Ruiz appeared in 18 games for Atlanta, hitting .283 with 13 hits over 46 at-bats, scoring three runs while driving in two.
He would spend all of 1979 in the Minor Leagues before making it back to the Big Leagues in 1980, hitting a nice .308 with eight hits over 26 at-bats, again scoring three while driving in two.
Sadly those decent numbers didn’t translate to another shot, as he would go on to toil in the Minors over the next four seasons before he retired for good in 1984.
He played all 15 seasons of his pro career in the Atlanta organization between 1970 and 1984, but only had those combined 43 games between the 1978 and 1980 seasons on a Major League field, hitting a very nice .292 with 21 hits in 72 at-bats.
