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Darin Ruf LF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
8 833 .240 .314 .433 96 0.2
Birth Date7-28-1986
Height6' 2"
Weight232 lbs
Age37 years, 8 months, 28 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2012 PHI 25 12 37 11 2 1 3 2 12 0 0 0 .333 .351 .727 92 -0.3 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1
2013 PHI 26 73 293 62 11 0 14 33 91 7 0 0 .247 .348 .458 111 3.9 0.7 -2.1 0.7
2014 PHI 27 52 117 24 8 0 3 8 32 4 0 0 .235 .310 .402 77 -2.8 0.5 -0.3 -0.1
2015 PHI 28 106 297 63 12 0 12 21 69 5 1 0 .235 .300 .414 95 -0.5 -1.7 -3.7 -0.2
2016 PHI 29 43 89 17 2 0 3 4 25 0 0 1 .205 .236 .337 74 -2.6 0.1 -1.7 -0.2
Career28683317735135682291611.240.314.43396-2.4-0.6-8.40.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2009 WPT A- NYP 37 151 .251 .325 .358 .343 104 8.3 4.2 -2.7 159 0 -1.4 -0.1 8.3 0.9
2009 PHL Rk GCL 20 50 .234 .301 .345 .400 100 1 1.3 -0.8 191 0 0.0 -0.3 6.8 0.7
2010 LWD A SAL 32 141 .261 .331 .384 .382 93 17 4.1 -2.6 171 0 -2.2 2.0 10.6 1.2
2010 CLR A+ FSL 97 406 .257 .322 .375 .351 92 4.6 11.3 -7.1 112 0 -0.3 -2.7 4.9 0.6
2011 CLR A+ FSL 133 554 .264 .329 .389 .351 102 29.8 16.6 -10.1 153 0 3.5 -3.7 28.0 3.4
2012 PHI MLB NL 12 37 .249 .312 .389 .400 97 3.9 1.0 -0.4 92 19 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1
2012 REA AA EAS 139 584 .265 .330 .396 .325 103 51.4 16.1 -8.8 184 0 -1.5 -2.2 48.7 5.5
2012 LAG Wnt VWL 32 144 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 PHI MLB NL 73 293 .249 .309 .385 .324 106 5.4 7.7 -3.4 111 10 -2.1 0.7 3.9 0.7
2013 LEH AAA INT 83 350 .256 .324 .388 .343 101 1.7 10.0 -3.5 116 0 -3.0 -0.5 1.6 0.5
2014 PHI MLB NL 52 117 .244 .303 .368 .304 96 0.8 3.0 -1.1 77 12 -0.3 0.5 -2.8 -0.1
2014 CLR A+ FSL 3 13 .261 .316 .385 .333 104 -0.7 0.4 -0.2 95 0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.0
2014 LEH AAA INT 23 91 .261 .323 .388 .309 102 -0.9 2.7 -1.1 96 0 -0.6 -1.1 -1.7 -0.2
2014 PHL Rk GCL 6 27 .000 .000 .000 .158 0.0 47 0 0.0 0.0 -2.2 0.0
2015 PHI MLB NL 106 297 .251 .311 .392 .268 95 2.2 8.0 -3.8 95 15 -3.7 -1.7 -0.5 -0.2
2015 LEH AAA INT 7 28 .266 .320 .370 .320 101 -0.6 0.8 -0.4 93 0 -0.5 -0.6 -0.6 -0.1
2016 PHI MLB NL 43 89 .251 .316 .407 .246 87 -5.3 2.5 -0.7 74 12 -1.7 0.1 -2.6 -0.2
2016 LEH AAA INT 95 390 .253 .315 .379 .324 102 18.2 11.0 -5.8 141 0 -0.7 -1.0 12.4 1.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2009 PHL Rk GCL 50 43 5 14 3 0 0 17 6 3 8 0 0 .326 .408 .395 .070 0 0
2009 WPT A- NYP 151 133 17 40 17 0 3 66 24 14 22 0 1 .301 .380 .496 .195 0 0
2010 LWD A SAL 141 115 25 38 7 3 4 63 17 21 23 3 2 .330 .443 .548 .217 1 1
2010 CLR A+ FSL 406 368 45 102 34 2 5 155 50 26 87 2 2 .277 .338 .421 .144 0 0
2011 CLR A+ FSL 554 484 72 149 43 1 17 245 82 56 95 0 1 .308 .388 .506 .198 4 0
2012 REA AA EAS 584 489 93 155 32 1 38 303 104 65 102 2 0 .317 .408 .620 .303 11 0
2012 LAG Wnt VWL 144 120 26 31 8 0 10 69 27 17 42 0 0 .258 .368 .575 .317 2 0
2012 PHI MLB NL 37 33 4 11 2 1 3 24 10 2 12 0 0 .333 .351 .727 .394 2 0
2013 PHI MLB NL 293 251 36 62 11 0 14 115 30 33 91 0 0 .247 .348 .458 .211 2 0
2013 LEH AAA INT 350 305 44 81 22 0 7 124 46 36 88 1 2 .266 .343 .407 .141 6 0
2014 PHL Rk GCL 27 23 3 3 1 0 0 4 2 3 4 0 0 .130 .259 .174 .043 0
2014 PHI MLB NL 117 102 13 24 8 0 3 41 8 8 32 0 0 .235 .310 .402 .167 2
2014 CLR A+ FSL 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .000 0
2014 LEH AAA INT 91 83 6 22 6 0 1 31 10 6 16 1 0 .265 .308 .373 .108 2
2015 PHI MLB NL 297 268 30 63 12 0 12 111 39 21 69 1 0 .235 .300 .414 .179 3 0
2015 LEH AAA INT 28 26 3 8 1 0 0 9 6 0 2 0 0 .308 .321 .346 .038 1 0
2016 PHI MLB NL 89 83 8 17 2 0 3 28 9 4 25 0 1 .205 .236 .337 .133 2 0
2016 LEH AAA INT 390 350 56 103 18 2 20 185 65 29 78 0 0 .294 .356 .529 .234 4 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2012 163 0.4479 0.4908 0.7500 0.6712 0.3444 0.7959 0.6774 0.2500 0.0029
2013 1219 0.4963 0.4159 0.6923 0.5851 0.2492 0.7881 0.4706 0.3077 0.0197
2014 467 0.4540 0.4540 0.6604 0.6509 0.2902 0.7464 0.5000 0.3396 -0.0013
2015 1142 0.5000 0.4825 0.7350 0.6620 0.3030 0.8333 0.5202 0.2650 0.0000
2016 350 0.5114 0.4714 0.7333 0.6145 0.3216 0.8545 0.4909 0.2667 0.0000
Career33410.49090.45350.70950.62790.28550.80510.50390.29050.0071

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2014-06-04 2014-07-06 Minors 32 0 Left Wrist Fracture Sliding Into Wall -
2014-03-21 2014-05-15 15-DL 55 38 Left Abdomen Recovery From Previous Injury Oblique - -
2014-03-20 2014-03-21 Camp 1 0 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2013-02-27 2013-02-28 Camp 1 0 Right Arm Soreness Outfield Throwing Drills - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 NYN $3,000,000
2022 SFN $3,000,000
2021 SFN $1,275,000
2020 SFN $
2016 PHI $527,000
2015 PHI $515,000
2014 PHI $500,000
2013 PHI $
2012 PHI $
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$8,817,000
6 yrTotal$8,817,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 138 dVanguard Sports2 years/$6.25M (2022-23), 2024 option

Details
  • 2 years/$6.25M (2022-23), plus 2024 club option. Signed extension with San Francisco 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration). 22:$3M, 23:$3M, 24:$3.5M club option ($250,000 buyout). Ruf to make annual donation to club charity. Acquired by NY Mets in trade from San Francisco 8/2/22 with $4,304,945 ($1,054,945 in 2022, $3M for 2023 and $250,000 buyout). DFA by NY Mets 3/26/23. Released 4/2/23. Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 4/8/23 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 4/12/23. DFA by San Francisco 5/9/23. Refused outright assignment, elected free agency 5/13/23. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 5/15/23.
  • 1 year/$1.275M (2021). Re-signed by San Francisco 12/2/20 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year (2020). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/23/20 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Francisco 7/23/20.
  • 1 year/$1.4M (2019). Samsung of Korea. $0.3M signing bonus.
  • 2018. Samsung of Korea.
  • 2017. LA Dodgers sold rights to Samsung of Korea 2/17/17. Signed by Samsung for $1.1M.
  • 1 year/$527,000 (2016). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/16. Acquired by LA Dodgers in trade from Philadelphia 11/11/16.
  • 1 year/$515,000 (2015). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/15.
  • 1 year/$500,000 (2014). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/14.
  • 1 year (2013). Re-signed by Philadelphia 3/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Contract purchased by Philadelphia 9/10/12.
  • Drafted by Philadelphia 2009 (20-617) (Creighton).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2013-08-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)Darin Ruf doing anything for you yet?
(rogero from philly)		I talked to him for 15 minutes or so earlier this week, so he did that for me. Might be writing something about him for next week, but for now I'll say that he seems like a nice guy. (Ben Lindbergh)
2013-08-08 17:30:00 (link to chat)Hey Mike Drop I.Davis for Ruf or M.Saunders.Thanks
(Chesty from New Bern,Nc)		I'd definitely drop Ike Davis in a one-and-done; the batting average has improved but the power isn't there. Michael Saunders is the better all around player, but if pitchers are going to keep throwing Darin Ruf 0-2 fastballs (like they did today), ride the hot hand. (Mike Gianella)
2013-02-27 20:00:00 (link to chat)Thoughts on Morosi's prediction for PHI to finish ahead of ATL?
(BOO-URN from parts unknown)		It seems silly, though last year at this time if you told me the Phillies were going to be a .500 team I would have thought you were huffing chemicals. Realistically, the Phillies would need a lot to go right for this to happen. If Roy Halladay returns to Cy Young form, then maybe the Phillies are an 87 win team. At that point, some combination of a breakout by Dom Brown or Darin Ruf, a full, healthy, and productive season by Ryan Howard or Chase Utley and something resembling a 2-3 win season from Delmon Young or Michael Young could make it happen. But it seems to be asking a lot for all of things to happen in 2013. (Mike Gianella)
2013-02-15 12:00:00 (link to chat)in an NL-only 12 team auction league, roughly how would you value Phillies outfielders? It seems crowded with mediocrity, unknowns and worse with Ben Revere, Delmon Young, Darin Ruf, John Mayberry Jr. Domonic Brown and Lance Nix. Any upside here?
(Broken Arrow from Texas)		Revere, Mayberry, Ruf, Brown, 50 feet of crap, Young. In all seriousness, the 1st 2 are the only ones I want to deal with. Ruf went undrafted in LABR which is 29 rounds and 15 teams for a mixed league. (Jason Collette)
2012-12-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)Darin Ruf - will he really get some quality AB's this year? What is reasonable to expect from him?
(Rockford from The Hills)		I'm not opposed to the idea of a Schierholtz/Ruf platoon in LF -- is that what's being proposed? Neither guy is gonna light the world on fire, but it's not a terrible option. (Ian Miller)
2012-11-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)Should Phillies fans be more thankful for Darin Ruf or Cody Asche? And will we ever get to be thankful for Tyson Gillies?
(Governator from Philly)		Ruf over Asche, but don't get too excited about either player. Gillies can really run and play some defense, but he's a fifth outfielder due to lack of plate discipline and power. (Jason A. Churchill)
2012-10-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)What does it mean when people say Darin Ruf has dead hands?
(Lil' Sebastian from The Barn)		They aren't electric or especially fast or fluid. They are just hands. (Jason Parks)
2012-09-28 13:00:00 (link to chat)Darin Ruf has had some good ab's in his limited sample size. Any chance he has a spot out of spring training next year?
(Entheos from NJ)		Thank you for your question, Eutheos. Pretty darn good 20th round senior draft choice for Phillies' Assistant GM/Director of Scouting Marti Wolever. He put up huge numbers at the Phils' Reading affiliate this year, but with Howard a fixture, he is likely going to have to play the outfield to play with the big club in the near future. I saw him at Creighton and a little bit in spring training the last couple years, but could not make an assessment as to whether that would work. I think he is 25 now also. (Dan Evans)


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