José Jiménez Notable

b. July 7, 1973 · St. Louis Cardinals 1998–1999, Colorado Rockies 2000–2003, Cleveland Indians 2004

José Jiménez played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998 and closing with the Cleveland Indians in 2004.

Working almost entirely in relief, he saved 110 games and appeared 329 times, with a 4.92 earned run average. He struck out 319 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 331 games he batted .123, with 10 hits and 8 runs.

He threw a no-hitter in 1999.

He was born in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R. on July 7, 1973. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Week	1	1999

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	SO	AVG
1998	STL	4	6	0	0	0	1	4	.000
1999	STL	31	53	5	5	1	2	22	.094
2000	COL	72	4	0	2	0	1	2	.500
2001	COL	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	COL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
2003	COL	63	17	3	3	0	0	10	.176
2004	CLE	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	331	81	8	10	1	4	38	.123

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1998	STL	3	0	4	3	0	21.1	22	7	8	12	2.95
1999	STL	5	14	29	28	0	163.0	173	106	71	113	5.85
2000	COL	5	2	72	0	24	70.2	63	25	28	44	3.18
2001	COL	6	1	56	0	17	55.0	56	25	22	37	4.09
2002	COL	2	10	74	0	41	73.1	76	29	11	47	3.56
2003	COL	2	10	63	7	20	101.2	137	59	32	45	5.22
2004	CLE	1	7	31	0	8	36.1	45	34	14	21	8.42
Career	—	24	44	329	38	110	521.1	572	285	186	319	4.92

On this day & linked events

1973

Born July 7, 1973

San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macorís, D.R.

1999

José Jiménez's No-Hitter

José Jiménez threw a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 25, 1999, winning 1–0.