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Max Venable

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Full Name: William McKinley Venable Primary Position: OF,LF,CF,RF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185 First Game: April 8, 1979
Birthdate: June 6, 1957 Final Game: October 6, 1991
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Max Venable (William McKinley Venable) was born on June 6, 1957 in Phoenix, Arizona. He made his Major League debut on April 8, 1979 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1980, his rookie year, he hit .268 with 0 home runs and 10 RBI. Venable played for the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds and California Angels over the course of his 12 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1979 SF N 55 85 12 14 0 3 .165 .260 .200 1 1 10 18 1 1 3 1 0
1980 SF N 64 138 13 37 0 10 .268 .333 .304 5 0 15 22 0 1 8 0 3
1981 SF N 18 32 2 6 0 1 .188 .278 .313 0 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 0
1982 SF N 71 125 17 28 1 7 .224 .265 .280 2 1 7 16 0 0 9 0 2
1983 SF N 94 228 28 50 6 27 .219 .295 .364 7 4 22 34 3 2 15 1 3
1984 MON N 38 71 7 17 2 7 .239 .276 .352 2 0 3 7 1 0 1 1 0
1985 CIN N 77 135 21 39 0 10 .289 .315 .422 12 3 6 17 0 3 11 0 2
1986 CIN N 108 147 17 31 2 15 .211 .289 .313 7 1 17 24 0 2 7 2 0
1987 CIN N 7 7 2 1 0 2 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CAL A 20 53 7 19 0 4 .358 .370 .434 4 0 1 16 0 3 0 0 0
1990 CAL A 93 189 26 49 4 21 .259 .340 .402 9 3 24 31 0 7 5 2 3
1991 CAL A 82 187 24 46 3 21 .246 .292 .358 8 2 11 30 2 4 2 2 5
Total NL 532 968 119 223 11 82 .230 .293 .326 36 12 84 141 5 9 57 5 10
Total AL 195 429 57 114 7 46 .266 .323 .387 21 5 36 77 2 14 7 4 8
Total 727 1397 176 337 18 128 .241 .302 .345 57 17 120 218 7 23 64 9 18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1979 SF N OF 25 17 170 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .914
1979 SF N CF 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 SF N RF 21 16 150 27 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .903
1979 SF N LF 6 1 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 SF N LF 16 7 75.2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 SF N OF 40 29 265.2 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 SF N CF 10 9 76 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 SF N RF 16 13 114 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 SF N RF 3 3 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 SF N CF 2 2 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 SF N OF 5 5 47 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 SF N RF 8 2 27.2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 SF N LF 33 14 170.1 33 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1982 SF N CF 11 6 67 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 SF N OF 52 22 265 66 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1983 SF N CF 25 22 187.2 69 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1983 SF N OF 66 50 482.1 141 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1983 SF N RF 14 6 67.1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 SF N LF 33 22 227.1 54 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 MON N LF 23 8 104 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 MON N CF 3 1 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 MON N OF 27 11 134 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 MON N RF 3 2 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CIN N OF 39 26 238 60 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CIN N RF 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CIN N LF 31 24 211 53 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1985 CIN N CF 7 2 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 CIN N CF 8 2 27.1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 CIN N OF 57 19 249 63 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1986 CIN N RF 3 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 CIN N LF 49 17 214.2 52 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1987 CIN N CF 4 1 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CIN N OF 4 1 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 CAL A LF 4 3 26.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 CAL A OF 13 11 97.1 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 CAL A CF 4 1 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1989 CAL A RF 7 7 57 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1990 CAL A LF 40 11 157 39 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1990 CAL A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1990 CAL A CF 33 22 222 61 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1990 CAL A OF 77 40 440 112 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1990 CAL A RF 10 7 61 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1991 CAL A DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 CAL A CF 27 23 211 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1991 CAL A OF 65 44 437.2 86 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1991 CAL A LF 13 5 55 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1991 CAL A RF 30 16 171.2 34 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total LF 248 112 1258.1 289 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
Total CF 136 91 871 238 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .988
Total OF 470 275 2841 688 22 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 .982
Total DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 118 72 711.2 156 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1976).
  • Selected by San Francisco Giants from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 4, 1978).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Fred Breining to Montreal Expos in exchange for Al Oliver (February 27, 1984); San Francisco Giants sent Andy McGaffigan (March 31, 1984) to complete trade. Traded by Montreal Expos to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Skeeter Barnes (April 26, 1985).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (March 29, 1987).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (April 9, 1987).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 1987).
  • Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February, 1988).
  • Released by Baltimore Orioles (March, 1988).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (July 11, 1988).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 1988).
  • Signed by California Angels (January 11, 1989).
  • Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).
  • Signed by California Angels (December 13, 1990).
  • Granted free agency (November 11, 1991).

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