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Darin Ruf

Darin Cortland "Babe" Ruf
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 232 lbs.
Born: July 28, 1986 in Omaha, NE
Drafted: 20th round 2009 by the Philadelphia Phillies
Acquired: traded from the San Francisco Giants for J. D. Davis, Thomas Szapucki, Carson Seymour, and Nick Zwack, August 2022
Departed: released, April 2023

 

Three stellar seasons in the Korean Baseball Organization revived Darin's career after he had apparently left American baseball for good following his Phillies experience.  The Mets paid a high price to get him at the 2022 trade deadline in order to form a DH platoon with Daniel Vogelbach, and that ultimately proved to be a bad deal for both Darin and the Mets—possibly one of the worst Mets trades ever.  To add insult to injury, after the Mets released him, the Giants signed him back up at the Mets' expense for the 2023 season.  Darin is shown here on a card from early in his career, on 2014 Topps.  There are other cards below.

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BATTING RECORD

YEAR CLUB     G   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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2012 Phi NL  12   33   4  11  2  1  3  10  24  0  0  12   2   0   0  0 .351 .727 .333
2013 Phi NL  73  251  36  62 11  0 14  30 115  0  0  91  33   7   0  2 .348 .458 .247
2014 Phi NL  52  102  13  24  8  0  3   8  41  0  0  32   8   4   1  2 .310 .402 .235
2015 Phi NL 106  268  30  63 12  0 12  39 111  1  0  69  21   5   0  3 .300 .414 .235
2016 Phi NL  43   83   8  17  2  0  3   9  28  0  1  25   4   0   0  2 .236 .337 .205
2020 S F NL  40   87  11  24  6  0  5  18  45  1  0  23  13   0   0  0 .370 .517 .276
2021 S F NL 117  262  41  71 13  2 16  43 136  2  0  87  46   3   0  1 .385 .519 .271
2022 2teams 118  334  52  88 12  0 11  45 113  2  0 105  45   6   0  3 .307 .338 .204
2023 2teams  20   49   3  11  3  0  0   3  14  0  0  16   8   0   0  0 .333 .286 .224
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METS TOTALS  28   66   6  10  3  0  0   7  13  0  0  20   5   1   0  2 .216 .197 .152
OTHER CLUBS 553 1403 192 341 66  3 67 198 614  6  1 440 175  24   1 13 .334 .438 .243
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CAREER TOTS 581 1469 198 351 69  3 67 205 627  6  1 460 180  25   1 15 .329 .427 .239

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB     G   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB SB CS  SO  BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
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2022 S F NL  90  268  46  58  9  0 11  38 100  2  0  85  40   5   0  1 .328 .373 .216
2022 *METS*  28   66   6  10  3  0  0   7  13  0  0  20   5   1   0  2 .216 .197 .152
2023 S F NL   9   23   1   6  2  0  0   3   8  0  0   9   4   0   0  0 .370 .348 .261
2023 Mil NL  11   26   2   5  1  0  0   0   6  0  0   7   4   0   0  0 .300 .231 .192

 

PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB     G GS CG    IP  W  L   PCT   H   R  ER  SO  BB ShO SV   ERA
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2021 S F NL   1  0  0   1.0  0  0  ----   3   2   2   0   0   0  0 18.00
2022 *METS*   1  0  0   2.0  0  0  ----   1   0   0   0   0   0  0  0.00
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CAREER TOTS   2  0  0   3.0  0  0  ----   4   2   2   0   0   0  0  6.00

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This is a list of the cards of this player that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity prior to my divestiture.  The cards listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final deal.  Items listed in green I kept out of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den.  At the bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas.  If an orange card is struck through, it has also departed the collection.  m still accepting donations, should you feel so moved.  Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.

2016 Topps Phillies

2022 Topps Heritage

2023 Topps

2013 Bowman #172 (RC)
2013 Panini Prizm #290
(RC; Rookie)
2013 Panini Prizm Autographs #RDR (RC; Rookie; autographed)
2013 Pinnacle #161
(RC)
2013 Topps #83
(RC)

2014 Topps #345

2015 Topps #662

2016 Topps #611
2016 Topps Archives #94
2016 Topps Heritage #47
2016 Topps Philadelphia Phillies #PP-13

2021 Topps Update #US158

2022 Topps Heritage #481
2022 Topps Update #US106

2023 Topps #70

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