Chris Giménez

Christopher Paul Gimenez

Positions: Catcher, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 27, 1982 in Gilroy, CA
High School: Gilroy HS (Gilroy, CA)
School: University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV)
Drafted
by the Cleveland Indians in the 19th round of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 2009
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rays/Mariners 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.041 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2009 26 CLE AL 45 130 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 1 1 17 36 .144 .256 .243 .499 36 27 3 0 1 1 0 37/29
2010 27 CLE AL 28 67 58 6 11 5 0 1 8 0 0 8 22 .190 .288 .328 .615 73 19 1 0 1 0 0 2/D79
2011 28 SEA AL 24 70 59 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 10 13 .203 .314 .271 .585 69 16 1 0 0 1 0 2/73
2012 29 TBR AL 24 73 68 7 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 15 .191 .236 .206 .442 28 14 4 0 1 0 0 2/57
4 Yrs 121 340 296 31 52 9 0 5 25 1 2 39 86 .176 .270 .257 .527 48 76 9 0 3 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 455 396 42 70 12 0 7 33 1 3 52 115 .176 .270 .257 .527 48 102 12 0 4 3 0
CLE (2 yrs) 73 197 169 18 27 7 0 4 15 1 1 25 58 .160 .267 .272 .539 48 46 4 0 2 1 0
TBR (1 yr) 24 73 68 7 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 15 .191 .236 .206 .442 28 14 4 0 1 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 24 70 59 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 10 13 .203 .314 .271 .585 69 16 1 0 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 26 CLE AL 45 130 -11 -1 0 1 -2 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -0.8 .473 .493 -0.9 -0.0 -8 $ 37/29
2010 27 CLE AL 28 67 -2 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .495 .499 0.2 0.0 2 $ 2/D79
2011 28 SEA AL 24 70 -2 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.0 .493 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2/73
2012 29 TBR AL 24 73 -6 -1 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .473 .496 -0.4 0.1 -3 $ 2/57
4 Seasons 121 340 -21 -2 0 0 2 -21 -2.1 12 -9 -1.1 .482 .497 -1.0 0.2 -9 $
CLE (2 yrs) 73 197 -12 -0 0 0 -1 -13 -1.3 7 -6 -0.7 .482 .496 -0.7 0.0 -6 $
TBR (1 yr) 24 73 -6 -1 -0 0 1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .473 .496 -0.4 0.1 -3 $
SEA (1 yr) 24 70 -2 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.0 .493 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2009 26 CLE AL 130 101 7 1.8 103 .178 .144 .261 .256 .329 .243 .419 .499 .749 36 .137 -10.3 -1.0 .444 .252 .099 1.5
2010 27 CLE AL 67 49 6 3.3 95 .286 .190 .253 .288 .320 .328 .397 .615 .717 73 .342 -1.9 -0.2 .563 .276 .138 .0
2011 28 SEA AL 70 50 5 2.7 92 .239 .203 .249 .314 .312 .271 .394 .585 .706 69 .270 -2.0 -0.2 .510 .220 .068 .0
2012 29 TBR AL 73 60 3 1.4 91 .245 .191 .244 .236 .309 .206 .395 .442 .705 28 .096 -6.5 -0.6 .305 .074 .015
4 Yrs 340 260 21 2.2 97 .227 .176 .253 .270 .320 .257 .404 .527 .724 48 .188 -20.6 -2.0 .447 .209 .081 1.7
162 Game Avg. 455 348 28 2.2 97 .227 .176 .253 .270 .320 .257 .404 .527 .724 48 .188 -20.6 -2.0 .447 .209 .081 2
CLE (2 yrs) 197 150 13 2.3 100 .213 .160 .259 .267 .326 .272 .412 .539 .738 48 .200 -12.2 -1.2 .483 .260 .112 1.6
TBR (1 yr) 73 60 3 1.3 91 .245 .191 .244 .236 .309 .206 .395 .442 .705 28 .095 -6.5 -0.6 .305 .074 .015
SEA (1 yr) 70 50 5 2.7 92 .239 .203 .249 .314 .312 .271 .394 .585 .706 69 .270 -2.0 -0.2 .510 .220 .068 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2009 26 CLE AL 130 2.3% 27.7% 13.1% 3.9% 31% 2.12 3.1 37.0 15.9 0.70 1.13 56% 18% 7.9% 14%
2010 27 CLE AL 67 1.5% 32.8% 11.9% 9.0% 55% 2.75 2.6 58.0 7.3 0.67 1.27 52% 22% 6.3% 24%
2011 28 SEA AL 70 1.4% 18.6% 14.3% 2.9% 17% 1.30 4.5 59.0 9.8 1.14 1.57 66% 13% 4.5% 0%
2012 29 TBR AL 73 0.0% 20.6% 5.5% 1.4% 8% 3.75 4.5 17.0 0.93 1.00 73% 13% 0.0% 15%
4 Yrs 340 1.5% 25.3% 11.5% 4.1% 27% 2.21 3.4 59.2 11.8 0.83 1.19 61% 16% 5.1% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 2.18 4.8 34.9 8.1 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2009 26 CLE AL -10.3 -1.0 133 -1.4 1.1 -2.5 .88 -0.8 -0.8 -14.7 -1.4 0.94 -11.4 0.00 1
2010 27 CLE AL -1.9 -0.2 68 -0.4 0.9 -1.2 .94 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.98 -1.2 1
2011 28 SEA AL -2.0 -0.2 71 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 .92 -0.3 -0.0 -2.0 -0.2 1.03 -2.2 0
2012 29 TBR AL -6.5 -0.6 73 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .98 -0.7 0.0 -8.7 -0.9 0.98 -8.4 0
4 Yrs -20.6 -2.0 345 -2.7 3.5 -6.2 .92 -2.0 -1.0 -25.2 -2.5 0.97 -23.2 0.00 2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2009 26 CLE AL 0 0 30% 52 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13% 4 3 1 2 2 0 2 2 0
2010 27 CLE AL 1 0 28% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 6 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2
2011 28 SEA AL 0 0 24% 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 6 3 3 1 1 0 3 2 1
2012 29 TBR AL 1 0 41% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 29% 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2 0 30% 113 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 30% 22 14 8 5 5 0 10 7 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2009 26 CLE AL 130 19% 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 50% 21 3 14% 16 5 31% 75 4 5% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 0
2010 27 CLE AL 67 34% 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 50% 15 1 7% 10 3 30% 45 7 16% 1 1 100% 7 2 29% 0
2011 28 SEA AL 70 27% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 1 10% 3 2 67% 41 5 12% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
2012 29 TBR AL 73 51% 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 21 4 19% 12 3 25% 51 4 8% 4 2 50% 5 3 60% 0
4 Yrs 340 31% 52 3 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 5 0 7 4 1 1 4 0 5 3 60% 67 9 13% 41 13 32% 212 20 9% 13 8 62% 15 7 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2009 26 CLE AL 131 549 4.19 340 62% 31% 20% 26% 23% 69% 0% 43% 71% 18% 8% 10 0 16% 21 4 12% 16 10 19% -1 0 0
2010 27 CLE AL 67 271 4.04 176 65% 24% 26% 29% 21% 76% 0% 49% 66% 33% 3% 2 0 12% 8 6 3% 2 1 14% 0 0 0
2011 28 SEA AL 70 284 4.06 174 61% 26% 15% 32% 27% 74% 0% 45% 80% 30% 7% 5 0 17% 12 6 9% 6 5 23% 0 0 0
2012 29 TBR AL 73 265 3.63 168 63% 33% 20% 15% 32% 67% 0% 43% 71% 16% 4% 3 0 14% 10 5 7% 5 3 27% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 341 1369 4.01 858 63% 29% 20% 26% 25% 71% 0% 44% 72% 23% 6% 20 0 15% 51 21 9% 29 19 20% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2009 26 45 130 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 1 1 17 36 .144 .256 .243 .499 36 27 3 0 1 1 0
2010 27 73 197 169 18 27 7 0 4 15 1 1 25 58 .160 .267 .272 .539 48 46 4 0 2 1 0
2011 28 97 267 228 24 39 8 0 5 21 1 2 35 71 .171 .279 .272 .551 53 62 5 0 2 2 0
2012 29 121 340 296 31 52 9 0 5 25 1 2 39 86 .176 .270 .257 .527 48 76 9 0 3 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2009 26 45 130 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 1 17 36 .144 .256 .243 .499 7 45
2010 27 28 69 59 7 12 5 0 1 9 0 9 22 .203 .309 .339 .648 6 28
2011 28 24 72 60 7 13 1 0 1 7 0 11 13 .217 .333 .283 .617 6 24
2012 29 24 74 69 8 14 1 0 0 5 0 4 15 .203 .247 .217 .464 4 24
4 Yrs 121 345 299 34 55 9 0 5 28 1 41 86 .184 .281 .264 .545 23 121
162 Game Avg. 162 462 400 46 74 12 0 7 37 1 55 115 .184 .281 .264 .545 31 121

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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