High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Dion Venable (born October 29, 1982, in Greenbrae, California) is a Major League baseball right fielder for the San Diego Padres. In the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft, he was selected by the Padres in the seventh round. Venable made his Major League debut on August 29, 2008, against the Colorado Rockies. In that game, he had four at-bats, collecting his first hit.