Ed Giovanola

Edward Thomas Giovanola

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 4, 1969 in Los Gatos, CA
High School: Bellarmine HS (San Jose, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 7th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1995
Teams (by GP): Padres/Braves 1995-1999

Final Game: August 25, 1999
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Standard Batting

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
1990	21	ATL-min	A,Rk	60	274	217	45	67	10	0	0	21	14	8	51	26	.309	.439	.355	.794		77		0	5	1	0		SUM,IDF · SALL,PION
1991	22	ATL-min	A+	101	361	299	50	76	9	0	6	27	18	11	57	39	.254	.374	.344	.718		103	6	2	0	3	1		DHM · CARL
1992	23	ATL-min	AA	75	302	270	39	72	5	0	5	30	4	1	29	40	.267	.336	.341	.676		92	1	0	1	2	2		GRV · SOUL
1993	24	ATL-min	AA	120	480	384	70	108	21	5	5	43	6	7	84	49	.281	.408	.401	.809		154	11	2	4	6	3		GRV · SOUL
1994	25	ATL-min	AAA,AA	123	480	428	61	117	22	3	10	46	9	4	41	61	.273	.340	.409	.749		175	5	3	6	2	6		RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
1995	26	ATL-min	AAA	99	385	321	45	103	18	2	4	36	8	7	55	37	.321	.417	.427	.844		137	10	1	4	4	3		RMD · IL
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-min	AAA	62	252	210	29	62	15	1	3	16	2	6	37	34	.295	.403	.419	.822		88	2	1	4	0	3		RMD · IL
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-min	AAA	116	478	395	65	115	23	5	2	46	2	2	64	56	.291	.385	.390	.775		154	8	1	11	7	0		RMD · IL
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-min	AAA	4	17	15	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.333	.412	.333	.745		5	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
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-min	AAA	36	122	106	23	30	6	1	2	10	2	0	16	23	.283	.377	.415	.792		44	3	0	0	0	1		LVG · PCL
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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	26	ATL	NL	13	17	-2	0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.4	.469	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	/456
1996	27	ATL	NL	43	94	-5	0	-0	-1	1	-5	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$109,000	6/54
1997	28	ATL	NL	14	10	-1	-1	-0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/546
1998	29	SDP	NL	92	166	-2	-1	-0	2	1	-0	-0.1	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.2	0.3	2	$181,000	54/6
1999	30	SDP	NL	56	69	-5	-1	0	2	2	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.498	.499	-0.2	0.3	-2	$	54/61
5 Seasons				218	356	-16	-2	-1	3	4	-12	-1.2	10	-2	-0.3	.495	.499	-0.5	0.6	-5	$290,000

ATL (3 yrs)				70	121	-8	-0	-1	-2	2	-10	-1.0	3	-6	-0.7	.486	.498	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$109,000
SDP (2 yrs)				148	235	-7	-2	0	5	3	-2	-0.2	6	5	0.4	.499	.499	0.0	0.6	-0	$181,000

Advanced Batting

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	111	.271	.232	.276	.304	.346	.256	.431	.560	.777	47	.258	-6.3	-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	-3.5	-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 Yrs				356	257	28	2.9	105	.253	.216	.266	.316	.336	.269	.420	.585	.756	58	.276	-17.5	-1.7	.518	.206	.053	1.6
162 Game Avg.				265	191	21	2.9	105	.253	.216	.266	.316	.336	.269	.420	.585	.756	58	.276	-17.5	-1.7	.518	.206	.053	1

ATL (3 yrs)				121	91	7	2.1	111	.256	.212	.275	.303	.345	.231	.430	.533	.776	41	.174	-8.9	-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	.331	-8.6	-0.8	.560	.234	.071	1.5

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	1.84	5.3	32.3	7.4	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1995	26	ATL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	18	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.16	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.99	-2.2	1.01	2
1996	27	ATL	NL	-6.4	-0.6	95	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.13	-0.6	-0.1	-5.5	-0.5	0.97	-6.5	1.40	14
1997	28	ATL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	10	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	2.02	-0.1	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.02	-1.0	2.83	4
1998	29	SDP	NL	-3.5	-0.3	172	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	.97	-0.6	0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.90	-4.5	1.36	18
1999	30	SDP	NL	-5.1	-0.5	70	0.0	1.1	-1.1	.96	-0.2	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.95	-3.1	1.43	6
5 Yrs				-17.6	-1.7	365	-1.8	4.8	-6.6	1.05	-1.6	-0.1	-14.1	-1.4	0.93	-17.4	1.50	44

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	27	ATL	NL	94	93%	19	1	0	14	5	0	0	1.40	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	2.83	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	3	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	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%	10	4	40%	0
1999	30	SDP	NL	69	78%	11	1	1	6	1	0	1	1.43	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	17	1	6%	13	4	31%	46	6	13%	3	2	67%	5	2	40%	0
5 Yrs				356	88%	65	17	4	44	7	0	2	1.50	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	11	8	73%	72	9	13%	50	14	28%	209	23	11%	16	7	44%	20	7	35%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	72	250	3.47	150	60%	23%	10%	29%	37%	77%	0%	46%	87%	38%	4%	3	0	11%	8	5	8%	6	4	43%	22	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 Yrs				334	1228	3.68	722	59%	29%	10%	27%	34%	71%	1%	42%	86%	34%	5%	18	0	15%	49	20	9%	30	11	51%	22	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

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	63	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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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	93	81	10	18	2	0	0	7	1	8	13	.222	.297	.247	.544	6	43
1997	28	14	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	14
1998	29	92	166	139	19	32	3	3	1	9	1	22	22	.230	.335	.317	.652	15	92
1999	30	56	69	58	10	11	0	1	0	3	2	9	8	.190	.294	.224	.518	4	56
5 Yrs		220	357	302	39	63	5	4	1	19	4	44	50	.209	.309	.262	.571	26	218
162 Game Avg.		162	263	222	29	46	4	3	1	14	3	32	37	.209	.309	.262	.571	19	218

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