Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Eligibility restrictions apply. vs. Do you have a blog? Putout totals are often not regarded as a strong indicator of a catcher's defensive skill because of the high number resulting from strikeouts. Hes second, behind Ivan Rodriguez at catcher. Once his farewell tour ends, it will bring to an end a 19-year career all with the Cardinals. Played six innings before finishing at catcherOn 6/15 vs. HOU with Adam Wainwright, passed Bob Gibson and Tim McCarver (197) for the Cardinals all-time lead in games started as batterymatesBecame 34th catcher in MLB history with 1,500 hits with single off Milwaukee's Jimmy Nelson in the 4th inning (7/2)Reached base safely in a career-high 24 straight games (7/8-8/11), batting .379 with a .438 OBP. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Yadier Molina and his propensity to throw out would-be base stealers Earlier in the game, hit his 8th home run for his 700th career RBIBatted .371 in September, ranking 5th in the N.L. 450 plate apps. DH Yadier Molina assigned to Gigantes de Carolina. Yadier Molina had 176 home runs over his career. Became the 6th player in Cardinals history and 11th primary catcher to eclipse 2,000 hits in a Major League careerMoved past Joe Ducky Medwick (923) and Ted Simmons (929) into 7th place all- time in Cardinals history with 932 career RBISurpassed Matt Holliday (156) and Johnny Mize (158) for 10th place in Cardinals history with 160 career home runsAfter the Cardinals were being held scoreless for 6.0 innings with 11 strikeouts, hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the 7th off Derek Holland as the Cardinals rallied to win 2-1 at Pittsburgh (9/20)Was one of eight NL catchers with a pick-off, his 51st career, most among active catchers, and 4th-most all-time (since 1974) Was called for catchers interference twice over the span of four days (9/15 at Milwaukee - Ryan Braun & 9/18 at Pittsburgh - Bryan Reynolds ) after being called only twice in the previous 16 yearsWas his first season since 2008 in which he did not record a stolen baseHit into a triple play vs. Milwaukee (9/27) in final regular season plate appearance of 2020Enjoyed his trips around the bases, averaging a 26.7 second home run trot speed that ranked 4th-longest in the NL. Came out of the game in the middle of the 4th with the injury that occurred when he took a foul tip off his wrist in the third inning during M. Holliday's at-batWas activated from the disabled list on 6/28 after missing 26 gamesCommitted the first multi-error game of his career 7/13 at PHI (throwing, catching)Doubled 7/14 at PHI for first extra-base hit since 5/24.