Ed Giovanola
Edward Thomas Giovanola
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 4, 1969 in Los Gatos, CA
High School: Bellarmine Prep (San Jose, CA)
School: Santa Clara University
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1995
Final Game: August 25, 1999
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1995 26 ATL NL 13 17 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .071 .235 .071 .307 -15 1 1 0 0 0 0 /456
1996 27 ATL NL 43 94 82 10 19 2 0 0 7 1 0 8 13 .232 .304 .256 .560 47 21 3 1 2 1 0 6/54
1997 28 ATL NL 14 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 74 2 2 0 0 0 1 /546
1998 29 SDP NL 92 166 139 19 32 3 3 1 9 1 2 22 22 .230 .335 .317 .652 80 44 2 0 5 0 0 54/6
1999 30 SDP NL 56 69 58 10 11 0 1 0 3 2 0 9 8 .190 .294 .224 .518 39 13 1 0 1 1 0 54/61
5 Seasons 218 356 301 41 65 5 4 1 19 4 2 44 49 .216 .316 .269 .585 58 81 9 1 8 2 1
162 Game Avg. 162 265 224 30 48 4 3 1 14 3 1 33 36 .216 .316 .269 .585 58 60 7 1 6 1 1
ATL (3 yrs) 70 121 104 12 22 2 0 0 7 1 0 13 19 .212 .303 .231 .533 41 24 6 1 2 1 1
SDP (2 yrs) 148 235 197 29 43 3 4 1 12 3 2 31 30 .218 .323 .289 .612 67 57 3 0 6 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1995 26 ATL NL 17 14 0 0.0 109 .111 .071 .274 .235 .344 .071 .427 .307 .771 -15 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .286 .214 .000
1996 27 ATL NL 94 69 7 2.7 112 .271 .232 .277 .304 .347 .256 .433 .560 .780 47 .258 -6.4 -0.6 .470 .134 .024 .0
1997 28 ATL NL 10 8 0 0.0 110 .286 .250 .273 .400 .345 .250 .428 .650 .773 74 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .250 .000
1998 29 SDP NL 166 116 16 3.7 100 .267 .230 .259 .335 .328 .317 .409 .652 .737 80 .378 -3.4 -0.3 .586 .237 .086 1.0
1999 30 SDP NL 69 50 5 2.7 108 .216 .190 .266 .294 .340 .224 .428 .518 .767 39 .222 -5.1 -0.5 .500 .224 .034 .0
5 Seasons 356 257 28 2.9 106 .253 .216 .266 .316 .337 .269 .420 .585 .757 58 .276 -17.5 -1.7 .518 .206 .053 1.6
162 Game Avg. 265 191 21 2.9 106 .253 .216 .266 .316 .337 .269 .420 .585 .757 58 .276 -17.5 -1.7 .518 .206 .053 1
ATL (3 yrs) 121 91 7 2.1 111 .256 .212 .276 .303 .346 .231 .432 .533 .778 41 .174 -9.0 -0.9 .443 .154 .019 .0
SDP (2 yrs) 235 166 21 3.4 103 .251 .218 .261 .323 .332 .289 .415 .612 .746 67 .330 -8.5 -0.8 .560 .234 .071 1.5

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1995 26 ATL NL 17 0.0% 29.4% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 1.67 2.8 1.25 2.00 53% 11% 0.0% 0%
1996 27 ATL NL 94 0.0% 13.8% 8.5% 2.1% 11% 1.63 6.3 11.7 0.47 0.57 74% 24% 0.0% 30%
1997 28 ATL NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 8.0 6.00 6.00 70% 0% 100%
1998 29 SDP NL 166 0.6% 13.3% 13.3% 4.2% 22% 1.00 6.3 139.0 15.4 1.07 1.20 70% 16% 2.1% 13%
1999 30 SDP NL 69 0.0% 11.6% 13.0% 1.5% 9% 0.89 7.3 19.3 0.92 1.05 74% 15% 0.0% 19%
5 Seasons 356 0.3% 13.8% 12.4% 2.8% 15% 1.11 6.1 301.0 15.8 0.87 1.02 71% 17% 1.0% 20%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1995 26 ATL NL 0 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
1996 27 ATL NL 2 0 36% 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 70% 6 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 4
1997 28 ATL NL 0 0 0% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 29 SDP NL 2 0 34% 78 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 33% 14 12 1 2 1 1 8 2 6
1999 30 SDP NL 1 0 50% 53 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11% 4 4 0 1 1 0 4 3 1
5 Seasons 5 0 37% 197 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 38% 26 20 5 5 4 1 17 5 12
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1995 26 ATL NL 17 82% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1996 27 ATL NL 94 93% 19 1 0 14 5 0 0 1.42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 24 3 13% 15 4 27% 63 7 11% 5 2 40% 5 1 20% 0
1997 28 ATL NL 10 90% 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 2.81 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1998 29 SDP NL 166 90% 32 14 3 18 1 0 1 1.36 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 63% 23 2 9% 17 6 35% 84 10 12% 7 3 43% 11 3 27% 0
1999 30 SDP NL 69 78% 11 1 1 6 1 0 1 1.47 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 17 1 6% 13 4 31% 46 6 13% 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 356 88% 65 17 4 44 7 0 2 1.51 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 11 8 73% 72 9 13% 49 14 29% 209 23 11% 16 7 44% 22 4 18% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 26 ATL NL 17 74 4.35 46 62% 37% 13% 30% 20% 63% 0% 39% 79% 35% 6% 1 0 12% 2 1 6% 1 0 40% 0 0 0
1996 27 ATL NL 71 249 3.51 150 60% 23% 10% 29% 37% 77% 0% 46% 87% 38% 4% 3 0 11% 8 5 8% 6 4 43% 23 0 0
1997 28 ATL NL 10 33 3.30 16 48% 13% 6% 38% 44% 88% 24% 42% 93% 40% 20% 2 0 30% 3 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 29 SDP NL 166 573 3.45 339 59% 32% 9% 23% 36% 68% 0% 40% 87% 34% 5% 9 0 15% 25 11 11% 18 5 59% 0 0 0
1999 30 SDP NL 69 298 4.32 171 57% 29% 10% 30% 30% 71% 0% 41% 86% 29% 4% 3 0 16% 11 2 7% 5 2 50% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 333 1227 3.68 722 59% 29% 10% 27% 34% 71% 1% 42% 86% 34% 5% 18 0 15% 49 20 9% 30 11 51% 23 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 26 13 17 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .071 .235 .071 .307 -15 1 1 0 0 0 0
1996 27 56 111 96 12 20 2 0 0 7 1 0 11 18 .208 .294 .229 .523 38 22 4 1 2 1 0
1997 28 70 121 104 12 22 2 0 0 7 1 0 13 19 .212 .303 .231 .533 41 24 6 1 2 1 1
1998 29 162 287 243 31 54 5 3 1 16 2 2 35 41 .222 .321 .280 .601 62 68 8 1 7 1 1
1999 30 218 356 301 41 65 5 4 1 19 4 2 44 49 .216 .316 .269 .585 58 81 9 1 8 2 1

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1995 26 15 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 .158 .000 .158 0 13
1996 27 43 91 81 9 18 2 0 0 6 1 8 13 .222 .297 .247 .544 6 43
1997 28 14 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 14
1998 29 92 166 142 20 35 3 3 1 10 1 24 22 .246 .355 .331 .686 17 92
1999 30 56 72 60 10 13 0 1 0 3 2 11 8 .217 .333 .250 .583 5 56
5 Seasons 220 358 307 39 66 5 4 1 19 4 48 50 .215 .321 .267 .588 28 218
162 Game Avg. 162 264 226 29 49 4 3 1 14 3 35 37 .215 .321 .267 .588 21 218

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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