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Ron Santo played 15 major-league seasons (1960-1974) as a 3B (2,130), 2B (42), SS (18), OF (8), 1B (3). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20 | CHN | 95 | 347 | 44 | 87 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 31 | 44 | .251 | .720 | 102 |
| 1961 | 21 | CHN | 154 | 578 | 84 | 164 | 23 | 83 | 2 | 73 | 77 | .284 | .842 | 128 |
| 1962 | 22 | CHN | 162 | 604 | 44 | 137 | 17 | 83 | 4 | 65 | 94 | .227 | .659 | 83 |
| 1963 | 23 | CHN | 162 | 630 | 79 | 187 | 25 | 99 | 6 | 42 | 92 | .297 | .820 | 142 |
| 1964 | 24 | CHN | 161 | 592 | 94 | 185 | 30 | 114 | 3 | 86 | 96 | .313 | .962 | 178 |
| 1965 | 25 | CHN | 164 | 608 | 88 | 173 | 33 | 101 | 3 | 88 | 109 | .285 | .888 | 157 |
| 1966 | 26 | CHN | 155 | 561 | 93 | 175 | 30 | 94 | 4 | 95 | 78 | .312 | .950 | 171 |
| 1967 | 27 | CHN | 161 | 586 | 107 | 176 | 31 | 98 | 1 | 96 | 103 | .300 | .906 | 167 |
| 1968 | 28 | CHN | 162 | 577 | 86 | 142 | 26 | 98 | 3 | 96 | 106 | .246 | .775 | 141 |
| 1969 | 29 | CHN | 160 | 575 | 97 | 166 | 29 | 123 | 1 | 96 | 97 | .289 | .869 | 151 |
| 1970 | 30 | CHN | 154 | 555 | 83 | 148 | 26 | 114 | 2 | 92 | 108 | .267 | .844 | 133 |
| 1971 | 31 | CHN | 154 | 555 | 77 | 148 | 21 | 88 | 4 | 79 | 95 | .267 | .778 | 128 |
| 1972 | 32 | CHN | 133 | 464 | 68 | 140 | 17 | 74 | 1 | 69 | 75 | .302 | .878 | 158 |
| 1973 | 33 | CHN | 149 | 536 | 65 | 143 | 20 | 77 | 1 | 63 | 97 | .267 | .788 | 125 |
| 1974 | 34 | CHA | 117 | 375 | 29 | 83 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 37 | 72 | .221 | .591 | 71 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3B | 94 | 94 | 78 | 144 | 13 | 6 |
| 1961 | 3B | 153 | 152 | 157 | 307 | 31 | 41 |
| 1962 | 3B | 157 | 156 | 161 | 332 | 23 | 33 |
| 1962 | SS | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| 1963 | 3B | 162 | 162 | 136 | 374 | 26 | 25 |
| 1964 | 3B | 161 | 161 | 156 | 367 | 20 | 31 |
| 1965 | 3B | 164 | 164 | 155 | 373 | 24 | 27 |
| 1966 | 3B | 152 | 151 | 150 | 391 | 25 | 36 |
| 1966 | SS | 8 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 5 |
| 1967 | 3B | 161 | 161 | 187 | 393 | 26 | 33 |
| 1968 | 3B | 162 | 162 | 130 | 378 | 15 | 33 |
| 1969 | 3B | 160 | 159 | 144 | 334 | 27 | 23 |
| 1970 | 3B | 152 | 151 | 143 | 320 | 27 | 36 |
| 1970 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 3B | 149 | 147 | 118 | 274 | 17 | 29 |
| 1971 | OF | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 3B | 129 | 128 | 108 | 274 | 21 | 19 |
| 1972 | 2B | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 1972 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 3B | 146 | 146 | 107 | 271 | 20 | 17 |
| 1974 | 2B | 39 | 37 | 97 | 99 | 6 | 40 |
| 1974 | 3B | 28 | 22 | 25 | 49 | 2 | 6 |
| 1974 | 1B | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1974 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ron Santo won: Gold Glove 1964 (NL), Gold Glove 1965 (NL), Gold Glove 1966 (NL), TSN All-Star 1966 (NL), Gold Glove 1967 (NL), TSN All-Star 1967 (NL), Gold Glove 1968 (NL), TSN All-Star 1968 (NL), TSN All-Star 1969 (NL), TSN All-Star 1972 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1960.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 4 | 2 / 24 | 2 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 41 / 280 | 0 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 59 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 11 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 23 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 103 / 280 | 0 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 2 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 124 / 336 | 0 |
Ron Santo ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #21 | third basemen | 1964 | 178 OPS+ |
| #45 | third basemen | 1966 | 171 OPS+ |
| #54 | third basemen | 1967 | 167 OPS+ |
| #90 | third basemen | 1972 | 158 OPS+ |
| #92 | third basemen | 1965 | 157 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.