Ron Santo
Ronald Edward Santo
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 25, 1940 in Seattle, WA
High School: Franklin (Seattle, WA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1960
Final Game: September 29, 1974
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 CHC NL 20 3B 94 94 836.1 235 78 144 13 6 .945 -5.4 -7.7 -4.4 -3.4 -1.0 -1 2.39 2.36 .952 2.97 2.61 RoY-4
1961 CHC NL 21 3B 153 152 1352.0 495 157 307 31 41 .937 -15.0 -13.3 -16.0 -15.6 -0.4 1 3.09 3.03 .948 2.92 2.60
1962 CHC NL 22 3B 157 156 1372.2 516 161 332 23 33 .955 -4.4 -3.8 -3.4 -2.7 -0.7 -1 3.23 3.14 .949 2.95 2.56
1962 CHC NL 22 SS 8 3 39.2 18 6 11 1 2 .944 -0.4 -12.1 -0.4 -0.8 0.4 0 3.86 2.13 .961 5.06 4.42
1963 CHC NL 23 3B 162 162 1457.0 536 136 374 26 25 .951 10.0 8.2 12.0 2.0 10.0 -2 3.15 3.15 .940 2.93 2.54 AS,MVP-8
1964 CHC NL 24 3B 161 161 1422.0 543 156 367 20 31 .963 2.6 2.2 2.6 -0.1 2.6 0 3.31 3.25 .940 2.93 2.60 AS,MVP-8,GG
1965 CHC NL 25 3B 164 164 1472.0 552 155 373 24 27 .957 6.8 5.5 8.8 6.6 2.2 -2 3.23 3.22 .951 2.82 2.47 AS,MVP-18,GG
1966 CHC NL 26 3B 152 151 1350.2 566 150 391 25 36 .956 7.9 7.0 7.9 1.9 6.1 0 3.60 3.56 .954 3.04 2.66 AS,MVP-12,GG
1966 CHC NL 26 SS 8 4 37.0 25 7 17 1 5 .960 -0.9 -29.2 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 5.84 3.00 .964 4.96 4.42 AS,MVP-12,GG
1967 CHC NL 27 3B 161 161 1440.1 606 187 393 26 33 .957 18.0 15.0 17.0 5.1 11.8 1 3.62 3.60 .950 2.96 2.75 MVP-4,GG
1968 CHC NL 28 3B 162 162 1444.1 523 130 378 15 33 .971 6.4 5.3 6.4 5.4 1.0 0 3.17 3.14 .953 2.93 2.72 AS,MVP-24,GG
1969 CHC NL 29 3B 160 159 1413.1 505 144 334 27 23 .947 2.0 1.7 3.0 -1.7 4.7 -1 3.04 2.99 .946 2.92 2.63 AS,MVP-5
1970 CHC NL 30 3B 152 151 1321.0 490 143 320 27 36 .945 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.6 -1.4 0 3.15 3.05 .945 2.91 2.58
1970 CHC NL 30 LF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1970 CHC NL 30 OF 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1971 CHC NL 31 3B 149 147 1294.2 409 118 274 17 29 .958 -1.5 -1.4 -2.5 -5.4 2.9 1 2.73 2.63 .948 2.80 2.32 AS
1971 CHC NL 31 LF 6 6 53.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1.4 -31.7 -0.4 -0.7 0.4 -1 1.87 1.83 .975 1.87 1.53 AS
1971 CHC NL 31 OF 6 6 53.0 12 10 1 1 0 .917 -1.4 -31.7 -0.4 -0.7 0.4 -1 1.87 1.83 .983 2.19 1.92 AS
1972 CHC NL 32 3B 129 128 1116.0 403 108 274 21 19 .948 2.2 2.4 3.2 -0.4 3.6 -1 3.08 2.96 .945 2.87 2.55 AS
1972 CHC NL 32 2B 3 2 21.0 18 9 8 1 4 .944 -0.4 -22.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0 7.29 5.67 .978 5.36 4.87 AS
1972 CHC NL 32 LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 1.90 1.70 AS
1972 CHC NL 32 OF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 2.00 AS
1972 CHC NL 32 SS 1 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 1.00 1.000 5.01 4.50 AS
1973 CHC NL 33 3B 146 146 1275.1 398 107 271 20 17 .950 -3.9 -3.7 -1.9 4.2 -6.2 -2 2.67 2.59 .946 2.88 2.49 AS
1974 CHW AL 34 DH 47
1974 CHW AL 34 2B 39 37 331.1 202 97 99 6 40 .970 -3.1 -11.2 -3.1 1.4 -4.5 0 5.32 5.03 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 CHW AL 34 3B 28 22 209.2 76 25 49 2 6 .974 -1.6 -9.2 -1.6 -1.5 -0.1 0 3.18 2.64 .953 3.12 2.77
1974 CHW AL 34 1B 3 2 10.0 13 13 0 0 3 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 11.70 4.33 .992 9.72 8.00
1974 CHW AL 34 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.20
15 Seasons 3B 2130 2116 18777.1 6853 1955 4581 317 395 .954 27.3 1.7 34.3 -1.0 35.1 -7 3.13 3.07 .948 2.92 2.58
1 Season DH 47
2 Seasons 2B 42 39 352.1 220 106 107 7 44 .968 -3.5 -11.9 -3.5 1.2 -4.6 0 5.44 5.07 .975 5.37 4.58
4 Seasons SS 18 7 80.0 44 14 28 2 7 .955 -1.4 -21.0 -1.4 -1.7 0.3 0 4.72 2.33 .964 5.02 4.42
3 Seasons LF 8 8 69.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -1.8 -31.3 -0.8 -1.1 0.4 -1 1.70 1.63 .979 1.87 1.54
3 Seasons OF 8 8 69.0 14 12 1 1 0 .929 -1.8 -31.3 -0.8 -1.1 0.4 -1 1.70 1.63 .986 2.18 1.91
1 Season 1B 3 2 10.0 13 13 0 0 3 1.000 -0.4 -48.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 11.70 4.33 .992 9.72 8.00
15 Seasons TOT 2201 2172 19288.2 7144 2100 4717 327 449 .954 20.2 1.3 28.2 -2.6 30.8 -1 -7 3.18 3.10 .903 2.97 2.64
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1960 CHC NL 20 95 94 95 95 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 CHC NL 21 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 CHC NL 22 162 159 162 162 0 0 0 0 157 8 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963 CHC NL 23 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CHC NL 24 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHC NL 25 164 164 164 164 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 CHC NL 26 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 152 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHC NL 27 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHC NL 28 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHC NL 29 160 159 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 CHC NL 30 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 152 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
1971 CHC NL 31 154 153 154 154 0 0 0 0 149 0 6 0 0 6 0 0
1972 CHC NL 32 133 131 133 133 0 0 0 3 129 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1973 CHC NL 33 149 146 149 149 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1974 CHW AL 34 117 99 117 67 0 0 3 39 28 1 0 0 0 0 38 14 0
15 Seasons 2243 2210 2243 2193 0 0 3 42 2130 18 8 0 0 8 38 25 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1960 CHC NL 20 3639 56% 79% 27% 246 87% 3 79 60 9 10 149 130 16 2 0 13 0 9 4 12 6 4 0 6 0 0 0 3 33%
1961 CHC NL 21 6067 63% 80% 29% 498 85% 1 156 122 11 23 308 240 60 3 10 31 0 21 10 30 41 32 1 36 2 2 0 14 50%
1962 CHC NL 22 6126 58% 79% 32% 489 85% 6 154 101 18 35 324 264 42 1 13 22 0 17 5 18 34 14 4 22 11 5 4 16 44%
1963 CHC NL 23 6185 59% 79% 35% 533 89% 4 139 105 17 17 375 310 52 2 8 26 1 18 7 20 26 14 3 19 5 4 1 18 61%
1964 CHC NL 24 6234 62% 82% 33% 526 89% 4 153 106 15 32 364 290 57 5 9 20 1 11 8 16 30 24 1 27 3 3 0 13 77%
1965 CHC NL 25 6394 59% 79% 34% 549 89% 5 157 111 23 23 377 303 57 4 8 24 0 12 12 17 27 17 3 22 4 3 1 21 62%
1966 CHC NL 26 5805 68% 78% 31% 523 91% 6 140 97 18 25 385 305 61 4 13 25 0 21 4 19 35 21 4 31 4 2 2 14 79%
1967 CHC NL 27 6159 64% 78% 28% 583 91% 11 185 140 15 30 389 311 64 4 9 26 1 19 6 15 33 23 3 29 4 4 0 6 17%
1968 CHC NL 28 6154 66% 79% 30% 527 90% 6 128 97 15 16 378 313 50 5 7 15 0 14 1 14 32 22 4 28 1 1 0 18 44%
1969 CHC NL 29 6075 61% 76% 29% 514 88% 5 142 108 14 20 341 280 46 6 6 27 1 19 7 21 23 16 1 20 3 2 1 16 56%
1970 CHC NL 30 5763 61% 76% 27% 468 88% 5 140 97 17 26 317 246 54 3 14 27 1 26 0 24 36 23 2 27 8 5 3 19 47%
1971 CHC NL 31 5658 60% 79% 30% 431 87% 3 118 95 9 14 282 219 56 3 2 17 0 15 2 14 30 26 0 28 1 1 0 22 55%
1972 CHC NL 32 4830 56% 79% 33% 397 87% 3 105 77 14 15 271 217 43 2 6 21 0 20 1 17 19 10 1 15 4 3 0 20 70%
1973 CHC NL 33 5557 52% 79% 33% 399 85% 8 105 68 17 20 270 218 37 8 9 20 0 19 1 17 17 8 5 13 4 2 2 20 40%
1974 CHW AL 34 915 68% 79% 27% 77 92% 2 25 22 1 2 51 38 9 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 4 1 1 0 2 50%
15 Seasons 81561 61% 79% 31% 6760 88% 72 1926 1406 213 308 4581 3684 704 53 115 316 5 243 68 256 395 258 32 327 55 38 14 222 55%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 CHC NL 32 95 62% 76% 32% 8 100% 0 9 2 5 2 8 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 34 1498 73% 79% 26% 117 88% 0 99 33 56 10 100 82 13 1 1 6 2 4 0 3 40 18 6 5 1 34 7 27 5 3 0
2 Seasons 1593 72% 78% 26% 125 89% 0 108 35 61 12 108 89 14 1 1 7 2 4 1 3 44 20 6 6 2 38 9 29 5 3 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1962 CHC NL 22 192 53% 70% 22% 16 88% 0 7 4 2 1 11 9 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1966 CHC NL 26 176 67% 81% 31% 24 88% 0 7 6 1 0 17 14 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0
1972 CHC NL 32 7 71% 71% 0% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 34 7 71% 71% 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 382 60% 75% 26% 41 88% 0 15 11 3 1 28 23 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 2 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 CHC NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 31 74% 87% 32% 3 33%
1971 CHC NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 1 222 64% 84% 30% 25 44%
1972 CHC NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 39 38% 92% 26% 5 20%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 1 292 62% 85% 29% 33 39%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.5% 61% 77% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 CHW AL 34 53 57% 74% 30% 1 100% 0 12 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 53 57% 74% 30% 1 100% 0 12 0 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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