Ron Santo was an All Star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs from 1960 to 1973 and after a year with the White Sox, retired in 1974 at the age of 34.
In 1980, his first year of eligibility for the hall of fame, he received 1.9% of the vote and his final year for consideration in 1998 yielded him his best showing, 43%.
Santo wanted two things -- a World Series for the Cubbies and no posthumous induction into the hall of fame.
Ron Santo died of complications from his life-long battle with diabetes in December 2010.
Today, almost exactly a year after his death and almost forty years after he retired from baseball, the veteran's committee voted Ron Santo into baseball's hall of fame.
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