How Ron Santo's OPS Compares to Similar Players

Ron Santo posted a career OPS of .827, above the league average of .719 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best OPS season came in 1964, posting .962, well above the league average of .700 that year. The lowest point came in 1974 at .591, below the league average of .696 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .878 in 1972 to .788 in 1973 and .591 in 1974. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.

Ron Santo Lifetime OPS

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Ron Santo
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Career0.827
Season Avg.0.827
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Ron Santo OPS Per Season

Ron Santo's OPS for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ron Santo OPS per season line chart

Ron Santo OPS by Team

Ron Santo's career OPS totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ron Santo career OPS by team bar chart

Ron Santo OPS Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ron Santo's career OPS shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Ron Santo OPS year-over-year waterfall chart

Ron Santo OPS Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ron Santo's seasonal OPS alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Ron Santo OPS distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ron Santo OPS — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ron Santo's MLB career with OPS alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Ron Santo OPS season-by-season breakdown table