Johnny Arthur Giavotella (born July 10, 1987) is an American former professional baseball second baseman.

[10] On August 7, 2011, Giavotella hit his first major league career home run off the Detroit Tigers' Max Scherzer.

[13] Giavotella's 2014 season was marred with inconsistency as he was called up to the Royals roster for just 12 games, hitting .216 while not displaying improvement since his rookie year.

[14] The Angels faced a stiff competition in spring training for the 2nd base position, as he battled against fellow infielders Josh Rutledge and Grant Green.

In 2016, while he improved his defense dramatically from the prior season, Giavotella was designated for assignment towards the end of the month of August and was not called up when rosters expanded in September.

[16] With an injury to starting shortstop J. J. Hardy, and a 5-game losing streak heading into the All-Star break, the team's looking for help in the field and at the plate.

[Norfolk manager Ron Johnson] said he was their best hitter, so we’ll bring him up here, see if there’s a need for what he brings.”[16] On August 1, Giavotella was designated for assignment.