2007-01-12 01:29:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Absolutely! He was a great player who played his entire career with a less than great team. I'm sure that if he had played in a giant media city like New York he would have long since been inducted into the HOF. His health is not good these days and it would be a wonderful thing to see the veterans committee do the one thing that the outdated baseball writers association can't seem to do and that's to vote Ron Santo into the hall.
2007-01-17 07:18:09 · answer #1 · answered by The Mick "7" 7 · 17⤊ 1⤋
In a word - no. Although a good player, and a great human being, Santo does not come close to being in the same class as other HoF third basemen. Pie Traynor and Home Run Baker preceded Santo, Eddie Mathews and Brooks Robinson were his contemporaries, and since he retired, we've had the likes of Mike Schmidt, George Brett and Paul Molitor. Santo doesn't begin to approach the accomplishments of these guys. Santo is a legend, but not a HoFer.
2007-01-12 11:59:43 · answer #2 · answered by rasend_d 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope, He was just an above average player. He never played in a world Series. That shows he couldn't carry his team to the playoffs. He does have similar numbers to Scott Rolen though,m but Rolen still has about 6-10 years left. Both have a lot of gold gloves, But Rolen is much, much better.
2007-01-19 10:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by JMED 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has stats somewhat comparable to Brooks Robinson,with one glaring difference.Robinson was on a World Championship team and Santo wasn't.Robinson's play in the postseason,especially defensively was incomparable.Santo never led his team to those heights and since his stats don't signal him as even the best of his generation,he will remain a Cub fan favorite only.He doesn't qualify for the HOF,sorry.
2007-01-12 17:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by Michael R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes he does. When he retired after the 1974 season he had the second highest homerun total for thirdbasemen. He was the absolute best thirdbaseman for the National League for at least a decade.
He certainly deserves election by the Veterans Committee.
2007-01-13 03:16:34 · answer #5 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he played his career as a diabetic and was the best 3rd baseman in the Nl in the 1960's. What hurts him was that he played on teams with the likes of Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, and Fergie Jenkins and never made it to the world series.
2007-01-17 14:23:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved Santo when I was a kid, but I don't think he had Hall of Fame numbers.
2007-01-12 13:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by FatElvis 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I watched Santo play ball back in my childhood, I always thought he would be one damn good Yankee!! Yes he does. And the cub fans should have been proud to have a player of that quality play for them!!
2007-01-12 10:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by kendo2_2000 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ronnie is the greatest player not in the hall. except for pete rose of course. don't blame him because he was a cub and never won a championship. he is a chicago legend and a baseball legend.
2007-01-14 23:53:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His stats say yes. But for some reason the voters see otherwise.
Maybe they know something we don't.
2007-01-12 13:40:51 · answer #10 · answered by Stealing Home 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋