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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 SFG NL 22 OF 25 17 170.0 35 30 2 3 0 .914 -4.0 -28.2 -3.0 -0.4 -2.6 -1 1.69 1.28 .980 2.33 2.00
1979 SFG NL 22 RF 21 16 150.0 31 27 1 3 0 .903 -4.2 -33.6 -3.2 -0.8 -2.4 -1 1.68 1.33 .981 2.19 1.87
1979 SFG NL 22 LF 6 1 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 1.59 0.50 .967 2.01 1.58
1979 SFG NL 22 CF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.45
1980 SFG NL 23 OF 40 29 265.2 61 61 0 0 0 1.000 -6.1 -27.6 -5.1 -0.8 -4.3 -1 2.07 1.53 .980 2.31 1.98
1980 SFG NL 23 LF 16 7 75.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -4.8 -0.3 0.6 -0.8 0 1.90 1.00 .975 2.06 1.68
1980 SFG NL 23 RF 16 13 114.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -3.2 -33.7 -2.2 -1.9 -0.3 -1 1.58 1.25 .975 2.06 1.71
1980 SFG NL 23 CF 10 9 76.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -41.1 -2.6 0.5 -3.2 0 2.13 1.80 .983 2.83 2.37
1981 SFG NL 24 OF 5 5 47.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0 2.30 2.40 .983 2.34 2.02
1981 SFG NL 24 RF 3 3 31.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -27.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 1.16 1.33 .975 2.09 1.63
1981 SFG NL 24 CF 2 2 16.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 52.5 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 3.94 3.50 .986 2.81 2.55
1982 SFG NL 25 OF 53 22 265.0 73 66 6 1 2 .986 1.0 4.5 0.0 2.0 -2.0 1 2.45 1.36 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 SFG NL 25 LF 33 14 170.1 40 33 6 1 2 .975 0.8 5.6 -1.2 0.7 -1.9 2 2.06 1.18 .972 2.08 1.60
1982 SFG NL 25 CF 11 6 67.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -17.9 0.0 0.6 -0.6 -1 2.82 1.91 .981 2.66 2.30
1982 SFG NL 25 RF 8 2 27.2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 52.0 1.2 0.7 0.5 0 4.23 1.63 .977 2.02 1.65
1983 SFG NL 26 OF 66 50 482.1 147 141 5 1 0 .993 2.0 5.0 3.0 3.4 -0.3 -1 2.72 2.21 .980 2.27 1.92
1983 SFG NL 26 LF 33 22 227.1 55 54 1 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -9.5 -0.8 -0.4 -0.5 -1 2.18 1.67 .976 2.03 1.60
1983 SFG NL 26 CF 25 22 187.2 71 69 1 1 0 .986 3.0 19.2 3.0 3.3 -0.2 0 3.36 2.80 .983 2.78 2.38
1983 SFG NL 26 RF 14 6 67.1 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 14.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0 2.54 1.36 .979 2.00 1.64
1984 MON NL 27 OF 27 11 134.0 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.0 17.9 2.0 1.5 0.5 0 2.22 1.22 .979 2.27 1.91
1984 MON NL 27 LF 23 8 104.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 3.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 1.73 0.87 .970 2.03 1.53
1984 MON NL 27 CF 3 1 10.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.60 1.33 .975 2.70 2.40
1984 MON NL 27 RF 3 2 20.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 84.0 1.4 1.4 0.0 0 4.95 3.67 .982 2.07 1.70
1985 CIN NL 28 OF 39 26 238.0 63 60 3 0 0 1.000 1.2 6.1 0.2 -0.8 0.8 1 2.38 1.62 .978 2.20 1.88
1985 CIN NL 28 LF 31 24 211.0 56 53 3 0 0 1.000 2.0 11.4 1.0 0.5 0.4 1 2.39 1.81 .977 1.92 1.50
1985 CIN NL 28 CF 7 2 22.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 0.4 0 2.86 1.00 .986 2.66 2.26
1985 CIN NL 28 RF 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -192.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 1.80 0.33 1.000 1.98 1.67
1986 CIN NL 29 OF 57 19 249.0 65 63 0 2 0 .969 2.0 9.6 2.0 0.5 1.6 0 2.28 1.11 .978 2.19 1.82
1986 CIN NL 29 LF 49 17 214.2 54 52 0 2 0 .963 0.9 5.0 0.9 0.1 0.9 0 2.18 1.06 .976 1.97 1.44
1986 CIN NL 29 CF 8 2 27.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 30.7 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 2.96 1.13 .989 2.60 2.05
1986 CIN NL 29 RF 3 0 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.86 1.00 .967 1.93 1.63
1987 CIN NL 30 CF 4 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -32.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.80 0.75 1.000 2.52 2.05
1987 CIN NL 30 OF 4 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -32.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 1.80 0.75 .967 2.16 1.82
1989 CAL AL 32 OF 13 11 97.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.8 22.2 1.8 2.3 -0.5 0 1.94 1.62 .981 2.42 2.12
1989 CAL AL 32 RF 7 7 57.0 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 16.8 0.8 1.9 -1.1 0 2.37 2.14 .980 2.34 1.90
1989 CAL AL 32 CF 4 1 14.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 42.9 0.5 -0.1 0.6 0 2.57 1.00 .975 2.76 2.45
1989 CAL AL 32 LF 4 3 26.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 22.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 0.68 0.50 1.000 2.15 1.82
1990 CAL AL 33 OF 77 40 440.0 118 112 3 3 1 .975 0.6 1.6 1.6 0.6 1.0 -1 2.35 1.49 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 CAL AL 33 LF 40 11 157.0 42 39 2 1 0 .976 3.8 29.0 2.8 0.4 2.4 1 2.35 1.03 .979 2.19 1.74
1990 CAL AL 33 CF 33 22 222.0 64 61 1 2 1 .969 -1.8 -9.7 0.2 -0.8 1.0 -2 2.51 1.88 .986 2.74 2.42
1990 CAL AL 33 RF 10 7 61.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -27.5 -1.4 1.0 -2.4 0 1.48 1.00 .980 2.23 1.81
1990 CAL AL 33 DH 1
1991 CAL AL 34 OF 65 44 437.2 92 86 3 3 0 .967 -5.3 -14.5 -3.3 2.4 -5.7 -2 1.83 1.37 .984 2.37 2.03
1991 CAL AL 34 RF 30 16 171.2 36 34 0 2 0 .944 2.1 14.7 3.1 3.0 0.1 -1 1.78 1.13 .981 2.19 1.76
1991 CAL AL 34 CF 27 23 211.0 37 34 3 0 0 1.000 -6.2 -35.3 -6.2 -0.8 -5.4 0 1.58 1.37 .989 2.76 2.40
1991 CAL AL 34 LF 13 5 55.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -1.2 -26.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -1 2.78 1.31 .978 2.18 1.72
1991 CAL AL 34 DH 3
12 Seasons OF 471 275 2841.0 723 688 22 13 3 .982 -5.2 -2.2 -1.2 11.4 -12.6 -4 2.25 1.51 .980 2.30 1.95
10 Seasons LF 248 112 1258.1 306 289 12 5 2 .984 5.0 4.8 3.0 2.8 0.2 2 2.15 1.21 .976 2.04 1.59
12 Seasons CF 136 91 871.0 246 238 5 3 1 .988 -6.6 -9.1 -3.6 3.2 -6.9 -3 2.51 1.79 .985 2.75 2.36
11 Seasons RF 118 72 711.2 163 156 2 5 0 .969 -3.6 -6.1 -0.6 5.4 -5.9 -3 2.00 1.34 .979 2.15 1.75
2 Seasons DH 4
12 Seasons TOT 471 275 2841.0 723 688 22 13 3 .982 -5.2 -2.2 -1.2 11.4 -12.6 -4 2.25 1.51 .962 2.30 1.95
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 SFG NL 22 55 17 55 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 21 25 0 18 14
1980 SFG NL 23 64 29 64 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 16 40 0 33 0
1981 SFG NL 24 18 5 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 13 0
1982 SFG NL 25 71 22 71 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 11 8 52 0 17 12
1983 SFG NL 26 94 50 94 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 25 14 66 0 27 5
1984 MON NL 27 38 11 38 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 3 27 0 16 0
1985 CIN NL 28 77 26 77 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 7 3 39 0 39 6
1986 CIN NL 29 108 19 108 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 8 3 57 0 61 6
1987 CIN NL 30 7 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 2
1989 CAL AL 32 20 11 20 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 13 0 6 2
1990 CAL AL 33 93 40 93 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 33 10 77 0 18 8
1991 CAL AL 34 82 44 82 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 27 30 65 0 19 8
12 Seasons 727 275 727 470 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 136 118 470 0 269 63
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 SFG NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 70 76% 73% 29% 7 43%
1980 SFG NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 0 344 56% 80% 23% 36 44%
1982 SFG NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 6 5 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 17 9 52.9% 5 3 17.6% 3 744 56% 80% 23% 76 49%
1983 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 6 0 6 1 0 6 3 0 6 1 0 8 8 0 34 19 55.9% 15 0 0.0% 1 1030 57% 79% 24% 109 50%
1984 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 442 64% 77% 29% 23 87%
1985 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 2 932 59% 77% 28% 55 100%
1986 CIN NL 29 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 6 1 0 5 1 0 5 3 0 1 1 0 26 15 57.7% 11 0 0.0% 0 942 66% 75% 30% 92 57%
1989 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 129 69% 77% 36% 8 25%
1990 CAL AL 33 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 6 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 2 689 61% 74% 36% 74 55%
1991 CAL AL 34 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 249 67% 75% 37% 29 59%
10 Seasons 5 0 2 3 0 12 0 7 1 3 37 33 0 30 8 3 19 9 0 24 7 0 19 18 1 129 75 58.1% 50 4 3.1% 8 5571 61% 77% 28% 509 59%
MLB Averages 58.9% 2.6% 56% 78% 31% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 SFG NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 55% 91% 36% 1 100%
1980 SFG NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 346 64% 80% 19% 40 45%
1981 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 69 61% 81% 29% 11 64%
1982 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 305 57% 80% 25% 39 54%
1983 SFG NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 9 7 0 24 11 45.8% 13 0 0.0% 1 859 58% 78% 24% 113 62%
1984 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 44% 78% 16% 4 100%
1985 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 95 79% 69% 23% 7 100%
1986 CIN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 122 59% 77% 26% 19 47%
1987 CIN NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 86% 80% 28% 4 75%
1989 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 55% 75% 38% 8 50%
1990 CAL AL 33 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 5 0 11 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 30 8 26.7% 22 0 0.0% 1 991 65% 75% 36% 129 47%
1991 CAL AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 3 921 69% 72% 34% 60 58%
12 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 5 1 2 1 1 33 21 0 25 0 0 8 4 0 13 0 0 18 13 0 97 38 39.2% 59 0 0.0% 5 3885 64% 76% 29% 435 55%
MLB Averages 42.1% 2.0% 56% 78% 31% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 SFG NL 22 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 7 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 18 5 27.8% 11 2 11.1% -1 679 65% 78% 36% 63 48%
1980 SFG NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 12 5 41.7% 7 0 0.0% 0 524 60% 79% 23% 42 48%
1981 SFG NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 142 54% 76% 16% 11 36%
1982 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 139 59% 83% 17% 26 50%
1983 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 1 325 40% 82% 23% 39 49%
1984 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 91 71% 82% 41% 11 100%
1985 CIN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 25 64% 84% 12% 1 100%
1986 CIN NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 45% 77% 23% 4 75%
1989 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 13 6 46.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 257 53% 81% 42% 32 47%
1990 CAL AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 0 272 74% 78% 37% 25 40%
1991 CAL AL 34 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 0 762 71% 71% 34% 47 72%
11 Seasons 5 0 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 26 12 1 22 4 1 10 3 0 8 3 0 13 11 0 79 33 41.8% 44 2 2.5% 0 3247 62% 77% 31% 301 53%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.9% 56% 78% 31% 56%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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