Johnny Giavotella
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 8" 185LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 2, #49, Kansas City Royals | New Orleans
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 502 453 51 123 4 2 .272 .318 .375 .693
2016 367 346 44 90 6 4 .260 .287 .376 .663
2017 10 10 0 1 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200
7 Seasons 1,344 1,246 148 318 14 15 .255 .294 .359 .653
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .272 4 2 .693
2016 .260 6 4 .663
2017 .100 0 1 .200
7 Seasons .255 14 15 .653
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 27 1756 409 4 1.0 0.8 85.8 110.7 10.0 30.1 .259 .337 .303 .291 .301 19.6 11.8 6.4
2016 28 1221 314 5 1.6 1.4 85.7 104.7 9.7 30.6 .280 .366 .285 .295 .315 22.0 10.6 3.5
2017 29 39 6 0 0.0 0.0 92.4 104.6 20.1 16.7 .135 .158 .088 .128 .213 33.3 40.0 0.0
Player 3016 729 9 1.2 1.0 85.8 110.7 10.0 30.2 .266 .347 .293 .291 .306 20.7 11.6 5.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 48.4 51.6 15.6 29.6 6.4 33.0 41.1 25.2 18.6 23.2 6.1 14.4 17.8 19.1
2016 51.0 49.0 18.8 24.5 5.7 31.2 39.5 28.7 20.1 21.3 8.9 11.1 18.2 19.7
2017 33.3 66.7 50.0 16.7 0.0 16.7 83.3 0.0 16.7 16.7 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0
Player 49.4 50.6 17.3 27.3 6.0 32.1 40.7 26.5 19.2 22.4 7.3 12.9 18.4 19.2
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 1.5 38.4 24.2 28.1 2.7 1.0 0.8
2016 1.3 38.9 22.3 28.7 2.2 1.6 1.4
2017 0.0 16.7 50.0 33.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 1.4 38.4 23.6 28.4 2.5 1.2 1.0
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2017 Sinker -1.8 0 12 30.8 4 .250 .250 .225 25.0 25.0 33.3 .217 .249 .206 33.3
2017 Curveball -5.3 -1 10 25.6 1 .000 .000 .000 75.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -9.3 -1 9 23.1 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .160 .195 .152 33.3
2017 Changeup -6.0 0 4 10.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Cutter -13.9 0 2 5.1 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2017 Slider 3.0 0 2 5.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2011 187 687 -6 -7 5 2 -5
2012 189 729 -8 -5 3 2 -9
2013 48 184 -2 -1 1 2 0
2014 40 135 -1 -1 0 1 -1
2015 502 1,751 -10 -7 9 5 -4
2016 367 1,221 -8 -12 7 4 -9
2017 10 39 -2 -1 0 0 -2
Player 1,343 4,746 -36 -34 25 -36 -29
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,756 52.6 62.9 89.8 26.3 69.4 42.8 24.3 45.6 14.8 8.7 75.0
2016 1,221 54.1 65.5 91.2 27.9 60.9 46.1 28.1 48.2 16.3 7.1 74.7
2017 39 56.4 59.1 53.8 17.6 66.7 33.3 20.0 41.0 43.8 5.1 100.0
Player 3,016 53.3 63.9 90.0 26.8 65.9 44.0 25.8 46.6 15.7 8.0 75.1
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 24 59 15 6 42 6 6 10 81 5 89 37 87 68 76
2016 18 84 19 7 26 6 8 5 39 5 95 4 85 57 70 71
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.10 6 4.7 1 5 4 1 16.7
Player 22.10 6 4.7 1 5 4 1 16.7
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 8 4 5 5 4 1 3 5 6 4 4 6 6 3 4 5 7 5 6 4
Player 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 8 4 5 5 4 1 3 5 6 4 4 6 6 3 4 5 7 5 6 4
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017
Results
BA .272 -.012 ↓ .260 -.160 ↓ .100
xBA .259 +.021 ↑ .280 -.145 ↓ .135
OBP .318 -.031 ↓ .287 -.187 ↓ .100
xOBP .310 -.003 ↓ .307 -.172 ↓ .135
SLG .375 +.001 ↑ .376 -.276 ↓ .100
xSLG .337 +.029 ↑ .366 -.208 ↓ .158
ISO .104 +.012 ↑ .116 -.116 ↓ .000
xISO .077 +.009 ↑ .086 -.063 ↓ .023
BABIP .301 -.025 ↓ .276 -.109 ↓ .167
wOBA .303 -.018 ↓ .285 -.197 ↓ .088
xwOBA .291 +.004 ↑ .295 -.167 ↓ .128
wOBACON .315 -.012 ↓ .303 -.157 ↓ .146
xwOBACON .301 +.014 ↑ .315 -.102 ↓ .213
BACON .307 -.017 ↓ .290 -.123 ↓ .167
xBACON .297 +.018 ↑ .315 -.090 ↓ .225
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 19.6 +2.4 ↑ 22.0 +11.3 ↑ 33.3
Avg Exit Velocity 85.8 -0.1 ↓ 85.7 +6.7 ↑ 92.4
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 30.1 +0.5 ↑ 30.6 -13.9 ↓ 16.7
Barrel % 1.0 +0.6 ↑ 1.6 -1.6 ↓ 0.0
Avg Launch Angle 10.0 -0.3 ↓ 9.7 +10.4 ↑ 20.1
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- 0°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- 0.0
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- 0°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- 0°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- 0.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 92.3 0.0 92.3 -0.2 ↓ 92.1
Breaking Velocity 82.6 -0.9 ↓ 81.7 -1.5 ↓ 80.2
Offspeed Velocity 83.6 +0.5 ↑ 84.1 +0.2 ↑ 84.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 +1 ↑ 5 -5 ↓ 0
Popup % 6.4 -0.7 ↓ 5.7 -5.7 ↓ 0.0
Flyball % 15.6 +3.2 ↑ 18.8 +31.2 ↑ 50.0
Line Drive % 29.6 -5.1 ↓ 24.5 -7.8 ↓ 16.7
Groundball % 48.4 +2.6 ↑ 51.0 -17.7 ↓ 33.3
Pull % 33.0 -1.8 ↓ 31.2 -14.5 ↓ 16.7
Straight Away % 41.1 -1.6 ↓ 39.5 +43.8 ↑ 83.3
Opposite Field % 25.2 +3.5 ↑ 28.7 -28.7 ↓ 0.0
Weak Contact % 1.5 -0.2 ↓ 1.3 -1.3 ↓ 0.0
Pull Airball % 14.4 -3.3 ↓ 11.1 -11.1 ↓ 0.0
Topped Contact % 38.4 +0.5 ↑ 38.9 -22.2 ↓ 16.7
Under Contact % 24.2 -1.9 ↓ 22.3 +27.7 ↑ 50.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 28.1 +0.6 ↑ 28.7 +4.6 ↑ 33.3
Solid Contact % 2.7 -0.5 ↓ 2.2 -2.2 ↓ 0.0
HR/FB % 6.3 +3.9 ↑ 10.2 -10.2 ↓ 0.0
Popups 26 -8 ↓ 18 -18 ↓ 0
Flyballs 64 -5 ↓ 59 -56 ↓ 3
Line Drives 121 -44 ↓ 77 -76 ↓ 1
Groundballs 198 -38 ↓ 160 -158 ↓ 2
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 52.6 +1.5 ↑ 54.1 +2.3 ↑ 56.4
Out of Zone % 47.4 -1.5 ↓ 45.9 -2.3 ↓ 43.6
Edge % 42.8 +3.3 ↑ 46.1 -12.8 ↓ 33.3
Zone Swing % 62.9 +2.6 ↑ 65.5 -6.4 ↓ 59.1
Out of Zone Swing % 26.3 +1.6 ↑ 27.9 -10.3 ↓ 17.6
In Zone Contact % 89.8 +1.4 ↑ 91.2 -37.4 ↓ 53.8
Out of Zone Contact % 69.4 -8.5 ↓ 60.9 +5.8 ↑ 66.7
Whiff % 14.8 +1.5 ↑ 16.3 +27.5 ↑ 43.8
First Strike % 61.4 +5.4 ↑ 66.8 +3.2 ↑ 70.0
First Pitch Swing % 24.3 +3.8 ↑ 28.1 -8.1 ↓ 20.0
Swing % 45.6 +2.6 ↑ 48.2 -7.2 ↓ 41.0
Meatball Swing % 75.0 -0.3 ↓ 74.7 +25.3 ↑ 100.0
Meatball % 8.7 -1.6 ↓ 7.1 -2.0 ↓ 5.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 9.1 -1.0 ↓ 8.1 +38.1 ↑ 46.2
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 29.7 +9.4 ↑ 39.1 -5.8 ↓ 33.3
In Zone 923 -262 ↓ 661 -639 ↓ 22
Out of Zone 832 -272 ↓ 560 -543 ↓ 17
Edge 751 -188 ↓ 563 -550 ↓ 13
In Zone Swings 581 -148 ↓ 433 -420 ↓ 13
Out of Zone Swings 219 -63 ↓ 156 -153 ↓ 3
In Zone Swing & Misses 53 -18 ↓ 35 -29 ↓ 6
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 65 -4 ↓ 61 -60 ↓ 1
Basic
Pitches 1,756 -535 ↓ 1,221 -1,182 ↓ 39
PA 502 -135 ↓ 367 -357 ↓ 10
AB 453 -107 ↓ 346 -336 ↓ 10
Hits 123 -33 ↓ 90 -89 ↓ 1
Singles 89 -26 ↓ 63 -62 ↓ 1
Doubles 25 -5 ↓ 20 -20 ↓ 0
Triples 5 -4 ↓ 1 -1 ↓ 0
Home Runs 4 +2 ↑ 6 -6 ↓ 0
Walks 32 -19 ↓ 13 -13 ↓ 0
Strikeouts 59 -20 ↓ 39 -35 ↓ 4
K% 11.8 -1.2 ↓ 10.6 +29.4 ↑ 40.0
BB% 6.4 -2.9 ↓ 3.5 -3.5 ↓ 0.0
HBP 2 -1 ↓ 1 -1 ↓ 0
Batted Balls 409 -95 ↓ 314 -308 ↓ 6
Number of Fastballs 1,075 -317 ↓ 758 -735 ↓ 23
Number of Offspeed 178 -36 ↓ 142 -138 ↓ 4
Number of Breaking 481 -171 ↓ 310 -298 ↓ 12
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 346 2 0.6 .281 .000
2017 Shifts R 10 0 0.0 .088
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2011 174 16.5 26.4% 2.3% 145 22.2 0.0% 11.7%
2012 204 18.7 12.7% 2.0% 131 24.9 0.0% 14.5%
2013 46 18.3 0.0% 2.2% 41 24.2 2.4% 2.4%
2014 39 18.8 10.3% 2.6% 21 23.9 0.0% 4.8%
2015 579 19.6 12.1% 4.8% 254 28.5 2.0% 42.5%
2016 386 20.4 6.7% 5.7% 198 27.7 2.0% 37.9%
2017 14 22.2 0.0% 14.3% 7 25.4 0.0% 0.0%
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