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Yadier Molina Yadier Benjamin Molina (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝaˈdjeɾ moˈlina]; born July 13, 1982), nicknamed "Yadi", is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has played his entire 15-year major league career with the Cardinals since his debut on June 3, 2004, and also for the Puerto Rican national team in four World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments. Widely considered one of the greatest defensive catchers of all time, Molina is the recipient of a number of accolades, including eight Rawlings Gold Glove Awards. A two-time World Series champion, he is also a paramount figure in nine Cardinals playoff appearances and four National League pennants, and is a two-time silver medalist with Puerto Rico. Molina bats and throws right-handed, stands 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall, and weighs 205 pounds (93 kg).
List of Major League Baseball career putouts as a catcher leaders Iván Rodríguez is the all time leader in putouts at the catcher position with 14,864 career. Rodríguez is the only catcher to record more than 14,000 career putouts. Jason Kendall is second in career putouts as a catcher, and the only other catcher to record more than 13,000 career putouts.