Ron Darling

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, HI us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (9th) of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Yale University (New Haven, CT).

High School: St. John's HS (Shrewsbury, MA)

School: Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Debut: September 6, 1983 (Age 23-018d, 14,820th in major league history)
vs. PHI 6.1 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: August 15, 1995 (Age 34-361d)
vs. KCR 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Agents: Steve Kaufman

Full Name: Ronald Maurice Darling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

136

116

ERA

3.87

382

364

2360.1

1590

WHIP

1.335

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-11 / in Starts: 23-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	141	2	Apr 6	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	2.57	1.91	27	97	63	15	8	12	12	3	0	0	54			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.131	.77	-0.14%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
2	142	7	Apr 12	NYM		MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	1.13	2.46	34	101	63	11	8	11	16	6	2	0	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.340	1.46	0.32%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	143	11	Apr 17	NYM		STL	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	2	2	4	6	2	0	1.57	3.68	29	113	73	20	13	9	8	6	0	2	59			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	-0.001	1.55	0.00%	0.86	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	144	15	Apr 22	NYM	@	STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	1.13	3.30	34	105	73	15	10	15	12	6	0	0	74			2	0	1	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.54	0.616	2.97	0.71%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
5	145	19	Apr 27	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	0	1.38	3.38	26	92	55	15	9	6	11	3	2	1	65			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	.82	0.007	1.47	0.01%	1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	146	23	May 2	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.76	3.23	27	97	58	13	8	12	11	3	0	0	57			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.52	-0.204	3.07	-0.25%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	147	28	May 8	NYM		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.64	2.99	30	128	85	24	12	11	12	2	3	0	82			0	0	1	28	1	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.442	1.65	0.59%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	148	33	May 14	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-3)	5	7.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	1.89	2.90	25	84	54	12	7	8	15	4	0	0	61			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.128	1.77	-0.17%	-0.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
9	149	38	May 19	NYM	@	SDP	W,9-4	GS-8	W(4-3)	4	8.0	5	3	3	4	8	1	1	2.06	3.05	34	120	75	25	11	9	11	4	0	1	64			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.88	0.057	2.01	0.08%	0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out a3
10	150	43	May 25	NYM		SFG	W,6-3	GS-8	W(5-3)	5	7.1	9	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.21	3.14	33	109	72	15	10	7	18	10	0	1	51			2	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.132	2.37	0.17%	-0.34	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a3
11	151	48	May 30	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	GS-9	W(6-3)	4	8.2	6	2	2	2	9	1	0	2.20	3.12	33	120	80	20	18	9	12	3	0	1	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.344	2.31	0.47%	1.60	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	152	53	Jun 4	NYM		CHC	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.23	3.09	26	81	49	13	6	8	13	4	1	0	62			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.152	2.87	0.26%	1.07	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a3
13	153	58	Jun 10	NYM	@	MON	L,2-5	GS-5	L(6-4)	5	4.1	9	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.50	3.25	23	95	63	23	9	5	14	4	0	1	28			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	-0.288	3.74	-0.44%	-2.40	1b start a 1	5b -2- 1 out d3
14	154	63	Jun 15	NYM		STL	W,6-4	GS-8	W(7-4)	4	7.0	9	4	4	0	5	1	0	2.67	3.25	28	84	53	16	7	9	14	6	0	0	48			1	0	1	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.126	2.72	-0.21%	-1.50	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
15	155	68	Jun 21	NYM		PIT	W,9-0	SHO	W(8-4)	5	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.46	3.16	32	111	72	15	10	14	15	4	4	0	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.76	0.364	2.57	0.74%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
16	156	73	Jun 26	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	6.0	10	6	3	2	3	0	0	2.56	3.14	29	79	53	9	11	12	13	6	0	0	35			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.55	-0.311	4.62	-0.56%	-3.30	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	157	78	Jul 1(1)	NYM		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	W(9-5)	4	7.1	9	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.56	3.05	33	109	70	20	13	8	16	9	1	0	57			2	0	0	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.054	3.55	0.07%	0.67	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
18	158	84	Jul 6	NYM		CIN	W,5-4	GS-7	W(10-5)	4	6.2	6	4	4	1	9	2	2	2.70	3.17	28	105	67	15	17	8	8	3	1	0	54			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.349	2.22	-0.50%	-1.53	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
19	159	88	Jul 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-8	GS-6		7	5.1	10	7	7	3	3	3	0	3.05	3.45	28	111	64	16	7	9	13	7	0	0	20			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.481	2.72	-0.80%	-5.17	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a1
20	160	93	Jul 19	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-11	GS-1	L(10-6)	4	0.2	5	9	5	3	2	2	0	3.36	3.67	11	44	23	7	4	1	4	2	0	1	13			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.407	1.58	-0.62%	-6.28	1b start tie	1b 123 2 out d6
21	161	98	Jul 25	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-7)	5	6.2	5	3	3	2	7	0	1	3.39	3.60	28	112	68	18	13	8	10	4	0	0	57			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.211	3.80	-0.35%	-0.16	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d1
22	162	103	Jul 31	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(11-7)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.25	3.49	34	127	76	23	12	10	14	8	1	0	77			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.560	5.49	1.51%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	163	108	Aug 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.1	4	2	2	1	5	2	0	3.22	3.57	27	96	62	12	9	11	10	2	2	0	66			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.120	5.04	0.34%	0.91	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
24	164	113	Aug 10	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-4	L(12-8)	4	4.0	6	6	6	2	3	1	0	3.46	3.63	20	63	38	7	9	5	10	4	0	0	27			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.260	2.38	-0.40%	-4.20	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
25	165	117	Aug 14(1)	NYM		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	3	3	1	7	2	0	3.48	3.68	27	99	66	17	10	6	13	3	1	0	59			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.012	4.44	-0.03%	-0.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
26	166	123	Aug 21	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-1	GS-7	L(12-9)	6	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.39	3.61	26	86	56	13	4	8	10	4	0	0	67			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.161	2.83	0.27%	1.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
27	167	128	Aug 27	NYM		SFG	W,2-1	GS-8	W(13-9)	5	7.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.30	3.56	29	98	59	14	7	7	18	8	0	0	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.30	0.310	1.49	0.21%	1.95	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	168	133	Sep 2	NYM		LAD	W,8-0	SHO	W(14-9)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.15	3.46	32	122	85	19	18	9	14	4	4	0	84			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.292	.41	0.13%	3.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
29	169	137	Sep 7	NYM	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS-4		4	4.0	8	6	5	2	2	1	0	3.31	3.52	21	77	49	10	10	9	8	2	0	0	24			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.36	-0.539	.28	-0.07%	-4.20	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d3
30	170	142	Sep 12	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.2	7	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.26	3.50	36	130	78	18	13	10	15	3	0	0	63			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.16	0.235	.05	0.01%	1.49	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out tie
31	171	147	Sep 17	NYM		MON	W,6-2	GS-8	W(15-9)	4	8.0	9	2	2	1	1	2	0	3.23	3.60	31	110	70	23	7	8	21	9	1	0	56			1	1	1	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.277	.00	0.00%	1.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
32	172	151	Sep 22	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	3.14	3.56	33	115	81	23	8	16	11	7	0	0	74			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.26	0.364	.00	0.00%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
33	173	156	Sep 27	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	7	4	3	2	5	1	0	3.14	3.57	31	96	64	18	11	8	15	6	1	1	57			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	1	0	.76	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
34	174	160	Oct 2	NYM		STL	W,7-5	GS-7	W(17-9)	4	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	0	3.25	3.54	26	94	64	13	8	9	13	6	0	0	38			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.033	.00	0.00%	-2.15	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a3
							23-11		W-L:17-9	4.4	240.2	218	97	87	60	161	24	5	3.25	3.54	971	3410	64%	16%	10%	0.71		22%	3%	9	57		---%	20	6	5	888	38	6	2	20	8	5	1.05	1.349	2.19	1.37%	4.28

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