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luckymann · 03-13-2023, 08:44 PM

The quintessential glove-heavy middle infielder from the Deadball Era, Cuban-born Bienvenido Jimenez was known, according to Jim Riley, as the "King of Cuban Second Basemen", second only to the great Bingo DeMoss at this position. The stats certainly back this POV, with Seamheads listing him with a 256 / 347 / 338 slash during his long career in both the Negro and Cuban Leagues of that period. All the same, he is regarded across the board as a key contributor, with Seamheads allocating him 18 WAR and Eric Chalek 26.

One of BJ's listed nicknames is "Hooks", referring to his bow legs, but as the raw stats show and Jim Riley confirms, he was nevertheless a fast and canny baserunner who usually hit in the leadoff position. Another - the one I have chosen for him in the EL - is Pata Joroba. I don't speak Spanish and so may be way off the mark here, but from what I can gather the loose translation refers to him being a nuisance on the basepaths.

Bienvenido's EL career is panning out as you'd expect. A fringe-player for most organisations, he has been flipped and flopped a number of times since entering the league in 1973, finally ending up at the sort of small-market club he's perhaps best-suited to, the AC Bacharach Giants, where he has been since 1976.

His EL avatar is true-to-type, very much glove over bat. He has a career slash of 226 / 298 / 300 with just 11 HR in more than 2000 PA and has nearly 7 bWAR to his credit so far. Defensively, he is a whiz, winning his first Slick Award last year and amassing a healthy 57 ZR. Given his total this year exceeds last by some margin, one would expect he'll pick up some more silverware come Awards time later this year.

This will be the final OotS feature for 1978, and as always here are the career stats of all the active players featured so far. One nice bit of news is that Corey Aldridge, featured HERE last year, has at long last been given his chance in the bigs after years toiling away in the TL.

03-13-2023, 08:44 PM	#691
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 14,043	Out of the Shadows: Bienvenido Jimenez The quintessential glove-heavy middle infielder from the Deadball Era, Cuban-born Bienvenido Jimenez was known, according to Jim Riley, as the "King of Cuban Second Basemen", second only to the great Bingo DeMoss at this position. The stats certainly back this POV, with Seamheads listing him with a 256 / 347 / 338 slash during his long career in both the Negro and Cuban Leagues of that period. All the same, he is regarded across the board as a key contributor, with Seamheads allocating him 18 WAR and Eric Chalek 26. One of BJ's listed nicknames is "Hooks", referring to his bow legs, but as the raw stats show and Jim Riley confirms, he was nevertheless a fast and canny baserunner who usually hit in the leadoff position. Another - the one I have chosen for him in the EL - is Pata Joroba. I don't speak Spanish and so may be way off the mark here, but from what I can gather the loose translation refers to him being a nuisance on the basepaths. Bienvenido's EL career is panning out as you'd expect. A fringe-player for most organisations, he has been flipped and flopped a number of times since entering the league in 1973, finally ending up at the sort of small-market club he's perhaps best-suited to, the AC Bacharach Giants, where he has been since 1976. His EL avatar is true-to-type, very much glove over bat. He has a career slash of 226 / 298 / 300 with just 11 HR in more than 2000 PA and has nearly 7 bWAR to his credit so far. Defensively, he is a whiz, winning his first Slick Award last year and amassing a healthy 57 ZR. Given his total this year exceeds last by some margin, one would expect he'll pick up some more silverware come Awards time later this year. This will be the final OotS feature for 1978, and as always here are the career stats of all the active players featured so far. One nice bit of news is that Corey Aldridge, featured HERE last year, has at long last been given his chance in the bigs after years toiling away in the TL. __________________ HISTORICAL DO-OVERS A'S RED SOX DODGERS PIRATES MARINERS CUSTOM SAVES LGB NEXUS Last edited by luckymann; 03-13-2023 at 08:50 PM.