| Will Venable | |
|---|---|
 Venable with the San Diego Padres in 2008 | |
| Chicago White Sox – No. 1 | |
| Outfielder / Manager | |
| Born: October 29, 1982 Greenbrae, California, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 29, 2008, for the San Diego Padres | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 6, 2016, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .249 |
| Home runs | 81 |
| Runs batted in | 307 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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William Dion Venable (born October 29, 1982) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He is the manager of the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB as an outfielder for the San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also was a coach for the Chicago Cubs. He is the son of former MLB outfielder Max Venable and is the older brother of former National Football League player Winston Venable.
Venable played college basketball for Princeton, where he was the second athlete to earn first-team All-Ivy League honors in both baseball and basketball. In the 2005 MLB Draft, the Padres selected Venable in the seventh round; he made his major league debut in 2008. Although he broke into MLB as a center fielder, he played mostly as a right fielder after his second season. He finished among the top 10 in the National League in triples four times and in stolen bases twice. He has the most MLB career hits and home runs of any Princeton alumnus.