# Cardinals Icon Yadier Molina Named Special Assistant To John Mozeliak For 2024

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- Published: 2023-12-06T13:33:57-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS ICON YADIER MOLINA NAMED_** **_SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MOZELIAK_**

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**NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 6, 2023 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today
that they have named franchise icon and former Redbirds catcher **_[Yadier Molina](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/molinya01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-06_br)_**
to the position of Special Assistant to President of Baseball Operations **_John
Mozeliak_**.

“We are excited to welcome Yadi back to the St. Louis Cardinals,” said Mozeliak.“
He will provide invaluable help at the major league level, as well as spend time
with our minor league teams in his new role with the team.”

Molina, 41, a nine-time _Rawlings_ Gold Glove award winner, four-time Platinum Glove
winner and 10-time National League All-Star, played every game of his career (2004-
22) in a Cardinals uniform, totaling 2,224 games over 19 Major League seasons. His
2,184 career games behind the plate are the most of any catcher for just one team.
Molina retired as an active player following the 2022 season.

Molina’s 19 seasons, played solely for the [Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals),
trail only **_[Stan Musial](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/musiast01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-06_br)’
s_** record 22 seasons. He and **_[Adam Wainwright](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wainwad01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-06_br)_**
paired up for a Major League record 328 starts as battery mates.

Molina helped lead the Cardinals to the World Series four times (2004, 2006, 2011,
2013) and World Series Championships in 2006 and 2011. Yadier is the Cardinals all-
time postseason leader in both games played (104) and hits (102), and played in 
more postseasons than any other Cardinal in franchise history with 13.

During the span of Yadier’s playing career, since his debut on June 3, 2004, the
Cardinals played a total of 2,921 games. Remarkably, they were mathematically eliminated
from postseason contention in just 24 of those games.

Molina has recently served in the role of manager for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World
Baseball Classic and for Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional
Baseball League in 2022.

Yadier was the recipient of the 2018 [Roberto Clemente](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-06_br)
Award, Major League Baseball’s highest community service-based honor. Molina was
also voted the 2015 [Darryl Kile](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kileda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-12-06_br)
Award recipient by his teammates.

Molina was drafted by the Cardinals in the 4th round (113^(th) overall selection)
of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft out of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

**— STL —**

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