Héctor Giménez

Hector C. Gimenez

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: September 28, 1982 in San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 2006
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Astros 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.088, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2002	19	HOU-min	A	85	323	297	41	78	16	1	11	42	2	3	25	78	.263	.320	.434	.754		129	4	0	1	0	1		LEX · SALL
2003	20	HOU-min	A+	109	419	381	41	94	17	1	7	54	2	0	29	75	.247	.304	.352	.656		134	7	4	1	4	1		SAL · CARL
2004	21	HOU-min	AA	97	359	331	38	81	16	3	6	46	2	0	18	64	.245	.284	.366	.649		121	3	2	3	5	0		RRK · TL
2005	22	HOU-min	AA	121	498	454	47	124	19	1	12	58	2	3	32	88	.273	.322	.399	.720		181	8	2	7	3	2		CPC · TL
2006	23	HOU-min	AAA	76	302	275	31	75	8	0	8	37	2	3	24	42	.273	.331	.389	.720		107	3	1	0	2	3		RRK · PCL
2006	23	HOU	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	25	TBD-min	AAA,A+	81	309	280	22	59	10	3	6	37	0	0	23	68	.211	.270	.332	.603		93	8	1	2	3	2		DHM,VRO · IL,FLOR
2009	26	PIT-min	AAA,AA	89	324	301	32	83	18	1	8	38	2	2	19	57	.276	.317	.422	.739		127	7	0	2	2	1		INA,ATO · IL,EL
2010	27	PIT-min	AA	94	392	338	49	103	29	0	16	72	6	1	46	72	.305	.384	.533	.916		180	9	1	1	6	7		ATO · EL
2011	28	LAD-min	AA	66	260	231	44	66	21	0	11	54	0	0	23	46	.286	.346	.519	.866		120	6	1	0	5	0		CNG · SOUL
2011	28	LAD	NL	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2012	29	CHW-min	AAA	40	176	154	19	39	6	2	5	25	0	0	18	40	.253	.331	.416	.747		64	3	0	4	0	0		CHR · IL
2 Yrs				6	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	243	243	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	27	0	0	0	0	0

LAD (1 yr)				4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	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
2006	23	HOU	NL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.470	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

2011	28	LAD	NL	4	7	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$425,000	/2
2 Seasons				6	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$425,000

LAD (1 yr)				4	7	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$425,000
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.470	.500	-0.1	0.0	-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
2006	23	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.442	.000	.785	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2011	28	LAD	NL	7	6	0	0.0	96	.250	.143	.256	.143	.323	.143	.398	.286	.720	-20	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
2 Yrs				9	8	0	0.0	100	.200	.111	.259	.111	.327	.111	.408	.222	.735	-39	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				243	216	0	0.0	100	.200	.111	.259	.111	.327	.111	.408	.222	.735	-39	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000

LAD (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	96	.250	.143	.256	.143	.323	.143	.398	.286	.720	-20	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
HOU (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	113	.000	.000	.272	.000	.343	.000	.442	.000	.785	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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
2006	23	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%

2011	28	LAD	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			1.00	1.00	57%	25%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			1.50	2.00	56%	20%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.7%	8.5%	7.8%	34%	2.08	5.0	33.9	7.8	0.79	1.07	69%	19%	7.6%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2006	23	HOU	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.29	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.68	-0.6	1.29	2

2011	28	LAD	NL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.50	-0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.06	-0.4	2.82	3
2 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.45	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.98	-1.1	2.21	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	23	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2011	28	LAD	NL	1	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
2006	23	HOU	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

2011	28	LAD	NL	7	100%	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				9	100%	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	2.21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

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
2006	23	HOU	NL	2	8	4.00	5	63%	0%	40%	40%	20%	100%	0%	63%	60%	50%	0%	0	0	50%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2011	28	LAD	NL	7	28	4.00	19	68%	26%	32%	21%	21%	74%	0%	50%	57%	29%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				9	36	4.00	24	67%	21%	33%	25%	21%	79%	0%	53%	58%	33%	0%	0	0	11%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
2006	23	2	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2007	24	2	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2008	25	2	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2009	26	2	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2010	27	2	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2011	28	6	9	9	1	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-39	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
2006	23	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

2011	28	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2 Yrs		6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
162 Game Avg.		162	243	243	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

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