Ron Santo has finally been elected to the Hall of Fame. The third-baseman for the Cubbies back in sixties and seventies and should have been elected a while back. He died of complications to bladder cancer last December 10th.
Santo had raised large amounts of money for diabetes research, a disease that had claimed both of his legs below the knee in the last few years of his life.
Better late than never. He was elected by a newly formed panel that decides at the winter meetings. Needing just 12 of the 16 voters to accede to make the Hall, Santo got 15 votes.
As a player he won five Gold Gloves, played in nine All-Star Games, and hit 342 homers over his fifteen year career. He even once hit 13 triples and led the league, a large amount for today's fastest players, let alone barrel-chested third-basemen.
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