Ryan
Venezia
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: April 20, 1987 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2021   
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
2004 17 BAL AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
2005 18 BAL AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 5 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
2006 19 BAL AL     2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3
2007 20 BAL AL     2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 6 1 1 1 3 3 3
2008 21 BAL AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4
2009 22 BAL AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 1 1 4 4 4
2010 23 BAL AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4
2011 24 BAL AL     6 6 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
2012 25 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2013 26 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
2014 27 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
2015 28 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2016 29 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2017 30 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2018 31 ANA AL $ 3,000,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
2019 32 ANA AL $ 3,030,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
2020 33 ANA AL $ 3,030,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
2021 34 CHA AL $ 1,460,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
2022 35 CHA AL     6 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,030,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 17 A   14 31 6 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 .290 .313 .419 .732 3.9  
2005 18 A   35 98 7 21 7 0 0 11 0 0 7 23 .214 .267 .286 .552 7.0  
2006 19 AA   58 175 15 30 9 1 3 11 0 0 7 47 .171 .203 .286 .489 8.8  
    A   22 56 5 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 20 .143 .186 .214 .401 1.6  
2007 20 AA   112 323 37 70 21 1 9 29 1 2 17 79 .217 .256 .372 .627 29.7  
2008 21 AA   120 388 35 83 20 0 9 46 1 0 16 97 .214 .245 .335 .580 30.7  
    A   7 15 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .200 .333 .267 .600 1.6  
2009 22 AA   104 344 46 82 27 0 5 35 3 0 22 77 .238 .284 .360 .645 34.5  
    A   18 30 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 .333 .394 .367 .761 4.3  
2010 23 AA   138 599 60 164 33 0 22 83 2 2 27 108 .274 .305 .439 .744 77.1  
2011 24 AAA   136 547 72 161 32 0 16 70 2 0 32 122 .294 .333 .441 .774 76.8  
2012 25 ANA AL 40 111 14 39 7 0 3 22 0 0 5 25 .351 .381 .495 .877 18.9 3.8
    AAA   54 174 24 54 13 0 8 26 1 0 14 31 .310 .362 .523 .885 30.8  
2013 26 ANA AL 144 498 59 144 28 1 11 64 0 1 33 96 .289 .340 .416 .755 66.0 10.3
2014 27 ANA AL 144 518 71 162 36 0 11 79 0 0 40 105 .313 .366 .446 .812 76.9 13.9
2015 28 ANA AL 140 508 72 159 32 0 16 88 2 0 52 109 .313 .388 .470 .858 87.2 16.9
2016 29 ANA AL 135 473 64 151 24 0 8 71 0 0 49 92 .319 .389 .421 .810 70.4 12.6
2017 30 ANA AL 143 541 57 145 29 1 11 83 0 0 36 111 .268 .325 .386 .711 61.3 6.8
2018 31 ANA AL 137 518 53 152 30 0 7 57 0 0 37 90 .293 .343 .392 .735 62.9 11.4
2019 32 ANA AL 148 549 66 148 30 1 8 62 0 1 47 106 .270 .333 .372 .704 66.2 12.2
2020 33 ANA AL 113 341 34 89 22 0 4 51 0 0 20 61 .261 .302 .361 .663 37.5 3.9
2021 34 CHA AL 82 244 30 73 16 0 4 37 1 0 23 51 .299 .367 .414 .781 37.6 7.1
2022 35 CHA AL 64 219 24 56 9 0 1 18 2 0 11 38 .256 .303 .311 .614 19.6 1.3
11 Years Sim 1290 4520 544 1318 263 3 84 632 5 2 353 884 .292 .349 .407 .756 604.3 100.2
2 Years AAA 190 721 96 215 45 0 24 96 3 0 46 153 .298 .352 .460 .812 107.6  
5 Years AA 532 1829 193 429 110 2 48 204 7 4 89 408 .235 .287 .376 .663 180.7  
5 Years A 96 230 22 51 11 0 2 25 0 0 17 61 .222 .286 .296 .581 18.4  
12 Years Minors 818 2780 311 695 166 2 74 325 10 4 152 622 .250 .304 .391 .695 306.7  
162 Game Average 567 68 165 33 0 10 79 0 0 44 111 .292 .349 .407 .756 75.9  
Career Highs 148 549 72 162 36 1 16 88 2 1 52 111 .351 .389 .495 .877 87.2  
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   3279 392 928 175 1 60 440 2 2 251 649 .283 .339 .392 .731 418.8
vs LH   1241 152 390 88 2 24 192 3 0 102 235 .314 .376 .446 .822 191.5
Home 647 2205 278 669 135 2 37 287 1 0 168 402 .303 .360 .417 .777 309.9
Away 643 2315 266 649 128 1 47 345 4 2 185 482 .280 .339 .397 .737 300.4
RISP   1197 0 386 70 2 23 515 0 0 136 242 .322 .393 .442 .835 199.5
Pinch Hitting   105 9 32 10 0 1 18 0 0 8 26 .305 .357 .429 .785 14.9
Close/Late   511 50 146 34 0 6 69 0 0 41 102 .286 .341 .387 .729 65.0
Mar/Apr 202 736 76 208 49 0 14 90 0 0 54 135 .283 .334 .406 .740 95.6
May 243 875 102 236 49 0 15 111 1 0 69 167 .270 .330 .377 .707 105.2
June 212 741 90 208 44 1 14 99 2 0 62 133 .281 .345 .399 .745 97.7
July 191 655 90 204 26 1 13 102 1 0 59 142 .311 .380 .414 .794 97.4
August 214 730 96 221 51 1 18 125 0 0 49 156 .303 .349 .449 .798 107.0
Sep/Oct 228 783 90 241 44 0 10 105 1 2 60 151 .308 .364 .402 .766 107.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2012 25 ANA AL C 36 29 257.0 266 8 2 0 .993 9.60 24 2 .083 2 0.2
2013 26 ANA AL C 124 117 1038.3 1069 41 9 1 .992 9.62 97 27 .278 3 3.0
2014 27 ANA AL C 136 128 1132.0 1166 52 11 1 .991 9.68 126 34 .270 9 4.3
2015 28 ANA AL C 131 129 1149.0 1051 59 15 1 .987 8.69 121 37 .306 3 4.6
2016 29 ANA AL C 130 124 1094.7 1021 52 12 0 .989 8.82 113 34 .301 2 6.2
2017 30 ANA AL C 134 128 1162.7 925 41 12 3 .988 7.48 110 29 .264 6 5.2
    3B 3 3 27.0 0 2 1 0 .667 0.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 31 ANA AL C 136 130 1160.0 864 45 16 1 .983 7.05 128 30 .234 2 0.5
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 32 ANA AL C 142 139 1225.7 796 52 16 1 .981 6.23 162 37 .228 3 2.3
    LF 1 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 33 ANA AL C 99 82 766.3 602 45 6 0 .991 7.60 90 28 .311 2 4.6
2021 34 CHA AL C 68 59 541.0 410 25 6 2 .986 7.24 76 19 .250 0 1.0
    1B 2 2 16.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 6.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2022 35 CHA AL C 63 57 517.7 461 18 4 1 .992 8.33 56 13 .232 0 2.9
  C 1199 1122 10044.3 8631 438 109 11 .988 8.13 1103 290 .263 32 34.7
  3B 3 3 27.0 0 2 1 0 .667 0.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 3 0 16.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 2 16.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1210 1128 10116.6 8646 443 110 13 .988 8.09 1103 290 .263 32 34.8
Career Highs   143 139 1231.3 1166 59 16 4 .993 9.68 162 37 .311 9  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 34 CHA AL 19 69 6 25 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 17 .362 .423 .464 .887
Career Post-Season Batting 19 69 6 25 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 17 .362 .423 .464 .887
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2014-10-.313
2016-10-.319
On-Base Pct
2016-10-.389
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 128th overall pick, by Baltimore in 2004
Injured on 5/7/2008 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/15/2010 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/7/2011 with a Bruised Finger, out for 2 days
9/2/2011: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 2/5/2012 to a 4-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Had first career hit on 6/7/2012, off Juan Dominguez (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 6/13/2012, off Jeff Francis (BAL)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/18/2013, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,000,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/10/2016 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,000,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,000,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/29/2018 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
10/25/2018: Signed a contract extension with Anaheim, $3,030,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/26/2019 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/15/2021 to a 2-year deal worth $1,460,000 per year
Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 2021
Released by Chicago (A) on 9/27/2022