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Will Venable

William Dion Venable

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 29, 1982 in Greenbrae, CA
High School: San Rafael HS (San Rafael, CA)
School: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
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 (Age 25)
Team: Padres 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$2.68M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.155, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Turner-Gary Sports [*]
Relatives: Son of Max Venable
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Standard Batting

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 .730 103 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 .763 109 129 6 4 2 0 2 98/7
2010 27 SDP NL 131 445 392 60 96 11 7 13 51 29 7 45 128 .245 .324 .408 .732 104 160 3 3 0 5 8 *987/3
2011 28 SDP NL 121 411 370 49 91 14 7 9 44 26 3 31 92 .246 .310 .395 .704 99 146 2 5 1 4 4 *98/7
2012 29 SDP NL 148 470 417 62 110 26 8 9 45 24 6 41 94 .264 .335 .429 .765 114 179 2 5 5 2 2 *987
2013 30 SDP NL 43 136 122 17 29 4 1 7 18 8 2 11 33 .238 .306 .459 .765 116 56 1 1 2 0 1 *98
6 Yrs 566 1910 1704 242 430 73 27 52 206 94 20 166 457 .252 .323 .418 .742 107 713 15 18 10 12 18
162 Game Avg. 162 547 488 69 123 21 8 15 59 27 6 48 131 .252 .323 .418 .742 107 204 4 5 3 3 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 25 SDP NL 28 124 2 0 1 1 1 4 0.4 4 8 0.8 .516 .503 0.7 0.1 7 8
2009 26 SDP NL 95 324 2 -1 0 2 -3 -0 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 0.7 -0.1 8 $402,300 98/7
2010 27 SDP NL 131 445 -2 2 2 15 -4 13 1.3 14 27 2.7 .511 .509 1.1 1.1 12 $412,800 *987/3
2011 28 SDP NL 121 411 -0 4 1 6 -4 7 0.7 13 20 2.0 .506 .505 1.3 0.3 14 $444,400 *98/7
2012 29 SDP NL 148 470 8 2 1 1 -4 8 0.9 15 22 2.3 .506 .505 2.0 -0.3 21 $1,475,000 *987
2013 30 SDP NL 43 136 2 1 1 -1 -1 2 0.1 4 6 0.6 .504 .501 0.7 -0.2 7 $2,675,000 *98
6 Seasons 566 1910 11 7 6 24 -15 33 3.4 60 93 9.2 .506 .504 6.4 0.8 69 $5,409,500

Advanced Batting

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 96 .307 .264 .251 .339 .321 .391 .401 .730 .722 103 .490 0.9 0.1 .675 .245 .127 1.3
2009 26 SDP NL 324 227 42 5.0 98 .328 .256 .254 .323 .325 .440 .403 .763 .728 109 .514 3.3 0.3 .724 .287 .184 8.0
2010 27 SDP NL 445 311 57 4.9 94 .324 .245 .251 .324 .320 .408 .396 .732 .716 104 .531 2.6 0.3 .752 .334 .163 18.0
2011 28 SDP NL 411 289 51 4.8 92 .300 .246 .251 .310 .317 .395 .390 .704 .708 99 .531 -0.9 -0.1 .722 .295 .149 13.4
2012 29 SDP NL 470 322 65 5.4 94 .320 .264 .252 .335 .316 .429 .399 .765 .715 114 .582 8.7 0.9 .771 .307 .165 13.1
2013 30 SDP NL 136 98 18 4.9 91 .268 .238 .247 .306 .312 .459 .390 .765 .702 116 .553 2.2 0.2 .771 .361 .221 7.5
6 Yrs 1910 1331 248 5.0 94 .313 .252 .251 .323 .319 .418 .397 .742 .715 107 .540 16.8 1.7 .742 .307 .166 67.0
162 Game Avg. 547 381 71 5.0 94 .313 .252 .251 .323 .319 .418 .397 .742 .715 107 .540 5 0 .742 .307 .166 19

Ratio Batting*

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%
2010 27 SDP NL 445 2.9% 28.8% 10.1% 7.0% 32% 2.84 3.1 30.2 7.7 0.66 0.78 58% 16% 10.3% 20%
2011 28 SDP NL 411 2.2% 22.4% 7.5% 7.3% 33% 2.97 4.0 41.1 8.4 0.75 0.94 66% 20% 6.8% 14%
2012 29 SDP NL 470 1.9% 20.0% 8.7% 9.2% 39% 2.29 4.4 46.3 9.3 0.97 1.22 67% 17% 6.6% 14%
2013 30 SDP NL 136 5.2% 24.3% 8.1% 8.8% 41% 3.00 3.7 17.4 6.8 0.87 1.41 60% 24% 17.5% 15%
6 Yrs 1910 2.7% 23.9% 8.7% 8.0% 35% 2.75 3.7 32.8 8.3 0.81 1.05 63% 18% 9.1% 15%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.5% 8.4% 7.7% 33% 2.20 4.8 34.4 8.1 0.81 1.08 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2008 25 SDP NL 0.9 0.1 127 0.0 2.1 -2.1 1.01 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.96 2.0 1.32 0
2009 26 SDP NL 3.3 0.3 332 -0.7 5.4 -6.1 1.03 0.0 -0.7 -6.0 -0.6 1.02 2.1 1.25 15
2010 27 SDP NL 2.6 0.3 488 -0.2 8.2 -8.4 1.08 -0.1 -0.1 4.4 0.5 1.00 0.6 1.21 21
2011 28 SDP NL -0.9 -0.1 449 0.7 7.8 -7.1 1.07 0.2 0.4 13.0 1.3 0.98 1.9 1.53 19
2012 29 SDP NL 8.7 0.9 503 1.8 9.1 -7.3 .98 1.2 0.6 19.0 2.0 0.93 12.3 1.25 23
2013 30 SDP NL 2.2 0.2 150 -0.4 1.7 -2.1 .81 0.3 -0.7 2.3 0.2 0.92 3.2 0.32 1
6 Yrs 16.8 1.7 2049 1.2 34.2 -33.1 1.02 1.8 -0.7 32.1 3.3 0.97 22.0 1.29 79

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm 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 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 1 0 0 0 6 14% 11 11 0 2 1 1 8 6 2
2010 27 SDP NL 0 0 36% 166 29 7 81% 26 7 3 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 2 1 12 40% 15 12 3 2 0 2 13 6 7
2011 28 SDP NL 5 0 34% 104 26 3 90% 21 3 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 0 1 1 12 46% 11 9 2 2 0 2 11 3 7
2012 29 SDP NL 4 0 36% 182 24 6 80% 20 5 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 51% 22 15 7 6 1 5 21 8 13
2013 30 SDP NL 0 0 29% 37 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 43% 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 2 2
6 Yrs 12 0 34% 645 94 20 82% 81 19 13 0 0 1 12 7 10 4 1 3 2 47 41% 68 54 14 16 4 12 61 27 33

Situational Hitting*

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 % DPopp DPs 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 1.32 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 21 1 5% 8 3 38% 69 9 13% 6 4 67% 2 1 50% 0
2009 26 SDP NL 324 75% 75 14 2 15 3 0 2 1.25 12 0 13 12 0 5 7 0 4 2 50% 64 6 9% 31 9 29% 236 27 11% 22 6 27% 12 9 75% 0
2010 27 SDP NL 445 87% 96 11 2 21 5 0 2 1.21 13 0 15 11 2 6 7 0 3 0 0% 79 3 4% 39 15 38% 278 39 14% 26 14 54% 16 10 63% 0
2011 28 SDP NL 411 88% 91 13 4 19 1 0 0 1.53 9 1 12 9 0 6 3 0 3 1 33% 51 2 4% 24 10 42% 218 35 16% 17 10 59% 11 8 73% 0
2012 29 SDP NL 470 84% 110 16 8 23 2 0 2 1.25 9 0 9 8 1 2 7 0 7 5 71% 54 2 4% 29 11 38% 212 38 18% 14 10 71% 19 12 63% 0
2013 30 SDP NL 136 84% 29 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.32 7 0 3 7 0 6 1 0 2 2 100% 18 1 6% 11 6 55% 77 11 14% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
6 Yrs 1910 83% 430 62 16 79 11 0 6 1.29 52 1 56 49 3 25 27 0 20 10 50% 287 15 5% 142 54 38% 1090 159 15% 89 46 52% 64 42 66% 0
MLB Averages 55% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 125 522 4.18 320 61% 29% 15% 28% 28% 71% 2% 43% 78% 17% 6% 8 0 16% 20 4 10% 12 8 19% -1 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
2010 27 SDP NL 445 1809 4.07 1145 63% 26% 22% 29% 23% 74% 4% 47% 71% 27% 7% 30 0 16% 69 25 11% 47 32 21% 0 0 0
2011 28 SDP NL 411 1574 3.83 1013 64% 24% 20% 28% 28% 76% 2% 49% 74% 26% 6% 23 1 13% 52 23 8% 32 19 21% 0 0 0
2012 29 SDP NL 477 1806 3.79 1162 64% 26% 17% 28% 28% 74% 1% 47% 77% 23% 4% 19 0 11% 52 18 7% 32 15 21% -7 0 0
2013 30 SDP NL 137 582 4.25 375 64% 20% 19% 36% 24% 80% 2% 51% 76% 26% 4% 6 0 12% 17 7 7% 9 6 12% -1 0 0
6 Yrs 1919 7568 3.94 4839 64% 25% 19% 29% 26% 75% 2% 48% 74% 26% 5% 105 1 13% 252 91 8% 157 97 20% -9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 14% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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 .730 103 43 1 0 0 1 1
2009 26 123 448 403 54 104 18 4 14 48 7 2 38 110 .258 .327 .427 .754 107 172 7 4 2 1 3
2010 27 254 893 795 114 200 29 11 27 99 36 9 83 238 .252 .325 .418 .743 106 332 10 7 2 6 11
2011 28 375 1304 1165 163 291 43 18 36 143 62 12 114 330 .250 .321 .410 .731 104 478 12 12 3 10 15
2012 29 523 1774 1582 225 401 69 26 45 188 86 18 155 424 .253 .324 .415 .740 106 657 14 17 8 12 17
2013 30 566 1910 1704 242 430 73 27 52 206 94 20 166 457 .252 .323 .418 .742 107 713 15 18 10 12 18

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 28 127 112 17 31 4 2 2 11 1 14 21 .277 .354 .402 .756 16 28
2009 26 95 331 298 42 80 15 2 13 42 6 27 89 .268 .337 .463 .800 45 95
2010 27 131 455 399 67 103 12 8 14 57 31 48 128 .258 .338 .434 .772 58 131
2011 28 121 422 378 56 99 15 8 10 51 28 34 92 .262 .328 .423 .751 51 121
2012 29 148 482 426 70 119 28 9 10 51 26 44 94 .279 .352 .458 .810 67 148
2013 30 43 139 124 19 31 4 1 7 20 9 12 33 .250 .321 .468 .789 19 43
6 Yrs 566 1956 1737 271 463 78 30 56 232 101 179 457 .267 .339 .443 .782 256 566
162 Game Avg. 162 560 497 78 133 22 9 16 66 29 51 131 .267 .339 .443 .782 73 566

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (8th)
2011 NL  7 (10th)
2012 NL  8 (9th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2010 NL  29 (9th)
2013 NL  8 (8th)

SB % s c a p y
2011 NL  89.66 (3rd)
Active  82.46 (10th)
Career  82.46 (22nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2013 NL  7.5 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1649), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2083), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Right Field (208th), 8.4 career WAR/8.4 7yr-peak WAR/8.4 JAWS
Average HOF RF (out of 23) = 70.9 career WAR/42.0 7yr-peak WAR/56.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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