Héctor Giménez (baseball)
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Giménez with the Chicago White Sox
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| Free agent | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: September 28, 1982 San Felipe, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 25, 2006, for the Houston Astros | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2013 season) |
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| Batting average | .216 | ||
| Home runs | 2 | ||
| Runs batted in | 11 | ||
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Héctor Eliner Carasco Giménez [Ec-tor he-MEH-nes] (born September 28, 1982) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Giménez was signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1999. He spent two years in the Venezuelan Summer League before joining the Astros U.S. based minor league system. At one point, Giménez was ranked the best defensive catcher in the Houston Astros system, according to Baseball America. In 2005, he led the Corpus Christi Hooks with 58 RBI and earned Texas League All-Star honors. 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 2006.
He made his major league debut with the Astros on September 25, 2006 striking out as a pinch hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. He made one other major league appearance, also as a pinch hitter, against the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 27 and groundout to the shortstop.
On February 26, 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, he signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays that included an invitation to spring training. He split the season between the A+ Vero Beach Devil Rays and the AAA Durham Bulls and then became a free agent at the end of the season.
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