MLB / Players

Ron Santo

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 190 lb

BornFebruary 25, 1940 · Seattle, WA, USA

MLB debutJune 26, 1960

Final gameSeptember 29, 1974

Seasons15 (1960–1974)

Chicago Cubs 1960–1973; Chicago White Sox 1974

Percentile snapshot

1973 season — qualified batters

149

51.8

604

38.6

536

40.4

28.1

143

36.8

77.2

21.9

63.2

RBI

62.3

61.4

17.5

8.8

66.7

.267

39.5

OBP

.348

SLG

.440

64.9

OPS

.788

wRC+

113.2

54.4

OPS+

111.4

50.9

wOBA

.360

64.9

sWAR

3.3

63.2

of 115 qualified 1973 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

127.3

88.5

OPS+

124.8

85.4

sWAR

67.4

99.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1960	95	382	347	44	87	24	2	9	44	31	44	0	3	.251	.311	.409	.720	93.3	95.5	.320	1.1
1961	154	655	578	84	164	32	6	23	83	73	77	2	3	.284	.362	.479	.842	119.9	118.5	.371	4.1
1962	162	679	604	44	137	20	4	17	83	65	94	4	1	.227	.302	.358	.659	72.0	73.5	.301	0.2
1963	162	687	630	79	187	29	6	25	99	42	92	6	4	.297	.339	.481	.820	128.5	128.1	.362	5.1
1964	161	686	592	94	185	33	13	30	114	86	96	3	4	.313	.398	.564	.962	168.3	163.2	.424	8.5
1965	164	704	608	88	173	30	4	33	101	88	109	3	1	.285	.378	.510	.888	148.4	143.9	.396	6.9
1966	155	672	561	93	175	21	8	30	94	95	78	4	5	.312	.412	.538	.950	165.2	159.7	.419	8.0
1967	161	697	586	107	176	23	4	31	98	96	103	1	5	.300	.395	.512	.906	158.2	152.6	.409	7.6
1968	162	682	577	86	142	17	3	26	98	96	106	3	4	.246	.354	.421	.775	134.9	126.5	.363	5.5
1969	160	687	575	97	166	18	4	29	123	96	97	1	3	.289	.384	.485	.869	134.3	131.1	.394	5.5
1970	154	655	555	83	148	30	4	26	114	92	108	2	0	.267	.369	.476	.844	117.3	115.2	.381	3.8
1971	154	642	555	77	148	22	1	21	88	79	95	4	0	.267	.354	.423	.778	110.8	108.4	.357	3.2
1972	133	547	464	68	140	25	5	17	74	69	75	1	4	.302	.391	.487	.878	145.6	139.1	.400	5.1
1973	149	604	536	65	143	29	2	20	77	63	97	1	2	.267	.348	.440	.788	113.2	111.4	.360	3.3
1974	117	417	375	29	83	12	1	5	41	37	72	0	2	.221	.293	.299	.591	69.5	69.1	.283	-0.5

Career totals

2,243

135th-most career G

9,396

131st-most career PA

8,143

138th-most career AB

1,138

235th-most career R

2,254

171st-most career H

365

277th-most career 2B

437th-most career 3B

342

109th-most career HR

RBI

1,331

98th-most career RBI

1,108

81st-most career BB

1,343

146th-most career SO

.2768

OBP

.3624

424th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4641

344th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8265

307th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1961-06-28	CIN @ CHC Gameday	6	4	4	0	2	7	0	10
1965-08-29	CHC @ ATL Gameday	4	4	4	0	2	4	1	10
1972-08-26	SF @ CHC Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	4	1	10
1960-08-18	LAD @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	2	1	10
1973-06-27	WSH @ CHC Gameday	7	2	3	1	2	2	1	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1962-05-21	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-22	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-29	ATL @ CHC Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-07-01	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965-10-01	CHC @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2012 (Veterans - Golden Era)

5× Gold Glove9× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.