2B John Giovenco #40
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
08/21/1972
2B JOHN GIOVENCO #40 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
47 58 10 3 0 0 1 9 13 .172 .284 .224 0 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 40 40 40 40
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 55 55 55 55
Avoid K's 40 40 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 60 55
Errors: - 60 60
Arm: 20 60 50
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: 70 Shortstop: 55
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 30 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 65 Right Field: 30
3rd Base: 50
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Aggressiveness: 50
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/23/1972 @ HOU Win, 5-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/22/1972 @ HOU Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/21/1972 @ TCN Loss, 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/19/1972 @ TCN Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/07/1972 SEA Win, 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/1972 SFS Win, 3-2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/01/1972 @ BAL Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/30/1972 @ BAL Loss, 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/27/1972 @ SEA Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
06/26/1972 @ SEA Win, 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Rarely find him without a smile on his face.
Personality Class: Prankster
High: Leader
Birthday:06/06/1944
Born in:Portsmouth, VA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:6 Years, None
Service This Yr:118 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 9th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 47 58 10 3 0 0 1 5 9 13 .172 .284 .224 .508 .250 .052 59
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 15 67 0 0 0 1 2 0 13 3 0 0 0.0 4.3 2.26 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   21 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 .143 .217 .190 .408
Versus Right   37 7 2 0 0 0 3 7 10 0 1 0 .189 .318 .243 .561
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   21 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
May   17 5 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 .294 .368 .412 .780
June   16 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 .125 .222 .188 .410
July   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Spring Training   43 9 1 0 1 5 6 12 16 0 0 0 .209 .382 .302 .684
Last Year   106 21 4 0 0 7 12 19 19 3 0 0 .198 .312 .236 .548
2 Years Ago   187 40 5 2 1 14 19 26 32 0 0 0 .214 .310 .278 .588
Career   1428 321 52 9 7 108 122 152 305 7 26 4 .225 .300 .289 .588
Home   22 4 2 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 .182 .280 .273 .553
Road   36 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 9 0 2 0 .167 .286 .194 .480
Grass   58 10 3 0 0 1 5 9 13 0 2 0 .172 .284 .224 .508
Day   40 5 1 0 0 1 3 8 9 0 1 0 .125 .271 .150 .421
Night   18 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 1 0 .278 .316 .389 .705
As Starter   40 7 3 0 0 0 1 6 7 0 2 0 .175 .283 .250 .533
As Reliever / Substitution   18 3 0 0 0 1 4 3 6 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Pinch Hitting   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Close/Late   20 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 .150 .261 .150 .411
Inning 1-3   14 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 .143 .294 .214 .508
Inning 4-6   20 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 0 .200 .304 .300 .604
Inning 7-9   19 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 .158 .238 .158 .396
Extra Innings   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
0 Outs   19 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 .158 .200 .211 .411
1 Outs   15 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 .133 .316 .133 .449
2 Outs   24 5 2 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 .208 .321 .292 .613
Scoring Position   15 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 2 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Bases Empty   28 6 3 0 0 0 4 5 5 0 0 0 .214 .333 .321 .655
Runner on 1st   15 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .267 .312 .267 .579
Runner on 2nd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Runner on 1st & 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Two Strikes   35 5 2 0 0 1 1 3 13 0 0 0 .143 .211 .200 .411
First Pitch   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 0-1   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
Count 1-0   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 1-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-2   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Count 2-2   18 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .167 .167 .222 .389
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .500 .200 .700
Behind in Count   19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 .053 .053 .105 .158
Ahead in Count   9 3 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 0 .333 .600 .444 1.044
Batting 2nd   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Batting 5th   4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 7th   26 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 .154 .241 .231 .472
Batting 8th   16 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 .250 .368 .312 .681
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   15 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 .400 .471 .533 1.004
Medium Leverage   27 3 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 2 0 .111 .226 .148 .374
High Leverage   16 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 .062 .211 .062 .273
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Seattle - MLB 22 99 260 58 11 0 0 16 15 24 2 2 67 0 0 .223 .292 .265 .557 74 70 0.1
1968 Seattle - MLB 23 145 431 107 16 5 4 36 39 33 2 0 86 0 0 .248 .305 .336 .641 100 97 2.5
1969 Seattle - MLB 24 137 386 85 13 2 2 34 32 41 0 2 88 0 0 .220 .294 .280 .573 68 60 -0.1
1970 Seattle - MLB 25 69 187 40 5 2 1 14 19 26 0 0 32 0 1 .214 .310 .278 .588 68 64 -0.2
1971 Dallas - MLB 26 87 106 21 4 0 0 7 12 19 0 3 19 0 2 .198 .312 .236 .548 63 63 -0.3
1972 Dallas - MLB 27 47 58 10 3 0 0 1 5 9 0 0 13 0 0 .172 .284 .224 .508 49 59 -0.1
Total MLB 584 1428 321 52 9 7 108 122 152 4 7 305 0 3 .225 .300 .289 .588 77 73 1.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Total - 21 39 174 49 7 1 1 28 40 19 1 0 19 40 9 .282 .356 .351 .706 100 100 0.5
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Dallas - MLB 26 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -126 -0.0
Total MLB 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -126
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Seattle - MLB P 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.00 +0.6 1.983
1967 Seattle - MLB 2B 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 -0.0 1.046
1967 Seattle - MLB 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 1.053
1967 Seattle - MLB SS 97 91 103 263 41 387 21 .946 738.2 4.46 -3.2 .973
1968 Seattle - MLB P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 +0.3 .000
1968 Seattle - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 Seattle - MLB SS 142 134 168 402 68 598 28 .953 1156.0 4.44 +3.4 1.025
1969 Seattle - MLB 2B 38 29 66 72 19 141 3 .979 252.0 4.93 +0.9 1.107
1969 Seattle - MLB 3B 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 11.0 2.45 +0.1 1.051
1969 Seattle - MLB SS 106 85 169 294 64 486 23 .953 779.2 5.34 -1.4 .980
1970 Seattle - MLB 2B 10 2 14 19 7 33 0 1.000 40.2 7.30 +0.7 .997
1970 Seattle - MLB 3B 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 7.0 1.29 +0.0 1.050
1970 Seattle - MLB SS 57 53 108 140 29 255 7 .973 449.1 4.97 -3.7 .961
1970 Seattle - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Dallas - MLB 1B 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 4.0 9.00 +0.1 1.025
1971 Dallas - MLB 2B 57 10 36 63 15 102 3 .971 176.1 5.05 +0.8 1.062
1971 Dallas - MLB 3B 11 3 3 12 2 15 0 1.000 38.0 3.55 +1.0 1.043
1971 Dallas - MLB SS 18 12 16 40 5 57 1 .982 112.2 4.47 -2.7 .898
1971 Dallas - MLB RF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 11.1 1.59 -0.1 .987
1972 Dallas - MLB 2B 19 10 20 38 3 59 1 .983 101.1 5.15 +1.2 1.077
1972 Dallas - MLB 3B 17 2 4 10 1 15 1 .933 42.2 2.95 -0.2 1.044
1972 Dallas - MLB SS 5 3 2 9 1 11 0 1.000 33.0 3.00 -1.4 .743
TOTAL P 4 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.9 1.983
TOTAL 1B 1 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 4.0 9.00 +0.1 1.025
TOTAL 2B 126 51 137 193 44 337 7 .979 574.1 5.17 +3.5 1.077
TOTAL 3B 32 6 7 27 3 35 1 .971 101.2 3.01 +0.9 1.045
TOTAL SS 425 378 566 1148 208 1794 80 .955 3269.1 4.72 -9.1 .986
TOTAL RF 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.1 1.46 -0.1 .987
PLAYER HISTORY
12/11/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick) by the Seattle Emeralds, out of college North Carolina
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 40 (50).
03/22/1967 Injured (strained back muscle),out for 3 weeks.
04/11/1967 Named the #95 prospect in the MLB
05/13/1967 Injured (strained hamstring),day-to-day for 2 days.
08/13/1967 Injured (sore shoulder),out for 4-5 weeks.
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 45 (55).
03/05/1968 Injured (sore forearm),day-to-day for one week.
03/19/1968 Injured (strained back muscle),out for 4 weeks.
05/21/1968 Injured (strained back muscle),day-to-day for one week.
08/03/1968 Injured (strained back muscle),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (55).
03/09/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at shortstop at the Seattle Emeralds development complex.
09/15/1969 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 1 day.
09/17/1969 Injured (strained hamstring),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $34,000.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (55).
04/08/1970 Injured (strained hamstring),day-to-day for one week.
11/15/1970 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (55).
01/30/1971 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $165,000 with the Dallas Wranglers organization.
03/14/1971 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Dallas Wranglers development complex.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (55).
05/26/1972 Injured (strained rib cage muscles),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/31/1972 Released by the Dallas Wranglers.
07/31/1972 Dallas Wranglers have executed the contract year option.
08/09/1972 Signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Industrials organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1969 8 5
Year SH Rank
1969 16 8
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