- Héctor Giménez
Infobox MLB player
width = 150
name=Héctor Giménez
position=Catcher
team=Tampa Bay Rays
number=61
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|9|28
debutdate=September 25
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Houston Astros
statyear=2007
stat1label=Hits
stat1value=0
stat2label=Home run s| stat2value=0
stat3label=Batting average
stat3value=.000
teams=
*Houston Astros (by|2006)Héctor C. Giménez [Ec-tor he-MEH-nes] (born
September 28 ,1982 in San Felipe,Venezuela ) is acatcher inMajor League Baseball who plays for theTampa Bay Rays . Giménez is aswitch hitter and throwsright-handed .Giménez was ranked the best defensive catcher in the
Houston Astros system, according to "Baseball America ". He made his major league debut with the Astros onSeptember 25 , by|2006. Before the call, he hit .273 (75-for-275) with eighthome run s and 37 RBI in 76 games for theRound Rock Express in his first season at the Triple-A level. In by|2005, he led theCorpus Christi Hooks with 58 RBI and earnedTexas League All-Star honors.On
February 26 , by|2007, Giménez decided to have surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and as a result, missed the entire 2007 season.On
November 27 , 2007, Giménez signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays that included an invitation tospring training .External links
* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/features/04top10s/astros.html Baseball America]
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/hector-gimenez.shtml The Baseball Cube]
* [http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060916&content_id=1665598&vkey=pr_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou Houston Astros news]
* [http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=430591 MLB page]
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