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
Relatives: Father of Will Venable
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 22 SFG NL 55 97 85 12 14 1 1 0 3 3 3 10 18 .165 .260 .200 .460 32 17 0 1 1 0 1 9/78
1980 23 SFG NL 64 157 138 13 37 5 0 0 10 8 2 15 22 .268 .333 .304 .638 82 42 3 0 1 3 0 798
1981 24 SFG NL 18 36 32 2 6 0 2 0 1 3 1 4 3 .188 .278 .313 .590 69 10 0 0 0 0 0 /98
1982 25 SFG NL 71 132 125 17 28 2 1 1 7 9 3 7 16 .224 .265 .280 .545 54 35 2 0 0 0 0 78/9
1983 26 SFG NL 94 256 228 28 50 7 4 6 27 15 2 22 34 .219 .295 .364 .659 85 83 3 3 2 1 1 789
1984 27 MON NL 38 76 71 7 17 2 0 2 7 1 0 3 7 .239 .276 .352 .628 79 25 0 1 0 1 1 7/89
1985 28 CIN NL 77 146 135 21 39 12 3 0 10 11 3 6 17 .289 .315 .422 .737 102 57 2 0 3 2 0 7/89
1986 29 CIN NL 108 168 147 17 31 7 1 2 15 7 2 17 24 .211 .289 .313 .602 64 46 0 0 2 2 2 7/89
1987 30 CIN NL 7 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0 /8
1989 32 CAL AL 20 57 53 7 19 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 16 .358 .370 .434 .804 129 23 0 0 3 0 0 /987
1990 33 CAL AL 93 222 189 26 49 9 3 4 21 5 1 24 31 .259 .340 .402 .742 110 76 3 0 7 2 2 789/D
1991 34 CAL AL 82 206 187 24 46 8 2 3 21 2 1 11 30 .246 .292 .358 .650 80 67 5 2 4 2 2 987/D
12 Seasons 727 1560 1397 176 337 57 17 18 128 64 18 120 218 .241 .302 .345 .647 81 482 18 7 23 13 9
162 Game Avg. 162 348 311 39 75 13 4 4 29 14 4 27 49 .241 .302 .345 .647 81 107 4 2 5 3 2
SFG (5 yrs) 302 678 608 72 135 15 8 7 48 38 11 58 93 .222 .292 .308 .600 70 187 8 4 4 4 2
CAL (3 yrs) 195 485 429 57 114 21 5 7 46 7 2 36 77 .266 .323 .387 .710 99 166 8 2 14 4 4
CIN (3 yrs) 192 321 289 40 71 19 4 2 27 18 5 23 41 .246 .297 .360 .657 79 104 2 0 5 4 2
MON (1 yr) 38 76 71 7 17 2 0 2 7 1 0 3 7 .239 .276 .352 .628 79 25 0 1 0 1 1
NL (9 yrs) 532 1075 968 119 223 36 12 11 82 57 16 84 141 .230 .293 .326 .619 73 316 10 5 9 9 5
AL (3 yrs) 195 485 429 57 114 21 5 7 46 7 2 36 77 .266 .323 .387 .710 99 166 8 2 14 4 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1979 22 SFG NL 97 75 5 1.8 94 .209 .165 .260 .260 .325 .200 .386 .460 .711 32 .161 -7.7 -0.8 .378 .153 .035 .0
1980 23 SFG NL 157 110 16 3.9 93 .311 .268 .263 .333 .325 .304 .382 .638 .707 82 .465 -2.4 -0.2 .594 .188 .036 .0
1981 24 SFG NL 36 27 3 3.0 90 .207 .188 .260 .278 .325 .313 .373 .590 .698 69 .360 -1.5 -0.2 .593 .313 .125 .0
1982 25 SFG NL 132 102 9 2.4 94 .250 .224 .264 .265 .327 .280 .384 .545 .712 54 .260 -8.2 -0.9 .471 .160 .056 1.8
1983 26 SFG NL 256 186 27 3.9 94 .233 .219 .260 .295 .328 .364 .385 .659 .712 85 .462 -5.4 -0.6 .661 .298 .145 8.6
1984 27 MON NL 76 55 7 3.4 90 .238 .239 .259 .276 .323 .352 .376 .628 .699 79 .411 -2.1 -0.2 .556 .169 .113 1.3
1985 28 CIN NL 146 106 18 4.6 98 .325 .289 .265 .315 .333 .422 .394 .737 .727 102 .538 0.1 0.0 .703 .237 .133 .0
1986 29 CIN NL 168 122 15 3.3 101 .236 .211 .266 .289 .337 .313 .401 .602 .738 64 .382 -7.4 -0.8 .576 .252 .102 3.1
1987 30 CIN NL 7 6 0 0.0 109 .143 .143 .274 .143 .344 .143 .427 .286 .770 -25 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1989 32 CAL AL 57 37 9 6.5 92 .514 .358 .258 .370 .323 .434 .380 .804 .703 129 .678 1.9 0.2 .706 .094 .075
1990 33 CAL AL 222 153 28 4.9 92 .288 .259 .256 .340 .324 .402 .382 .742 .706 110 .550 2.9 0.3 .722 .291 .143 4.4
1991 34 CAL AL 206 153 19 3.4 96 .276 .246 .259 .292 .328 .358 .393 .650 .721 80 .363 -5.4 -0.5 .551 .176 .112 2.4
12 Seasons 1560 1132 156 3.7 95 .272 .241 .261 .302 .328 .345 .387 .647 .715 81 .431 -36.6 -3.8 .598 .223 .104 28.1
162 Game Avg. 348 252 35 3.7 95 .272 .241 .261 .302 .328 .345 .387 .647 .715 81 .431 -36.6 -3.8 .598 .223 .104 6
SFG (5 yrs) 678 500 60 3.2 93 .250 .222 .262 .292 .326 .308 .384 .600 .710 70 .377 -25.2 -2.7 .561 .225 .086 11.8
CAL (3 yrs) 485 343 56 4.4 94 .307 .266 .258 .323 .325 .387 .387 .710 .712 99 .493 -0.7 0.0 .643 .217 .121 7.0
CIN (3 yrs) 321 234 33 3.8 100 .276 .246 .265 .297 .335 .360 .398 .657 .734 79 .447 -8.6 -0.9 .622 .239 .114 3.6
MON (1 yr) 76 55 7 3.4 90 .238 .239 .259 .276 .323 .352 .376 .628 .699 79 .410 -2.1 -0.2 .556 .169 .113 1.3
NL (9 yrs) 1075 789 100 3.4 95 .257 .230 .263 .293 .329 .326 .388 .619 .716 73 .401 -35.9 -3.8 .578 .225 .096 18.4
AL (3 yrs) 485 343 56 4.4 94 .307 .266 .258 .323 .325 .387 .387 .710 .712 99 .493 -0.7 0.0 .643 .217 .121 7.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 22 SFG NL 97 0.0% 18.6% 10.3% 2.1% 14% 1.80 4.7 28.3 0.39 69%
1980 23 SFG NL 157 0.0% 14.0% 9.6% 3.2% 14% 1.47 6.3 13.8 0.93 76%
1981 24 SFG NL 36 0.0% 8.3% 11.1% 5.6% 33% 0.75 10.7 32.0 0.77 81%
1982 25 SFG NL 132 0.8% 12.1% 5.3% 3.0% 14% 2.29 7.8 125.0 17.9 0.95 82%
1983 26 SFG NL 256 2.3% 13.3% 8.6% 6.6% 34% 1.55 6.7 38.0 8.4 1.07 74%
1984 27 MON NL 76 2.6% 9.2% 4.0% 5.3% 24% 2.33 10.1 35.5 10.1 0.33 83%
1985 28 CIN NL 146 0.0% 11.6% 4.1% 10.3% 39% 2.83 7.9 13.5 0.95 82%
1986 29 CIN NL 168 1.2% 14.3% 10.1% 6.0% 32% 1.41 6.1 73.5 9.8 1.11 73%
1987 30 CIN NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 1.00 100%
1989 32 CAL AL 57 0.0% 28.1% 1.8% 7.0% 21% 16.00 3.3 13.3 0.64 1.11 65% 28% 0.0% 14%
1990 33 CAL AL 222 1.8% 14.0% 10.8% 7.2% 33% 1.29 6.1 47.3 9.0 0.81 1.18 70% 15% 5.9% 19%
1991 34 CAL AL 206 1.5% 14.6% 5.3% 6.3% 28% 2.73 6.2 62.3 8.9 0.75 1.13 76% 20% 4.5% 26%
12 Seasons 1560 1.2% 14.0% 7.7% 5.9% 27% 1.82 6.4 77.6 10.9 0.76 0.94 75% 18% 4.6% 22%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 22 SFG NL 3 0 48% 56 3 3 50% 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 20% 7 7 0 1 1 0 7 3 3
1980 23 SFG NL 1 0 25% 53 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 50% 6 2 2 1 1 0 7 2 5
1981 24 SFG NL 0 0 20% 9 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 SFG NL 1 0 47% 60 9 3 75% 9 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 50% 11 6 5 1 1 0 8 2 5
1983 26 SFG NL 3 1 32% 86 15 2 88% 14 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 53% 8 6 2 5 2 3 4 0 4
1984 27 MON NL 0 0 26% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 25% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1985 28 CIN NL 4 0 47% 73 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 56% 9 6 3 0 0 0 9 2 7
1986 29 CIN NL 1 0 33% 56 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 70% 6 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 3
1987 30 CIN NL 0 0 200% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 32 CAL AL 2 0 35% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 50% 9 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 33 CAL AL 1 0 32% 84 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 38% 16 9 7 3 3 0 5 3 2
1991 34 CAL AL 3 0 38% 75 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 58% 12 4 7 1 0 1 6 3 3
12 Seasons 19 1 35% 617 64 18 78% 62 15 1 3 1 0 12 0 21 29 47% 87 51 33 13 8 5 54 17 35
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1979 22 SFG NL 97 80% 14 17 5 0 0 1.08 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 18 0 0% 8 4 50% 51 4 8% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
1980 23 SFG NL 157 94% 37 26 9 0 4 1.56 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 20 3 15% 15 5 33% 82 10 12% 12 6 50% 7 2 29% 0
1981 24 SFG NL 36 89% 6 12 1 0 0 1.28 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 28 1 4% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1982 25 SFG NL 132 89% 28 17 3 0 1 1.01 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0% 20 2 10% 9 1 11% 79 6 8% 7 2 29% 8 4 50% 0
1983 26 SFG NL 257 88% 50 22 6 1 2 1.80 6 0 9 6 0 3 3 0 2 2 100% 42 3 7% 18 11 61% 156 23 15% 12 7 58% 10 7 70% 0
1984 27 MON NL 76 89% 17 13 4 1 2 1.37 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0% 13 2 15% 42 5 12% 2 1 50% 14 4 29% 0
1985 28 CIN NL 146 95% 39 36 13 0 4 1.61 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 31 2 6% 19 7 37% 85 11 13% 4 3 75% 13 8 62% 0
1986 29 CIN NL 168 88% 31 51 8 0 5 1.50 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 100% 35 0 0% 20 11 55% 115 13 11% 11 6 55% 6 1 17% 0
1987 30 CIN NL 7 100% 1 2 1 0 1 1.88 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1989 32 CAL AL 57 88% 19 0 0 6 1 0 0 2.38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 5 3 60% 27 4 15% 2 1 50% 5 4 80% 0
1990 33 CAL AL 222 87% 49 8 3 16 3 0 1 2.11 4 0 3 4 0 3 1 0 9 7 78% 47 3 6% 25 10 40% 132 17 13% 11 5 45% 15 4 27% 0
1991 34 CAL AL 206 89% 46 19 2 16 3 1 1 1.62 3 1 7 3 0 2 1 0 6 4 67% 43 5 12% 23 10 43% 133 18 14% 14 8 57% 8 4 50% 0
12 Seasons 1561 89% 337 27 5 234 57 3 21 1.54 18 1 43 18 0 10 8 0 31 23 74% 276 18 7% 158 64 41% 934 114 12% 81 42 52% 89 39 44% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 32 CAL AL 53 185 3.49 125 68% 31% 13% 26% 30% 69% 0% 46% 81% 36% 4% 2 0 8% 4 1 4% 2 2 40% 4 0 0
1990 33 CAL AL 214 754 3.52 468 62% 22% 15% 29% 34% 78% 3% 48% 81% 36% 6% 13 0 12% 25 8 7% 15 9 26% 8 0 1
1991 34 CAL AL 206 680 3.30 436 64% 22% 15% 26% 37% 78% 3% 50% 81% 32% 3% 7 0 14% 28 12 3% 7 5 30% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 473 1619 3.42 1029 64% 23% 14% 27% 35% 77% 3% 49% 81% 34% 5% 22 0 12% 57 21 5% 24 16 30% 12 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 22 55 97 85 12 14 1 1 0 3 3 3 10 18 .165 .260 .200 .460 32 17 0 1 1 0 1
1980 23 119 254 223 25 51 6 1 0 13 11 5 25 40 .229 .306 .265 .570 63 59 3 1 2 3 1
1981 24 137 290 255 27 57 6 3 0 14 14 6 29 43 .224 .302 .271 .573 64 69 3 1 2 3 1
1982 25 208 422 380 44 85 8 4 1 21 23 9 36 59 .224 .290 .274 .564 61 104 5 1 2 3 1
1983 26 302 678 608 72 135 15 8 7 48 38 11 58 93 .222 .292 .308 .600 70 187 8 4 4 4 2
1984 27 340 754 679 79 152 17 8 9 55 39 11 61 100 .224 .291 .312 .603 71 212 8 5 4 5 3
1985 28 417 900 814 100 191 29 11 9 65 50 14 67 117 .235 .295 .330 .625 76 269 10 5 7 7 3
1986 29 525 1068 961 117 222 36 12 11 80 57 16 84 141 .231 .294 .328 .621 74 315 10 5 9 9 5
1987 30 532 1075 968 119 223 36 12 11 82 57 16 84 141 .230 .293 .326 .619 73 316 10 5 9 9 5
1988 31 532 1075 968 119 223 36 12 11 82 57 16 84 141 .230 .293 .326 .619 73 316 10 5 9 9 5
1989 32 552 1132 1021 126 242 40 12 11 86 57 16 85 157 .237 .296 .332 .628 76 339 10 5 12 9 5
1990 33 645 1354 1210 152 291 49 15 15 107 62 17 109 188 .240 .303 .343 .646 81 415 13 5 19 11 7
1991 34 727 1560 1397 176 337 57 17 18 128 64 18 120 218 .241 .302 .345 .647 81 482 18 7 23 13 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1979 22 55 101 88 15 17 1 1 0 4 4 12 18 .193 .297 .227 .524 6 55
1980 23 64 164 144 15 43 6 0 0 12 9 17 22 .299 .366 .340 .706 18 64
1981 24 27 57 50 4 11 0 4 0 2 6 7 5 .220 .316 .380 .696 6 18
1982 25 71 133 126 18 29 2 1 1 7 9 7 16 .230 .271 .286 .556 10 71
1983 26 94 264 235 31 57 8 5 7 30 17 25 34 .243 .322 .409 .730 30 94
1984 27 38 78 73 8 19 2 0 2 8 1 3 7 .260 .295 .370 .665 8 38
1985 28 77 144 136 22 40 12 3 0 10 11 6 17 .294 .319 .426 .746 19 77
1986 29 108 169 149 17 33 7 1 2 15 7 18 24 .221 .302 .322 .624 15 108
1987 30 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1989 32 20 56 55 8 21 4 0 0 5 0 1 16 .382 .393 .455 .847 10 20
1990 33 93 222 194 29 54 10 3 4 24 6 26 31 .278 .360 .423 .783 31 93
1991 34 82 203 188 25 47 8 2 3 22 2 11 30 .250 .296 .362 .657 20 82
12 Seasons 736 1598 1445 192 371 60 20 19 139 72 133 220 .257 .320 .365 .685 173 727
162 Game Avg. 162 352 318 42 82 13 4 4 31 16 29 48 .257 .320 .365 .685 38 727

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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