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Ron Darling
Inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, 2021
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 12 of 1233 players

Ronald Maurice Darling
Born: August 19, 1960 at Honolulu, Hawaii
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.03 Weight: 195

Ron Darling has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 189 times, most recently on April 10, 2024.

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Broadcaster: Television 2006 - 2024

First Mets game: September 6, 1983
Last Mets game: July 14, 1991

Winner of National League Pitcher of the Month award, June 1984. (New York Mets)
Named Pitcher on the National League Gold Glove team, 1989. (New York Mets)

Uniform Numbers:

Uniform Number	Start Date	End Date
44	September 6, 1983	September 30, 1984
12	April 9, 1985	August 4, 1989
15	August 5, 1989	July 15, 1991

44,+12,+15

Ron Darling also played for the following teams:

Oakland Athletics 1991 - 1995; Montreal Expos 1991

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

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

Minor League Pitching Record

Year Team G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1982 Tidewater (AAA) 26 152.0 7 9 0.438 143 76 63 18 114 95 26 6 2 0 3.73

1983 Tidewater (AAA) 27 159.0 10 9 0.526 137 83 71 12 107 102 27 5 1 0 4.02

Minor League Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1982 Tidewater (AAA) 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Ron Darling played for the following team in the Mets organization:

Tidewater Tides 1982, 1983

GQ Ron Darling Tries Harder

GQ
August 1986

Sports Illustrated ARMED FORCE

Sports Illustrated
August 25, 1986

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen
May 1988

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