2 4.0
2022 39.0 29.6 20.2 11.2 36.3 38.6 25.1 2.7 30.0 31.8 27.4 4.9 3.1 2.6
Player 43.6 23.7 25.9 6.8 38.8 36.4 24.7 3.2 31.5 26.6 27.3 6.0 4.2 3.4
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 325 33.0 90 .221 .372 .283 19.7 13.3 12.8 .242 .379 .286 31.1
2022 Slider -1.1 -3 248 25.2 60 .271 .373 .277 24.1 16.7 12.0 .258 .363 .273 26.0
2022 Sinker -4.3 -6 137 13.9 47 .222 .267 .236 10.8 2.1 4.3 .203 .280 .231 27.3
2022 Curveball -1.1 -1 95 9.6 25 .083 .083 .136 26.2 28.0 17.1 .206 .292 .233 11.8
2022 Cutter -6.6 -5 82 8.3 18 .000 .000 .000 26.4 11.1 10.0 .156 .223 .162 18.8
2022 Changeup 2.7 2 71 7.2 20 .300 .350 .333 26.0 25.0 18.5 .238 .267 .223 20.0
2022 Sweeper 6.0 1 24 2.4 9 .333 .444 .339 52.9 33.3 25.0 .275 .321 .263 16.7
2022 Split-Finger -9.9 0 4 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .115 .115 .106 100.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 5 540 32.4 142 .303 .447 .358 26.2 21.1 19.7 .272 .449 .335 36.3
2021 Slider -0.1 0 353 21.2 99 .247 .355 .293 29.4 21.2 17.4 .238 .371 .284 28.8
2021 Sinker -2.6 -7 289 17.3 95 .227 .307 .279 10.2 6.3 12.8 .281 .398 .315 34.9
2021 Curveball 1.8 3 172 10.3 35 .355 .452 .393 15.0 8.6 6.1 .349 .525 .412 28.6
2021 Changeup 2.8 4 147 8.8 46 .244 .378 .282 20.9 6.5 6.3 .215 .397 .254 20.9
2021 Cutter -3.1 -3 104 6.2 36 .118 .235 .179 40.0 33.3 30.8 .169 .319 .232 27.3
2021 Sweeper 2.8 1 33 2.0 8 .143 .571 .338 26.7 12.5 9.1 .289 .518 .386 66.7
2021 Split-Finger -7.7 -2 25 1.5 8 .000 .000 .088 35.3 37.5 23.1 .118 .136 .188 25.0
2021 Slurve 10.8 0 4 0.2 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .210 .243 .197 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 469 1,571 -9 -9 12 6 0
2009 551 1,985 -16 -10 11 8 -7
2010 513 1,868 -14 -9 12 11 0
2011 586 2,055 -10 12 8 7 16
2012 614 2,096 -7 14 17 9 33
2013 605 2,145 -3 12 14 7 30
2014 461 1,741 -8 -11 6 5 -8
2015 535 1,822 -23 -8 11 5 -14
2016 580 2,066 -7 -1 12 6 10
2017 533 1,971 -13 -9 13 7 -1
2018 503 1,968 -9 1 9 9 10
2019 479 1,688 -15 -8 8 7 -8
2020 170 610 -6 -1 1 4 -1
2021 476 1,680 -7 -8 8 7 -1
2022 278 1,013 -12 -7 3 2 -14
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,812 49.9 74.2 85.2 34.0 77.0 43.2 40.9 54.1 16.9 8.1 82.3
2016 2,072 49.5 72.0 86.9 35.0 80.1 42.7 42.5 53.3 15.3 7.5 75.5
2017 1,998 51.9 70.9 84.8 33.2 71.4 42.8 37.1 52.7 18.7 8.1 70.4
2018 1,969 49.4 70.6 86.4 35.3 75.0 41.0 37.2 52.7 17.2 6.7 74.0
2019 1,617 47.2 75.6 84.9 38.3 73.1 40.9 47.3 55.8 18.9 8.0 78.0
2020 557 47.0 72.5 85.3 39.7 60.7 43.4 43.6 55.1 24.1 5.2 89.7
2021 1,669 49.1 76.0 82.7 38.9 63.3 40.1 47.5 57.1 24.0 9.6 78.3
2022 986 51.1 75.2 81.0 41.3 71.4 45.3 45.6 58.6 22.0 7.1 75.7
Player 12,680 49.6 73.1 84.9 36.3 72.6 42.2 42.2 54.6 19.0 7.8 76.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 7 22 11 14 13 23 18 17 44 14 92 29 78 22 7
2016 55 86 48 32 65 32 23 28 50 14 94 28 90 14 9
2017 51 74 67 59 36 53 45 47 49 47 87 10 78 15 7
2018 54 72 56 46 46 38 34 38 54 32 90 16 85 10 4
2019 42 72 43 30 34 16 15 18 44 29 93 12 83 7 3
2020 21 56 31 21 20 6 7 4 20 4 93 4 60 4 1
2021 24 55 38 35 16 26 23 26 54 12 77 6 56 2 4
2022 37 1
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.4 8 12.2 -4 9 15 3 37.5
2017 24.9 18 21.5 -4 5 12 13 72.2
2018 25.8 20 17.1 3 10 12 9 45.0
2019 26.5 11 9.9 1 9 8 4 36.4
2020 26.7 4 4.3 0 3 2 3 75.0
2021 26.6 11 10.7 0 15 5 6 54.5
2022 27.7 5 4.0 1 3 2 3 60.0
Player 25.7 77 79.8 -3 54 56 41 53.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 8 17 7 17 13 8 14 11 12 4 10 16 11 8 11 14 4 7 15 16 11 11 20 22 11 8 15 19 16 12 7
2017 18 19 22 23 22 22 25 23 17 16 22 27 21 22 19 24 19 19 21 23 24 18 26 24 22 18 21 28 23 21 15
2018 20 23 14 19 17 12 19 17 14 10 11 19 21 16 14 21 15 15 21 22 20 17 24 22 15 14 15 19 21 14 12
2019 11 15 10 6 11 10 12 10 6 5 9 10 12 10 10 10 10 7 9 11 12 15 13 14 8 8 6 11 13 9 6
2020 4 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 6 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 4 3 3 5 4 4 5 4
2021 11 13 14 9 11 12 13 10 8 7 9 17 9 8 10 10 8 8 12 11 9 16 13 9 8 9 13 15 8 10 11
2022 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 6 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3
Player 77 95 75 80 83 73 93 79 65 48 69 99 83 71 74 88 64 64 86 92 85 84 108 99 70 65 79 100 89 75 58
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.4 87.8 1.4 ↑ 87.9 0.1 ↑ 88.2 0.3 ↑ 87.4 -0.8 ↓ 84.7 -2.7 ↓ 88.0 3.3 ↑ 84.7 -3.3 ↓
Launch Angle 10.4 9.4 -1.0 ↓ 14.5 5.1 ↑ 15.4 0.9 ↑ 13.9 -1.5 ↓ 12.3 -1.6 ↓ 15.3 3.0 ↑ 16.9 1.6 ↑
Barrel % 2.3 3.6 1.3 ↑ 5.9 2.3 ↑ 5.5 -0.4 ↓ 3.8 -1.7 ↓ 2.4 -1.4 ↓ 5.2 2.8 ↑ 3.1 -2.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.3 28.1 2.8 ↑ 35.0 6.9 ↑ 33.8 -1.2 ↓ 35.0 1.2 ↑ 25.4 -9.6 ↓ 31.6 6.2 ↑ 26.0 -5.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.6 35.5 2.9 ↑ 35.2 -0.3 ↓ 37.6 2.4 ↑ 40.7 3.1 ↑ 38.9 -1.8 ↓ 34.1 -4.8 ↓ 34.1 0.0
xBA .238 .281 0.043 ↑ .272 -0.009 ↓ .266 -0.006 ↓ .271 0.005 ↑ .254 -0.017 ↓ .255 0.001 ↑ .230 -0.025 ↓
BA .270 .307 0.037 ↑ .273 -0.034 ↓ .261 -0.012 ↓ .270 0.009 ↑ .262 -0.008 ↓ .252 -0.010 ↓ .214 -0.038 ↓
xwOBA .270 .329 0.059 ↑ .330 0.001 ↑ .329 -0.001 ↓ .322 -0.007 ↓ .298 -0.024 ↓ .306 0.008 ↑ .254 -0.052 ↓
wOBA .287 .342 0.055 ↑ .316 -0.026 ↓ .323 0.007 ↑ .303 -0.020 ↓ .290 -0.013 ↓ .290 0.000 .235 -0.055 ↓
xSLG .329 .417 0.088 ↑ .462 0.045 ↑ .432 -0.030 ↓ .435 0.003 ↑ .385 -0.050 ↓ .406 0.021 ↑ .328 -0.078 ↓
SLG .350 .427 0.077 ↑ .439 0.012 ↑ .436 -0.003 ↓ .399 -0.037 ↓ .359 -0.040 ↓ .370 0.011 ↑ .302 -0.068 ↓
K% 11.1 10.8 -0.3 ↓ 13.6 2.8 ↑ 13.1 -0.5 ↓ 12.8 -0.3 ↓ 13.5 0.7 ↑ 16.7 3.2 ↑ 14.8 -1.9 ↓
BB% 6.0 6.7 0.7 ↑ 5.2 -1.5 ↓ 5.8 0.6 ↑ 5.1 -0.7 ↓ 3.8 -1.3 ↓ 5.1 1.3 ↑ 1.9 -3.2 ↓
Swing % 54.1 53.3 -0.8 ↓ 52.7 -0.6 ↓ 52.7 0.0 55.8 3.1 ↑ 55.1 -0.7 ↓ 57.1 2.0 ↑ 58.6 1.5 ↑
Whiff% 16.9 15.3 -1.6 ↓ 18.7 3.4 ↑ 17.2 -1.5 ↓ 18.9 1.7 ↑ 24.1 5.2 ↑ 24.0 -0.1 ↓ 22.0 -2.0 ↓
In Zone % 49.9 49.5 -0.4 ↓ 51.9 2.4 ↑ 49.4 -2.5 ↓ 47.2 -2.2 ↓ 47.0 -0.2 ↓ 49.1 2.1 ↑ 51.1 2.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.1 50.5 0.4 ↑ 48.1 -2.4 ↓ 50.6 2.5 ↑ 52.8 2.2 ↑ 53.0 0.2 ↑ 50.9 -2.1 ↓ 48.9 -2.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.0 35.0 1.0 ↑ 33.2 -1.8 ↓ 35.3 2.1 ↑ 38.3 3.0 ↑ 39.7 1.4 ↑ 38.9 -0.8 ↓ 41.3 2.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 40.9 42.5 1.6 ↑ 37.1 -5.4 ↓ 37.2 0.1 ↑ 47.3 10.1 ↑ 43.6 -3.7 ↓ 47.5 3.9 ↑ 45.6 -1.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.3 62.5 0.2 ↑ 63.6 1.1 ↑ 64.0 0.4 ↑ 69.7 5.7 ↑ 66.0 -3.7 ↓ 72.9 6.9 ↑ 70.0 -2.9 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 568 0 0.0 .343
2017 Shifts R 534 0 0.0 .313
2018 Shifts R 502 8 1.6 .322 .336
2019 Shifts R 443 4 0.9 .308 .000
2020 Shifts R 156 7 4.5 .282 .460
2021 Shifts R 465 26 5.6 .293 .304
2022 Shifts R 270 35 13.0 .242 .188
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 489 16.0 39.3% 2.9% 308 23.1 1.9% 13.6%
2011 449 16.1 38.1% 2.2% 244 23.4 2.5% 16.4%
2012 524 16.4 35.5% 1.7% 258 23.5 1.2% 14.0%
2013 478 16.6 32.6% 1.7% 274 22.9 0.0% 12.0%
2014 480 16.6 32.5% 3.5% 246 22.7 0.0% 11.4%
2015 465 17.4 32.5% 3.7% 237 23.5 6.3% 21.5%
2016 602 17.7 26.6% 2.5% 242 24.7 5.4% 23.6%
2017 539 16.9 31.2% 2.2% 279 22.1 1.1% 7.9%
2018 571 16.8 31.5% 1.2% 243 23.4 0.0% 7.8%
2019 401 16.8 31.4% 2.0% 203 23.6 1.0% 8.9%
2020 127 18.0 27.6% 0.8% 86 22.6 2.3% 7.0%
2021 408 17.8 25.7% 2.2% 203 25.2 2.5% 16.3%
2022 253 17.8 20.2% 0.4% 104 23.3 0.0% 3.8%
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