Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da gwagwarmayarsa a farantin a lokacin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, Ruiz ya kasance wani ɓangare na nasarar Phillies na postseason. Bayan da Phillies suka kama
2008 National League Championship Series, ya yi sharhi cewa ɗaukakar cin nasarar wasan ƙwallon baseball mai mahimmanci wanda ya ƙaddamar da jerin, wanda ya shaida yayin da yake girma a Panama a talabijin, "ya faru da ni", yana lura da yanayin wannan lokacin, kuma hakan ya ƙare kuma ya tabbatar da aikin da ya yi a cikin shekaru. Daga baya, a wasa na 3 na Wasannin Duniya na 2008, Ruiz ya buga ƙwallon ƙasa har zuwa layin na uku don yin tafiya a cikin filin wasa, na farko a tarihin MLB. Ruiz ya lura, "Na ji suna murna. Kuma a lokacin ne na sani, 'Ok ya ƙare'... Zan yi nasara. " A ƙarshe Phillies sun lashe gasar cin kofin duniya a karo na farko tun 1980, suna yin hakan a wasanni biyar, na ƙarshe wanda ya fara a ranar 27 ga Oktoba kuma ya ƙare a ranar 29 ga Oktoba bayan an dakatar da shi a wani ɓangare saboda ruwan sama. Don aikinsa a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, ya sami laƙabi "Señor Octubre" (Mr. Oktoba a cikin Mutanen Espanya).