Exceeded rookie limits during 2013 season, 2020 Contract Status: Darin Ruf. Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-2, 232lb (188cm, 105kg) . In total, he amassed nine home runs and 67 runs batted in (RBIs) while posting a .290 amalgamated batting average. Ruf was born to parents Bill and Mary Ruf in Omaha, Nebraska; he has four siblings (one of whom is older, the rest younger). After the 2008 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

us. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. [31] Ruf became a free agent following the 2019 season. During the offseason, he resides in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Copyright: © 2020 ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. [16] In the minor leagues he was named a Baseball America Double-A All Star. Kershaw to tie Dodgers mark on Opening Day, Dodgers head to winter meetings with questions to answer, Winter meetings checklist for all 30 teams, Dodgers swinging big in hopes of ending lousiness against lefties, Dodgers ship Kendrick to Phillies for 2 players, What a 2020 U.S. Olympic dream team might look like.

Darin Ruf. [11], Ruf enjoyed great success playing for the Reading Phillies (since renamed the Reading Fightin Phils) in 2012, earning Eastern League Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors, as well as the Paul Owens Award, which is given to the best player in the Phillies' minor league system. Pre-Arb Eligible, Service Time (01/2020): 2.138 [27], On February 17, 2017, Ruf's $1.1 million contract with the Dodgers was sold to the Samsung Lions of the KBO League. [25], On May 13, 2016, Ruf was optioned to Triple-A to make room on the roster for Tommy Joseph. The 33-year-old spent five years of his career shuttling between the Philadelphia Phillies … Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Darin Cortland Ruf (born July 28, 1986) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. With Lehigh Valley he was second in the league with 20 home runs, 5th with a .529 slugging percentage, and 7th with 65 RBIs. His first professional assignment was the GCL Phillies in 2009; after performing well there, he was promoted to the Williamsport Crosscutters of short season A. Entering the 2014 season, he was set to compete for a spot on the bench, as Amaro declared that he was not good enough, particularly defensively, to play every day. [28] In his first season in South Korea, Ruf batted .315/.396/.569 and led the Korea Baseball Organization with 124 RBIs while also hitting 38 doubles (5th) and 31 home runs (6th). Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. [29], He was re-signed for the 2018 season at $1.5 million. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. His power emergence began in 2011 when he hit a Florida State League-leading 43 doubles, as well as 17 home runs (8th in the league) and 82 RBIs (4th) and a .308 batting average. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. [10] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions. Of his 70 starts at the major league level, 28 were at first base, 27 in right field, and 16 in left field, while of his 78 starts in Triple-A, 59 came in left field and 19 came at first base. [12] During the season, the Fightin Phils sold T-shirts that said "Babe Ruf", a reference to Babe Ruth. He had the lowest batting average against right-handers among all MLB hitters (140 or more plate appearances), at .158. He also participated in the Florida Instructional League. Arb Eligible: 2021 He also played football and basketball, and was the captain of the baseball and football teams – during his senior season, he achieved all-state honors in both football and basketball. ", "Amaro weighs in on Opening Day roster decisions", "2016 International League Batting Leaders", "Dodgers deal Kendrick to Phillies for Ruf, Sweeney", "S. Korean club signs ex-major league hitter", "2017 Korean Baseball Organization Batting Leaders", "2018 Korean Baseball Organization Batting Leaders", "2019 Korean Baseball Organization Batting Leaders", "Solving the Maize: Reflections on Ruf, Asche and Player Makeup", "Phillies Nation Player Review: Darin Ruf", "Philadelphia Phillies' Darin Ruf two home runs away from history", "Darin Ruf promoted to Major Leagues by Philadelphia Phillies", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darin_Ruf&oldid=980900289, American expatriate baseball players in South Korea, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 04:07.

[3], In Ruf's freshman season (2006), he started all 52 games. The Phillies promoted him to the Class A-Advanced Clearwater Threshers, and was the Phillies' minor league player of the week in late May. [17] For the season, he batted .247/.348/.458. In 2017 he led the Korea Baseball Organization in RBIs. During his junior season (2008) he compiled a 15-game hitting streak that contributed to his .347 season batting average. (Age 26-048d, [8] In the outfield, Ruf is a "liability", and he is "pretty shaky" at first base, further underscoring his "man without a position" persona within the Phillies' organization. [10] At the major league level, he finished fifth among rookies with 14 home runs, nine of which were in August, the most among any major league player during that stretch. [1][2] He attended Westside High School, where he helped the team win a Nebraska state championship his sophomore season and finish as the runner-up his senior year. His hobbies include golfing and traveling.

All rights reserved. [19] He returned to the major league Phillies on July 22 when John Mayberry, Jr. landed on the disabled list, but struggled in his first several games; in his first 17 at-bats, he had just two hits. Brandon Belt #9. In 2010, he began the season with the Lakewood BlueClaws, also of Class A, but spent only 32 games there. Nevertheless, the Phillies toyed with platooning him with Ryan Howard, who was also struggling, at first base, and Ruf also played two innings at third base. Do you have a blog?
[10], He recorded his first major league hit on September 25, a home run off the Washington Nationals' Ross Detwiler. [1], Ruf was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. Team: San Francisco Giants (majors) Born: July 28, 1986 in Omaha, NE us Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft from Creighton University (Omaha, NE).. High School: Westside HS (Omaha, NE) Find out more. He made his major league debut in 2012. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Ruf started the 2013 season in Triple-A with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, but was recalled by the Phillies on July 6 when Ryan Howard was placed on the disabled list. In 2018 he batted .330/.419/.605 with 33 home runs (8th) and 125 RBIs (tied for 2nd) and 65 walks (6th) with a 1.024 OPS (3rd).[30].

He was named an MiLB.com Organization All Star and a post-season All Star. We’ve never seen a player of this age with a similar skill set (a fringe average hitter with a huge hole in his swing and plus raw power who is a 20 runner with pretty much unknown arm strength) do anything sustainable of note at the major league level. June 4, 2014: Lehigh Valley IronPigs placed LF Darin Ruf on the 7-day disabled list. On November 11, 2016, Ruf was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers (along with Darnell Sweeney) in exchange for Howie Kendrick.

He made the team's Opening day roster. [11] Christa Ruf, Ruf's sister, also attended Creighton; she played softball there for four seasons.

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His sophomore season (2007) he was named the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Player of the Year, a member of both the first-team all conference squad, and a first-team all-conference scholar athlete.

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