Bengie Molina retires

Bengie Molina announced his retirement from playing baseball in February 2012. Molina originally signed with the Angels as an amateur free agent in 1993 out of Puerto Rico. The catcher sat out 2011 after splitting 2010 between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers. In 2010 he also became the sixth player in MLB history to play for the two World Series teams in the same season and also added his named to the record books by becoming the first catcher to ever hit a grand slam while hitting for the cycle in the same game. He played for 13 seasons which included another three with the Giants, one with the Blue Jays and seven plus a sniff of coffee with the Angels. He did win a World Series Championship with the Angels in 2002. For his career he hit .274/.307/.411 with 144 home runs, 711 RBI, 457 runs and 3 steals in 1362 games. He also threw out 31% of those that attempted to steal on him. He was the oldest of the three catching Molina brothers with his brother Jose currently with the Rays and Yadier is with the Cardinals.