Ron Darling
Ronald Maurice Darling
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, HI
School: Yale University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1983
Final Game: August 15, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 NYM NL 22 P 5 5 35.1 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.04 1.60 .950 1.91 0.68
1984 NYM NL 23 P 33 33 205.2 58 17 38 3 3 .948 2.41 1.67 .953 1.88 0.67 RoY-5
1985 NYM NL 24 P 36 35 248.0 73 24 47 2 5 .973 2.58 1.97 .952 1.92 0.68 AS
1986 NYM NL 25 P 34 34 237.0 78 24 47 7 7 .910 2.70 2.09 .958 1.94 0.66 CYA-5
1987 NYM NL 26 P 32 32 207.2 63 17 43 3 5 .952 2.60 1.88 .956 1.91 0.62
1988 NYM NL 27 P 34 34 240.2 55 17 35 3 4 .945 1.94 1.53 .955 1.96 0.69
1989 NYM NL 28 P 33 33 217.1 56 15 37 4 5 .929 2.15 1.58 .948 1.87 0.63 GG
1990 NYM NL 29 P 33 18 126.0 31 7 22 2 0 .935 2.07 0.88 .958 1.80 0.58
1991 TOT MLB 30 P 32 32 194.1 51 18 27 6 2 .882 2.08 1.41 .959 1.83 0.59
1991 TOT NL 30 P 20 20 119.1 34 10 18 6 1 .824 2.11 1.40 .962 1.86 0.59
1991 NYM NL 30 P 17 17 102.1 29 7 17 5 0 .828 2.11 1.41 .962 1.86 0.59
1991 MON NL 30 P 3 3 17.0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 2.12 1.33 .960 1.85 0.60
1991 OAK AL 30 P 12 12 75.0 17 8 9 0 1 1.000 2.04 1.42 .953 1.80 0.58
1992 OAK AL 31 P 33 33 206.1 41 11 26 4 2 .902 1.61 1.12 .956 1.72 0.56
1992 OAK AL 31 DH 1
1993 OAK AL 32 P 31 29 178.0 30 12 17 1 0 .967 1.47 0.94 .953 1.79 0.56
1994 OAK AL 33 P 25 25 160.0 31 3 26 2 1 .935 1.63 1.16 .958 1.72 0.52
1995 OAK AL 34 P 21 21 104.0 30 10 20 0 2 1.000 2.60 1.43 .960 1.79 0.53
13 Seasons P 382 364 2360.1 605 177 391 37 37 .939 2.17 1.49 .955 1.86 0.61
1 Season DH 1
13 Seasons TOT 382 364 2360.1 605 177 391 37 37 .939 2.17 1.49 .894 1.86 0.61
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 NYM NL 22 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYM NL 23 39 33 39 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1985 NYM NL 24 42 35 42 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
1986 NYM NL 25 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYM NL 26 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYM NL 27 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYM NL 28 35 33 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1990 NYM NL 29 34 18 34 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 NYM NL 30 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 OAK AL 30 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 30 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 OAK AL 31 34 0 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 OAK AL 32 32 0 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 OAK AL 33 27 0 2 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1995 OAK AL 34 22 0 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 402 244 280 382 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1983 NYM NL 22 162 73% 22% 4 100% 0 2 0 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1984 NYM NL 23 938 74% 23% 35 97% 0 18 3 12 37 25 4 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 1 4 100%
1985 NYM NL 24 1083 74% 25% 44 98% 0 25 2 15 46 30 6 2 0 1 1 1 5 4 5 0 10 100%
1986 NYM NL 25 1013 74% 27% 50 86% 0 24 4 15 42 28 6 7 0 3 4 3 7 4 7 0 8 88%
1987 NYM NL 26 944 72% 26% 41 93% 1 17 2 14 42 28 5 3 0 2 1 2 5 2 3 2 8 88%
1988 NYM NL 27 1012 78% 27% 35 94% 1 18 3 15 36 23 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 2 3 1 8 100%
1989 NYM NL 28 976 77% 27% 42 88% 0 15 4 10 37 28 4 4 0 0 4 2 5 2 3 2 11 73%
1990 NYM NL 29 596 75% 29% 20 80% 2 8 0 8 22 15 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 67%
1991 NYM NL 30 457 80% 35% 15 93% 2 8 0 7 17 8 3 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1991 OAK AL 30 330 70% 25% 8 100% 0 8 1 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1991 MON NL 30 91 81% 31% 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
1992 OAK AL 31 905 81% 31% 25 100% 0 11 2 8 25 19 2 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1993 OAK AL 32 826 79% 31% 21 81% 0 12 1 11 17 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1994 OAK AL 33 699 75% 33% 27 89% 1 2 0 1 26 22 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 88%
1995 OAK AL 34 496 76% 32% 21 95% 1 10 0 8 20 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
13 Seasons 10528 76% 28% 388 92% 8 182 22 133 384 266 38 37 1 6 30 9 37 19 30 7 85 89%
MLB Averages 77% 30% 91% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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