Chris Gimenez Stats

Chris Gimenez was born on Monday, December 27, 1982, in Gilroy, California. Gimenez was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 3, 2009, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Chris Gimenez baseball stats page.

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"At some point in each of the last three seasons, Seattle has discovered it can't do without Chris' versatility. He plays several positions,but his ability to catch makes him especially valuable." - The Topps Company, Inc. (2011 Topps Update Baseball Card, Chris Gimenez, Back of Card Number #222, Baseball Almanac Collection)

Chris Gimenez

Chris Gimenez Autograph on a 2005 Choice Baseball Card (#07)

Chris Gimenez Autograph on a 2005 Choice Baseball Card (#07)

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Birth Name:   Christopher Paul Gimenez (Twitter: @ChrisGimenez5)
Nickname:   Chris
Born On:   12-27-1982  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gilroy, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Gilroy High School (Gilroy, CA)
College:   University of Nevada, Reno
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   230
First Game:   06-03-2009 (Age 26)
Last Game:   09-30-2018
Draft:   2004 : 19th Round (557th)

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Chris Gimenez Pitching Stats

2014 32 Rangers 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2016 34 Indians 2 0 2 0 0 .000 12.00 0 0 0 3.0 13 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2017 35 Twins 6 0 6 0 0 .000 7.20 0 0 0 5.0 22 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018 36 Cubs 1 0 1 0 0 .000 27.00 0 0 0 1.0 6 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2018 36 Twins 1 0 1 0 0 .000 45.00 0 0 0 1.0 9 6 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Years 11 0 11 0 0 .000 13.09 0 0 0 11.0 53 19 16 16 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 0

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Chris Gimenez Hitting Stats

2009 27 Indians 45 111 12 16 2 0 3 0 7 17 0 36 1 1 0 3 .144 .256 .243
2010 28 Indians 28 58 6 11 5 0 1 0 8 8 0 22 1 0 0 1 .190 .288 .328
2011 29 Mariners 24 59 6 12 1 0 1 0 6 10 0 13 0 1 0 1 .203 .314 .271
2012 30 Rays 42 100 10 26 4 0 1 0 9 8 0 24 1 0 0 4 .260 .315 .330
2013 31 Rays 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .500 .667
2014 32 Rangers 33 107 13 28 10 0 0 0 11 11 1 26 0 0 0 3 .262 .331 .355
2014 32 Indians 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .100 .000
2015 33 Rangers 36 98 19 25 6 1 5 0 14 10 0 19 4 0 1 2 .255 .330 .490
2016 34 Indians 67 139 17 30 4 0 4 0 11 10 0 41 4 1 1 8 .216 .272 .331
2017 35 Twins 74 186 28 41 9 0 7 0 16 33 0 60 2 0 4 3 .220 .350 .382
2018 36 Cubs 12 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 0 1 0 1 .143 .219 .143
2018 36 Twins 13 29 6 8 1 0 2 0 6 3 0 9 0 1 1 1 .276 .353 .517
10 Years 386 927 118 202 43 1 24 0 89 115 1 261 13 5 7 28 .218 .307 .344

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Chris Gimenez Fielding Stats

2009 Indians 1B 18 13 369 138 7.7 137 133 4 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .993 10.02
2009 Indians C 8 6 168 40 5.0 40 36 4 0 0 0 4 1 1.000 6.43
2009 Indians LF 14 9 243 20 1.4 20 20 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.22
2009 Indians RF 7 4 102 8 1.1 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
2010 Indians C 24 19 507 124 5.2 123 109 14 1 2 1 23 11 .992 6.55
2010 Indians LF 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
2010 Indians RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2011 Mariners 1B 2 2 48 16 8.0 16 15 1 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2011 Mariners C 20 17 456 120 6.0 120 111 9 0 2 0 14 6 1.000 7.11
2011 Mariners LF 3 1 27 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2012 Rays 1B 1 0 6 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2012 Rays 3B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2012 Rays C 39 31 798 277 7.1 274 262 12 3 2 0 20 5 .989 9.27
2012 Rays LF 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2013 Rays 1B 1 0 9 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2013 Rays 3B 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
2013 Rays C 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
2014 Rangers 1B 5 3 81 22 4.4 22 22 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.33
2014 Rangers C 26 26 669 216 8.3 214 203 11 2 1 1 11 2 .991 8.64
2014 Rangers P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2014 Indians 1B 5 3 84 18 3.6 18 17 1 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.79
2014 Indians 3B 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2014 Indians C 2 0 6 2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
2015 Rangers C 36 32 837 246 6.8 243 230 13 3 3 2 18 2 .988 7.84
2016 Indians 1B 4 0 18 3 0.8 3 3 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
2016 Indians 3B 3 1 29 3 1.0 3 1 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.79
2016 Indians C 59 42 1,169 384 6.5 381 355 26 3 2 5 17 6 .992 8.80
2016 Indians P 2 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2017 Twins 1B 7 2 72 19 2.7 19 18 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.13
2017 Twins 3B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2017 Twins C 59 54 1,427 445 7.5 444 418 26 1 5 10 30 13 .998 8.40
2017 Twins LF 5 1 45 6 1.2 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
2017 Twins P 6 0 15 1 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
2018 Cubs C 10 9 219 66 6.6 65 60 5 1 1 0 6 3 .985 8.01
2018 Cubs P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2018 Twins 1B 3 2 45 18 6.0 17 16 1 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 10.20
2018 Twins 3B 1 0 3 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2018 Twins C 8 7 177 58 7.3 57 55 2 1 0 0 2 1 .983 8.69
2018 Twins P 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
C Totals 292 243 6,436 1,979 6.8 1,964 1,841 123 15 18 19 145 50 .992 8.24
1B Totals 46 25 732 239 5.2 237 229 8 2 21 n/a n/a n/a .992 8.74
LF Totals 24 11 324 28 1.2 28 28 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
P Totals 11 0 33 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.82
RF Totals 8 4 105 8 1.0 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.06
3B Totals 8 1 44 6 0.8 6 1 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.68
10 Years 389 284 7,674 2,261 5.8 2,244 2,107 137 17 40 19 145 50 .992 7.90

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Chris Gimenez Miscellaneous Stats

2009 Indians 1 1 .500 1 2 0 37.0 3.1 15.9 - - -
2010 Indians 0 0 .000 1 2 0 58.0 2.6 7.3 - - -
2011 Mariners 0 1 .000 0 0 0 59.0 4.5 9.8 - - -
2012 Rays 0 0 .000 3 1 0 100.0 4.2 11.1 - - -
2013 Rays 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
2014 Rangers 0 1 .000 4 0 1 0.0 4.1 9.7 0.00 9.00 0.00
2014 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
2015 Rangers 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 19.6 5.2 7.0 - - -
2016 Indians 0 0 .000 1 0 1 34.8 3.4 12.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
2017 Twins 1 0 1.000 6 1 1 26.6 3.1 11.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
2018 Cubs 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0.0 4.0 28.0 1.00 9.00 9.00
2018 Twins 0 0 .000 2 0 1 14.5 3.2 4.8 0.00 9.00 0.00
10 Years 5 3 .625 22 6 4 38.6 3.6 10.4 3.00 2.45 0.82

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Chris Gimenez Miscellaneous Items of Interest

2009 Cleveland Indians 8 $400,000.00 - -
2010 Cleveland Indians 8 $408,000.00 - -
2011 Seattle Mariners 5 $424,000.00 - -
2012 Tampa Bay Rays 16 $455,000.00 - -
2013 Tampa Bay Rays 16 $490,000.00 - -
2014 Texas Rangers 60 $510,000.00 - -
2014 Cleveland Indians 53 "     "     - -
2015 Texas Rangers 38 $850,000.00 - -
2016 Cleveland Indians 38 $975,000.00 - -
2017 Minnesota Twins 38 $950,000.00 - -
2018 Chicago Cubs 53 $950,000.00 - -
2018 Minnesota Twins 46 "     "     - -

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Christopher Paul Gimenez was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians (2009-2010, 2014, 2016), Seattle Mariners (2011), Tampa Bay Rays (2012-2013), Texas Rangers (2014-2015), Chicago Cubs (2018) and Minnesota Twins (2017-2018). Chris was drafted originally in 2001, directly out of Gilroy High School, and did not sign, choosing to play at the University of Nevada, Reno, but when he did make it to the majors, he was the second major leaguer from Gilroy. Do you know who was first? [Answer]

Did you know that when Chris Gimenez made six pitching appearances in 2017, with the Minnesota Twins, he actually tied a Major League record for most in a season by a full-time positional player, set previously by Eddie Lake (1944)?

In 2018, Chris Gimenez hung up his playing cleats and went directly to the Los Angeles Dodgers coaching staff, taking on the role of Game Planning Coach!