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Max Venable
William McKinley Venable
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 6, 1957 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Cordova (Rancho Cordova, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1979
Final Game: October 6, 1991
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Max Venable: 18 Career Home Runs

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 6 go ahead
4 Tms
CAL7
SFG7
CIN2
MON2
 
vs RHP18
 
Home10
Away8
 
Leverage
High Lev3
Medium Lev5
Low Lev10
12 Opps
SDP4
SFG2
ATL2
BAL2
MIN1
KCR1
PHI1
CHC1
CLE1
NYY1
HOU1
MIL1
17 Pitchers
Dick Ruthven2
Ed Whitson1
Mike Walker1
Jeff Cornell1
Scott Kamieniecki1
Steve Bedrosian1
Jay Tibbs1
Greg Minton1
Juan Eichelberger1
Mark Knudson1
Mark Gubicza1
Phil Niekro1
La Marr Hoyt1
Rick Mahler1
Pete Harnisch1
Vern Ruhle1
Elias Sosa1
8 Parks
Candlestick6
Angel Stad5
Qualcomm St2
Wrigley Fld1
Memor. Stad1
Cinergy Fld1
Atl-Fulton1
Yankee Stad1
Where Hit
910
Unk5
893
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
Unk11
23
42
11
31
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms18
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd6
1st4
3rd3
6th2
5th1
9th1
8th1
Outs
08
15
25
 
DefPos
LF8
CF4
PH3
RF3
Bases
---13
1--3
1231
12-1
 
26 RBI
RISP2
0 on13
1 on3
2 on1
3 on1
Any on5
Inning
12
22
34
41
51
63
71
81
93
 
1-38
4-65
7-end5
RelScore
+4..3
+22
+13
Tied5
-12
-31
-4..2
 
Ahead8
Tied5
Behind5
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk11
1-02
0-01
2-11
0-11
1-21
2-01

Play By Play

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1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1982-06-25 SFG SDP Juan Eichelberger ahead 1-0 b 5 1 --- 1 1 7 12% 81% Home Run
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1983-04-05 SFG SDP Elias Sosa behind 6-16 b 6 0 1-- 2 9 PH 0% 1% Home Run; O'Malley Scores
3 3 2 1 1983-04-09 SFG PHI Dick Ruthven tied 1-1 b 3 0 1-- 2 3 8 19% 78% Home Run; Kuiper Scores
4 4 3 1 1983-06-10 (1) SFG @ ATL Phil Niekro ahead 3-2 t 6 0 --- 1 6 7 12% 78% Home Run
5 5 4 1 1983-06-15 SFG HOU Vern Ruhle ahead 4-0 b 6 1 --- 1 6 8 2% 98% Home Run
6 6 5 1 1983-07-21 SFG @ CHC Dick Ruthven behind 0-3 t 7 1 --- 1 5 8 7% 14% Home Run
7 7 6 1 1983-09-13 SFG @ SDP Ed Whitson behind 0-1 t 3 2 1-- 2 2 9 24% 59% Home Run; Garrelts Scores
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
8 8 1 1 1984-08-15 MON @ SFG Jeff Cornell ahead 7-3 t 9 0 --- 1 2 9 1% 100% Home Run
9 9 2 1 1984-08-16 MON @ SFG Greg Minton ahead 10-2 t 8 0 --- 1 3 PH 0% 100% Home Run
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1986-09-24 CIN ATL Rick Mahler tied 0-0 b 3 2 12- 3 2 7 28% 83% Home Run; Oester Scores; Power Scores
11 11 2 1 1986-09-26 CIN @ SDP La Marr Hoyt ahead 7-5 t 9 0 --- 1 2 7 4% 97% Home Run
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
12 12 1 1 1990-05-01 CAL @ BAL Jay Tibbs tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 1 7 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
13 13 2 1 1990-05-26 CAL MIL Mark Knudson ahead 3-1 b 2 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 7 8% 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
14 14 3 1 1990-07-21 CAL CLE Mike Walker behind 0-1 b 4 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 3 7 15% 53% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
15 15 4 1 1990-08-10 CAL BAL Pete Harnisch tied 0-0 b 3 2 --- 3,(2-0)  1 2 9 13% 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1991-07-02 CAL KCR Mark Gubicza ahead 1-0 b 2 2 123 2,(0-1)  4 2 8 24% 91% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); Hill Scores; Sojo Scores; Polonia Scores; Venable Scores
17 17 2 1 1991-07-28 CAL @ NYY Scott Kamieniecki tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 1 7 10% 60% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); Venable Scores
18 18 3 1 1991-08-06 CAL MIN Steve Bedrosian behind 3-7 b 9 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 8 PH 1% 2% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Venable Scores

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