Gustavo Molina #55

Married (Carla Gutierrez) with one daughter, Andrea Victoria.

2011

Spent the majority of the season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and hit .253 (41-for-162) with 6 doubles, 4HR and 21RBI in 47 games...began the season at the Major League level and played three (two starts) at catcher, batting .167 (1-for-6) with 1 double...following the season, appeared in 42 games with the Caribes de Anzoategui of the Venezuelan Winter League and hit .256 (31-for-121) with 7 doubles and 5RBI...in 17 postseason games (16 starts at catcher) with the Caribes, batted .295 (18-for-61) with 6HR and 17RBI...among postseason VWL batters, ranked second in slugging percentage (.639), tied for second in home runs and tied for third in RBI.

2010

Spent the majority of the year with Triple-A Pawtucket, batting .241 (27-for-112) with 8HR and 18RBI in 35 games...also played in four games with the Red Sox, going 1-for-7 (.143)

2009

Did not play in the Majors for the 1st time since 2006, spending the year with WSH's Triple-A Syracuse affiliate...Played 68 games at catcher and 1 at first base...Posted a .986 fielding percentage (6E/415 TC) behind the plate, throwing out 24 of 59 (41%) attempted base stealers...Went 12-for-32 (.375) through his 1st 11 games but hit just .179 (32-for-179) over remainder of the season...Was 4-for-7 (.571) with the bases loaded...Appeared in 31 games for the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .170 (9-for-53) with 2 home runs and 8 RBI.

2008

Appeared in 2 games over 2 stints with the Mets but spent majority of the season with Triple-A New Orleans...Began year with New Orleans, batting .288 (15-for-52) with 1 homer and 9 RBI at time of his 4/24 promotion to Mets...Started 2 Major League games before being sent back down to the Zephyrs on 5/2...Recalled to the Majors again on 9/1 but did not appear in a game...Hit .167 (8-for-48) with 3 home runs and 6 RBI in 23 games for the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Winter League...Signed with the Nationals as a minor league free agent on 12/23.

2007

Appeared in 7 games for the Orioles after being claimed off waivers from the White Sox on July 30...Went to spring training with the Chicago White Sox as a non-roster invitee and began the season on the DL...Spent the first six weeks of the season with Chicago, going 1-for-18 in 10 games...Was optioned to AAA Charlotte and batted .209 (29-139) in 43 games for the Knights...Joined the Orioles organization and was assigned to AA Bowie, where he batted .364 (28-87) with 4 doubles and 6 RBI in 22 games...Was recalled from AA Bowie on September 4...Went 0-for-1 after entering in 5th inning on September 5 at Tampa Bay in his Orioles debut...Recorded his first major league hit in his first start for the Orioles on September 8 vs. Boston...Went 1-for-2 with a double on September 21 at Texas, making his 2nd start for the O's.

2006

Batted .222 (83-374) in 113 games between Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte ... made 105 appearances at catcher and 11 at first base ... compiled a .993 (5 E/741) fielding percentage and threw out 45.5 (46-101) percent of attempted basestealers ... began the season at Birmingham and hit .227 (78-344) in 103 games ... ranked second in the Southern League by throwing out 44.0 percent (37-84 attempts) of attempted basestealers ... drove in a season-high four runs on 4/28 at Montgomery ... was charged with eight passed balls, down from 23 in 2005 ... hit .265 (39-147) in April and May combined, but just .198 (39-197) over his final 60 games with the Barons ... was promoted to Charlotte on 8/13 and went 5-30 (.167) in 10 games with the Knights ... was 2-8 (.250) with two RBI in two International League playoff games vs. Toledo ... played for Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League, going 1-14 (.071) in 11 games.

2005

Was ranked by Baseball America entering the season as the Best Defensive Catcher in the White Sox organization ... established career highs in games played (109), runs scored (38), hits (90), total bases (145), doubles (20), home runs (11) and walks (30) at Class A Winston-Salem ... ranked first among all Carolina League catchers with a .993 (6 ER/857 TC) fielding percentage and led the league by throwing out 52.0 (64-123) percent of attempted basestealers ... was charged with 23 passed balls, tied for the most in the CL ... appeared in 107 games at catcher, three at third base and two at first ... batted .219 (40-183) from April-June, but rebounded to hit .309 (50- 162) the rest of the season ... reached base safely in 20 consecutive games from 6/30-7/27 (.323, 20-62) ... went 14-34 (.412) in 10 games from 7/29-8/10 ... hit four home runs with 11 RBI in August and led the Warthogs with a .324 average ... played in two games for Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League.

2004

Combined to hit .214 (39-182) with seven home runs and 31 RBI in 62 games between Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem ... threw out 32.6 percent (28-86) of attempted basestealers ... began the season at Kannapolis ... tied for third in the South Atlantic League by throwing out 36.1 percent (22-61) of attempted basestealers ... homered in consecutive games on 5/19 vs. Hagerstown and 5/22 at Hickory ... also went 4-5 with five RBI against the Crawdads ... was promoted to Winston-Salem on 7/14 ... was 8-17 (.471) with runners in scoring position and 7-10 (.700) with runners in scoring position and two outs ... batted .327 (16-49) over his final 16 games and drove in eight runs in last 10 contests.

2003

Spent his second straight season at Kannapolis ... led team in hit by pitch (nine), ranked second in sacrifice hits (eight), tied for second in home runs (five) and third in RBI (41) ... played every position except pitcher ... hit .408 (17-42) with 12 RBI and eight runs scored in 12 games from 4/13-29.

2002

Led Kannapolis in sacrifice flies (six) and tied for second in sacrifice hits (seven)...threw out 36 of 104 (34.0 percent) attempted basestealers...appeared in 75 games at catcher and 19 at first base.

2001

Appeared in 40 games as catcher, four at first base and one in the outfield for Advanced Rookie Bristol...hit .337 (30-89) at home and .221 (17-77) on the road.

2000

Tied for third on Rookie Tucson with 10 doubles...was recommended/signed by Roberto Espinoza.