Max Venable

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

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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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