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Max
Venable		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: June 6, 1957 in Usa, AZ, PHOENIX
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 22 OAK AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 6
1980 23 OAK AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 7 7
1981 24 OAK AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 5 4 7 7 7
1982 25 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 6 6
1983 26 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1984 27 OAK AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7
1985 28 OAK AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1986 29 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1987 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 7 4 5 4 6 7 7
1988 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 6 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7
1989 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 22 AA   4 18 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .111 .158 .167 .325 0.0  
    A   133 487 61 120 16 6 8 52 13 7 85 45 .246 .358 .353 .712 68.0  
1980 23 AA   137 536 60 137 30 5 9 55 19 6 58 56 .256 .328 .381 .709 69.2  
1981 24 AAA   4 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .188 .188 .375 0.3  
    AA   133 540 80 165 24 7 12 53 25 10 78 54 .306 .393 .443 .836 94.7  
1982 25 AA   137 492 73 126 32 5 15 60 13 6 73 56 .256 .352 .433 .785 76.9  
1983 26 AA   137 527 67 146 28 4 8 49 25 10 69 57 .277 .361 .391 .752 77.0  
1984 27 AA   137 515 83 136 26 12 10 43 15 7 79 56 .264 .362 .419 .781 80.5  
1985 28 AA   117 441 51 108 28 3 4 34 14 4 67 64 .245 .344 .349 .694 57.6  
1986 29 AA   137 534 67 137 43 8 4 36 21 4 61 57 .257 .333 .390 .722 71.2  
1987 30 AAA   137 565 69 134 35 6 2 39 10 4 50 78 .237 .299 .331 .630 56.0  
1988 31 OAK AL 30 48 6 15 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 .313 .353 .333 .686 5.5 1.0
    AAA   80 319 30 70 13 0 4 34 8 3 28 42 .219 .282 .298 .580 27.7  
1989 32 OAK AL 39 17 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 .176 .222 .294 .516 0.9 0.0
2 Years Sim 69 65 16 18 3 0 0 3 3 2 4 6 .277 .319 .323 .642 6.4 1.0
3 Years AAA 221 900 100 207 48 6 6 73 18 7 78 121 .230 .293 .317 .610 83.9  
8 Years AA 939 3603 482 957 212 44 62 331 132 47 486 405 .266 .354 .400 .754 527.1  
1 Years A 133 487 61 120 16 6 8 52 13 7 85 45 .246 .360 .353 .713 68.0  
12 Years Minors 1293 4990 643 1284 276 56 76 456 163 61 649 571 .257 .344 .381 .725 679.1  
162 Game Average 152 37 42 7 0 0 7 7 4 9 14 .277 .319 .323 .642 14.9  
Career Highs 39 48 10 15 2 0 0 3 2 1 3 3 .313 .353 .333 .686 5.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   50 12 11 2 0 0 2 2 2 4 5 .220 .278 .260 .538 3.3
vs LH   15 4 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .467 .467 .533 1.000 3.1
Home 28 25 7 9 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 .360 .360 .400 .760 2.5
Away 41 40 9 9 2 0 0 1 3 0 4 3 .225 .295 .275 .570 3.9
RISP   14 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .214 .481 0.8
Pinch Hitting   15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .133 .188 .133 .321 0.1
Close/Late   13 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .308 .400 .462 .862 2.3
Mar/Apr 11 11 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .455 .727 1.2
May 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.5
June 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 10 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6
August 19 15 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 .200 .250 .200 .450 0.5
Sep/Oct 12 28 0 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 .321 .367 .357 .724 3.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1988 31 OAK AL CF 5 2 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 2 2 17.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 6.88 1 0 .000 2 0.0
    LF 3 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 0 0 .000 0  
1989 32 OAK AL CF 10 4 38.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 0 9.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 15 6 63.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 9 2 27.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 9 1 22.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
  C 3 2 18.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 6.50 1 0 .000 2 0.0
Career Totals   36 11 130.3 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.62 1 0 .000 2 0.2
Career Highs   23 7 73.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 1 0 .000 2  
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 55th overall pick, by Oakland in 1979
Injured on 4/6/1980 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/3/1985 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/17/1988, off Cecilio Guante (MIL)
Released by Oakland on 2/14/1990
 
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