Bienvenido Jiménez

Cuban baseball player

Baseball player

Bienvenido Jiménez

Second baseman
Born: March 22, 1890 Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died: Unknown
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
1915, for the Cuban Stars of Havana
Last Negro leagues appearance
1929, for the Cuban Stars (West)
Negro leagues^[a] statistics
Batting average	.262
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	65

Teams
Cuban Stars of Havana / Cuban Stars (West) / Cincinnati Cuban Stars (1915–1921)^[2] Cuban Stars (East) (1924) Cuban Stars (West) (1928–1929)
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1951

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 nicknamed "Hooks", "Gambeta", and "Pata Joroba". He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.^[3]

Notes

^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".^[1] Jiménez's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1920 until the end of his career.

References

^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^ "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.