How Darin Ruf's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Darin Ruf posted a career Games Started % of 73.35, well above the league average of .644 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 2012, posting 100.0, well above the league average of .695 that year. The lowest point came in 2023 at 50.0, well above the league average of .672 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 74.07 in 2021 to 71.08 in 2022 and 50.0 in 2023. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 8 seasons.

Darin Ruf Lifetime Games Started %

Stats similar to Games Started % for Darin Ruf
Darin Ruf
Games Started %
Career73.35
Season Avg.73.35
162 Game Avg.73.35
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Darin Ruf Games Started % Per Season

Darin Ruf's Games Started % 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 Games Started % per season line chart

Darin Ruf Games Started % by Team

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

Darin Ruf Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Darin Ruf's career Games Started % 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 Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Darin Ruf Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Darin Ruf's seasonal Games Started % 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 Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Darin Ruf Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Darin Ruf's MLB career with Games Started % 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 Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table