Luis Jiménez (baseball)

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Luis Antonio Jiménez (born May 7, 1982 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a first baseman in Minor League Baseball. He currently has a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox organization. Jiménez throws and bats left-handed.

Signed by the Oakland Athletics on January 18, 1999, Jiménez has played for various minor league teams for the A's, the Baltimore Orioles, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Minnesota Twins before being signed by the Boston Red Sox|Red Sox to a minor league contract on February 1, 2006. With the Portland Sea Dogs in 2006, Jiménez hit 17 home runs and batted in 70 runs, earning a .276 average. The Boston Red Sox organization re-signed him to a minor league contract on December 20, 2006 and invited him to participate in the Red Sox' 2007 Spring Training.^[1] In the meantime, Jiménez is playing for the 2006-2007 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League's Lara Cardinals.

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^ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061220&content_id=1765232&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos "Sox sign eight to Minor League deals", mlb.com, 12/20/2006

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