being inducted into the Hall of Fame. This subject keeps coming up, but frankly, I dont see him as a HOFer.
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Jun 2009
Make The Case For Or Against Ron Santo……?
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A tribute to and petition for Ron Santo to be inducted in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
being inducted into the Hall of Fame. This subject keeps coming up, but frankly, I dont see him as a HOFer.
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He’s not…
Position matters; Santo played 3B, and played it very well. He was also the dominant hitter at that position for most of his career. His contemporary peer group includes Brooks Robinson (HOFer) and Ken Boyer (not, but a decent candidate), and Santo was a better hitter than either of them; if either had any advantage on defense, Santo more than took it away with his bat.
I don’t understand how the writers, and now the veterans (which is clearly a somewhat confused electorate), can NOT see how this man merits the honor of the Hall.
He should be in the HOF for one simple reason. His numbers compare very favorably to other 3rd basemen who are already in. It isn’t fair to exclude him simply because he missed out on post-season glory.
Only a deaf person can say Santo is a good broadcaster! He is awful. Maybe if he would do homework…
He does not belong. That is why he is not in. Most think he keeps getting passed up by the hall. That is not true. He was passed over for years, and now the veterans committee is who is not passing him in. Why should they. He had 20 years to get in, but was told he was not good enough. He should just get over it.
For: Nine time all-star, great fielder (5 gold gloves), great
on-base percentage (led the league twice in OBP and in walks 4 times), hit 25+ HRs for 8 consecutive years.
Against: Never won a World Series, vital stats (.277 average, 342 HRs, 1,331 RBI) are rather unremarkable for HOF status, does not rank in the top 50 all-time in any offensive category.
Sorry, nice player but not HOF material.
Where to begin? Anyone who watched the man play remembers him. In the time that he played there was Brooks Robinson in the AL (hall member) and in the NL there was ‘the NL’s Brooks Robinson’, Ron Santo. There really were no other third basemen at the time who compared to the two. Writers have fallen in love with big numbers and have come to regard them as the only criteria that matter in the vote. But the Hall is about who was great, not who played long enough to make fans worry about heart attacks. Santo was more than a gamer. He was great. If he isn’t a hall of famer, then neither were other short-career members like Sandy Koufax, Jackie Robinson, or Roy Campanella.
Ron Santo is does belong in the hall of fame because he’s a great broadcaster. if u don’t agree with me big deal Ron Santo is an ex-cubs player so what.
its definately a grt issue that many have sided on 1 way or the other. im a cub fan, BIG TIME, & so it prbably makes it easier 4 me 2 appreciate what he did & has done 4 our club. he never went 2 a world series, but so what? neither did many HOFers. & his avg.? .277. well, how abt this: johnny bench:.276 career avg., willie stargell: .282 career avg., ernie banks: .274 career avg. many plyrs had lower, abt the same, or only a little bit higher of a career avg. than santo did. he should go in my mind. 5 gold gloves, 2,254 career hits, 342 career homers, 1331 career ribies, 1108 walks, & 1,138 career runs scored. those r not records, i no. but they r good enuff stats 4 the HOF.
He should be in the Hall of Fame because he has a lot of similar numbers as many of the other people in the Hall of Fame like Brooks Robinson. I heard Brooks Robinson is playing the legends sports challenge…sounds awesome. I hope Santo gets in the hall of fame eventually…he deserves it!
Not only was he a fantastic player, Ron loves his Cubs. No one is more faithful and passionate about the Cubs and helping children, and no one deserves the HOF more than he does. Plus he’s hilarious and we love him. RON FOR PRESIDENT!!
There are plenty of expert opinions based upon scientific facts and stats that all agree that Ron Santo is at the top of the list of retired ballplayers that should be in the Hall of Fame. Opinions that say Santo should NOT be in the Hall of Fame cannot be qualified with anty such statistical or scientific data. Everyone IS entitled to an opinion even if it is incorrect.
For us Cubs fans who saw him play ball, we KNOW he belongs there. The stats back that up….
Ron Santo’s case for the Hall of Fame is based totally on the inflation of his batting statistics by playing his home games in the “Friendly Confines”. Wrigley Field is one of the best hitters parks in baseball. Santo’s batting average was .296 at home and .257 on the road, his on base percentage was .383 at home and only .342 on the road, he hit 216 homeruns in Wrigley but only 126 on the road. If not for the effects of playing in Wrigley no one would even think he belongs in the Hall, he would be recognized as what he truly was, a good but not great 3rd sacker. Give it a rest Cub fans!
Quit comparing Santo to Brooks Robinson! Robinson had 600 more career hits and a higher fielding percentage. There is no comparison. Anybody remember Eddie Matthews? Take a look at those stats.
Ron Santo should be in the Hall Of Fame becuz it goes beyond statistics people!!! Its a matter of what they did for the sport, and the fans. And what kind of man are you?? This man dedicated his entire life to Baseball. His stats are good. His brodcasting was great! I mean who can u put next to him and compare the total amount of life he dedicated to this sport??? Really
Iam tired of these boo birds dissing Ron Santo.I watched him play from the time he broke in with the cubs untill he retired.His play was unmatched by his cotemporaies. Remember he Earnie and Billy played for a losing team and played thier hearts out. Ron belongs in the Hall along side them.
I recently read an article that pointed out that Ron Santo was statistically one of the top three players in all of baseball over a 7 year period in the 60′s, in a virtual tie with Willie Mays and one other player (Perhaps Hank Aaron.) Santo is on some lists of the top 100 baseball players EVER….including being ranked higher than Brooks Robinson sometimes. My point…there should be no question that he, and maybe 5 to 10 other players, belong….