Jonathan Hovis

Jonathan William Hovis

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
• School University of North Carolina
• High School Forestview High School
• Born December 27, 1983 in Gastonia, NC USA

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Biographical Information

Relief pitcher Jonathan Hovis played in the New York Yankees system from 2006 to 2009. He was an undrafted free agent.

With the Staten Island Yankees in 2006, Hovis went 5-1 with a 1.73 ERA in 25 appearances. The next year, with the Charleston RiverDogs, he was 4-5 with a 1.69 ERA and 30 saves in 55 games. He led the South Atlantic League in saves, with the runner-up, Blake Jones, trailing by 11 with 19. He was a Mid-Season All-Star and a Baseball America Low Class-A All-Star. With the Tampa Yankees in 2008, Hovis went 2-0 with a 1.14 ERA in 21 appearances, saving 10 games and posting a 0.676 WHIP. A 25-year-old pitcher at High-A in 2009, Hovis went 2-2, 3.38 with a league-leading 22 saves for Tampa in 2009 to earn Florida State League Post-Season All-Star honors. He also spent a couple games with the Trenton Thunder, posting a 4.91 ERA in 3 2/3 frames.

Overall, Hovis went 13-9 with 62 saves a 2.15 ERA in 147 games. In 175 2/3 innings, he allowed 135 hits and 41 walks (1.002 WHIP) and had 155 strikeouts.

His cousin, Reilly Hovis, began his professional career in 2016.