José Molina (baseball)
José Benjamin Molina (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈse moˈlina]; born June 3, 1975) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and former catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for four teams in MLB, and for the Puerto Rican national team in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). Noted for his abilities in pitch-framing and in handling pitching staffs, Molina is a two-time World Series champion in MLB and a two-time silver medalist with Puerto Rico.
| José Molina | |||||||||||||||
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Molina with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 3, 1975 Bayamón, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 6, 1999, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 28, 2014, for the Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .233 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 39 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 223 | ||||||||||||||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Molina is the middle of three brothers (older brother Bengie and younger brother Yadier), all of whom have played catcher in Major League Baseball. They are the only three brothers in MLB history to all win World Series rings. Bengie and José did it together as members of the 2002 Anaheim Angels, and Yadier with the 2006 and 2011 Cardinals. José later won a second ring with the 2009 New York Yankees.