Keibert Ruiz

Bats B Throws R6'0" 225 lbBorn 1998 Valencia, VenezuelaDebut 2020Team WSHContract 8 yr/$50M (23-30)+31-32 opts 2026: $5,375,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 112.3FIELD+ 97.8 at CTotal 1.53 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	350	325	80	15	0	9	18	42	1	0.246	0.292	0.378	0.669	0.132	0.292	11.9	5.2	85.5	0.47
2027	325	300	75	15	0	9	19	39	1	0.251	0.300	0.390	0.690	0.139	0.301	11.9	5.8	93.1	0.74

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 74 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Butch Wynegar	1982	92.6	137.4	357
2	Alan Ashby	1978	80.7	44.0	370
3	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	2011	85.8	94.0	448
4	Dioner Navarro	2010	75.9	60.1	202
5	Ben Davis	2003	82.1	51.9	208
6	Francisco Mejia	2022	88.9	76.7	160
7	Biff Pocoroba	1980	86.3	34.1	140
8	Buck Rodgers	1965	71.5	74.3	491
9	Tucker Barnhart	2017	81.6	87.8	522
10	Victor Caratini	2020	83.7	75.2	356

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			325		75	15	9		1	19	39	0.251	0.300	0.390	0.690	93.1
2026*	WAS	82	284	37	74	21	7		2	14	33	0.279	0.317	0.438	0.755	105.4
2025	WSH	68	267	19	63	12	2	25	0	8	26	0.247	0.277	0.318	0.595	68.0
2024	WSH	127	485	46	105	21	13	57	3	16	54	0.229	0.260	0.359	0.619	72.3
2023	WSH	136	562	55	136	24	18	67	1	31	58	0.260	0.308	0.409	0.717	96.5
2022	WSH	112	433	33	99	22	7	36	6	30	50	0.251	0.312	0.360	0.673	96.9
2021	WSH	29	96	10	24	3	3	15	0	6	9	0.273	0.333	0.409	0.742	106.1
2020	LAD	2	8	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.250	0.250	0.625	0.875	126.0
Career		474	1851	164	429	82	44	201	10	91	200	0.248	0.293	0.372	0.665	86.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	284	88.5	16.8	4.7	37.4	13.5	37.1	0.244	0.362	0.283	25.1
2025	267	86.2	11.3	2.2	30.9	12.8	35.4	0.271	0.351	0.287	24.5
2024	485	85.4	19.8	3.2	25.6	12.1	38.5	0.250	0.357	0.283	25.0
2023	562	87.4	15.3	5.8	31.9	14.3	36.5	0.271	0.427	0.322	25.1
2022	433	88.0	14.9	3.8	32.3	14.9	31.5	0.275	0.414	0.329	25.3
2021	96	86.0	18.6	2.5	30.4	12.6	36.5	0.259	0.381	0.309	25.6
2020	8	87.5	24.4	20.0	20.0	21.4	26.7	0.240	0.602	0.346

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	WSH	C	66	557	529	31	3	5	0.995	-8.4
2024	WSH	C	116	972	921	39	2	8	0.998	-2.6
2023	WSH	C	117	1015	888	36	8	5	0.991	-12.2
2022	WSH	C	106	865	794	37	7	5	0.992	-6.5
2021	WSH	C	23	182	181	13	1	1	0.995	-0.1
2020	LAD	C	2	17	12	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2021	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	231	16 HR, 0 SB	0.311	1.012
2021	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	85	5 HR, 0 SB	0.308	0.942
2021	AAA	nan	Bat	316	21 HR, 0 SB	0.310	0.993
2019	AAA	Oklahoma City Dodgers	Bat	40	2 HR, 0 SB	0.316	0.824
2019	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	310	4 HR, 0 SB	0.254	0.659
2018	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	415	12 HR, 0 SB	0.268	0.729
2017	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Bat	160	6 HR, 0 SB	0.315	0.841
2017	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	251	2 HR, 0 SB	0.317	0.795
2016	Rk	AZL Dodgers	Bat	39	0 HR, 0 SB	0.485	1.180
2016	Rk	Ogden Raptors	Bat	206	2 HR, 0 SB	0.354	0.896
2016	Rk	nan	Bat	245	2 HR, 0 SB	0.374	0.939
2015	Rk	DSL Dodgers	Bat	159	1 HR, 4 SB	0.300	0.727

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.327	0.330	0.360	0.297
2025	0.339	0.265	0.296	0.264
2024	0.253	0.282	0.272	0.276
2023	0.329	0.316	0.288	0.348
2022	0.277	0.317	0.299	0.315
2021	0.347	0.334	0.294	0.377
2020		0.362		0.362

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.