Aiden Jimenez

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Position:
Right-Handed Pitcher
B/T:
R/R
Height:
6-3
Weight:
216
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Elk Grove, Calif.
High School:
Elk Grove

2023
• Pitched in 22 games, making one start. Posted a 5-2 record and 5.68 ERA. Struck out 35 in 38 innings and posted one save.
• Issued just seven walks, with four in 17 Pac-12 innings.
• Pitched in 13 Pac-12 games, all in relief, and was 2-1 with a 7.41 ERA. Struck out 13.
• Inherited 24 baserunners, allowing seven to score.
• Worked a season-long six innings and struck out a season-high six against Sam Houston to win his fifth game of the season (6/4).
• Held Utah to two hits and a run in three innings of relief, striking out two, and earned his third win of the season (5/7).
• Struck out four in two scoreless innings of relief against Oregon (5/2).
• Won his second game of the season with a scoreless ninth inning of relief in the walkoff win over Arizona (4/28).
• Threw two scoreless innings of relief against USC, striking out two (4/15).
• Struck out the only batter he faced in the ninth at Seattle for his first career save (3/29).
• Tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief in the opener versus Cal (3/24).
• Threw 1 1/3 scoreless against Washington State (3/12).
• Picked up the win after four scoreless innings against Cal Poly,
striking out five (3/3).
• Posted 17 strikes in 20 pitches in 1 2/3 scoreless innings against Coppin State (2/24).

Elk Grove High School
• Letterwinner for head coach Joe Bellotti.
• Played for the Athletics at the 2021 Area Code Games.
• Led Elk Grove to a 20-9 record as a senior.
• Picked up one win and batted .296 with five doubles, three home runs and 18 RBI as a senior.
• Earned Sacramento Bee All-Metro First-Team honors during his career. Also named First-Team All-League and Defensive Player of the Year honors.
• On the mound, was 5-0 with a 0.95 ERA as a junior. Struck out 31 in 29 1/3 innings. Did not allow a run in 24 innings of league play.
• Offensively, scored 23 runs and drove in 16 on the strength of 24 hits, including five doubles.

Personal
• Son of Lindsay and Jason Jimenez.
• Has one sister, Avery.
• Father, Jason, appeared in five MLB games in 2002 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Detroit Tigers.
• Would like to own a shoe store after his playing career.
• Chose Oregon State because “I would like to be able to develop as a player and a man and to have a great chance at winning a national championship.”

Jimenez’s Career Single-Game Highs
Innings pitched: 6.0, vs Sam Houston, Jun 04, 2023
Walks allowed: 2, at Cal Poly, Mar 03, 2023 ; Utah, May 07, 2023
Strikeouts: 6, vs Sam Houston, Jun 04, 2023
Batters faced: 20, vs Sam Houston, Jun 04, 2023
Field chances: 1, 6 times
Putouts: 1, at Stanford, Mar 19, 2023
Assists: 1, 4 times
Runners CS: 1, at UCLA, May 12, 2023