Ron Santo Awards

What awards did Ron Santo win? This page lists every known baseball award won by Ron Santo in chronological order. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award.
"Very few players are as closely connected with a franchise as Ron Santo is with the Chicago Cubs. His extraordinary playing career, his rabid following as a broadcaster and his many charitable endeavors for the Chicagoland area — where he has made his home for nearly 30 years — makes his contributions to this franchise special and unique." - Cubs President Andy MacPhail

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Ron Santo

Ron Santo Autograph on a 1990 Pacific Trading (#48)

Ron Santo Autograph on a 1990 Pacific Trading (#48)
 

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Birth Name:   Ronald Edward Santo
Nickname:   Pizza or Ron
Born On:   02-25-1940  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Seattle, Washington
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-03-2010
Place of Death Data Died In:   Scottsdale, Arizona
Cemetery:   Cremated (Ashes scattered at Wrigley Field)
High School:   Franklin High School (Seattle, WA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   06-26-1960 (Age 20)
Last Game:   09-29-1974
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ron Santo

Awards
1961 Sophomore of the Year Award
1963 Player of the Month Award
1964 Gold Glove Award, Third Basemen
1964 Player of the Month Award
1965 Gold Glove Award, Third Basemen
1966 Gold Glove Award, Third Basemen
1967 Gold Glove Award, Third Basemen
1968 Gold Glove Award, Third Basemen
1969 Player of the Month Award
1973 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2012 National Baseball Hall of Fame




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