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, 17,637th in MLB history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season

2018 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2018): 3.060 • Arb Eligible: 2018 • Free Agent: 2021

Agents: Meister Sports Management

Full Name: Johnny Arthur Giavotella

Pronunciation: \gia-vo-TELL-uh\

Twitter: @GiavotelLA504

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

AB

1246

R

148

H

318

BA

.255

HR

RBI

125

SB

OBP

.294

SLG

.359

OPS

.653

OPS+

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Games by Position

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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
2008	20	KCR-min	A	68	310	278	50	83	18	2	4	26	10	7	25	34	.299	.355	.421	.776		117	10	1	3	3	0		BUR · MIDW
2009	21	KCR-min	A+	133	561	476	84	123	24	8	6	52	26	9	66	54	.258	.351	.380	.731		181	7	4	11	4	0		WMT · CARL
2010	22	KCR-min	AA	134	597	522	92	168	35	5	9	65	13	7	61	67	.322	.395	.460	.855		240	17	4	7	3	1		NTA · TL
2011	23	KCR-min	AAA	110	503	453	67	153	34	2	9	72	9	5	40	57	.338	.390	.481	.871		218	8	2	3	5	1		OMA · PCL
2011	23	KCR	AL	46	187	178	20	44	9	4	2	21	5	2	6	32	.247	.273	.376	.649	77	67	4	1	0	2	0	4
2012	24	KCR-min	AAA	89	418	362	67	117	20	2	10	71	7	1	46	40	.323	.404	.472	.877		171	12	6	0	4	2		OMA · PCL
2012	24	KCR	AL	53	189	181	21	43	7	1	1	15	3	0	8	35	.238	.270	.304	.574	57	55	4	0	0	0	0	4/D
2013	25	KCR-min	AAA	100	426	370	48	106	24	0	7	46	8	4	51	59	.286	.369	.408	.777		151	12	0	0	5	6		OMA · PCL
2013	25	KCR	AL	14	48	41	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	4	.220	.333	.293	.626	74	12	0	2	0	0	0	4/D
2014	26	KCR-min	AAA	114	493	441	66	136	33	2	7	61	20	4	47	36	.308	.373	.440	.813		194	7	1	0	4	4		OMA · PCL
2014	26	KCR	AL	12	41	37	8	8	1	0	1	5	0	1	1	5	.216	.268	.324	.593	65	12	1	2	0	1	0	4
2015	27	LAA	AL	129	502	453	51	123	25	5	4	49	2	1	32	59	.272	.318	.375	.694	96	170	7	2	9	6	0	*4/6
2016	28	LAA-min	AAA	7	30	27	2	8	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	.296	.367	.407	.774		11	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
2016	28	LAA	AL	99	367	346	44	90	20	1	6	31	4	3	13	39	.260	.287	.376	.662	82	130	11	1	4	3	0	4
2017	29	BAL-min	AAA	83	379	333	43	102	22	4	5	45	4	3	34	41	.306	.368	.441	.809		147	13	3	1	8	0		NFK · IL
2017	29	BAL	AL	7	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2018	30	FLA-min	AAA	2	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.429	.804		3	0	0	0	0	0		· PCL
7 Yrs				360	1344	1246	148	318	65	11	14	125	15	7	65	178	.255	.294	.359	.653	81	447	27	8	13	12	0
162 Game Avg.				162	605	561	67	143	29	5	6	56	7	3	29	80	.255	.294	.359	.653	81	201	12	4	6	5	0

KCR (4 yrs)				125	465	437	53	104	20	5	4	45	8	3	20	76	.238	.277	.334	.612	67	146	9	5	0	3	0
LAA (2 yrs)				228	869	799	95	213	45	6	10	80	6	4	45	98	.267	.305	.375	.680	90	300	18	3	13	9	0
BAL (1 yr)				7	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0	0	0	0	0

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

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Johnny Giavotella

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

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Standard Fielding

Appearances

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