What years did Ubaldo Jimenez play?

Ubaldo Jimenez played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2017.

Was Ubaldo Jimenez a pitcher?

Yes. Ubaldo Jimenez pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 1720 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ubaldo Jimenez hit?

Ubaldo Jimenez hit 0 career home runs with 34 hits.

What teams did Ubaldo Jimenez play for?

Ubaldo Jimenez played for 3 teams: the Colorado Rockies (2006–2011), the Cleveland Indians (2011–2013), and the Baltimore Orioles (2014–2017).

Did Ubaldo Jimenez win a Cy Young Award?

No. Ubaldo Jimenez did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Ubaldo Jimenez win?

Ubaldo Jimenez was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Ubaldo Jimenez's career stats?

In 329 games, Ubaldo Jimenez went 114-117 with a 4.34 ERA, 1,720 strikeouts, 1,870.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 34 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Ubaldo Jimenez's salary?

Ubaldo Jimenez's last recorded salary was $12,673,102, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $12,673,102, in 2016, and his lowest was $392,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Ubaldo Jimenez play?

Ubaldo Jimenez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ubaldo Jimenez and how much did he weigh?

Ubaldo Jimenez was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 221 pounds.

What was Ubaldo Jimenez's career ERA?

Ubaldo Jimenez finished with a 4.34 career ERA, going 114-117 with 1,720 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ubaldo Jimenez have?

Ubaldo Jimenez recorded 1,720 career strikeouts.

Is Ubaldo Jimenez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ubaldo Jimenez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ubaldo Jimenez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2017)

Ubaldo Jimenez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2017 for the Colorado Rockies, the Cleveland Guardians, and the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 12 seasons. Across 329 career appearances, he went 114-117 with a 4.34 ERA and 1,720 strikeouts. He also batted .117 with 0 home runs. Ubaldo Jimenez was an All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3679.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 114–117

ERA 4.34

WHIP 1.39

SO 1,720

Pitcher PIV 3679.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 221 lb
Born: 1/22/1984 in Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, D.R.
MLB Debut: 2006-09-26
Last Game: 2017-09-22
Awards: All-Star

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ubaldo Jimenez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
114	117	329	315	9	3	1	1870.0	1,757	901	186	848	1,720	4.34	3679.4

Career ERA 4.34 vs. league average 4.15 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ubaldo Jimenez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2006	COL	NL	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	7.2	5	3	3	3	3.52	—	0.0
2007	COL	NL	4	4	15	15	0	0	0	82.0	70	39	37	68	4.28	4.47 (+4%)	-546.4
2008	COL	NL	12	12	34	34	1	0	0	198.2	182	88	103	172	3.99	4.32 (+8%)	2570.1
2009	COL	NL	15	12	33	33	1	0	0	218.0	183	84	85	198	3.47	4.32 (+20%)	5458.8
2010	COL	NL	19	8	33	33	4	2	0	221.2	164	71	92	214	2.88	4.08 (+29%)	5668.1
2011	COL	NL	6	9	21	21	2	1	0	123.0	118	61	51	118	4.46	3.94 (-13%)	1148.2
2011	CLE	AL	4	4	11	11	0	0	0	65.1	68	37	27	62	5.10	3.94 (-29%)	149.8
2012	CLE	AL	9	17	31	31	0	0	0	176.2	190	106	95	143	5.40	4.01 (-35%)	-4637.1
2013	CLE	AL	13	9	32	32	0	0	0	182.2	163	67	80	194	3.30	3.87 (+15%)	2084.3
2014	BAL	AL	6	9	25	22	0	0	0	125.1	113	67	77	116	4.81	3.74 (-29%)	-2918.7
2015	BAL	AL	12	10	32	32	0	0	0	184.0	182	84	68	168	4.11	3.96 (-4%)	-216.7
2016	BAL	AL	8	12	29	25	1	0	1	142.1	150	86	72	125	5.44	4.19 (-30%)	-862.5
2017	BAL	AL	6	11	31	25	0	0	0	142.2	169	108	58	139	6.81	4.36 (-56%)	-4218.7
Career · 13 seasons			114	117	329	315	9	3	1	1,870.0	1,757	901	848	1,720	4.34	—	3,679

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 Batting Statistics

Ubaldo Jimenez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
330	291	12	34	0	0	0	11	0	17	102	.117	.166	.117	.282	-2,033

Career AVG .117 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — 54.8% below league average.

Career OBP .166 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 49.0% below league average.

Career SLG .117 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — 71.5% below league average.

Career OPS .282 vs. league average .735 across their career seasons — 61.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ubaldo Jimenez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2006	COL	NL	2	3	1	1	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	COL	NL	15	24	0	2	0	3	6	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	COL	NL	34	67	1	3	0	3	28	.045	.263 (-83%)	.333 (-74%)	.416 (-89%)	.749 (-83%)	-909.4
2009	COL	NL	33	59	5	13	2	6	15	.220	.262 (-16%)	.332 (-12%)	.417 (-47%)	.750 (-32%)	-285.9
2010	COL	NL	33	77	5	8	4	2	18	.104	.257 (-60%)	.325 (-61%)	.402 (-74%)	.728 (-68%)	-837.7
2011	COL	NL	21	35	0	4	3	2	18	.114	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CLE	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CLE	AL	31	5	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CLE	AL	32	3	0	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BAL	AL	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	BAL	AL	32	8	0	2	2	0	4	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BAL	AL	30	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BAL	AL	31	5	0	1	0	0	3	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			330	291	12	34	11	17	102	.117	—	—	—	—	-2,033

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

Ubaldo Jimenez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143

Playoff Batting by Year

Ubaldo Jimenez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
2016	ALWC	BAL	1	0	0	0	.000
2009	NLDS2	COL	2	4	1	2	.250
2007	NLCS	COL	1	2	0	2	.000
2007	NLDS2	COL	1	1	0	0	.000
2007	WS	COL	1	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ubaldo Jimenez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	3	6	5	0	28.0	29	14	16	24	4.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ubaldo Jimenez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	ALWC	BAL	1	1	0	0.0	3	3	0	0	0.00
2009	NLDS2	COL	1	2	2	12.0	15	7	3	11	5.25
2007	NLCS	COL	0	1	1	5.0	5	1	4	6	1.80
2007	NLDS2	COL	0	1	1	6.1	3	1	4	5	1.42
2007	WS	COL	1	1	1	4.2	3	2	5	2	3.86

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Ubaldo Jimenez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	156	130	9	18	0	6	.138
Away	174	161	3	16	0	5	.099

Pitching — Home / Away

Ubaldo Jimenez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	155	905.1	870	425	377	780	4.22
Away	174	964.2	887	476	471	940	4.44

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ubaldo Jimenez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-09-22	BAL	TBR	L	3.0	8	6	6	0	3	2
2017-09-17	BAL	NYY	W	5.0	3	1	1	1	10	1
2017-09-11	BAL	TOR	L	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	1
2017-09-05	BAL	NYY	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2017-08-30	BAL	SEA	—	2.2	6	6	6	1	3	0
2017-08-22	BAL	OAK	L	5.0	9	5	5	1	4	3
2017-08-16	BAL	SEA	L	4.1	8	6	6	1	2	1
2017-08-11	BAL	OAK	—	5.1	6	3	3	1	11	1
2017-08-06	BAL	DET	W	5.2	9	1	1	3	6	1
2017-07-31	BAL	KCR	—	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ubaldo Jimenez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	329	315	115	226	19	19

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ubaldo Jimenez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2006	COL	P	2	1	0	2	0	0
2007	COL	P	15	15	8	14	3	1
2008	COL	P	34	34	16	32	4	1
2009	COL	P	33	33	12	47	2	2
2010	COL	P	33	33	10	26	1	3
2011	COL	P	21	21	12	19	2	1
2011	CLE	P	11	11	2	9	0	0
2012	CLE	P	31	31	12	16	1	3
2013	CLE	P	32	32	5	14	2	1
2014	BAL	P	25	22	11	9	0	3
2015	BAL	P	32	32	7	15	1	1
2016	BAL	P	29	25	12	12	2	3
2017	BAL	P	31	25	8	11	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Ubaldo Jimenez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	329

Awards & Honors

Ubaldo Jimenez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2013	Pitcher of the Month	September
2010	Pitcher of the Month	April
2010	Pitcher of the Month	May
2010	Player of the Week	Week of 2010-04-18

Salary History

Ubaldo Jimenez's recorded salaries total $51,315,102 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Jimenez's career ran from 2006 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006 and 2007.

Ubaldo Jimenez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BAL	AL	$12,673,102
2015	BAL	AL	$12,250,000
2014	BAL	AL	$11,250,000
2013	CLE	AL	$5,750,000
2012	CLE	AL	$4,200,000
2011	COL	NL	$2,800,000
2010	COL	NL	$1,250,000
2009	COL	NL	$750,000
2008	COL	NL	$392,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$51,315,102

Award Voting History

Ubaldo Jimenez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2010	Cy Young Award	NL	3rd	90.0	224	0
2010	Most Valuable Player	NL	23th	7.0	448	0

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Ubaldo Jimenez: the record in brief

Ubaldo Jimenez's major league career runs from a debut on September 26, 2006 to a final game on September 22, 2017. By club, Jimenez's seasons break down as the Colorado Rockies (2006 through 2011), the Cleveland Indians (2011 to 2013), and the Baltimore Orioles (2014 through 2017). Jimenez, born on January 22, 1984, in Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, D.R., is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6-foot-5 and 221 pounds.

Jimenez went 114-117 with a 4.34 ERA in 329 games, 315 of them starts. Also on Jimenez's record: 1,720 strikeouts. Jimenez's 4.34 ERA was close to the 4.15 league figure for those seasons. Jimenez won 19 games in 2010, the most of any season listed. 2010 was Jimenez's sharpest full season, a 2.88 ERA against the league's 4.08. Jimenez's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 3,679.4.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ubaldo Jimenez

What years did Ubaldo Jimenez play?: Ubaldo Jimenez played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2017.
Was Ubaldo Jimenez a pitcher?: Yes. Ubaldo Jimenez pitched in the major leagues, recording 114 wins and 1720 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ubaldo Jimenez hit?: Ubaldo Jimenez hit 0 career home runs with 34 hits.
What teams did Ubaldo Jimenez play for?: Ubaldo Jimenez played for 3 teams: the Colorado Rockies (2006–2011), the Cleveland Indians (2011–2013), and the Baltimore Orioles (2014–2017).
Did Ubaldo Jimenez win a Cy Young Award?: No. Ubaldo Jimenez did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Ubaldo Jimenez win?: Ubaldo Jimenez was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Ubaldo Jimenez's career stats?: In 329 games, Ubaldo Jimenez went 114-117 with a 4.34 ERA, 1,720 strikeouts, 1,870.0 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 34 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Ubaldo Jimenez earn in his career?: Ubaldo Jimenez's recorded salaries total $51,315,102 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Jimenez's career ran from 2006 to 2017. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006 and 2007.
What was Ubaldo Jimenez's salary?: Ubaldo Jimenez's last recorded salary was $12,673,102, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $12,673,102, in 2016, and his lowest was $392,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Ubaldo Jimenez play?: Ubaldo Jimenez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ubaldo Jimenez and how much did he weigh?: Ubaldo Jimenez was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 221 pounds.
What was Ubaldo Jimenez's career ERA?: Ubaldo Jimenez finished with a 4.34 career ERA, going 114-117 with 1,720 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ubaldo Jimenez have?: Ubaldo Jimenez recorded 1,720 career strikeouts.
Is Ubaldo Jimenez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ubaldo Jimenez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.