Ron Santo Question

[Omar]

I was looking at Ron Santo's career stats.

 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=santoro01

 

His career lasted from 1960 to 1973 (15 years)

 

On his last year, under teams, it said "White Sox".... Why?... Was he traded? Did he sign with them? Was there a reason Cubs didnt want him?

 

Just something I've always wondered.

[David]

I'm guessing he was past his prime and they dumped him off at the end of his career... But what do I know? I wasn't born till 1983...

 

This reminds me of that commercial with Santo and Grace, circa 1995.. One of the "Cubs - We're working on it," commercials...

 

They talk about the good old days at the ballpark.. Hot dogs.. Ron Santo pizza in a box.. and then Ron mentions "the fireworks!" and Gracey goes.. "Aren't you thinkin of that year you were with the Sox?" and Ronny goes "Ughhhhh yea..." in his Ron Santo trademark way...

 

Anyone remember that?

[bhogg]

he was traded for Steve Stone

[Flames24Rulz]

he was traded wasnt he?

[MeatampPotatoesMan]

The cubs wanted to trade him to the angels for two younger pitchers and Santo vetoed the trade. i think he was the first to use the ten and five rule.

 

he later consented to be traded to the sox for steve stone.

 

basically, the cubs organization wanted to move him. :evil:

[Jon]

The cubs wanted to trade him to the angels for two younger pitchers and Santo vetoed the trade. i think he was the first to use the ten and five rule.

Yup. Thus the term "Santo Clause."

[J.R.]

Ron was one of a bunch of '60s Cubs shipped out ... that was some kind of housecleaning.

[Omar]

I was not present back then, but I'm pissed right now Cubs wanted to trade him..

 

Although it was for Steve Stone, and if Cubs didnt get him, (and him never being on this team) he would probably have never done his tremendous commentating in the booth.

[ToupeeOnFire]

Along with Steve Stone, they also got Steve Swisher, Ken Frailing and Jim Kremmel -- pretty much didley squat.

[CoolHandLuke]

check out baseball-reference.com

 

there you can check out career transactions and I much prefer it over baseball-almanac.com for stats

[NCCubFan]

The Cubs decided to break up the core of the Durocher era team when it became evident that group wasn't going to win a championship (most of the key players were past their prime by then). In addition to Santo, the Cubs also traded Billy Williams, Fergie Jenkins, Ken Holtzman, Glenn Beckert, and Don Kessinger, among others, within a period of a couple of years.