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Will Venable

William Dion Venable

Position: Outfielder
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
Team: Padres 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: 1st Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$444k (11), 1 yr/$1.48M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.155, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Turner-Gary Sports [*]
Relatives: Son of Max Venable
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:13AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Hank Aaron… 

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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
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
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 */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
4 Seasons 375 1304 1165 163 291 43 18 36 143 62 12 114 330 .250 .321 .410 .731 103 478 12 12 3 10 15
162 Game Avg. 162 563 503 70 126 19 8 16 62 27 5 49 143 .250 .321 .410 .731 103 206 5 5 1 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 25 SDP NL 124 -1 1 1 1 -6 0 3 -1 -0.1 5 0.5 -0.6 $
2009 26 SDP NL 324 4 -1 -2 0 15 -3 9 23 2.4 7 0.8 1.6 $
2010 27 SDP NL 445 2 2 -2 3 3 -4 12 16 1.7 13 1.3 0.4 $ */3
2011 28 SDP NL 411 -1 4 1 1 3 -4 11 15 1.7 12 1.3 0.4 $444,400 *98/7
4 Seasons 1304 4 5 -2 5 15 -11 36 53 5.7 37 3.9 1.8 $444,400

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2008 SDP NL 25 OF 27 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 -6 2 3.15 .985 2.20
2008 SDP NL 25 CF 27 26 26 238.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 -6 2 -32 10 3.21 3.15 .990 2.61 2.59
2009 SDP NL 26 OF 81 163 158 3 2 0 .988 15 6 1.99 .986 2.18
2009 SDP NL 26 RF 68 52 50 493.2 126 123 2 1 0 .992 19 9 46 22 2.28 1.84 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 SDP NL 26 CF 16 16 6 117.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -3 -28 -31 2.38 1.94 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 SDP NL 26 LF 6 3 3 32.1 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -1 0 -30 0 1.39 0.83 .982 1.92 1.92
2010 SDP NL 27 OF 121 246 241 1 4 1 .984 3 7 2.00 .987 2.15
2010 SDP NL 27 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.10
2010 SDP NL 27 RF 89 64 52 600.1 148 144 1 3 1 .980 1 2 2 4 2.17 1.63 .986 2.10 2.07
2010 SDP NL 27 CF 25 18 9 164.1 57 56 0 1 0 .982 0 5 2 37 3.07 2.24 .989 2.59 2.56
2010 SDP NL 27 LF 23 19 14 171.2 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 18 0 2.15 1.78 .985 1.82 1.80
2011 SDP NL 28 OF 109 85 72 793.2 181 176 3 2 2 .989 3 12 5 18 2.03 1.64 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 SDP NL 28 RF 91 71 61 662.2 151 147 2 2 2 .987 3 10 6 18 2.02 1.64 .983 2.05 2.04
2011 SDP NL 28 CF 14 10 8 93.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -1 3 -18 39 2.23 1.64 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 SDP NL 28 LF 7 4 3 38.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 -1 44 -32 1.66 1.00 .986 1.87 1.87
4 Seasons OF 338 85 72 793.2 675 659 8 8 3 .988 15 27 23 12 2.03 1.97 .986 2.16 2.16
3 Seasons RF 248 187 163 1756.2 425 414 5 6 3 .986 23 21 16 14 2.15 1.69 .985 2.08 2.06
4 Seasons CF 82 70 49 612.1 196 192 3 1 0 .995 -10 7 -20 13 2.87 2.38 .989 2.59 2.57
3 Seasons LF 36 26 20 242.0 54 53 0 1 0 .981 3 -1 16 -4 1.97 1.47 .985 1.84 1.83
1 Season 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.10
4 Seasons TOT 339 85 72 793.2 676 660 8 8 3 .988 15 54 23 81 2.03 1.97 .986 2.16 2.18
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 NL  1.5 (10th)

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

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

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  23 (14th)
Career  23 (53rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.17 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1843), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Joe Lefebvre (968)
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  5. Billy Conigliaro (968)
  6. Mickey Brantley (967)
  7. Aaron Guiel (966)
  8. Warren Newson (965)
  9. Allie Clark (964)
  10. Walt Bond (964)
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  2. Cy Williams (970)
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  4. Mickey Brantley (967)
  5. Gabe Gross (965)
  6. Walt Bond (964)
  7. Joe Lefebvre (964)
  8. Wes Helms (962)
  9. Mike Devereaux (962)
  10. Damon Buford (962)
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  2. Leroy Stanton (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201128San Diego Padres$444,400
201229San Diego Padres$1,475,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$444,400Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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