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Ron Santo Ronald Edward Santo Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb. MLB Debut June 26, 1960 Final Game September 29, 1974 Born February 25, 1940 in Seattle, WA Died December 2, 2010 (age 70)

• Hit 3 home runs in a game for CHN vs. MLN on April 7, 1965
• Hit 3 home runs in a game for ATN vs. SFN on June 9, 1970

 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 20 CHN NL  102  349   44   93  31   0  13   47   0   0   25   46  .266  .313  .467  .780   107   163   3   3   2   0   8  
 1961 21 CHN NL  147  582   92  164  47   5  20   76   0   2   53   71  .282  .342  .483  .825   106   281   2   0   3   0  18  
 1962 22 CHN NL  117  388   39   89  17   3   8   53   2   2   48   57  .229  .318  .351  .669    94   136   2   3   1   4  11  
 1963 23 CHN NL  160  653   96  211  38   8  28   90   4   5   39   78  .323  .359  .534  .893   129   349   0   5   7   0  20  MVP-8
 1964 24 CHN NL  163  610  115  184  33  16  35  128   1   4  113   92  .302  .407  .580  .987   133   354   0   7   9   0  11  MVP-2
 1965 25 CHN NL  162  630   97  155  36   6  27   76   3   4   72  107  .246  .327  .451  .778   108   284   0   4   0   6  20  MVP-10
 1966 26 CHN NL  159  583  107  165  12   7  32   89   3   2   94   71  .283  .387  .492  .879   123   287   0   5   9   8  10  MVP-7
 1967 27 CHN NL  162  587   93  163  15   1  38  107   3   6  106  101  .278  .389  .501  .890   131   294   0   4   6   4  18  MVP-2
 1968 28 CHN NL  162  575   70  139  14   2  23   61   4   0  101  120  .242  .355  .393  .748   119   226   0   2   1   1  11  MVP-9
 1969 29 CHN NL   56  202   32   55   5   3   9   33   0   1   33   34  .272  .375  .460  .835   119    93   1   3   1   2   6  
         ATN NL  106  381   54  115  12   5  27   68   2   3   56   76  .302  .390  .572  .962   140   218   0   2   2   0   4  MVP-5
         TOT     162  583   86  170  17   8  36  101   2   4   89  110  .292  .384  .533  .918         311   1   5   3   2  10 
 1970 30 ATN NL  162  613  102  172  31   3  38  103   2   0  108  126  .281  .386  .527  .913   126   323   0   4   2   0  26  MVP-3
 1971 31 ATN NL  137  454   58   97  17   1  13   36   1   1   63   86  .214  .307  .341  .649    91   155   0   4   1   0   9  
 1972 32 ATN NL  151  529   86  160  24   1  25   80   1   3   73  103  .302  .389  .493  .882   126   261   0   4   0   4  14  MVP-13
 1973 33 ATN NL  159  572   71  138  23   1  31   87   0   1   57  126  .241  .314  .448  .761   106   256   6   8   3   7  21  
 1974 34 CIN NL   59  185   25   50   4   1   8   31   0   0   18   42  .270  .335  .432  .767   109    80   0   2   0   1   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     2164 7893 1181 2150 359  63 375 1165  26  34 1059 1336  .272  .359  .476  .835        3760  14  60  47  37 211
 Per 600 PA           523   78  142  24   4  25   77   2   2   70   88                                 249   1   4   3   2  14
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CHN     1390 5159  785 1418 248  51 233  760  20  26  684  777  .275  .360  .478  .838        2467   8  36  39  25 133
   With ATN      715 2549  371  682 107  11 134  374   6   8  357  517  .268  .357  .476  .833        1213   6  22   8  11  74
   With CIN       59  185   25   50   4   1   8   31   0   0   18   42  .270  .335  .432  .767          80   0   2   0   1   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2243 8143 1138 2254 365  67 342 1331  35  41 1108 1343  .277  .362  .464  .826        3779  13  94  94  38 256
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1960 20 CHN NL  13   49   5.0  21   7   1  .333  11   39   24  .615    0    0  .000  3B   3e28       60   
 1961 21 CHN NL  35   91   5.6   5   2   0  .400  30   72   35  .486    0    0  .000  3B   3e33      -17   
 1962 22 CHN NL  29   43   3.7   5   1   0  .200   9   43   27  .628    0    0  .000  3B   3e24        9   
 1963 23 CHN NL  34  116   6.7   0   0   0  .000  23   78   42  .538    0    0  .000  3B   2e26       73   
 1964 24 CHN NL  39  148   9.0   0   0   0  .000  25   92   66  .717    0    0  .000  3B   1e20       25   
 1965 25 CHN NL  29   90   4.9   1   1   0 1.000  24   84   59  .702    0    0  .000  3B   1e24     -110   
 1966 26 CHN NL  35  116   7.2   0   0   0  .000  26   88   61  .693    0    0  .000  3B   1e27      -71   
 1967 27 CHN NL  28  115   6.9   0   0   0  .000  28   90   60  .667    0    0  .000  3B   1e26      -16   
 1968 28 CHN NL  27   86   5.2   0   0   0  .000  14   77   60  .779    0    0  .000  3B   1e15      -27   
 1969 29 CHN NL  28   35   6.1   0   0   0  .000  11   25   14  .560    0    0  .000  3B   1e29      -34   
         ATN NL  27   87   8.6   0   0   0  .000  14   52   35  .673    0    0  .000  3B   1e29       92   
         TOT                     0   0   0  .000  25   77   49  .636    0    0  .000
 1970 30 ATN NL  30  123   7.1   1   0   0  .000  26   77   39  .506    0    0  .000  3B   2e29       69   
 1971 31 ATN NL  22   50   3.6  16   3   0  .188  14   54   35  .648    0    0  .000  3B   2e20     -129   
 1972 32 ATN NL  35  102   7.1   1   0   0  .000  14   81   58  .716    0    0  .000  3B   2e26        4   
 1973 33 ATN NL  35   77   4.4   3   0   0  .000  26   80   50  .625    0    0  .000  3B   2e24      -27   
 1974 34 CIN NL  11   27   5.2   9   2   0  .222   3   21   17  .810    0    0  .000  3B   2e13      176   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons         1363   6.1  62  16   1  .258 298 1053  682  .648    0    0  .000                  -3   9
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #6 (Class of 1960/1981): 11 of 17 votes, 64.7% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #7 (Class of 1959/1982): 12 of 18 votes, 66.7% -- continues to next ballot
• Ballot #9 (Class of 1958): 13 of 16 votes, 81.2% -- ELECTED

Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1960 20 CHN NL  3B    81    52   189   11    9   .956    80   727.2   2.98
 1961 21 CHN NL  3B   142    75   269   30   33   .920   141  1269.0   2.44
 1962 22 CHN NL  3B   110    73   182    9   29   .966   104   911.0   2.52
                 SS     1     1     3    0    1  1.000     1     9.0   4.00
 1963 23 CHN NL  3B   160   132   357   23   30   .955   159  1440.2   3.05
 1964 24 CHN NL  3B   163   113   420   25   38   .955   162  1485.0   3.23
 1965 25 CHN NL  3B   161   103   399   24   30   .954   160  1415.2   3.19
 1966 26 CHN NL  3B   159   121   444   26   27   .956   159  1426.1   3.57  GG
 1967 27 CHN NL  3B   162   110   429   28   29   .951   162  1446.2   3.35
 1968 28 CHN NL  3B   162   128   321   14   38   .970   162  1458.2   2.77  GG
 1969 29 TOT     3B   162   136   298   25   38   .946   162  1451.2   2.69  GG
 1970 30 ATN NL  3B   162   128   292   26   34   .942   161  1442.2   2.62
 1971 31 ATN NL  3B   117    99   199   14   31   .955   113  1026.0   2.61
                 1B     2    17     2    0    2  1.000     2    16.1  10.47
 1972 32 ATN NL  3B   134   122   244   10   25   .973   129  1151.1   2.86
                 SS    12    16    37    1    5   .981    10    89.0   5.36
                 2B     7    16    20    3    7   .923     7    62.0   5.23
 1973 33 ATN NL  3B   156   138   296   26   26   .943   155  1365.2   2.86
 1974 34 CIN NL  3B    43    38    83    3   11   .976    39   366.0   2.98
                 SS     3     2     3    0    1  1.000     1    14.0   3.21
                 1B     1     5     0    0    1  1.000     1     8.0   5.62
                 2B     1     1     2    0    1  1.000     0     3.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  2074  1568  4422  294  428   .953  2048 18384.0   2.93
                 SS    16    19    43    1    7   .984    12   112.0   4.98
                 2B     8    17    22    3    8   .929     7    65.0   5.40
                 1B     3    22     2    0    3  1.000     3    24.1   8.88
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1974 NLCS  CIN MON   W    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    2   3  2  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .667  .667  .667  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+

Draft History

• 1974: Round 5 (#84 overall) by CIN

Transaction History

• 1969-09: traded by CHN to ATN with Jim Qualls for Darrell Evans, Clete Boyer

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1960 CHN 82-72 Alan Boodman 1961 CHN 70-84 Alan Boodman 1962 CHN 79-83 Alan Boodman 1963 CHN 96-66 Alan Boodman 1964 CHN 97-66 Alan Boodman 1965 CHN 87-75 Alan Boodman 1966 CHN 78-84 Alan Boodman 1967 CHN 74-88 Alan Boodman 1968 CHN 65-97 Alan Bosslet 1969 CHN 77-85 Alan Bosslet 1969 ATN 85-77 Brandon Colvin 1970 ATN 81-81 Brandon Colvin 1971 ATN 89-73 Brandon Colvin 1972 ATN 75-87 Rich McCoy, Tom Austad 1973 ATN 59-103 Tom Austad 1974 CIN 100-62 Alan Boodman

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