[5] He reportedly rejected an offer to sign with the major league Cleveland Indians and went to play in Mexico for the 1946 season.

[4] Jiménez represented Cuba in four Amateur World Series championships from 1939 to 1943, as well as at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama.

[2] Cuba won three of the four tournaments, thanks to the pitching core of Jiménez, Conrado Marrero, Julio Moreno, and Rogelio Martínez.

[6] After his playing career ended, Jiménez went on to manage the "Orientales" team of the Cuban National Series.

[7] Jiménez died of kidney failure at Havana's Camilo Cienfuegos Hospital on March 8, 1979, at the age of 61.