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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 ATL NL 26 2B 7 1 26.0 14 9 5 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -60.0 -1.3 -0.2 -1.1 0 4.85 2.00 .986 5.26 4.59
1995 ATL NL 26 3B 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.33
1995 ATL NL 26 SS 1 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.15 2.00 .950 4.57 4.00
1996 ATL NL 27 SS 25 13 124.0 58 18 39 1 9 .983 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 4.14 2.28 .967 4.60 3.99
1996 ATL NL 27 3B 6 1 29.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -29.0 -0.7 -0.8 0.1 0 2.48 1.33 .950 2.70 2.22
1996 ATL NL 27 2B 5 1 18.1 15 5 10 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -19.6 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 7.36 3.00 .980 5.06 4.40
1997 ATL NL 28 3B 8 0 14.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.5 41.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 1.88 0.38 .933 2.64 2.19
1997 ATL NL 28 2B 1 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 120.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 5.18 4.30
1997 ATL NL 28 SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.50 3.80
1998 SDP NL 29 3B 37 14 157.2 57 11 44 2 2 .965 2.5 19.0 2.5 1.3 1.2 0 3.14 1.49 .956 2.73 2.37
1998 SDP NL 29 2B 36 17 185.2 124 45 78 1 12 .992 -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 1.8 -2.0 0 5.96 3.42 .981 5.09 4.38
1998 SDP NL 29 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1999 SDP NL 30 3B 25 3 42.1 16 4 11 1 0 .938 -0.3 -8.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 3.19 0.60 .956 2.68 2.30
1999 SDP NL 30 2B 19 8 95.0 55 26 28 1 9 .982 2.0 25.3 1.0 1.6 -0.6 1 5.12 2.84 .982 5.05 4.19
1999 SDP NL 30 SS 7 1 15.1 14 6 8 0 2 1.000 0.7 54.8 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 8.22 2.00 .964 4.40 3.80
1999 SDP NL 30 P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.50
5 Seasons 3B 79 18 248.1 84 16 65 3 3 .964 1.6 7.7 1.6 0.9 0.7 0 2.94 1.03 .955 2.71 2.32
5 Seasons 2B 68 27 329.0 210 85 123 2 24 .990 0.6 2.2 -0.4 3.6 -4.0 1 5.69 3.06 .982 5.09 4.35
5 Seasons SS 35 14 146.2 75 24 50 1 11 .987 0.6 4.9 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 4.54 2.11 .967 4.58 3.95
1 Season P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.50
5 Seasons TOT 183 59 725.1 369 125 238 6 38 .984 2.8 4.6 1.8 4.8 -3.0 1 4.50 1.98 .956 4.17 3.37

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 ATL NL 26 13 1 13 11 0 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1996 ATL NL 27 43 15 43 34 0 0 0 5 6 25 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
1997 ATL NL 28 14 0 14 10 0 0 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
1998 SDP NL 29 92 31 92 71 0 0 0 35 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 12
1999 SDP NL 30 56 12 56 46 1 0 0 19 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
5 Seasons 218 59 218 172 1 0 0 67 80 35 0 0 0 0 0 60 29
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 ATL NL 26 23 65% 57% 35% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 ATL NL 27 142 77% 73% 27% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1997 ATL NL 28 60 52% 60% 27% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 SDP NL 29 722 56% 74% 32% 65 83% 3 11 10 0 1 44 32 8 3 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 100%
1999 SDP NL 30 190 48% 73% 33% 21 76% 0 4 4 0 0 12 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
5 Seasons 1137 57% 72% 31% 96 82% 3 15 14 0 1 66 49 12 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 7 86%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 85% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1995 ATL NL 26 124 75% 67% 29% 6 83% 1 9 1 1 7 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1996 ATL NL 27 87 59% 74% 33% 11 91% 0 5 1 2 2 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1997 ATL NL 28 15 40% 40% 27% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 SDP NL 29 840 56% 75% 33% 106 75% 1 43 12 24 7 82 71 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 3 4 4 0 12 4 8 1 1 0
1999 SDP NL 30 452 64% 75% 26% 33 94% 1 26 9 11 6 28 23 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 2 4 2 1 9 3 6 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1518 60% 74% 30% 158 81% 3 83 23 38 22 127 107 15 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 25 6 9 7 1 24 8 16 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1995 ATL NL 26 22 59% 64% 27% 2 100% 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 ATL NL 27 550 68% 69% 33% 51 75% 0 17 4 11 2 39 34 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 0 3 1 1 7 1 5 1 1 0
1997 ATL NL 28 16 50% 63% 19% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 SDP NL 29 8 75% 50% 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SDP NL 30 72 51% 76% 36% 9 100% 0 5 2 3 0 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 668 66% 69% 32% 63 79% 1 22 6 14 2 50 42 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 2 0 4 1 1 9 2 6 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1999 SDP NL 30 7 71% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 71% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 74% 31% 89% 84%

* 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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