What years did Ron Darling play?

Ron Darling played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1995.

Was Ron Darling a pitcher?

Yes. Ron Darling pitched in the major leagues, recording 136 wins and 1590 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ron Darling hit?

Ron Darling hit 2 career home runs with 76 hits.

What was Ron Darling's career batting average?

Ron Darling batted .144 over his career, with 76 hits in 526 at bats.

How many RBI did Ron Darling have?

Ron Darling drove in 21 runs in his career.

What was Ron Darling's career ERA?

Ron Darling finished with a 3.87 career ERA, going 136-116 with 1,590 strikeouts.

Ron Darling

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1983-1995)

Ron Darling was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1995 for the New York Mets, the Montreal Expos, and the Athletics, a span of 13 seasons. Across 382 career appearances, he went 136-116 with a 3.87 ERA and 1,590 strikeouts. He also batted .144 with 2 home runs. Ron Darling was an All-Star and a Gold Glove.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 8, 2026

W–L 136–116

ERA 3.87

WHIP 1.33

SO 1,590

Pitcher PIV -3152.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 195 lb
Born: 8/19/1960 in Honolulu, HI, USA
MLB Debut: 1983-09-06
Last Game: 1995-08-15
Awards: All-Star · Gold Glove

Full name: Ronald Maurice Darling

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ron Darling — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
136	116	382	364	37	13	0	2360.3	2,244	1,016	239	906	1,590	3.87	-3152.1

Career ERA 3.87 vs. league average 3.99 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ron Darling Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1983	NYN	NL	1	3	5	5	1	0	35.3	31	11	17	23	2.80	3.87 (+28%)	641.6
1984	NYN	NL	12	9	33	33	2	2	205.7	179	87	104	136	3.81	3.81 (avg)	-1538.3
1985	NYN	NL	16	6	36	35	4	2	248.0	214	80	114	167	2.90	3.89 (+25%)	259.3
1986	NYN	NL	15	6	34	34	4	2	237.0	203	74	81	184	2.81	3.97 (+29%)	3349.5
1987	NYN	NL	12	8	32	32	2	0	207.7	183	99	96	167	4.29	4.29 (avg)	531.8
1988	NYN	NL	17	9	34	34	7	4	240.7	218	87	60	161	3.25	3.73 (+13%)	1237.3
1989	NYN	NL	14	14	33	33	4	0	217.3	214	85	70	153	3.52	3.71 (+5%)	1199.3
1990	NYN	NL	7	9	33	18	1	0	126.0	135	63	44	99	4.50	3.86 (-17%)	-1908.1
1991	NYN	NL	5	6	17	17	0	0	102.3	96	44	28	58	3.87	3.91 (+1%)	128.0
1991	MON	NL	0	2	3	3	0	0	17.0	25	14	5	11	7.41	3.91 (-89%)	-1401.4
1991	OAK	AL	3	7	12	12	0	0	75.0	64	34	38	60	4.08	3.91 (-4%)	-295.9
1992	OAK	AL	15	10	33	33	4	3	206.3	198	84	72	99	3.66	3.75 (+2%)	-661.1
1993	OAK	AL	5	9	31	29	3	0	178.0	198	102	72	95	5.16	4.19 (-23%)	-2824.9
1994	OAK	AL	10	11	25	25	4	0	160.0	162	80	59	108	4.50	4.51 (avg)	126.5
1995	OAK	AL	4	7	21	21	1	0	104.0	124	72	46	69	6.23	4.45 (-40%)	-1995.7
Career · 15 seasons			136	116	382	364	37	13	2,360.1	2,244	1,016	906	1,590	3.87	—	-3,152

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ron Darling — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
402	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.144	.169	.203	.373	-3,309

Career AVG .144 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 44.4% below league average.

Career OBP .169 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 48.1% below league average.

Career SLG .203 vs. league average .393 across their career seasons — 48.3% below league average.

Career OPS .373 vs. league average .720 across their career seasons — 48.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ron Darling Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1983	NYN	NL	5	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	NYN	NL	39	67	7	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	19	.149	.259 (-43%)	.322 (-51%)	.384 (-57%)	.707 (-54%)	-578.3
1985	NYN	NL	42	76	9	13	4	0	0	0	1	4	25	.171	.257 (-33%)	.323 (-34%)	.390 (-43%)	.714 (-39%)	-470.4
1986	NYN	NL	34	81	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	3	29	.099	.257 (-62%)	.325 (-60%)	.395 (-69%)	.720 (-65%)	-836.0
1987	NYN	NL	32	65	5	8	5	0	0	4	0	2	22	.123	.262 (-53%)	.331 (-55%)	.415 (-52%)	.746 (-53%)	-580.8
1988	NYN	NL	34	82	4	18	4	2	0	4	0	1	21	.220	.254 (-14%)	.317 (-28%)	.377 (-16%)	.695 (-22%)	-301.7
1989	NYN	NL	35	73	8	9	1	0	2	5	0	1	28	.123	.254 (-51%)	.319 (-54%)	.375 (-42%)	.694 (-47%)	-541.6
1990	NYN	NL	34	31	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	3	12	.129	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	NYN	NL	17	34	0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	14	.118	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	MON	NL	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	OAK	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	OAK	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	OAK	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	OAK	AL	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	OAK	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			402	526	39	76	21	2	2	21	1	15	175	.144	—	—	—	—	-3,309

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ron Darling — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ron Darling — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1992	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	.000
1988	NLCS	NYN	3	3	2	.000
1986	NLCS	NYN	1	1	0	.000
1986	WS	NYN	3	3	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ron Darling — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	3	7	7	0	35.7	34	15	18	27	3.79

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ron Darling — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	ALCS	OAK	0	1	1	1	6.0	4	2	2	3	3.00
1988	NLCS	NYN	0	1	2	2	7.0	11	6	4	7	7.71
1986	NLCS	NYN	0	0	1	1	5.0	6	4	2	5	7.20
1986	WS	NYN	1	1	3	3	17.7	13	3	10	12	1.53

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ron Darling — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	197	256	16	31	1	8	.121
Away	205	270	23	45	1	13	.167

Pitching — Home / Away

Ron Darling — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	187	1216.2	1102	475	412	844	3.51
Away	195	1143.2	1142	541	494	746	4.26

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ron Darling — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1995-08-15	OAK	KCR	L	5.1	6	5	5	3	4	1
1995-08-05	OAK	SEA	—	5.0	6	4	3	3	3	1
1995-07-30	OAK	TOR	W	5.0	5	2	2	2	2	1
1995-07-25	OAK	DET	L	6.0	6	3	3	3	3	1
1995-07-20	OAK	DET	W	5.1	6	3	3	2	3	1
1995-07-14	OAK	CLE	L	3.0	7	7	7	0	1	3
1995-07-09	OAK	TOR	L	5.2	6	5	5	4	4	1
1995-07-04	OAK	MIL	—	7.0	5	3	3	3	8	2
1995-06-29	OAK	SEA	—	6.2	4	1	1	3	3	0
1995-06-24	OAK	TEX	—	4.0	7	5	5	2	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ron Darling — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	382	364	177	391	37	37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ron Darling — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1983	NYN	P	5	5	2	6	0	1
1984	NYN	P	33	33	17	38	3	3
1985	NYN	P	36	35	24	47	2	5
1986	NYN	P	34	34	24	47	7	7
1987	NYN	P	32	32	17	43	3	5
1988	NYN	P	34	34	17	35	3	4
1989	NYN	P	33	33	15	37	4	5
1990	NYN	P	33	18	7	22	2	0
1991	NYN	P	17	17	7	17	5	0
1991	MON	P	3	3	3	1	1	1
1991	OAK	P	12	12	8	9	0	1
1992	OAK	P	33	33	11	26	4	2
1993	OAK	P	31	29	12	17	1	0
1994	OAK	P	25	25	3	26	2	1
1995	OAK	P	21	21	10	20	0	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Ron Darling Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	382
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Ron Darling — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1989	Gold Glove	P
1984	Pitcher of the Month	June

Salary History

Ron Darling — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1995	OAK	AL	$3,000,000
1994	OAK	AL	$2,250,000
1993	OAK	AL	$2,250,000
1992	OAK	AL	$2,200,000
1991	NYN	NL	$1,966,667
1990	NYN	NL	$1,566,667
1989	NYN	NL	$1,966,666
1988	NYN	NL	$1,000,000
1987	NYN	NL	$1,050,000
1986	NYN	NL	$440,000
1985	NYN	NL	$230,000
Total Career Earnings			$17,920,000

College History

Ron Darling — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Yale University	New Haven	CT	1979, 1980, 1981

Award Voting History

Ron Darling — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1986	Cy Young Award	NL	5th	2.0	120	0
1984	Rookie of the Year	NL	5th	3.0	120	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ron Darling

What years did Ron Darling play?: Ron Darling played in Major League Baseball from 1983 to 1995.
Was Ron Darling a pitcher?: Yes. Ron Darling pitched in the major leagues, recording 136 wins and 1590 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ron Darling hit?: Ron Darling hit 2 career home runs with 76 hits.
What was Ron Darling's career batting average?: Ron Darling batted .144 over his career, with 76 hits in 526 at bats.
How many RBI did Ron Darling have?: Ron Darling drove in 21 runs in his career.
What was Ron Darling's career ERA?: Ron Darling finished with a 3.87 career ERA, going 136-116 with 1,590 strikeouts.