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Jimenez Player of the Week

Published on June 27, 2011 under Texas League (TL1)
Arkansas Travelers News Release


Travelers' third baseman Luis Jimenez was named Texas League Player of the Week for the period of June 20-26. He joined fellow Travelers' pitchers Orangel Arenas (May 16-22) and Matt Shoemaker (June 13-19) as TL players of the week.

In six games, the right-handed Jimenez, 23, batted 10 for 25 (.400) with four homeruns and 12 RBIs. He also scored 11 runs and had consecutive multi-homer games against the Springfield Cardinals.

After not hitting his fifth homerun of the season until June 6 (54 games), Luis Jimenez has hit six homeruns in his past 13 games to bring his season total to 11. He has 25 doubles to lead the Texas League and is third in the league in RBIs with 59, two behind San Antonio's James Darnell and Frisco's Tommy Mendonca's 61.

Jimenez is the Los Angeles Angels' No. 22 prospect and is from Santiago, Domincan Republic. He was a free-agent signee of the Angels in 2005.

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