How Darin Ruf's BABIP Compares to Similar Players

Darin Ruf posted a career BABIP of .297, near the league average of .290 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best BABIP season came in 2012, posting .400, well above the league average of .300 that year. The lowest point came in 2016 at .246, below the league average of .303 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .344 in 2021 to .258 in 2022 and .333 in 2023. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 8 seasons.

Darin Ruf Lifetime BABIP

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Darin Ruf BABIP Per Season

Darin Ruf's BABIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Darin Ruf BABIP per season line chart

Darin Ruf BABIP by Team

Darin Ruf's career BABIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Darin Ruf career BABIP by team bar chart

Darin Ruf BABIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Darin Ruf's career BABIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Darin Ruf BABIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Darin Ruf BABIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Darin Ruf's seasonal BABIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Darin Ruf BABIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Darin Ruf BABIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Darin Ruf's MLB career with BABIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Darin Ruf BABIP season-by-season breakdown table