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 runs| 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 a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Tampa Bay Rays. Giménez is a switch hitter and throws right-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 on September 25, by|2006. 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 by|2005, he led the Corpus Christi Hooks with 58 RBI and earned Texas 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 to spring 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]