Luis Jiménez (first baseman)

Luis Jiménez
Seattle Mariners
First baseman
Born: May 7, 1982 (1982-05-07) (age 29)
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Professional debut
2009 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
(through 2009 season)
Batting average     .231
Home runs     5
Runs batted in     14
Teams

Luis Antonio Jiménez (born May 7, 1982 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a Minor League Baseball first baseman currently in the Seattle Mariners organization. Jiménez throws and bats left-handed.

Signed by the Oakland Athletics on January 18, 1999, Jiménez played for various minor league teams for the A's, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Minnesota Twins before being signed by the Boston 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, with a .276 batting 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] During the 2007 season as a member of the Bowie Baysox, he hit 22 home runs while batting .328. On November 27, 2007, the Washington Nationals signed him to a minor league contract. He began the 2008 season with the Double-A Harrisburg Senators and he became a free agent at the end of the season.

References

  1. ^ 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, 20 December 2006

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