Johnny Giavotella

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 185lb (173cm, 83kg)

Born: July 10, 1987 in Metairie, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA).

High School: Jesuit HS (New Orleans, LA)

School: University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: August 5, 2011 (Age 24-026d, 20,027th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: July 25, 2017 (Age 30-015d)
vs. TBR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

Agents: Meister Sports Management

Full Name: Johnny Arthur Giavotella

Pronunciation: \gia-vo-TELL-uh\

Twitter: @GiavotelLA504

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

1246

318

.255

148

RBI

125

OBP

.294

SLG

.359

OPS

.653

OPS+

Summary of 14 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 5 go ahead

2 Tms
LAA	10
KCR	4

Platoon
vs RHP	12
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Home	9
Away	5

Outs
2	8
1	3
0	3

10 Opps
OAK	3
MIN	2
SEA	2
KCR	1
ARI	1
TBR	1
TEX	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
DET	1

14 Pitchers
Allen Webster	1
Hisashi Iwakuma	1
Danny Farquhar	1
Edward Mujica	1
Ryan Dull	1
Neil Ramírez	1
Max Scherzer	1
Roy Oswalt	1
Nate Karns	1
Ervin Santana	1
Michael Feliz	1
David Huff	1
Edinson Vólquez	1
Drew Pomeranz	1

6 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	6
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1

Where Hit
7	8
78	5
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	4
2	4
3	3
4	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	14

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	8
12-	2
--3	1
1--	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

23 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	8
1 on	3
2 on	3
Any on	6

Inning
2	2
3	1
4	2
5	2
6	3
7	2
8	1
9	1

1-3	3
4-6	7
7-end	4

RelScore
+3	3
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	3
-1	3
-4..	2

Ahead	6
Tied	3
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	4
0-1	3
2-0	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
1-0	1
2-1	1
1-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	14

OrderPos
9th	5
7th	3
2nd	2
6th	2
1st	1
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	1
Low Lev	7

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2011-08-07	KCR		DET	Max Scherzer	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) CB>P.X	1	2	4	0.052	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2	2	2	1	2011-09-03	KCR		CLE	David Huff	ahead 4-1	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	4	0.042	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2012-09-04	KCR		TEX	Roy Oswalt	ahead 5-2	b 6	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	9	4	0.045	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2014-05-11	KCR	@	SEA	Danny Farquhar	behind 6-7	t 7	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	4	0.521	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Valencia Scores; A. Gordon Scores
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2015-04-21	LAA		OAK	Drew Pomeranz	tied 0-0	b 2	2	12-	7,(3-2) BFBFFB>X	3	9	4	0.273	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Cron Scores; C. Iannetta Scores
6	6	2	1	2015-06-03	LAA		TBR	Nate Karns	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	4	0.123	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); M. Joyce Scores
7	7	3	1	2015-06-18	LAA	@	ARI	Allen Webster	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	4	0.110	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	4	1	2015-09-30	LAA		OAK	Edward Mujica	behind 2-3	b 6	2	--3	2,(0-1) SX	2	9	4	0.356	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Pérez Scores
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2016-04-26	LAA		KCR	Edinson Vólquez	ahead 5-4	b 5	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	9	4	0.184	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); C. Cron Scores; C. Pérez Scores
10	10	2	1	2016-05-14	LAA	@	SEA	Hisashi Iwakuma	behind 1-2	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	0.199	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
11	11	3	1	2016-06-13	LAA		MIN	Neil Ramírez	behind 3-9	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	5	4	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	4	1	2016-06-14	LAA		MIN	Ervin Santana	tied 1-1	b 2	0	1--	3,(2-0) B11BX	2	7	4	0.166	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Marte Scores
13	13	5	1	2016-06-18	LAA	@	OAK	Ryan Dull	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	4	0.135	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
14	14	6	1	2016-06-20	LAA	@	HOU	Michael Feliz	behind 2-10	t 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)