Vance Odell Lovelace (born August 9, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1988 to 1990 for the California Angels and Seattle Mariners.

Lovelace spent 1981 to 1987, and 1991 to 1994 in Minor League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, and Texas Rangers.

organizations, including a brief stint in the Chinese Professional Baseball League for the Brother Elephants in 1993.

In 1997 and 1998, Lovelace played in the Northeast League for the Catskill Cougars and New Jersey Jackals.

[1] He joined the Dodgers as vice-president of Player Personnel in 2009[2] and his position was changed to Special Advisor to the President in 2014, which he held through 2016.