Max Venable | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | June 6, 1957|
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 8, 1979, for the San Francisco Giants | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 6, 1991, for the California Angels | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .241 |
Home runs | 18 |
Runs batted in | 128 |
Teams | |
William McKinley "Max" Venable (born June 6,1957) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants,Montreal Expos,Cincinnati Reds,and California Angels. Venable also played for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB),and coached for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League.
Venable went to Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova,California,where he was a multi-sport star. He excelled in all sports but,in high school,football was his best. He turned down football scholarships to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers. [1]
Although drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft,the Dodgers left him unprotected. In 1978 the San Francisco Giants took Venable in the Rule 5 draft. The Giants traded him to the Montreal Expos in 1984. Venable later played for the Cincinnati Reds,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 coached for the Atlanta Braves in the minor leagues,along with the San Diego Padres. He is a hitting instructor in the Seattle Mariners farm system to date.
Max signed with Korean Baseball team SK Wyverns as a hitting coach in 2013.
Max married Mary “Molly”Cross in May 1982. The couple have two sons. Max's older son,Will,is a former Major League outfielder and current associate manager for the Texas Rangers. Will previously played baseball and basketball for Princeton University. He joined his father as a member of the Portland Beavers in 2008. Max's younger son Winston Venable is a former National Football League player for the Chicago Bears and in college was a standout safety for the Boise State Broncos football team for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.
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