Houston Jiménez

Alfonso (Gonzalez) Jimenez

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 144 lb.

Born: October 30, 1957 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1983
Teams (by GP): Twins/Indians/Pirates 1983-1988

Final Game: September 12, 1988
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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
1974	16	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1975	17	CHC-min	A	132	570	446	63	96	17	5	2	34	5	5	105	63	.215	.366	.289	.655		129	7	3	12	4	0		KEY · FLOR
1976	18	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1977	19	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1977		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1978	20	CHW-min	AAA	13	47	41	7	9	2	0	0	6	0	2	4	10	.220	.289	.268	.557		11		0	2	0			IWA,PUE · AA,MEX
1979	21	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1980	22	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1982	24	MIN-min	AAA	37	135	115	7	26	3	0	0	12	1	4	13	14	.226	.303	.252	.555		29		1	3	3	1		TOL · IL
1983	25	MIN-min	AAA	22	76	64	13	16	3	0	3	6	2	2	12	14	.250	.368	.438	.806		28		0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1983	25	MIN	AL	36	92	86	5	15	5	1	0	9	0	1	4	11	.174	.207	.256	.462	25	22	0	0	0	2	0	6
1984	26	MIN	AL	108	317	298	28	60	11	1	0	19	0	1	15	34	.201	.238	.245	.483	32	73	7	0	2	2	0	6

1985	27	MIN-min	AAA	113	439	390	47	87	14	1	3	25	12	4	35	53	.223	.286	.287	.573		112		0	12	2	1		TOL · IL
1987	29	PIT-min	AAA	49	149	131	16	31	3	2	0	6	7	2	15	14	.237	.311	.290	.601		38		0	1	2	4		VAN · PCL
1987	29	PIT	NL	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0	/46
1988	30	CLE-min	AAA	22	63	58	11	17	5	1	0	6	0	2	4	7	.293	.339	.414	.753		24		0	1	0	0		CSP · PCL
1988	30	CLE	AL	9	22	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.048	.048	.048	.095	-73	1	1	0	1	0	0	/46
1993	35	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
1994	36	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1995	37	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1996	38	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1997	39	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1998	40	CCU	AAA																										CCU · MEX
1999	41	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
2001	43	SLT	AAA	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500		2	0	0	0	0	0		SLT · MEX
4 Yrs				158	438	411	34	76	16	2	0	29	0	2	20	49	.185	.221	.234	.454	24	96	8	0	3	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	449	421	35	78	16	2	0	30	0	2	21	50	.185	.221	.234	.454	24	98	8	0	3	4	0

MIN (2 yrs)				144	409	384	33	75	16	2	0	28	0	2	19	45	.195	.231	.247	.478	31	95	7	0	2	4	0
PIT (1 yr)				5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				9	22	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.048	.048	.048	.095	-73	1	1	0	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				153	431	405	34	76	16	2	0	29	0	2	19	47	.188	.222	.237	.459	26	96	8	0	3	4	0
NL (1 yr)				5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	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
1983	25	MIN	AL	36	92	-8	-0	0	2	2	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.485	.497	-0.4	0.4	-4	$	6
1984	26	MIN	AL	108	317	-29	-0	1	1	5	-21	-2.2	10	-12	-1.3	.479	.486	-1.4	0.8	-13	$	6

1987	29	PIT	NL	5	7	-1	-0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	/46
1988	30	CLE	AL	9	22	-4	0	-0	3	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.3	0.4	-3	$	/46
4 Seasons				158	438	-42	-1	1	8	7	-27	-2.7	13	-13	-1.5	.482	.496	-2.2	1.7	-21	$

MIN (2 yrs)				144	409	-37	-1	2	3	7	-26	-2.7	12	-14	-1.5	.481	.491	-1.8	1.1	-17	$
PIT (1 yr)				5	7	-1	-0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$
CLE (1 yr)				9	22	-4	0	-0	3	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.3	0.4	-3	$

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
1983	25	MIN	AL	92	74	5	1.8	100	.195	.174	.269	.207	.331	.256	.406	.462	.737	25	.156	-9.0	-0.9	.347	.116	.081
1984	26	MIN	AL	317	250	17	1.8	100	.226	.201	.268	.238	.331	.245	.405	.483	.736	32	.159	-28.3	-2.9	.354	.091	.044

1987	29	PIT	NL	7	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.269	.143	.339	.000	.419	.143	.758	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
1988	30	CLE	AL	22	22	0	0.0	96	.053	.048	.262	.048	.327	.048	.394	.095	.721	-73	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.048	.000	.000
4 Yrs				438	352	22	1.7	100	.208	.185	.268	.221	.331	.234	.405	.454	.736	24	.140	-43.6	-4.4	.330	.092	.049
162 Game Avg.				449	361	23	1.7	100	.208	.185	.268	.221	.331	.234	.405	.454	.736	24	.140	-43.6	-4.4	.330	.092	.049

MIN (2 yrs)				409	324	22	1.8	100	.219	.195	.268	.231	.331	.247	.405	.478	.736	31	.159	-37.3	-3.8	.352	.096	.052
PIT (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.269	.143	.339	.000	.419	.143	.758	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
CLE (1 yr)				22	22	0	0.0	96	.053	.048	.262	.048	.327	.048	.394	.095	.721	-73	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.048	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				431	346	22	1.7	100	.210	.188	.268	.222	.331	.237	.404	.459	.736	26	.144	-42.2	-4.3	.333	.091	.049
NL (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.269	.143	.339	.000	.419	.143	.758	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.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
1983	25	MIN	AL	92	0.0%	12.0%	4.4%	6.5%	40%	2.75	7.8		9.6		1.40	84%
1984	26	MIN	AL	317	0.0%	10.7%	4.7%	3.8%	20%	2.27	8.8		15.7		1.25	84%

1987	29	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%		2.00	3.0				1.00	57%
1988	30	CLE	AL	22	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		10.5		21.0	1.71	1.43	86%	0%		100%
4 Yrs				438	0.0%	11.2%	4.6%	4.1%	24%	2.45	8.4		14.2	1.71	1.29	84%	0%		100%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.5%	8.5%	6.9%	30%	1.70	6.2	39.8	8.3	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	25	MIN	AL	-9.1	-0.9	93	-0.0	1.2	-1.2	.76	-0.4	0.4	-4.2	-0.4	0.91	-6.1		0
1984	26	MIN	AL	-28.3	-2.9	320	-1.6	3.7	-5.3	.88	-2.6	0.8	-28.6	-2.8	0.93	-29.6		0

1987	29	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.95	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.76	-1.1	0.39	1
1988	30	CLE	AL	-4.9	-0.5	22	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.01	-0.4	-0.1	-3.1	-0.3	0.88	-3.6		0
4 Yrs				-43.7	-4.4	442	-2.1	5.0	-7.2	.86	-3.5	1.0	-36.6	-3.6	0.92	-40.4	0.39	1

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	25	MIN	AL	2	0	26%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	75%	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1984	26	MIN	AL	2	0	37%	113	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	37%	25	16	8	2	2	0	11	5	6

1987	29	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	30	CLE	AL	2	0	100%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				6	0	35%	149	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	10	42%	27	17	9	3	2	1	13	5	8

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
1983	25	MIN	AL	92	27%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	7	5	71%	48	10	21%	3	3	100%	3	3	100%	0
1984	26	MIN	AL	317	30%	60			0	0	0	0		0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	58	7	12%	30	12	40%	190	20	11%	18	11	61%	19	8	42%	0

1987	29	PIT	NL	7	43%	0			1	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1988	30	CLE	AL	22	5%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				438	29%	76	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	72	8	11%	39	18	46%	250	31	12%	23	15	65%	22	11	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			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
1988	30	CLE	AL	22	65	2.95	48	74%	19%	21%	19%	42%	81%	0%	60%	74%	41%	0%	0	0	9%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1 Yr				22	65	2.95	48	74%	19%	21%	19%	42%	81%	0%	60%	74%	41%	0%	0	0	9%	2	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1983	25	36	92	86	5	15	5	1	9	1	4	11	.174	.207	.256	.462	25	22	0	0	2
1984	26	144	409	384	33	75	16	2	28	2	19	45	.195	.231	.247	.478	31	95	7	2	4
1985	27	144	409	384	33	75	16	2	28	2	19	45	.195	.231	.247	.478	31	95	7	2	4
1986	28	144	409	384	33	75	16	2	28	2	19	45	.195	.231	.247	.478	31	95	7	2	4
1987	29	149	416	390	33	75	16	2	28	2	20	47	.192	.229	.244	.473	29	95	7	2	4
1988	30	158	438	411	34	76	16	2	29	2	20	49	.185	.221	.234	.454	24	96	8	3	4

Neutralized Batting

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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
1983	25	36	93	87	5	16	5	1	0	10	0	4	11	.184	.215	.264	.479	5	36
1984	26	108	318	299	29	61	11	1	0	20	0	15	34	.204	.241	.247	.488	18	108

1987	29	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	5
1988	30	9	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
4 Yrs		158	440	413	34	77	16	2	0	30	0	20	49	.186	.222	.235	.457	23	158
162 Game Avg.		162	451	423	35	79	16	2	0	31	0	21	50	.186	.222	.235	.457	24	158

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