PRESS RELEASE AND STATS: METS ACQUIRE INF/OF DARIN RUF FROM SAN FRANCISCO

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., August 2, 2022 – The New York Mets have announced that the club has acquired infielder/outfielder Darin Ruf from San Francisco in exchange for infielder J.D. Davis, LHP ThomasSzapucki, minor league RHP Carson Seymour and minor league LHP Nick Zwack. Ruf is signed through the 2023 season with a team option for 2024. 

Ruf, 36, slashed .216/.328/.373 with 11 home runs and 38 RBI in 90 games for the Giants this season, including a .252/.364/.523 line against left-handed pitchers. Ruf has drawn 40 walks and his 12.7 percent walk rate ranks fifth in the National League. In his career, Ruf has posted a .929 OPS against southpaws, good for the 15th-best mark among all active players (min. 500 plate appearances vs. LHP). 

The Omaha, Nebraska native has started 66 games this season, including 29 at first base, 17 in left field, 17 as DH, and three in right field. 

He has appeared in 533 games spanning eight major league seasons with Philadelphia (2012-2016) and San Francisco (2020-2022), hitting 67 home runs and driving 195 runs. Between those stints in MLB, Ruf spent three seasons with Samsung in the KBO, where he put up a .313/.404/.564 line with 105 doubles, 86 home runs and 350 RBI in 404 games.

Darin Ruf's Stats:

Standard Batting
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
201225PHINL1237334112131000212.333.351.7271.0791812410021/73H
201326PHINL7329325136621101430003391.247.348.458.80612211547021397/H
201427PHINL521171021324803800832.235.310.402.712984124120H37/5
201528PHINL10629726830631201239102169.235.300.414.71496111750303H7
201629PHINL438983817203901425.205.236.337.573512850020H37
202033SFGNL4010087112460518101323.276.370.517.88714245100007H/D39
202134SFGNL11731226241711321643204687.271.385.519.90414313683012H37/9D1
202235TOTNL118388334526812011452045105.204.307.338.645831131160303DH7/91
202235SFGNL903142684658901138204085.216.328.373.701981008501037DH/9
202235NYMNL287466610300700520.152.216.197.413201331020DH/3971
8 Yrs561163314201953406636720261172444.239.329.432.76110961339251154
162 Game Avg.162472410569819119582050128.239.329.432.761109177117041
PHI (5 yrs)2868337379117735135961168229.240.314.433.74710431919161112
SFG (3 yrs)2477266179815328232995099195.248.358.455.814124281178022
NYM (1 yr)287466610300700520.152.216.197.413201331020
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/4/2023.

J.D. Davis' Stats:

Standard Batting
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
201724HOUAL246862814404711420.226.279.484.76310430310105/H31
201825HOUAL421131039182015001029.175.248.223.47132233000053/H71
201926NYMNL140453410651262212257303897.307.369.527.8951372161430227H5/D
202027NYMNL56229190264790619003156.247.371.389.76111174870115D/7H
202128NYMNL732111791851120523102468.285.384.436.82012578460215H/D
202229TOTNL115365318467916112351139122.248.340.418.758115133136021DH53/7
202229NYMNL66207181264381421112066.238.324.359.683976594020DH5/3
202229SFGNL49158137203680814001956.263.361.496.857140684200153DH/7
202330SFGNL3761100000013.167.286.167.45230110000/3H5
7 Yrs453144612681733366525014662147395.265.350.438.7881165554623085
162 Game Avg.1625174536212023118522153141.265.350.438.788116198168032
NYM (4 yrs)33511009601352675123712051113287.278.364.451.8151234333520074
SFG (2 yrs)52165143213780814002059.259.358.483.8401356952001
HOU (2 yrs)66181165173260512111449.194.260.321.581595361010
NL (5 yrs)387126511031563045924513451133346.276.363.455.8181245024022075
AL (2 yrs)66181165173260512111449.194.260.321.581595361010
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/4/2023.



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