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Name	Team	Age
John B.Jovy	Retired (1993, Age 36)	Died (2015, Age 59)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1979)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Amos Otis League	0	14 years (103 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	12/10/1956
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	2
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (RF)
B+ (71.4 %)	F  (2.5 %)	F  (1.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1979

Majors

64.03

162

130

0

7 / 9

6 / 11

3 / 9

2 / 9

0 / 10

3 / 6

4 / 10

25 / 64

1980

Majors

62.59

162

130

0

3 / 14

2 / 5

2 / 8

2 / 7

1 / 10

6 / 10

2 / 8

18 / 62

1981

Majors

56.91

149

120

13

4 / 14

2 / 9

2 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 7

4 / 9

2 / 7

14 / 56

1982

Majors

52.14

143

110

14

3 / 5

3 / 8

0 / 7

4 / 9

0 / 5

3 / 8

2 / 10

15 / 52

1983

Majors

58.71

149

120

13

2 / 11

1 / 7

1 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 5

4 / 10

1 / 11

10 / 58

1984

Majors

63.77

162

125

0

1 / 10

0 / 3

3 / 12

1 / 10

0 / 11

2 / 9

0 / 8

7 / 63

1985

Majors

67.86

162

130

0

1 / 12

2 / 15

1 / 6

1 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 10

5 / 67

1986

Majors

68.51

162

129

0

0 / 8

1 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 13

0 / 8

1 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 68

1987

Majors

68.39

162

126

0

0 / 13

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 68

1988

Majors

50.46

121

92

37

0 / 3

1 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 50

1989

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

1 / 16

0 / 5

0 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 9

1 / 13

0 / 3

2 / 69

1990

Majors

69.04

162

130

0

-1 / 8

-3 / 13

-1 / 12

0 / 7

-1 / 8

-2 / 12

-4 / 9

-12 / 69

1991

Majors

68.24

162

128

0

-3 / 9

-2 / 10

-4 / 13

-4 / 6

-9 / 8

-1 / 12

-4 / 10

-27 / 68

1992

Majors

52.81

139

87

23

-3 / 6

0 / 14

-2 / 4

-2 / 7

-6 / 6

-2 / 6

-2 / 9

-17 / 52

1993

Majors

33.02

162

30

0

-4 / 6

-7 / 8

-4 / 5

-6 / 3

-8 / 4

-4 / 5

-1 / 2

-34 / 33

Total

2321

1717

100

11 / 144

6 / 135

1 / 131

-1 / 115

-23 / 120

15 / 139

0 / 115

9 / 899

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1993-11-01	John B.Jovy has retired from the Brooklyn Bam Thwok
1992-08-06	John B.Jovy of the Brooklyn Bam Thwok is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1992-05-03	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Bam Thwok and the Cleveland INDIANS. The Cleveland INDIANS receive Paul Maple, Harry Nilsson, Kit Kauffman, Draft Pick 1993 Round 1 BRO (Jack Ely) from the Brooklyn Bam Thwok in exchange for Bill Powell, John B.Jovy, Sid Bream, Gram Lloyd .
1988-08-08	John B.Jovy of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1988-06-04	John B.Jovy of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1983-09-29	The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted John B.Jovy to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have sent Kevin Seitzer to the minors.
1983-09-18	The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted Kevin Seitzer to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have sent John B.Jovy to the minors.
1983-09-17	John B.Jovy of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1982-06-27	John B.Jovy of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1981-05-14	John B.Jovy of the Cleveland INDIANS is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1979-04-20	The Cleveland INDIANS have renamed John Martinez to John B.Jovy.
1979-04-01	The Cleveland INDIANS have promoted John Martinez to the major league team. The Cleveland INDIANS have designated Micah Franklin for assignment.