James
Venegas
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 19, 1991 in Usa
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 21 ME FF     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2013 22 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 4 4 4 4
2014 23 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 6 3 4 4 4 4 4
2015 24 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 5 5
2016 25 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 5 5 5
2017 26 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
2018 27 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
2019 28 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
2020 29 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
2021 30 ME FF $ 300,000   4 4 3 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 4 4 4
2022 31 ME FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 4 4
2023 32 ME FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 4 4 4
2024 33 ME FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 4 4 4
2025 34 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 21 A   138 490 77 152 28 5 12 59 49 3 81 93 .310 .408 .461 .869 99.1  
2013 22 ME FF 8 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
    A   112 418 60 115 25 11 11 51 22 5 56 60 .275 .361 .467 .827 71.6  
2014 23 ME FF 18 26 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .077 .107 .115 .223 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   38 108 16 28 3 0 6 16 5 2 13 16 .259 .339 .454 .793 17.3  
    AA   25 89 12 23 4 2 4 14 2 2 11 18 .258 .340 .483 .823 14.3  
2015 24 ME FF 32 41 5 8 1 0 0 2 4 3 3 8 .195 .267 .220 .486 1.6 0.0
    AAA   10 38 6 13 1 0 3 5 4 0 0 5 .342 .342 .605 .947 7.9  
2016 25 ME FF 70 117 14 21 6 0 0 8 10 6 14 21 .179 .269 .231 .499 7.7 0.0
2017 26 ME FF 74 73 16 13 7 0 1 13 16 1 7 13 .178 .256 .315 .571 7.6 1.4
2018 27 ME FF 118 266 44 64 8 3 7 26 37 6 33 49 .241 .329 .372 .701 38.5 8.7
2019 28 ME FF 143 442 96 111 26 0 11 41 51 12 49 73 .251 .331 .385 .715 63.2 11.9
2020 29 ME FF 142 340 38 74 15 7 10 39 16 11 32 80 .218 .289 .391 .680 38.7 5.1
2021 30 ME FF 40 111 18 27 4 3 4 15 8 1 10 18 .243 .309 .441 .750 14.7 2.7
2022 31 ME FF 29 50 5 8 3 0 0 3 4 0 5 8 .160 .250 .220 .470 3.6 0.2
2023 32 AAA   137 495 90 111 24 8 25 75 19 6 81 69 .224 .333 .457 .790 80.8  
2024 33 AAA   128 429 65 75 16 3 19 51 17 3 54 77 .175 .267 .359 .626 47.0  
2025 34 AAA   33 99 15 16 3 0 6 15 4 0 8 16 .162 .224 .374 .598 9.8  
10 Years Sim 674 1473 242 328 71 13 33 149 148 40 154 276 .223 .301 .356 .657 174.7 30.0
5 Years AAA 346 1169 192 243 47 11 59 162 49 11 156 183 .208 .308 .418 .726 162.7  
1 Years AA 25 89 12 23 4 2 4 14 2 2 11 18 .258 .347 .483 .830 14.3  
2 Years A 250 908 137 267 53 16 23 110 71 8 137 153 .294 .394 .464 .858 170.7  
8 Years Minors 621 2166 341 533 104 29 86 286 122 21 304 354 .246 .346 .440 .786 347.7  
162 Game Average 354 58 78 17 3 7 35 35 9 37 66 .223 .301 .356 .657 42.0  
Career Highs 143 442 96 111 26 7 11 41 51 12 49 80 .251 .331 .441 .750 63.2  
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   1270 202 292 66 12 27 127 118 35 135 240 .230 .307 .365 .672 154.4
vs LH   203 40 36 5 1 6 22 30 5 19 36 .177 .261 .300 .562 19.5
Home 333 698 113 152 34 7 13 62 69 12 61 135 .218 .283 .342 .625 76.4
Away 341 775 129 176 37 6 20 87 79 28 93 141 .227 .317 .368 .684 97.6
RISP   315 0 69 17 3 7 97 0 0 34 68 .219 .296 .359 .655 34.4
Pinch Hitting   155 19 32 9 2 2 21 10 3 12 30 .206 .266 .329 .595 14.1
Close/Late   229 45 45 12 1 5 30 0 1 23 46 .197 .270 .323 .593 20.2
Mar/Apr 104 233 31 51 12 3 3 27 22 6 23 46 .219 .295 .335 .630 25.0
May 108 236 42 59 14 2 7 28 19 5 22 40 .250 .321 .415 .736 32.5
June 104 223 41 49 13 3 3 19 23 5 24 55 .220 .299 .345 .644 25.8
July 100 242 40 63 8 1 7 23 30 6 26 35 .260 .331 .388 .719 35.5
August 114 294 44 56 14 3 9 31 27 7 38 54 .190 .289 .350 .639 33.9
Sep/Oct 140 245 42 50 10 1 4 21 26 11 21 46 .204 .274 .302 .576 21.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2013 22 ME FF CF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2014 23 ME FF C 4 4 34.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 4.24 2 1 .500 3 0.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2015 24 ME FF C 5 5 45.0 35 1 0 0 1.000 7.20 6 1 .167 4 0.2
    RF 11 4 40.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 5 1 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
2016 25 ME FF RF 29 24 191.7 52 0 2 0 .963 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 7 6 51.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 10 5 49.0 18 0 1 0 .947 3.31 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 26 ME FF CF 21 7 93.7 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 10 2 37.7 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 7 2 29.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 4.60 0 0 .000 0  
2018 27 ME FF CF 40 35 315.7 89 1 0 1 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 31 29 244.0 57 3 1 1 .984 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 13 5 51.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
2019 28 ME FF CF 119 113 972.0 296 2 0 1 1.000 2.76 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 6 1 23.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.78 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0  
2020 29 ME FF CF 64 50 461.7 133 4 0 0 1.000 2.67 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 22 18 160.7 44 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 31 6 109.3 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.81 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 30 ME FF CF 35 33 276.7 81 2 0 1 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 2 1 11.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2022 31 ME FF CF 16 16 116.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 6 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 309 263 2322.6 692 9 0 3 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  RF 114 78 703.3 187 3 3 1 .984 2.43 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  LF 72 21 284.0 66 3 1 1 .986 2.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 11 9 86.7 52 2 0 0 1.000 5.61 8 2 .250 7 0.3
  SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   507 371 3400.6 998 18 4 5 .996 2.69 8 2 .250 7 10.1
Career Highs   127 116 1012.0 300 5 3 2 1.000 4.84 6 1 .500 4  
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.
Runs
2019-7-96
Triples
2020-7-7
Stolen Bases
2018-7-37
2019-3-51
Caught Stealing
2019-10-12
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Oregon in 2012
Injured on 4/28/2012 with a Fractured Nose, out for one week
Injured on 4/17/2013 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/11/2013 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 5/27/2014, off Michael Budge (Mis)
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/2017, off Billy Powell (NY)
Injured on 9/27/2020 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/23/2021 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 4/26/2022 with a Broken Hand, out for 8-9 weeks
Injured on 5/14/2025 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/30/2025 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for entire career