Keibert Ruiz#20

Washington Nationals·BBRef

RSThe Bar FLBCincinnati Reds

Pos: C

B/T: B / R

Born: Jul 20, 1998 (28)

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 238 lbs

Owned: 8.6%

From: Valencia, Venezuela

Acquired: Int'l Free Agent

Keibert Ruiz

#20

Washington Nationals BBRef

RSThe Bar FLBCincinnati Reds

Position: C

Bats/Throws: B / R

Born: Jul 20, 1998 (28)

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 238 lbs

Owned: 8.64%

From: Valencia, Venezuela

G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	K%	BB%
99	318	91	10	47	44	2	.286	.324	.456	.780	10.6%	4.7%

Ruiz is not in the lineup for Friday's game in St. Louis.

1d agoRotowire

Ruiz is slashing .310/.366/.451 in the second half but has been splitting reps at catcher with Harry Ford over the past several weeks. It will be Ford behind the dish and batting eighth in Friday's series opener.

Ruiz is out of the lineup for Washington's game against the Angels on Friday.

1w agoRotowire

Despite launching a solo shot during Wednesday's affair with the Padres, Ruiz will sit out the series opener against the Angels. Harry Ford will catch balls and strikes while batting seventh for the Nationals.

Ruiz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's loss to the Padres.

1w agoRotowire

The switch-hitting backstop took Walker Buehler deep to lead off the third inning and open the scoring, but the game quickly got away from the Nationals in an eventual 9-2 loss. Ruiz has been in a timeshare with Harry Ford since late August but has been by far the more productive hitter in that time -- over his last 10 games, Ruiz is batting .344 (11-for-32) with two of his 10 homers on the season.

Ruiz isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Padres, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.

1w agoRotowire

The Nationals have fallen into a pattern of alternating between Ruiz and Harry Ford behind the plate, and Tuesday will mark the latter's turn to handle catching duties.

Ruiz is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

1w agoRotowire

Ruiz took a foul tip off his catcher's mask Wednesday, but he passed concussion protocol and returned to the lineup Saturday, finishing 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Harry Ford will step in behind the plate Sunday to catch for lefty Andrew Alvarez.

Poor

Below Avg

Average

Above Avg

Elite

Batting

xwOBA

.289

xBA

.245

xSLG

.375

Avg Exit Velo

88.0 mph

Barrel %

5.0%

Hard-Hit %

36.8%

LA Sweet-Spot %

33.6%

Bat Speed

67.7 mph

Squared-Up %

39.1%

Chase %

38.3%

Whiff %

14.3%

K %

10.7%

BB %

4.8%

Fielding

Range (OAA)

Arm Strength

Running

Sprint Speed

25.1 ft/s

Year by Year

Year	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2020LAD	2	8	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.250	.250	.625	.875
2021TOT ▼	29	96	88	24	3	0	3	15	0	6	9	.273	.333	.409	.742
2022WSH	112	433	394	99	22	0	7	36	6	30	50	.251	.313	.360	.673
2023WSH	136	562	523	136	24	0	18	67	1	31	58	.260	.308	.409	.717
2024WSH	127	485	459	105	21	0	13	57	3	16	54	.229	.260	.359	.619
2025WSH	68	267	255	63	12	0	2	25	0	8	26	.247	.277	.318	.595
2026WSH	99	340	318	91	24	0	10	47	2	16	36	.286	.324	.456	.780
Career	573	2191	2045	520	106	0	54	248	12	107	236	0.254	0.298	0.385	0.683
Year	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS

Batting Splits

Statcast

Exit Velocity

Avg EV

88.0mph

Max EV

108.7mph

EV50

98.2mph

Hard Hit %

36.8%

Batted Ball

Launch Angle

16.9deg

Sweet Spot %

33.6%

Pull Air %

33.9%

Z-Contact %

93.0%

Barrels

Barrel %

5.0%

Sprint Speed

Speed

25.1ft/s

Bolts

HP to 1B

4.83sec

Expected Stats

Sell-High(+0.050)

AVG

0.288vs0.245

+0.043

SLG

0.460vs0.375

+0.085

wOBA

0.339vs0.289

+0.050

Green = below expected (unlucky, buy-low candidate) · Red = above expected (lucky, regression risk).

Splits

Season:

vs Pitchers: Left-Handed

LHP

AVG

.289

OBP

.319

SLG

.456

OPS

.775

wOBA

0.335

ISO

0.167

vs Pitchers: Right-Handed

RHP

241

AVG

.287

OBP

.328

SLG

.462

OPS

.790

wOBA

0.344

ISO

0.175

Rolling Performance

Season Average

99 games

AVG

.286

OPS

.780

RBI

Last 7 Days

AVG

0.143

OPS

0.286

Last 14 Days

AVG

0.286

OPS

0.762

Last 30 Days

15G

AVG

0.348

OPS

0.918

Keibert Ruiz#20

Keibert Ruiz

2026 Season

Player News

Ruiz is not in the lineup for Friday's game in St. Louis.

Ruiz is out of the lineup for Washington's game against the Angels on Friday.

Ruiz went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's loss to the Padres.

Ruiz isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Padres, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.

Ruiz is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

Percentile Rankings

Year by Year

Batting Splits

Statcast

Exit Velocity

Batted Ball

Sprint Speed

Expected Stats

Spray Chart

Splits

vs Pitchers: Left-Handed

vs Pitchers: Right-Handed

Rolling Performance

Season Average

Last 7 Days

Last 14 Days

Last 30 Days