Ron Santo
1960–1974 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, NLS
2,243G
.277AVG
.362OBP
.464SLG
More career statistics
2,254H
342HR
1,331RBI
35SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 8,143 | 8,144 |
| Batting · Walks | 1,109 | 1,108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,243 | 9,397 | 8,143 | 1,138 | 2,254 | 365 | 67 | 342 | 1,331 | 1,109 | 1,343 | 35 | 41 | 38 | 94 | 3,779 | .277 | .362 | .464 | .826 |
Streaks
29longest hitting streak · 1966-05-30 to 1966-07-04
39longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1970-07-06 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1961-06-28 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1962-05-01 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1136 | 4724 | 1208 | 216 | 743 | 577 | 646 | .296 | .378 | .522 |
| Away | 1107 | 4673 | 1046 | 126 | 588 | 531 | 697 | .257 | .337 | .406 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 241 | 1029 | 240 | 40 | 136 | 146 | 135 | .276 | .375 | .480 |
| May | 356 | 1531 | 363 | 45 | 203 | 169 | 228 | .271 | .347 | .435 |
| June | 402 | 1733 | 448 | 76 | 294 | 182 | 239 | .296 | .364 | .509 |
| July | 430 | 1755 | 433 | 66 | 255 | 194 | 258 | .282 | .357 | .468 |
| August | 420 | 1744 | 422 | 69 | 252 | 217 | 248 | .280 | .366 | .480 |
| September | 376 | 1531 | 334 | 44 | 184 | 186 | 221 | .253 | .340 | .410 |
| October | 18 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 14 | .237 | .378 | .441 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pittsburgh-pirates | 247 | 1045 | 254 | 37 | 146 | 133 | 148 | .282 | .370 | .474 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 247 | 1040 | 238 | 33 | 137 | 133 | 156 | .269 | .357 | .442 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 235 | 993 | 257 | 40 | 151 | 128 | 135 | .301 | .388 | .506 |
| cincinnati-reds | 220 | 953 | 242 | 43 | 159 | 101 | 125 | .289 | .360 | .507 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 218 | 915 | 228 | 32 | 113 | 107 | 150 | .289 | .366 | .481 |
| san-francisco-giants | 217 | 907 | 236 | 39 | 140 | 90 | 124 | .292 | .359 | .491 |
| new-york-mets | 204 | 872 | 207 | 27 | 119 | 119 | 122 | .282 | .374 | .471 |
| houston-astros | 179 | 748 | 180 | 33 | 115 | 69 | 103 | .271 | .333 | .477 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Chicago Cubs | 95 | 348 | 87 | 9 | 44 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1961 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 578 | 164 | 23 | 83 | 2 | .284 | – | – |
| 1962 | Chicago Cubs | 162 | 604 | 137 | 17 | 83 | 4 | .227 | – | – |
| 1963 | Chicago Cubs | 162 | 630 | 187 | 25 | 99 | 6 | .297 | – | – |
| 1964 | Chicago Cubs | 161 | 592 | 185 | 30 | 114 | 3 | .312 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago Cubs | 164 | 608 | 173 | 33 | 101 | 3 | .285 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago Cubs | 155 | 561 | 175 | 30 | 94 | 4 | .312 | – | – |
| 1967 | Chicago Cubs | 161 | 586 | 176 | 31 | 98 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1968 | Chicago Cubs | 162 | 577 | 142 | 26 | 98 | 3 | .246 | – | – |
| 1969 | Chicago Cubs | 160 | 575 | 166 | 29 | 123 | 1 | .289 | – | – |
| 1970 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 555 | 148 | 26 | 114 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1971 | Chicago Cubs | 154 | 555 | 148 | 21 | 88 | 4 | .267 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago Cubs | 133 | 464 | 140 | 17 | 74 | 1 | .302 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 536 | 143 | 20 | 77 | 1 | .267 | – | – |
| 1974 |  Chicago White Sox | 117 | 375 | 83 | 5 | 41 | – | .221 | – | – |