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Darin Ruf

Giants Career team 2020–2023
Number #25
Position Designated Hitter
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 40
Height 6' 2"
Weight 232 lbs
Birth Place Omaha, KY
Born Jul 28, 1986

Key Insights

2023
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Ruf pulls 24.2% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 15.2%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

8 pulled, 20 up the middle and 5 the other way over 33 located batted balls.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Ruf hits it hardest up the middle: 96.2 mph on average there, against 88.5 to his pull side.

20 batted balls up the middle, 8 to his pull side.
There is one situation he is at his most dangerous in

Ruf is at his best on fastballs: a .749 OPS there against .619 overall.

34 plate appearances in that situation.
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Ruf averages 7.9 degrees off the bat: 31.2% of his contact is in the air and 50% of it is on the ground.

32 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.

Contextual Splits

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 28, 1986
Birth Place Omaha, KY
Height 6' 2"
Weight 232 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Creighton