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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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Fine Details  · Last updated May 18, 2013 11:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1615. Rollie Hemsley… #1616. Dave Robertson… #1617. Ron Karkovice… #1618. WILL VENABLE… #1619. Bones Ely… #1620. Ray Sanders… #1621. Jerry Royster… 

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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 .730 103 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 40 123 109 15 26 3 1 5 15 7 2 11 30 .239 .314 .422 .736 108 46 1 1 2 0 1 *98
6 Yrs 563 1897 1691 240 427 72 27 50 203 93 20 166 454 .253 .324 .416 .740 106 703 15 18 10 12 18
162 Game Avg. 162 546 487 69 123 21 8 14 58 27 6 48 131 .253 .324 .416 .740 106 202 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 40 123 0 1 0 0 -1 1 0.0 4 5 0.4 .502 .500 0.5 -0.1 5 $2,675,000 *98
6 Seasons 563 1897 10 7 6 25 -15 33 3.3 59 92 9.1 .506 .504 6.2 0.9 67 $5,409,500

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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 CF 27 26 26 238.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 -6 1 -32 5 3.21 3.15 .990 2.61 2.59
2008 SDP NL 25 OF 27 26 26 238.0 85 84 1 0 0 1.000 -6 1 -32 5 3.21 3.15 .985 2.21 2.20
2009 SDP NL 26 OF 81 71 59 643.0 163 158 3 2 0 .988 15 2 29 3 2.25 1.99 .986 2.20 2.18
2009 SDP NL 26 RF 68 52 50 493.2 126 123 2 1 0 .992 19 3 46 7 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 0 -28 0 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 -1 -30 -37 1.39 0.83 .982 1.92 1.92
2010 SDP NL 27 OF 121 101 75 936.1 246 241 1 4 1 .984 3 15 4 19 2.33 2.00 .987 2.17 2.15
2010 SDP NL 27 RF 89 64 52 600.1 148 144 1 3 1 .980 1 7 2 14 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 3 18 20 2.15 1.78 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 SDP NL 27 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.10
2011 SDP NL 28 OF 109 85 72 793.2 181 176 3 2 2 .989 4 6 5 9 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 5 6 9 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 1 -17 13 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 2 0 51 0 1.66 1.00 .986 1.87 1.87
2012 SDP NL 29 OF 135 103 77 931.2 217 209 1 7 0 .968 -2 1 -2 1 2.03 1.56 .987 2.11 2.09
2012 SDP NL 29 RF 114 80 63 737.1 178 171 1 6 0 .966 3 1 4 2 2.10 1.51 .984 2.01 1.99
2012 SDP NL 29 CF 21 16 9 131.1 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -21 0 1.92 1.33 .989 2.49 2.46
2012 SDP NL 29 LF 10 7 5 63.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -2 0 -37 0 1.43 1.00 .987 1.83 1.81
2013 SDP NL 30 OF 40 29 21 258.2 65 64 1 0 0 1.000 3 0 12 0 2.26 1.63 .985 2.15 2.13
2013 SDP NL 30 RF 23 17 11 145.2 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 3 0 21 0 2.22 1.57 .987 2.12 2.10
2013 SDP NL 30 CF 19 12 10 113.0 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 2.31 1.53 .986 2.43 2.41
6 Seasons OF 513 415 330 3801.1 957 932 10 15 3 .984 17 25 5 7 2.23 1.84 .986 2.16 2.14
5 Seasons RF 385 284 237 2639.2 639 620 7 12 3 .981 28 16 13 7 2.14 1.63 .985 2.06 2.04
6 Seasons CF 122 98 68 856.2 253 249 3 1 0 .996 -12 7 -17 9 2.65 2.07 .989 2.56 2.53
4 Seasons LF 46 33 25 305.0 65 63 0 2 0 .969 1 2 6 7 1.86 1.37 .985 1.84 1.83
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.10
6 Seasons TOT 514 415 330 3802.1 958 933 10 15 3 .984 17 25 5 7 2.23 1.83 .986 2.16 2.15
Lg 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
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

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  7 (9th)

SB % s c a p y
2011 NL  89.66 (3rd)
Active  82.30 (10th)
Career  82.30 (23rd)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  385 (24th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2012 NL  6 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2012 NL  7 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
2009 NL  19 (4th)
Active  28 (8th)
Career  28 (40th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.17 (4th)
2012 NL  2.10 (4th)
2013 NL  2.22 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2013 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1645), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2079), 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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  3. Leroy Stanton (973)  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/Other Sources
200926San Diego Padres$402,300
201027San Diego Padres$412,800
201128San Diego Padres$444,400
201229San Diego Padres$1,475,000contracts
201330San Diego Padres$2,675,000
2013 Status2nd Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2014, Earliest Free Agent: 2016
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,409,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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