Molina, after a two-year absence, outpointed Milwaukee’s Manny Pina and San Francisco’s Buster Posey to go gold again, even though he threw out a career-low nine baserunners, albeit in just 36 attempts. The announcement was made Sunday night on ESPN.
Molina didn’t make an error from July 12 through the end of the season, covering 519 1/3 innings and 509 total chances.
Molina has made 1,773 starts at catcher, 10th most in major-league history. His 1,836 games caught are the most by any catcher for a single team. And he set a major league record for catchers 35 or older by starting 27 consecutive games after earlier in the season missing 26 games when he was struck in the groin area by a foul tip.