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The former Cubs third baseman, who hit 342 home runs and drove in 1,331 runs during his 15-year major league career, died Thursday of complications from bladder cancer, family members told WGN-AM in a report cited by the Chicago Tribune. Santo worked for the station as a Cubs analyst.
Ted S. Warren, AP
Retired Chicago Cubs great Ron Santo died Thursday at age 70.
Santo, who began his major league career with the Cubs in 1960, was a member of the team that blew the division title to the Miracle Mets in 1969. He never forgot the pain, the Tribune noted.
Before a 2007 game at New York's Shea Stadium, Santo told the Tribune, "I would come back here personally to blow it up. I'd pay my own way. Maybe even just to watch it."
He played one season with the crosstown Chicago White Sox.
Despite his impressive statistics, including a lifetime .277 batting average, Santo was never elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
Read more at the Chicago Tribune.
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