- Max Venable
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Max Venable 
Outfielder Born: June 6, 1957
Phoenix, ArizonaBatted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut April 8, 1979 for the San Francisco Giants Last MLB appearance October 6, 1991 for the California Angels Career statistics Batting average .241 Home runs 18 Runs batted in 128 Teams William McKinley "Max" Venable (born June 6, 1957, in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former outfielder/designated hitter in Major League Baseball with a 12-year career from 1979-1987,1989-1991.
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Early years
He went to Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California, where he was a multi-sport star.
MLB career
He played for the San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, and Cincinnati Reds, all of the National League, and the California Angels of the American League. He also played two seasons in Japan, 1992 and 1993, for the Chiba Lotte Marines. He most recently served as hitting coach for the Double-A San Antonio Missions of the Texas League.
Family
Max's son, Will, is an outfielder for the San Diego Padres, having played baseball and basketball for Princeton University. Will joined his father as a member of the Portland Beavers in 2008. Max's younger son Winston Venable was a standout safety for the Boise State Broncos football team for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons. [1]
References
- ^ "Boise State Football". http://www.broncosports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9900&ATCLID=3661021. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
Categories:- Baseball players from Arizona
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- African American baseball players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Montreal Expos players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- California Angels players
- 1957 births
- Living people
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Chiba Lotte Marines players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Edmonton Trappers players
- American baseball outfielder, 1950s birth stubs
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