Will Venable
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 205LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 7, #218, San Diego Padres | Princeton
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 448 406 47 91 8 11 .224 .288 .325 .613
2015 390 349 40 85 6 16 .244 .320 .350 .670
2016 19 18 2 1 0 0 .056 .105 .111 .216
9 Seasons 3,146 2,836 378 707 81 135 .249 .315 .404 .719
AVG HR SB OPS
2014 .224 8 11 .613
2015 .244 6 16 .670
2016 .056 0 0 .216
9 Seasons .249 81 135 .719
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 32 1540 257 6 2.3 1.5 87.0 115.2 3.9 26.8 .227 .312 .296 .279 .325 33.5 24.1 9.5
2016 33 64 13 0 0.0 0.0 83.6 99.8 0.7 15.4 .175 .214 .103 .197 .232 15.4 26.3 0.0
Player 1604 270 6 2.2 1.5 86.8 115.2 3.7 26.3 .224 .307 .287 .275 .320 32.6 24.2 9.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 61.9 10.5 23.0 4.7 30.7 40.9 28.4 6.6 47.1 13.6 24.1 4.3 2.3 1.5
2016 69.2 7.7 15.4 7.7 61.5 23.1 15.4 0.0 61.5 15.4 23.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 62.2 10.4 22.6 4.8 32.2 40.0 27.8 6.3 47.8 13.7 24.1 4.1 2.2 1.5
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 107 454 2 -4 2 1 0
2009 319 1,251 -15 0 -3 6 -12
2010 435 1,775 -13 -9 6 8 -7
2011 407 1,560 1 -8 6 6 5
2012 467 1,793 -6 -4 12 6 8
2013 511 1,979 10 -22 5 6 -1
2014 442 1,699 -1 -15 3 7 -7
2015 389 1,543 -4 -11 5 6 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,540 46.4 63.7 82.9 28.7 57.4 43.7 23.8 44.9 24.9 5.9 68.1
2016 64 59.4 76.3 69.0 23.1 66.7 54.7 21.1 54.7 31.4 4.7 100.0
Player 1,604 46.9 64.4 82.0 28.5 57.6 44.1 23.7 45.3 25.2 5.9 69.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2015 12 10 6 12 34 12 18 24 98 40 18 76 27 55 74
2016 22 14
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.0 83.6 -3.4 ↓
Launch Angle 3.9 0.7 -3.2 ↓
Barrel % 2.3 0.0 -2.3 ↓
Hard Hit % 33.5 15.4 -18.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 26.8 15.4 -11.4 ↓
xBA .227 .175 -0.052 ↓
BA .244 .056 -0.188 ↓
xwOBA .279 .197 -0.082 ↓
wOBA .296 .103 -0.193 ↓
xSLG .312 .214 -0.098 ↓
SLG .350 .111 -0.239 ↓
K% 24.1 26.3 2.2 ↑
BB% 9.5 0.0 -9.5 ↓
Swing % 44.9 54.7 9.8 ↑
Whiff% 24.9 31.4 6.5 ↑
In Zone % 46.4 59.4 13.0 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.6 40.6 -13.0 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 28.7 23.1 -5.6 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 23.8 21.1 -2.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 61.8 52.6 -9.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 19 10 52.6 .138 .072
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 490 15.0 47.1% 2.9% 304 21.0 4.6% 7.9%
2011 475 14.8 52.4% 1.1% 204 21.3 2.0% 7.8%
2012 569 15.4 44.6% 0.7% 198 20.9 2.0% 7.6%
2013 543 15.8 40.3% 2.2% 273 21.9 0.7% 11.0%
2014 553 16.3 36.2% 2.2% 209 22.2 1.0% 10.5%
2015 513 16.4 40.5% 3.1% 213 25.1 4.7% 26.8%
2016 21 15.3 42.9% 0.0% 6 21.6 0.0% 0.0%
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