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Wilbur Wood League
4-1-1980
John Arnovich First Base
Kansas City River Rats
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .291 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .799 Status Active Option Years 0  
H 1591 Age 36 (OS 37) Date of Birth 11-16-1943
HR 146 Drafted Round 1, Pick 12
(1962)
Majors Svc Time 12 years
(108 games)
RBI 671
SB 328
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D+ Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF B+ (68.5%)   Health LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF (63.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1962 Minors 19 39.00 5 / 7 5 / 6 5 / 8 4 / 4 4 / 5 6 / 6 3 / 3 32 / 39
1962 Pos (RF) 19 16.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 9 / 16
1963 Minors 20 44.00 3 / 4 7 / 10 5 / 6 3 / 5 1 / 4 11 / 11 4 / 4 34 / 44
1963 Pos (RF) 20 11.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 11
1964 Minors 21 47.00 3 / 4 5 / 7 7 / 7 7 / 9 2 / 6 8 / 9 4 / 5 36 / 47
1965 Minors 22 52.00 3 / 6 8 / 9 2 / 5 4 / 5 4 / 8 6 / 9 7 / 10 34 / 52
1966 Minors 23 39.00 4 / 5 4 / 9 2 / 6 4 / 8 3 / 4 2 / 2 3 / 5 22 / 39
1967 Majors 24 61.51 162 97 0 3 / 7 5 / 10 2 / 11 5 / 6 1 / 12 8 / 8 4 / 7 28 / 61
1968 Majors 25 60.47 162 82 0 1 / 10 6 / 12 5 / 8 4 / 10 1 / 5 2 / 2 6 / 13 25 / 60
1969 Majors 26 61.41 162 90 0 3 / 9 2 / 6 6 / 10 4 / 11 1 / 11 2 / 6 3 / 8 21 / 61
1970 Majors 27 56.43 140 81 17 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 7 2 / 11 2 / 10 1 / 3 3 / 12 9 / 56
1971 Majors 28 60.83 154 87 8 0 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 11 0 / 8 1 / 13 2 / 7 1 / 8 6 / 60
1972 Majors 29 50.00 139 69 22 1 / 9 0 / 9 0 / 8 1 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 10 6 / 50
1973 Majors 30 53.82 144 82 18 0 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 15 0 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 5 2 / 53
1974 Majors 31 57.50 162 83 0 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 12 1 / 10 0 / 6 2 / 8 0 / 8 3 / 57
1975 Majors 32 67.27 162 130 0 0 / 8 0 / 9 2 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 5 1 / 16 0 / 8 3 / 67
1976 Majors 33 64.64 162 118 0 1 / 9 1 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 7 1 / 8 1 / 9 2 / 11 6 / 64
1977 Majors 34 64.94 162 130 0 -4 / 8 -7 / 10 -3 / 7 -1 / 8 -2 / 5 -2 / 13 -4 / 13 -23 / 64
1978 Majors 35 67.75 162 130 0 -3 / 13 -6 / 11 -1 / 10 -3 / 11 -5 / 6 0 / 7 -3 / 9 -21 / 67
1979 Majors 36 48.10 115 93 47 -3 / 7 -5 / 9 -3 / 3 -4 / 5 -5 / 10 -2 / 7 0 / 7 -22 / 48
Total 1988 1272 112 17 / 135 27 / 151 31 / 155 31 / 140 10 / 126 51 / 136 34 / 146 217 / 1016
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-05-19John Arnovich of the Kansas City River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 53 days.
1976-09-02Trade #1281414 has been completed between the San Francisco Jakes and the Kansas City River Rats. The Kansas City River Rats receive Mike Hunter, John Arnovich from the San Francisco Jakes in exchange for Sweet River.
1975-06-08Trade #1260068 has been completed between the Brooklyn Brawlers and the San Francisco Jakes. The San Francisco Jakes receive Tex Earl, John Arnovich from the Brooklyn Brawlers in exchange for Joe Force, Chan Lee, Buck Schwind, Draft Pick 1976 Round 1 SF (Tim Sarni), Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 SF (Randall Raines).
1975-03-26The Brooklyn Brawlers have drafted John Arnovich #17 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1973-07-11John Arnovich of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1972-07-09John Arnovich of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1971-07-09John Arnovich of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1970-08-17John Arnovich of the Cincinnati Ironmen is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1967-04-01The Cincinnati Ironmen have promoted Spider Cox to the major league team. The Cincinnati Ironmen have promoted John Arnovich to the major league team.
1961-06-27A trade has been completed between the San Diego Marines and the Atlanta Anarchists. The Atlanta Anarchists receive Ed Townsend, Ron Hearron, Draft Pick 1962 Round 1 SD (John Arnovich) from the San Diego Marines in exchange for Ed Kitzmiller, Draft Pick 1963 Round 2 DET (Erv Groom). Protest This Trade.