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Ron
Santo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 25, 1940 in Usa, WA, SEATTLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger 1966   
Gold Glove 1975   
All-Star Selections 1964    1966    1972   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 20 SEM AL     5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1961 21 SEM AL     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
1962 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1963 23 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7
1964 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8
1965 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
1966 26 SDP NL $ 6,400,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1967 27 SDP NL $ 6,400,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1968 28 SDP NL $ 6,400,000   8 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1969 29 SDP NL $ 6,560,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7
1970 30 SDP NL $ 6,560,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1971 31 STL NL $ 6,560,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7
1972 32 STL NL $ 6,560,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
1973 33 STL NL $ 7,220,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 6
1974 34 STL NL $ 7,220,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5
1975 35 STL NL $ 7,220,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1976 36 STL NL $ 7,220,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 4
1977 37 PHN NL $ 7,220,000   2 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,220,000   9 9 9 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1960 20 AAA   137 524 74 130 23 2 37 85 5 3 67 119 .248 .333 .511 .845 90.8  
1961 21 AAA   129 479 76 132 13 3 34 88 7 7 94 86 .276 .394 .528 .923 100.1  
1962 22 SEM AL 158 570 60 131 25 4 15 78 0 0 72 96 .230 .316 .367 .682 63.9 11.9
1963 23 SEM AL 153 563 80 146 20 4 16 79 3 4 68 98 .259 .336 .394 .731 73.7 13.6
1964 24 SEM AL 18 66 9 23 3 0 4 16 0 0 10 11 .348 .429 .576 1.004 14.9 4.0
  SDP NL 113 414 73 131 22 1 31 83 1 3 54 65 .316 .392 .599 .991 87.7 20.3
  TOT   131 480 82 154 25 1 35 99 1 3 64 76 .321 .397 .596 .993 102.6 24.3
    AAA   2 9 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .889 1.111 2.2  
1965 25 SDP NL 158 559 90 161 27 2 30 94 0 1 73 75 .288 .369 .504 .873 96.5 23.5
1966 26 SDP NL 119 440 82 140 28 3 39 110 1 1 66 61 .318 .409 .661 1.070 103.7 29.9
1967 27 SDP NL 155 589 84 160 29 3 28 101 3 6 71 89 .272 .347 .474 .821 90.3 18.8
1968 28 SDP NL 154 581 94 153 26 3 36 104 2 4 72 94 .263 .341 .504 .846 96.5 23.2
1969 29 SDP NL 117 443 68 111 25 2 22 75 1 3 62 76 .251 .343 .465 .808 68.3 14.6
1970 30 SDP NL 112 417 73 99 24 3 29 90 0 1 54 74 .237 .321 .518 .839 71.0 13.1
1971 31 STL NL 147 547 94 150 33 3 36 110 0 0 72 82 .274 .356 .543 .899 100.8 19.8
1972 32 STL NL 154 589 112 157 33 3 44 111 0 0 76 96 .267 .349 .557 .906 105.5 21.4
1973 33 STL NL 154 588 102 157 50 3 22 100 0 0 68 107 .267 .343 .474 .817 88.8 17.8
1974 34 STL NL 156 589 85 134 39 4 28 86 0 1 57 134 .228 .297 .450 .747 80.3 14.0
1975 35 STL NL 156 577 68 136 31 5 24 71 1 0 56 112 .236 .303 .432 .734 76.3 13.7
1976 36 STL NL 154 595 69 128 31 1 27 73 1 2 44 146 .215 .269 .407 .675 63.8 7.5
1977 37 PHN NL 44 137 10 25 7 0 2 22 1 0 17 34 .182 .269 .277 .547 10.5 0.0
    AAA   57 197 21 42 9 1 7 22 1 1 23 44 .213 .295 .376 .671 22.9  
16 Years Sim 2222 8264 1253 2142 453 44 433 1403 14 26 992 1450 .259 .337 .482 .819 1292.3 267.0
4 Years AAA 325 1209 173 306 45 6 80 198 13 11 184 251 .253 .350 .499 .849 216.0  
162 Game Average 602 91 156 33 3 31 102 1 1 72 105 .259 .337 .482 .819 94.2  
Career Highs 158 595 112 161 50 5 44 111 3 6 76 146 .321 .409 .661 1.070 105.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5308 809 1339 282 32 273 897 8 19 590 951 .252 .326 .472 .797 820.4
vs LH   2956 444 803 171 12 160 506 6 7 402 499 .272 .358 .500 .858 524.8
Home 1126 4098 654 1083 223 24 220 704 8 8 491 703 .264 .342 .491 .833 686.7
Away 1096 4166 599 1059 230 20 213 699 6 18 501 747 .254 .333 .472 .805 658.5
RISP   2084 0 564 132 12 102 907 0 0 308 370 .271 .354 .492 .846 372.2
Pinch Hitting   77 11 23 4 0 6 16 1 1 7 11 .299 .360 .584 .945 15.1
Close/Late   958 130 262 49 7 49 148 0 0 144 154 .273 .370 .493 .863 173.8
Mar/Apr 387 1437 226 387 87 4 84 241 3 4 177 256 .269 .348 .511 .859 252.4
May 390 1463 220 400 89 6 64 244 2 3 183 230 .273 .354 .474 .828 242.6
June 382 1403 204 331 64 7 70 227 3 5 172 252 .236 .318 .441 .759 203.7
July 350 1316 195 338 80 8 59 214 1 5 159 236 .257 .334 .464 .799 205.1
August 380 1404 204 360 66 12 76 232 2 6 165 262 .256 .334 .483 .816 226.8
Sep/Oct 333 1241 204 326 67 7 80 245 3 3 136 214 .263 .333 .521 .854 214.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 22 SEM AL 2B 147 146 1324.0 270 585 12 133 .986 5.81 0 0 .000 0 7.2
    SS 5 3 26.0 5 6 0 1 1.000 3.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 23 SEM AL 3B 146 144 1300.7 92 322 29 36 .935 2.86 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    2B 2 0 8.7 4 7 0 2 1.000 11.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1964 24 SEM AL 3B 15 15 129.9 7 38 3 3 .938 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 3 3 24.4 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SDP NL 3B 93 91 797.8 46 231 18 20 .939 3.12 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    SS 17 16 149.6 21 42 2 6 .969 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 108 106 927.7 53 269 21 23 .939 3.12   3.6
      SS 20 19 174.0 24 49 2 7 .973 3.78   0.6
      2B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1965 25 SDP NL 3B 118 115 1002.7 69 247 15 27 .955 2.84 0 0 .000 0 3.9
    1B 29 28 243.0 266 28 2 26 .993 10.89 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 6 0 12.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 26 SDP NL 3B 118 117 1028.7 61 247 15 21 .954 2.69 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    SS 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 27 SDP NL 3B 122 122 1091.3 69 281 28 25 .926 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    2B 26 24 217.0 52 70 1 10 .992 5.06 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 4 1 15.7 4 6 2 0 .833 5.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 28 SDP NL 3B 100 98 891.3 56 200 8 20 .970 2.58 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 51 50 449.0 138 187 3 49 .991 6.51 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 29 SDP NL 2B 58 58 512.0 122 231 6 53 .983 6.21 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    3B 56 56 498.7 35 143 13 12 .932 3.21 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 2 0 7.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 7.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 30 SDP NL 2B 101 101 888.7 216 379 5 81 .992 6.03 0 0 .000 0 4.2
    SS 7 6 56.0 8 23 2 8 .939 4.98 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 31 STL NL 3B 140 138 1239.7 68 361 19 30 .958 3.11 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    C 1 0 10.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    SS 3 0 9.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 32 STL NL 3B 126 126 1119.0 60 353 21 24 .952 3.32 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    SS 25 23 215.3 24 106 4 19 .970 5.43 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 2 0 12.7 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 33 STL NL 3B 147 147 1302.0 87 357 24 36 .949 3.07 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    SS 3 0 10.0 0 6 0 2 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 34 STL NL 1B 131 130 1166.0 1483 102 17 136 .989 12.23 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    3B 12 11 93.3 6 26 1 2 .970 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 10 7 75.7 9 28 1 8 .974 4.40 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 35 STL NL 1B 151 150 1315.3 1777 134 19 169 .990 13.08 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 36 STL NL 1B 153 153 1348.3 1701 116 26 175 .986 12.13 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 37 PHN NL SS 8 6 55.0 14 31 0 8 1.000 7.36 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 5 5 40.3 62 4 0 1 1.000 14.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 0 8.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1196 1180 10499.0 657 2809 194 257 .947 2.97 0 0 .000 0 30.8
  1B 473 466 4124.0 5299 385 64 507 .989 12.40 0 0 .000 0 7.0
  2B 403 379 3437.6 804 1473 28 330 .988 5.96 0 0 .000 0 16.0
  SS 95 65 661.7 96 263 11 55 .970 4.88 0 0 .000 0 2.8
  C 1 0 10.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   2168 2090 18732.3 6859 4932 297 1149 .975 5.67 0 0 .000 1 56.6
Career Highs   156 153 1351.0 1778 591 31 175 1.000 13.06 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1962 22 SEM AL 19 79 12 24 5 0 5 18 0 0 6 11 .304 .341 .557 .898
1964 24 SDP NL 5 17 3 7 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 2 .412 .500 .647 1.147
1965 25 SDP NL 5 23 1 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .304 .304 .435 .739
1967 27 SDP NL 7 28 5 8 1 0 3 6 0 0 1 7 .286 .310 .643 .953
1968 28 SDP NL 7 28 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .286 .323 .286 .608
1971 31 STL NL 12 49 8 12 4 1 1 4 0 0 6 8 .245 .339 .429 .768
1972 32 STL NL 5 20 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .250 .318 .350 .668
Career Post-Season Batting 60 244 31 71 13 1 11 38 0 0 20 41 .291 .342 .488 .830
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1964-8-.296*
1966-1-.318
 On-Base Pct
1964-6-.369*
1965-7-.369
1966-1-.409
 Slugging Pct
1964-4-.560*
1965-8-.504
1966-1-.661
1968-4-.504
1970-10-.498*
1971-2-.543
1972-3-.557
 OPS
1964-5-.929*
1965-6-.873
1966-1-1.070
1968-6-.846
1971-5-.899
1972-3-.906
 XR
1965-7-96.5
1966-5-103.7
1967-10-90.3
1968-7-96.5
1971-3-100.8
1972-4-105.5
 Games
1962-2-158
1965-2-158
1974-8-156
1975-7-156
At-Bats
1967-6-589
1968-9-581
1972-6-589
1974-6-589
1976-6-595
 Runs
1965-7-90
1968-6-94
1971-6-94
1972-1-112
1973-4-102
 Total Bases
1965-7-282
1966-6-291
1967-8-279
1968-3-293
1971-2-297
1972-3-328
1973-8-279
CAR-41-3982
 Doubles
1971-7-33
1972-10-33
1973-1-50
1974-6-39
 Triples
1975-10-5
 Homeruns
1964-8-31
1965-7-30
1966-3-39
1967-9-28
1968-1-36
1970-5-29
1971-1-36
1972-1-44
1974-6-28
1975-6-24
1976-5-27
CAR-24-433
RBIs
1965-7-94
1966-2-110
1967-5-101
1968-3-104
1971-3-110
1972-3-111
1973-9-100
CAR-41-1403
 Walks
1962-10-72
1965-7-73
1966-10-66
1967-9-71
1968-8-72
 Strikeouts
1974-2-134
1975-9-112
1976-1-146
CAR-42-1450
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 144    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Seattle in 1960
Injured on 8/20/1961 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1962, off Milt Pappas (CLE)
Injured on 9/25/1963 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/11/1964 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 5/1/1964 (Going to SDP: 3B Ron Santo. Going to SEM: 2B Joe Morgan, P Dick Radatz)
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1965, hitting .538 with 2 HR, 3 RBI
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $6,400,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Los Angeles on 9/10/1965
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1965, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 4/3/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1966, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1966, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1966, hitting .379 with 10 HR, 30 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 8/19/1966 with a Torn Hamstring Muscle, out for full season
4/2/1968: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $6,560,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1968, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Pittsburgh, driving in 4 runs on 7/14/1968
Injured on 5/6/1969 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 7/19/1969 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 8/18/1969 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1970, hitting .346 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Injured on 6/8/1970 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1970, hitting .412 with 6 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1970, hitting .316 with 10 HR, 32 RBI
Traded from San Diego to St. Louis on 3/3/1971 (Going to SDP: C Dave Adlesh. Going to STL: 2B Ron Santo)
Injured on 5/3/1971 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Tampa Bay on 6/2/1971
3/3/1972: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $7,220,000 per year, for 6 years
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/7/1972
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1972, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1972, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1972, hitting .375 with 8 HR, 29 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 8/15/1973
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/15/1973
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1973, hitting .327 with 7 HR, 20 RBI
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1975
Had 2000th career hit on 4/11/1976, off Ron Cook (SDP)
Hit 3 homeruns against Montreal, driving in 6 runs on 9/4/1976
 
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