Germán Jiménez Camarena e-may'-nes(born December 5, 1962) is a Mexican former

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who played for the

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during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 200 lb., he batted and threw

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. Jiménez was born in

Santiago Ixcuintla Santiago de Ixcuintla is a municipality and a municipal seat in the western Mexico, Mexican state of Nayarit. The municipal population was 93,981 inhabitants (census of 2020) with the municipal seat having a population of 25,241. The area of the ...

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. As a teenager, he pitched for local Nayarit teams. In , he was a member of the Mexico national baseball team in the

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, and later played for the

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in the

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. In 1988, he was purchased by the Braves from Jalisco and made his debut for the big team in the midseason. In one season career, Jiménez posted a 1–6 record with a 5.01

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in 15 appearances, including nine starts, giving up 31 earned runs on 65 hits and 12 walks while

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26 in innings of work. His only win came at expense of the

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, 4–2, at

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in 1989 and had an 11–7 mark with a 3.48 ERA in 22 starts.

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