Héctor Giménez
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Héctor Giménez [Ec-tor he-MEH-nes] (born September 28, 1982 in San Felipe, Venezuela) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Houston Astros. Giménez is a switch-hitter and throws right handed.
Giménez is ranked the best defensive catcher in the Astros system, according Baseball America. He made his majors debut with Houston on September 25, 2004. Before the call, he hit .273 (75-for-275) with eight home runs and 37 RBI in 76 games for the Round Rock Express in his first season at the Triple-A level. In 2005, he led the Corpus Christi Hooks with 58 RBI and earned Texas League All-Star honors.