Christian
Jovanich
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: February 23, 1943 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 CLG FL $ 1,000,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1974 31 CLG FL $ 1,000,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 8 8 8
1975 32 LOU JL $ 1,000,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1976 33 VAN JL $ 1,000,000 5 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1977 34 VAN JL $ 1,200,000 5 4 4 7 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1978 35 AUS FL $ 300,000 5 4 4 7 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1979 36 HON JL $ 1,000,000 5 3 4 7 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 37 VAN JL   4 3 3 7 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 7 8 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 7 8 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,200,000 5 4 4 7 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 30 CLG FL 130 455 54 126 24 2 6 53 1 1 30 24 .277 .324 .378 .702 51.1 4.4
1974 31 CLG FL 98 217 25 61 10 2 8 22 0 2 21 17 .281 .353 .456 .809 31.3 5.1
1975 32 CLG FL 11 30 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .200 .367 0.1 0.0
  LOU JL 84 98 6 18 4 0 1 10 0 0 5 4 .184 .238 .255 .493 5.3 0.0
  TOT   95 128 7 23 5 0 1 12 0 0 5 7 .180 .222 .242 .464 5.4 0.0
1976 33 LOU JL 12 17 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .529 .529 .765 1.294 4.9 1.4
  VAN JL 133 487 55 125 32 7 4 44 0 0 19 33 .257 .286 .376 .662 47.9 8.0
  TOT   145 504 60 134 33 7 5 46 0 0 19 33 .266 .294 .389 .683 52.8 9.4
1977 34 VAN JL 82 176 23 49 11 1 2 13 0 0 7 14 .278 .308 .386 .694 19.8 3.4
1978 35 AUS FL 24 46 5 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 .239 .260 .261 .521 3.6 0.0
    AAA   9 32 6 11 6 0 0 6 1 0 1 1 .344 .364 .531 .895 5.3  
1979 36 HON JL 78 152 10 28 10 1 2 10 0 0 7 13 .184 .224 .303 .526 9.3 0.0
    AAA   25 80 7 18 3 0 0 3 1 1 9 12 .225 .303 .263 .566 6.6  
1980 37 VAN JL 13 21 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .190 .292 .238 .530 1.4 0.0
8 Years Sim 665 1699 186 436 95 13 24 161 1 3 91 112 .257 .299 .370 .669 174.8 22.4
2 Years AAA 34 112 13 29 9 0 0 9 2 1 10 13 .259 .323 .339 .662 12.0  
162 Game Average 413 45 106 23 3 5 39 0 0 22 27 .257 .299 .370 .669 42.6  
Career Highs 145 504 60 134 33 7 8 53 1 2 30 33 .281 .353 .456 .809 52.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   974 113 235 52 6 11 91 1 0 37 64 .241 .271 .341 .611 84.3
vs LH   725 73 201 43 7 13 70 0 3 54 48 .277 .335 .410 .745 93.1
Home 318 817 90 199 50 10 7 71 1 0 51 52 .244 .291 .355 .646 80.7
Away 347 882 96 237 45 3 17 90 0 3 40 60 .269 .306 .384 .690 96.7
RISP   379 0 84 19 1 5 118 0 0 21 24 .222 .262 .317 .578 30.2
Pinch Hitting   129 8 35 12 1 0 13 0 0 6 7 .271 .304 .380 .684 13.7
Close/Late   232 14 57 10 3 4 17 0 0 9 19 .246 .283 .366 .649 22.3
Mar/Apr 96 218 24 67 9 0 7 27 0 0 13 14 .307 .352 .445 .797 32.0
May 104 249 26 53 14 5 2 15 0 2 18 13 .213 .271 .333 .605 20.8
June 111 268 33 68 11 4 3 27 0 1 15 22 .254 .303 .358 .661 27.0
July 118 332 43 90 20 3 5 30 0 0 16 22 .271 .303 .395 .698 37.9
August 123 339 36 88 21 0 4 30 1 0 16 22 .260 .298 .357 .655 33.9
Sep/Oct 113 293 24 70 20 1 3 32 0 0 13 19 .239 .274 .345 .619 25.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 30 CLG FL SS 90 88 768.7 128 304 19 86 .958 5.06   3.1
    2B 30 26 230.0 50 96 4 23 .973 5.71   1.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1974 31 CLG FL 2B 80 46 472.7 85 185 3 36 .989 5.14   2.4
    SS 4 0 8.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1975 32 CLG FL 2B 5 1 35.5 7 9 0 1 1.000 4.06   0.1
    SS 2 1 16.2 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.33   0.0
  LOU JL 2B 40 7 122.5 26 33 0 5 1.000 4.33   0.4
    SS 16 5 55.8 5 14 0 4 1.000 3.06   0.1
  TOT   2B 45 8 158.0 33 42 0 6 1.000 4.27   0.5
      SS 18 6 72.0 7 18 0 5 1.000 3.13   0.2
1976 33 LOU JL SS 11 11 36.4 5 13 1 3 .947 4.45   0.2
  VAN JL SS 126 120 1094.6 161 392 28 85 .952 4.55   5.3
  TOT   SS 137 131 1131.0 166 405 29 88 .952 4.54   5.4
1977 34 VAN JL 2B 44 22 229.7 45 74 4 14 .967 4.66   0.7
    SS 15 15 121.0 12 39 3 4 .944 3.79   0.5
1978 35 AUS FL 2B 8 5 45.0 5 22 0 2 1.000 5.40   0.3
    SS 5 5 41.0 3 7 2 0 .833 2.20   0.0
1979 36 HON JL SS 69 40 385.3 46 107 4 15 .975 3.57   1.7
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
1980 37 VAN JL SS 7 1 24.3 3 3 0 2 1.000 2.22   0.1
    2B 3 3 24.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.63   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 345 286 2551.3 365 887 57 200 .956 4.42   11.1
  2B 210 110 1159.3 220 424 11 82 .983 5.00   5.1
  3B 3 0 5.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
  RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   559 396 3719.3 586 1313 68 282 .965 4.60   16.2
Career Highs   137 131 1131.0 179 405 29 109 1.000 5.20    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1976-9-33
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 29th round, 681st overall pick, by New Orleans in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Hollis Wayne (LEX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/1/1973, off Glen Padua (LEX)
Traded from New Orleans to Calgary on 4/11/1973 (Going to CLG: 1B J. Kelly, RF P. Messlin, LF J. Dion, 2B C. Jovanich, P J. Gomer. Going to NO: 2B B. Kengos, RF J. Gillstrom)
Traded from Calgary to Louisville on 4/21/1975 (Going to CLG: P D. Martinez. Going to LOU: 2B C. Jovanich)
Traded from Louisville to Vancouver on 4/21/1976 (Going to VAN: 2B C. Jovanich, 1B M. Jordan, 3B P. Tostado, P D. Benevides. Going to LOU: 3B D. Smithson, P W. Chilsen, P M. Harris)
Released by Vancouver on 5/21/1978
Signed as a free agent by Austin on 8/11/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 2/14/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year