Chris Gimenez

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2018)

Chris Gimenez was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018 for 6 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 10 seasons. In 391 career games, he hit .218 with 202 hits, 24 home runs, and 89 RBI.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

AVG .218
HR 24
RBI 89
H 202
OPS .652
PIV -1,241
Position
Catcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 230 lb
Born
12/27/1982 in Gilroy, CA, USA
MLB Debut
2009-06-03
Last Game
2018-09-30

Full name: Christopher Paul Gimenez

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Career Batting Statistics

Chris Gimenez — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
391 927 118 202 43 1 24 89 5 115 261 .218 .307 .344 .652 -1,241

Career AVG .218 vs. league average .255 across their career seasons — 14.4% below league average.

Career OBP .307 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .344 vs. league average .407 across their career seasons — 15.3% below league average.

Career OPS .652 vs. league average .728 across their career seasons — 10.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Chris Gimenez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2009 CLE AL 45 111 12 16 2 0 3 7 1 17 36 .144 .262 (-45%) .332 (-23%) .417 (-42%) .750 (-34%) -606.9
2010 CLE AL 28 58 6 11 5 0 1 8 0 8 22 .190 .257 (-26%) .325 (-12%) .402 (-19%) .728 (-15%) -141.6
2011 SEA AL 24 59 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 10 13 .203 .255 (-20%) .320 (-2%) .399 (-32%) .719 (-19%) -150.6
2012 TBA AL 42 100 10 26 4 0 1 9 0 8 24 .260 .254 (+2%) .318 (-1%) .405 (-19%) .724 (-11%) -155.6
2013 TBA AL 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2014 TEX AL 34 107 13 28 10 0 0 11 0 11 26 .262 .251 (+4%) .313 (+5%) .386 (-8%) .700 (-2%) -18.2
2014 CLE AL 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 — — — — -18.2
2015 TEX AL 36 98 19 25 6 1 5 14 2 10 19 .255 .254 (avg) .316 (+4%) .404 (+21%) .721 (+14%) 221.3
2016 CLE AL 68 139 17 30 4 0 4 11 0 10 41 .216 .255 (-15%) .321 (-16%) .417 (-21%) .738 (-18%) -418.4
2017 MIN AL 77 186 28 41 9 0 7 16 1 33 60 .220 .254 (-14%) .324 (+8%) .425 (-10%) .750 (-3%) 28.8
2018 CHN NL 12 28 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 7 .143 — — — — 0.0
2018 MIN AL 13 29 6 8 1 0 2 6 0 3 9 .276 — — — — 0.0
Career · 12 seasons 391 927 118 202 43 1 24 89 5 115 261 .218 — — — — -1,259

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Chris Gimenez — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 11 0 0 0 0 11.0 19 16 5 1 3 13.09 0.0

Career ERA 13.09 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 218.6% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Chris Gimenez — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2014 TEX AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0
2016 CLE AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 0 0 12.00 — 0.0
2017 MIN AL 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 4 0 0 7.20 — 0.0
2018 CHN NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 1 1 27.00 — 0.0
2018 MIN AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 5 0 1 45.00 — 0.0
Career · 5 seasons 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 11.0 19 16 1 3 13.09 — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Chris Gimenez — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
3 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250

Playoff Batting by Year

Chris Gimenez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2017 ALWC MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALDS2 TEX 2 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Chris Gimenez — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home19942663891043.209
Away192501551131446.226

Pitching — Home / Away

Chris Gimenez — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home65.074017.20
Away56.012121218.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Chris Gimenez — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2018-09-30 MINCHWW 000000000
2018-09-29 MINCHWW 110000021
2018-09-28 MINCHWW 100000001
2018-09-26 MINDETW 412000201
2018-09-23 MINOAKW 300000102
2018-09-18 MINDETW 412001100
2018-09-16 MINKCRW 512000000
2018-09-15 MINKCRL 000000000
2018-09-13 MINKCRL 311100002
2018-09-09 MINKCRW 200000001

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Chris Gimenez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2018-09-02 MINTEX — 1.0655012
2018-06-23 CHCCIN — 1.0233111
2017-06-22 MINCHW — 1.0200000
2017-06-12 MINSEA — 1.0322000
2017-06-06 MINSEA — 1.0000000
2017-05-31 MINHOU — 1.0222001
2017-05-06 MINBOS — 0.2000000
2017-04-23 MINDET — 0.1000000
2016-08-27 CLETEX — 1.0000000
2016-07-03 CLETOR — 2.0444001

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Chris Gimenez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 46 25 229 8 2 21
3B 8 1 1 5 0 1
C 292 243 1841 123 15 18
OF 31 15 36 0 0 0
P 11 0 0 1 0 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Chris Gimenez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2009 CLE 1B 18 13 133 4 1 6
2009 CLE C 8 6 36 4 0 0
2009 CLE OF 20 13 28 0 0 0
2010 CLE C 24 19 109 14 1 2
2010 CLE OF 2 0 1 0 0 0
2011 SEA 1B 2 2 15 1 0 5
2011 SEA C 20 17 111 9 0 2
2011 SEA OF 3 1 0 0 0 0
2012 TBA 1B 1 0 2 0 0 1
2012 TBA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 TBA C 39 31 262 12 3 2
2012 TBA OF 1 0 1 0 0 0
2013 TBA 1B 1 0 3 0 0 0
2013 TBA 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
2013 TBA C 1 0 1 0 0 0
2014 TEX 1B 5 3 22 0 0 1
2014 TEX C 26 26 203 11 2 1
2014 TEX P 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 CLE 1B 5 3 17 1 0 4
2014 CLE 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 CLE C 2 0 1 1 0 0
2015 TEX C 36 32 230 13 3 3
2016 CLE 1B 4 0 3 0 0 1
2016 CLE 3B 3 1 1 2 0 1
2016 CLE C 59 42 355 26 3 2
2016 CLE P 2 0 0 0 0 0
2017 MIN 1B 7 2 18 1 0 1
2017 MIN 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
2017 MIN C 59 54 418 26 1 5
2017 MIN OF 5 1 6 0 0 0
2017 MIN P 6 0 0 1 0 0
2018 CHN C 10 9 60 5 1 1
2018 CHN P 1 0 0 0 0 0
2018 MIN 1B 3 2 16 1 1 2
2018 MIN 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
2018 MIN C 8 7 55 2 1 0
2018 MIN P 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Chris Gimenez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 11
Catcher 292
First Base 46
Third Base 8
Left Field 24
Right Field 8
Designated Hitter 6

Salary History

Chris Gimenez — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2016 TEX AL $975,000
2014 TEX AL $510,000
Total Career Earnings $1,485,000

College History

Chris Gimenez — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
University of Nevada-Reno Reno NV 2002, 2003, 2004

Chris Gimenez: the record in brief

The profile opens with Chris Gimenez's first major league game on June 3, 2009; the last one listed came on September 30, 2018. Gimenez played for the Cleveland Indians (2009 through 2016), the Seattle Mariners (2011), the Tampa Bay Rays (2012 through 2013), the Texas Rangers (2014 to 2015), the Minnesota Twins (2017 through 2018), and the Chicago Cubs (2018). Gimenez is listed as a catcher at 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds. The bio says Gimenez threw and hit right-handed. The recorded birth is December 27, 1982, in Gilroy, CA, USA. On the record, Chris Gimenez was born Christopher Paul Gimenez.

Gimenez's career batting table shows 391 games, 927 at bats and 202 hits, a .218 average; the totals also include 24 homers and 89 runs batted in. On-base and slugging figures of .307 and .344 give Gimenez a career OPS of .652. Set against a .255 league average for the same years, Gimenez's .218 average sits 14.4% below it. 2017 produced Gimenez's most hits, 41 of them for the Minnesota Twins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Chris Gimenez

What years did Chris Gimenez play?
Chris Gimenez played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2018.
Was Chris Gimenez a pitcher?
No. Chris Gimenez was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 11 career games.
How many home runs did Chris Gimenez hit?
Chris Gimenez hit 24 career home runs with 202 hits.
What was Chris Gimenez's career batting average?
Chris Gimenez batted .218 over his career, with 202 hits in 927 at bats.
How many RBI did Chris Gimenez have?
Chris Gimenez drove in 89 runs in his career.
What was Chris Gimenez's career ERA?
Chris Gimenez finished with a 13.09 career ERA, going 0-0 with 3 strikeouts.