Will Venable
William D. Venable
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 29, 1982 in Greenbrae, CA
High School: San Rafael (San Rafael, CA)
School: Princeton University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 2008
Relatives: Son of Max 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
2008 25 SDP NL 28 124 110 16 29 4 2 2 10 1 1 13 21 .264 .339 .391 .730 102 43 1 0 0 1 1 8
2009 26 SDP NL 95 324 293 38 75 14 2 12 38 6 1 25 89 .256 .323 .440 .763 112 129 6 4 2 0 2 98/7
2 Seasons 123 448 403 54 104 18 4 14 48 7 2 38 110 .258 .327 .427 .754 109 172 7 4 2 1 3
162 Game Avg. 162 590 531 71 137 24 5 18 63 9 3 50 145 .258 .327 .427 .754 109 227 9 5 3 1 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
2008 25 SDP NL 124 84 15 4.8 97 .307 .264 .253 .339 .322 .391 .403 .730 .725 102 .490 0.7 0.1 .675 .245 .127 1.3
2009 26 SDP NL 324 227 42 5.0 95 .328 .256 .250 .323 .320 .440 .397 .763 .717 112 .514 4.9 0.5 .724 .287 .184 8.0
2 Seasons 448 311 57 4.9 95 .321 .258 .251 .327 .321 .427 .398 .754 .719 109 .507 5.6 0.5 .711 .275 .169 9.3
162 Game Avg. 590 410 75 4.9 95 .321 .258 .251 .327 .321 .427 .398 .754 .719 109 .507 7 1 .711 .275 .169 12

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
2008 25 SDP NL 124 1.6% 16.9% 10.5% 6.5% 28% 1.62 5.2 55.0 11.0 1.07 1.07 71% 10% 5.9% 21%
2009 26 SDP NL 324 3.7% 27.5% 7.7% 8.6% 37% 3.56 3.3 24.4 7.7 0.76 1.19 59% 17% 11.5% 9%
2 Seasons 448 3.1% 24.6% 8.5% 8.0% 35% 2.89 3.7 28.8 8.4 0.85 1.15 63% 15% 10.1% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2008 25 SDP NL 3 0 35% 51 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 36% 8 6 2 2 1 1 4 2 2
2009 26 SDP NL 0 0 28% 105 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 6 14% 11 11 0 2 1 1 8 6 2
2 Seasons 3 0 30% 156 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 9 23% 19 17 2 4 2 2 12 8 4
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2008 25 SDP NL 124 69% 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.40 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 21 1 5% 8 3 38% 69 9 13% 6 4 67% 6 2 33% 0
2009 26 SDP NL 324 75% 75 14 2 15 3 0 2 1.36 12 0 13 12 0 5 7 0 4 2 50% 64 6 9% 31 9 29% 236 27 11% 22 6 27% 19 8 42% 0
2 Seasons 448 74% 104 18 2 15 3 0 2 1.36 14 0 17 14 0 5 9 0 5 2 40% 85 7 8% 39 12 31% 305 36 12% 28 10 36% 25 10 40% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
2008 25 SDP NL 124 520 4.19 318 61% 29% 15% 28% 28% 71% 2% 44% 78% 17% 6% 8 0 16% 20 4 10% 12 8 19% 0 0 0
2009 26 SDP NL 324 1275 3.94 824 65% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 2% 49% 72% 29% 6% 19 0 13% 42 14 8% 25 17 21% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 448 1795 4.01 1142 64% 26% 20% 29% 26% 74% 2% 47% 74% 26% 6% 27 0 14% 62 18 8% 37 25 21% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2008 25 28 124 110 16 29 4 2 2 10 1 1 13 21 .264 .339 .391 .730 102 43 1 0 0 1 1
2009 26 123 448 403 54 104 18 4 14 48 7 2 38 110 .258 .327 .427 .754 109 172 7 4 2 1 3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 25 28 128 113 18 32 4 2 2 11 1 14 21 .283 .359 .407 .766 17 28
2009 26 95 330 299 42 81 15 2 13 42 6 27 89 .271 .339 .465 .804 46 95
2 Seasons 123 458 412 60 113 19 4 15 53 7 41 110 .274 .345 .449 .794 63 123
162 Game Avg. 162 603 543 79 149 25 5 20 70 9 54 145 .274 .345 .449 .794 83 123

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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