Ron Santo Stats

Ron Santo was born on Sunday, February 25, 1940, in Seattle, Washington. Santo was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 26, 1960, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ron Santo baseball stats page.

"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 (100 Oldest Living)
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

Ron Santo Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Ron Santo

Ron Santo Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1960 20 Cubs 95 347 44 87 24 2 9 1 44 31 5 44 2 2 0 9 .251 .311 .409
1961 21 Cubs 154 578 84 164 32 6 23 0 83 73 7 77 1 3 0 25 .284 .362 .479
1962 22 Cubs 162 604 44 137 20 4 17 0 83 65 5 94 3 5 2 17 .227 .302 .358
1963 23 Cubs 162 630 79 187 29 6 25 1 99 42 7 92 0 11 4 17 .297 .339 .481
1964 24 Cubs 161 592 94 185 33 13 30 0 114 86 5 96 0 6 2 11 .313 .398 .564
1965 25 Cubs 164 608 88 173 30 4 33 0 101 88 7 109 0 3 5 12 .285 .378 .510
1966 26 Cubs 155 561 93 175 21 8 30 0 94 95 7 78 2 8 6 16 .312 .412 .538
1967 27 Cubs 161 586 107 176 23 4 31 0 98 96 9 103 0 12 3 17 .300 .395 .512
1968 28 Cubs 162 577 86 142 17 3 26 1 98 96 7 106 1 5 3 18 .246 .354 .421
1969 29 Cubs 160 575 97 166 18 4 29 0 123 96 7 97 0 14 2 21 .289 .384 .485
1970 30 Cubs 154 555 83 148 30 4 26 2 114 92 6 108 1 6 1 17 .267 .369 .476
1971 31 Cubs 154 555 77 148 22 1 21 0 88 79 8 95 1 7 0 20 .267 .354 .423
1972 32 Cubs 133 464 68 140 25 5 17 0 74 69 5 75 2 8 4 13 .302 .391 .487
1973 33 Cubs 149 536 65 143 29 2 20 0 77 63 8 97 0 1 4 27 .267 .348 .440
1974 34 White Sox 117 375 29 83 12 1 5 1 41 37 1 72 0 3 2 16 .221 .293 .299
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 2,243 8,143 1,138 2,254 365 67 342 6 1,331 1,108 94 1,343 13 94 38 256 .277 .362 .464
Ron Santo

Ron Santo Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1960 Cubs 3B 94 94 2,508 235 2.5 222 78 144 13 6 n/a n/a n/a .945 2.39
1961 Cubs 3B 153 152 339 495 3.2 464 157 307 31 41 n/a n/a n/a .937 36.96
1962 Cubs 3B 157 156 4,116 516 3.3 493 161 332 23 33 n/a n/a n/a .955 3.23
1962 Cubs SS 8 3 117 18 2.3 17 6 11 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.92
1963 Cubs 3B 162 162 486 536 3.3 510 136 374 26 25 n/a n/a n/a .951 28.33
1964 Cubs 3B 161 161 4,266 543 3.4 523 156 367 20 31 n/a n/a n/a .963 3.31
1965 Cubs 3B 164 164 492 552 3.4 528 155 373 24 27 n/a n/a n/a .957 28.98
1966 Cubs 3B 152 151 432 566 3.7 541 150 391 25 36 n/a n/a n/a .956 33.81
1966 Cubs SS 8 4 111 25 3.1 24 7 17 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .960 5.84
1967 Cubs 3B 161 161 474 606 3.8 580 187 393 26 33 n/a n/a n/a .957 33.04
1968 Cubs 3B 162 162 483 523 3.2 508 130 378 15 33 n/a n/a n/a .971 28.40
1969 Cubs 3B 160 159 1,713 505 3.2 478 144 334 27 23 n/a n/a n/a .947 7.53
1970 Cubs 3B 152 151 3,963 490 3.2 463 143 320 27 36 n/a n/a n/a .945 3.15
1970 Cubs LF 1 1 21 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.29
1971 Cubs 3B 149 147 3,882 409 2.7 392 118 274 17 29 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.73
1971 Cubs LF 6 6 159 12 2.0 11 10 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.87
1972 Cubs 2B 3 2 63 18 6.0 17 9 8 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .944 7.29
1972 Cubs 3B 129 128 3,348 403 3.1 382 108 274 21 19 n/a n/a n/a .948 3.08
1972 Cubs LF 1 1 27 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.00
1972 Cubs SS 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1973 Cubs 3B 146 146 3,825 398 2.7 378 107 271 20 17 n/a n/a n/a .950 2.67
1974 White Sox 1B 3 2 30 13 4.3 13 13 0 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.70
1974 White Sox 2B 39 37 993 202 5.2 196 97 99 6 40 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.33
1974 White Sox 3B 28 22 627 76 2.7 74 25 49 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .974 3.19
1974 White Sox SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
3B Totals 2,130 2,116 30,954 6,853 3.2 6,536 1,955 4,581 317 395 n/a n/a n/a .954 5.70
2B Totals 42 39 1,056 220 5.2 213 106 107 7 44 n/a n/a n/a .968 5.45
SS Totals 18 7 237 44 2.4 42 14 28 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .955 4.78
LF Totals 8 8 207 14 1.8 13 12 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.70
1B Totals 3 2 30 13 4.3 13 13 0 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.70
15 Years 2,248 2,172 32,484 7,144 3.2 6,817 2,100 4,717 327 449 n/a n/a n/a .954 5.67
Ron Santo

Ron Santo Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1960 Cubs 0 3 .000 1 0 n/a 38.6 7.9 7.9 - - -
1961 Cubs 2 3 .400 1 0 n/a 25.1 7.5 7.0 - - -
1962 Cubs 4 1 .800 2 0 n/a 35.5 6.4 7.3 - - -
1963 Cubs 6 4 .600 0 0 n/a 25.2 6.8 6.4 - - -
1964 Cubs 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 19.7 6.2 5.2 - - -
1965 Cubs 3 1 .750 0 0 n/a 18.4 5.6 6.0 - - -
1966 Cubs 4 5 .444 0 0 n/a 18.7 7.2 6.0 - - -
1967 Cubs 1 5 .167 0 0 n/a 18.9 5.7 6.0 - - -
1968 Cubs 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 22.2 5.4 5.9 - - -
1969 Cubs 1 3 .250 1 0 n/a 19.8 5.9 4.7 - - -
1970 Cubs 2 0 1.000 2 0 n/a 21.3 5.1 4.9 - - -
1971 Cubs 4 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 26.4 5.8 6.3 - - -
1972 Cubs 1 4 .200 1 0 n/a 27.3 6.2 6.3 - - -
1973 Cubs 1 2 .333 3 0 n/a 26.8 5.5 7.0 - - -
1974 White Sox 0 2 .000 14 0 47 75.0 5.2 9.1 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 35 41 .461 25 0 47 23.8 6.1 6.1 - - -
Ron Santo

Ron Santo Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1960 Chicago Cubs 15, 10 Undetermined - -
1961 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined - -
1962 Chicago Cubs 10 $22,500.00 - -
1963 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1964 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1965 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1966 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1967 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined - -
1968 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1969 Chicago Cubs 10 $85,000.00 Stats -
1970 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined - -
1971 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1972 Chicago Cubs 10 Undetermined Stats -
1973 Chicago Cubs 10 $110,000.00 Stats -
1974 Chicago White Sox 10 $115,000.00 - -


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