Bienvenido Jiménez

Bienvenido Jiménez

Second baseman

Born: March 22, 1890
Cienfuegos, Cuba

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Teams

Habana (baseball club) (1912–1913, 1922–1923)
Cuban Stars (West) (1915–1920, 1928)^[1]
San Francisco Park (1915–1916)
White Sox (1916–1917)
Cincinnati Cuban Stars (1921)
Cuban Stars (East) (1924)

Career highlights and awards

Member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

Bienvenido Jiménez (born March 22, 1890 in Cienfuegos - death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball second baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1912 to 1929 with several clubs, including Habana, the Cuban Stars (West), and the Cuban Stars (East). Jiménez was knicknamed "Hooks", "Gambeta", and "Pata Joroba". He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.^[2]

References

↑ "Giants Gain Victory Over Cuban Stars, 10-6" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, July 6, 1920, Page 14
↑ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

Members of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

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