# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darin-ruf
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:07:59.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darin-ruf"
name: "Darin Ruf"
slug: "darin-ruf"
description: "Darin Cortland Ruf is an American former professional baseball player. A first baseman, left fielder, and designated hitter, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers. He also played in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. Ruf was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and played at Westside High School. Subsequently, he attended Creighton University, excelled playing baseball there, and was named the 2007 Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Player of the Year."
tagline: "American baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2012_09_27_Phillies_Darin_Ruf.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1986-07-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.568109333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%94%E6%9E%97%C2%B7%E6%8B%89%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "達林·拉夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "دارين روف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Ruf"
    title: "Darin Ruf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Ruf"
    title: "Darin Ruf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95"
    title: "ダリン・ラフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A4%EB%A6%B0_%EB%9F%AC%ED%94%84"
    title: "다린 러프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin_Ruf"
    title: "Darin Ruf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3016124"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump