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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
Schools: 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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1983 22 NYM NL 1 3 .250 2.80 5 5 0 1 0 0 35.1 31 11 11 0 17 1 23 3 2 3 148 130 1.358 7.9 0.0 4.3 5.9 1.35
1984 23 NYM NL 12 9 .571 3.81 33 33 0 2 2 0 205.2 179 97 87 17 104 2 136 5 1 7 884 93 1.376 7.8 0.7 4.6 6.0 1.31 RoY-5
1985 24 NYM NL 16 6 .727 2.90 36 35 1 4 2 0 248.0 214 93 80 21 114 1 167 3 1 7 1043 120 1.323 7.8 0.8 4.1 6.1 1.46 AS
1986 25 NYM NL 15 6 .714 2.81 34 34 0 4 2 0 237.0 203 84 74 21 81 2 184 3 3 7 967 127 1.198 7.7 0.8 3.1 7.0 2.27 CYA-5
1987 26 NYM NL 12 8 .600 4.29 32 32 0 2 0 0 207.2 183 111 99 24 96 3 167 3 3 6 891 89 1.343 7.9 1.0 4.2 7.2 1.74
1988 27 NYM NL 17 9 .654 3.25 34 34 0 7 4 0 240.2 218 97 87 24 60 2 161 5 2 7 971 100 1.155 8.2 0.9 2.2 6.0 2.68
1989 28 NYM NL 14 14 .500 3.52 33 33 0 4 0 0 217.1 214 100 85 19 70 7 153 3 4 12 922 93 1.307 8.9 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.19 GG
1990 29 NYM NL 7 9 .438 4.50 33 18 3 1 0 0 126.0 135 73 63 20 44 4 99 5 1 5 554 84 1.421 9.6 1.4 3.1 7.1 2.25
1991 30 TOT MLB 8 15 .348 4.26 32 32 0 0 0 0 194.1 185 100 92 22 71 3 129 9 5 16 827 87 1.317 8.6 1.0 3.3 6.0 1.82
1991 30 TOT NL 5 8 .385 4.37 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.1 121 66 58 15 33 1 69 7 4 13 508 83 1.291 9.1 1.1 2.5 5.2 2.09
1991 30 NYM NL 5 6 .455 3.87 17 17 0 0 0 0 102.1 96 50 44 9 28 1 58 6 4 9 427 94 1.212 8.4 0.8 2.5 5.1 2.07
1991 30 MON NL 0 2 .000 7.41 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 25 16 14 6 5 0 11 1 0 4 81 49 1.765 13.2 3.2 2.6 5.8 2.20
1991 30 OAK AL 3 7 .300 4.08 12 12 0 0 0 0 75.0 64 34 34 7 38 2 60 2 1 3 319 94 1.360 7.7 0.8 4.6 7.2 1.58
1992 31 OAK AL 15 10 .600 3.66 33 33 0 4 3 0 206.1 198 98 84 15 72 5 99 4 0 13 866 102 1.309 8.6 0.7 3.1 4.3 1.38
1993 32 OAK AL 5 9 .357 5.16 31 29 1 3 0 0 178.0 198 107 102 22 72 5 95 5 1 3 793 79 1.517 10.0 1.1 3.6 4.8 1.32
1994 33 OAK AL 10 11 .476 4.50 25 25 0 4 0 0 160.0 162 89 80 18 59 3 108 7 1 6 682 98 1.381 9.1 1.0 3.3 6.1 1.83
1995 34 OAK AL 4 7 .364 6.23 21 21 0 1 0 0 104.0 124 79 72 16 46 2 69 4 0 5 484 69 1.635 10.7 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.50
13 Seasons 136 116 .540 3.87 382 364 5 37 13 0 2360.1 2244 1139 1016 239 906 40 1590 59 24 97 10032 95 1.335 8.6 0.9 3.5 6.1 1.76
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .540 3.87 35 33 0 3 1 0 215 205 104 93 22 83 4 145 5 2 9 914 95 1.335 8.6 0.9 3.5 6.1 1.76
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
NYM (9 yrs) 99 70 .586 3.50 257 241 4 25 10 0 1620.0 1473 716 630 155 614 23 1148 36 21 63 6807 101 1.288 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.87
OAK (5 yrs) 37 44 .457 4.63 122 120 1 12 3 0 723.1 746 407 372 78 287 17 431 22 3 30 3144 88 1.428 9.3 1.0 3.6 5.4 1.50
MON (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.41 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 25 16 14 6 5 0 11 1 0 4 81 49 1.765 13.2 3.2 2.6 5.8 2.20
NL (9 yrs) 99 72 .579 3.54 260 244 4 25 10 0 1637.0 1498 732 644 161 619 23 1159 37 21 67 6888 99 1.293 8.2 0.9 3.4 6.4 1.87
AL (5 yrs) 37 44 .457 4.63 122 120 1 12 3 0 723.1 746 407 372 78 287 17 431 22 3 30 3144 88 1.428 9.3 1.0 3.6 5.4 1.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1986 25 NYM NL NLCS W HOU 0 0 7.20 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 4 4 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 23 1.600 10.8 1.8 3.6 9.0 2.50
1986 25 NYM NL WS W BOS 1 1 .500 1.53 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 13 4 3 2 10 1 12 1 0 2 75 1.302 6.6 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.20
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS L LAD 0 1 .000 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 11 9 6 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 37 2.143 14.1 0.0 5.1 9.0 1.75
1992 31 OAK AL ALCS L TOR 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 22 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
3 Seasons (4 Series) 1 3 .250 3.79 7 7 0 0 0 0 35.2 34 20 15 5 18 1 27 2 0 5 157 1.458 8.6 1.3 4.5 6.8 1.50
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 7.50 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 17 13 10 1 6 0 12 1 0 1 60 1.917 12.8 0.8 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 3 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 22 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1 WS 1 1 .500 1.53 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.2 13 4 3 2 10 1 12 1 0 2 75 1.302 6.6 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.20

Standard Batting

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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
1983 22 NYM NL 5 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1984 23 NYM NL 39 75 67 7 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 19 .149 .159 .164 .324 -8 11 1 0 6 1 0 1 RoY-5
1985 24 NYM NL 42 93 76 9 13 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 25 .171 .213 .224 .436 23 17 0 0 13 0 0 1 AS
1986 25 NYM NL 34 94 81 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 29 .099 .131 .123 .254 -29 10 0 0 10 0 0 1 CYA-5
1987 26 NYM NL 32 77 65 5 8 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 22 .123 .149 .200 .349 -6 13 0 0 10 0 0 1
1988 27 NYM NL 34 92 82 4 18 4 2 0 4 0 0 1 21 .220 .229 .317 .546 59 26 1 0 9 0 0 1
1989 28 NYM NL 35 80 73 8 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 28 .123 .147 .219 .366 6 16 0 1 5 0 0 1 GG
1990 29 NYM NL 34 39 31 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 .129 .206 .129 .335 -5 4 0 0 5 0 0 1
1991 30 TOT MLB 20 46 40 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 .125 .125 .225 .350 -3 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1991 30 TOT NL 20 46 40 0 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .125 .125 .225 .350 -3 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1991 30 NYM NL 17 39 34 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 .118 .118 .206 .324 -10 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1991 30 MON NL 3 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 38 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1992 31 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1993 32 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 33 OAK AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 34 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 280 608 526 39 76 21 2 2 21 1 0 15 159 .144 .169 .203 .373 5 107 2 1 65 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 352 304 23 44 12 1 1 12 1 0 9 92 .144 .169 .203 .373 5 62 1 1 38 1 0
NYM (9 yrs) 272 600 519 39 75 20 2 2 19 1 0 15 173 .145 .170 .202 .372 5 105 2 1 64 1 0
OAK (5 yrs) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 3 7 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 38 2 0 0 1 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 275 607 525 39 76 21 2 2 21 1 0 15 175 .145 .170 .204 .374 5 107 2 1 65 1 0
AL (5 yrs) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 25 NYM NL NLCS HOU W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 25 NYM NL WS BOS W 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 27 NYM NL NLCS LAD L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 6 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1985

Gold Gloves
1989-NL-P

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-NL--5--2%
0.02 Career Shares (236th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1985 NL--2.903--9th
1986 NL--2.810--3rd

Wins s c a p y
1986 NL--15--8th
1988 NL--17--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1985 NL--.727--5th
1986 NL--.714--4th
1987 NL--.600--10th
1988 NL--.654--10th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 NL--7.833--10th
1987 NL--7.931--5th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1986 NL--6.987--9th
1987 NL--7.238--5th
Career--6.063--211th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 NL--248.0--8th
1988 NL--240.7--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1985 NL--167--7th
1986 NL--184--7th
1987 NL--167--7th
1988 NL--161--10th
Career--1590--143rd

Games Started s c a p y
1984 NL--33--7th
1985 NL--35--8th
1986 NL--34--10th
1988 NL--34--4th
1989 NL--33--7th
1994 AL--25--1st
Career--364--167th

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL--2--8th
1986 NL--2--5th
1988 NL--4--6th
1992 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--21--7th
1986 NL--21--9th
1988 NL--24--3rd
1990 NL--20--10th
Career--239--116th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL--104--3rd
1985 NL--114--1st
1987 NL--96--4th
Career--906--149th

Hits s c a p y
1988 NL--218--7th
1989 NL--214--8th

Losses s c a p y
1989 NL--14--4th
1994 AL--11--3rd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1987 NL--99--10th
1989 NL--85--10th
Career--1016--211th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1989 NL--12--6th
1991 NL--13--4th
1992 AL--13--3rd
Career--97--85th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--5--5th
1990 NL--5--10th
1991 NL--7--4th
1994 AL--7--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 NL--1043--8th
1987 NL--891--10th
1988 NL--971--9th
Career--10032--229th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1986 NL--127--4th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL--13--3rd
1986 NL--10--10th
1987 NL--10--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 58 (435), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 26 (488), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 15 (484), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Kevin Appier (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kevin Appier (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

April 1, 1982: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Walt Terrell to the New York Mets for Lee Mazzilli.

July 15, 1991: Traded by the New York Mets with Mike Thomas to the Montreal Expos for Tim Burke.

July 31, 1991: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Oakland Athletics for Russell Cormier (minors) and Matt Grott.

October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 17, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 17, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

August 21, 1995: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Mets$230,000
1986New York Mets$440,000
1987New York Mets$1,050,000
1988New York Mets$1,000,000
1989New York Mets$1,966,666
1990New York Mets$1,566,667
1991New York Mets$1,966,667
1992Oakland Athletics$2,200,000
1993Oakland Athletics$2,250,000
1994Oakland Athletics$2,250,000
1995Oakland Athletics$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,920,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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