Since Ryne Sandberg‘s passing Monday, tributes have been pouring in from fans and former Chicago Cubs teammates.

Throughout his illustrious 16-year career, Sandberg put up an impressive resume that earned him a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

He is also a Cubs Hall of Famer, and he will forever be immortalized outside Wrigley Field with a statue alongside fellow Cubs greats Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Fergie Jenkins.

As we look back at Sandberg’s life and legacy, here are 10 stats that illustrate his incredible career on the field:

A decade of dominance

For 10 straight years, Sandberg was named to the NL All-Star roster, representing the Cubs in the Midsummer Classic from 1984-93.

He started nine of those games — every year but 1985, when St. Louis’ Tom Herr earned the nod. So for a full decade, Sandberg was clearly — and emphatically — the best second baseman in the NL.

19 triples

We all know about the NL MVP award in 1984. That’s impressive in its own right.

But how Sandberg took home that hardware was just as eye-popping.

The 200 hits, 114 runs and 8.5 WAR are very impressive. As are 19 homers and 84 RBI from a second baseman to go along with 32 stolen bases and a .314 batting average.

But Sandberg’s triples total (19) is arguably his most impressive statistic from that season. That’s a huge number, especially with Wrigley Field as his home ballpark — a venue that’s historically been unfriendly to the three-bagger.

“He was kind of just really good at everything,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said this week. “He was fast. He was a great defender. Loved triples. He’s talked about getting triples at Wrigley. We still — to this day — once a week, we’ll talk about, how did he hit (13) triples at Wrigley?

“Literally, once a week, (Cubs bench coach) Ryan Flaherty and I will talk about that.”

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The 13 triples at Wrigley Field is a Cubs franchise record in a season. Sandberg is also the only Cub to lead the league in triples since Ron Santo’s 13 in 1964.

Sandberg finished his career with 76 triples — a strong total, but he never had more than eight in a season besides that 1984 campaign.

In good company

In addition to his 76 triples, Sandberg also had 282 career home runs and 344 stolen bases.

Only one other player achieved those marks in all three categories: Barry Bonds.

Bonds had 762 homers, 77 triples and 514 stolen bases.

Middle infield pop

When Sandberg retired, he had 277 home runs as a second baseman, which was the all-time lead at the position.

He has since been passed by Jeff Kent (351 homers) and Robinson Canó (316).

Middle infield pop, Part II

Sandberg smashed 40 homers in 1990, a league-leading total.

There have only been five instances in MLB history where a player who played primarily second base tallied 40 homers:

2021 — Marcus Semien (45)
1973 — Davey Johnson (43)
2016 — Brian Dozier (42)
1922 — Rogers Hornsby (42)
1990 — Ryne Sandberg (40)

Five-tool player

There have also been only five instances in MLB history where a player recorded at least 40 homers, 30 doubles, 25 stolen bases while striking out out less than 100 times.

Sandberg was one such player to fill up the stat sheet in 1990:

1990: Sandberg — 40 HR, 30 2B, 25 SB, 84 K
1993: Barry Bonds — 46 HR, 38 2B, 29 SB, 79 K
1997: Larry Walker — 49 HR, 46 2B, 33 SB, 90 K
1999: Chipper Jones — 45 HR, 41 2B, 25 SB, 94 K
2023: Ronald Acuña Jr. — 41 HR, 35 2B, 73 SB, 84 K

Flashing the leather

Sandberg once went 123 games — from June 21, 1989 through May 17, 1990 — without committing an error at second base.

That was an MLB record at the time, but has since been passed nine times. Plácido Polanco holds the current record with 186 straight errorless games at second base between 2006-08.

Darwin Barney was among those who broke Sandberg’s record — and he did it with the Cubs in 2012. Barney went 141 straight games that year without a miscue, from April 18 through Sept. 27.

Impressive hardware

Sandberg won both a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger in six different seasons.

Only four other players in MLB history have accomplished that same feat as often: Bonds (seven seasons), Ken Griffey Jr. (seven), Iván Rodríguez (seven) and Mike Schmidt (six).

Only five players in MLB history tallied at least six seasons in which they won both a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger.

Cubs record

In total, Sandberg had nine Gold Gloves and seven Silver Slugger awards.

Both are Cubs records.

Only three other players in baseball history hold the outright lead for a franchise record for both awards.

Rodríguez holds the Texas Rangers record, and Schmidt leads the Philadelphia Phillies all-time with 10 Gold Gloves and six Silver Slugger awards apiece. Tony Gwynn (five Gold Gloves, seven Silver Sluggers) holds the San Diego Padres record in both categories.

Power-defense combo

Sandberg has 282 home runs and nine Gold Gloves. He is 10th all-time on the home run list for a player with at least nine Gold Gloves.

Most homers by players with 9+ Gold Gloves:

1. Willie Mays — 660 HR (11 GG)
2. Ken Griffey Jr. — 630 HR (10 GG)
3. Mike Schmidt — 548 HR (10 GG)
4. Andruw Jones — 434 HR (10 GG)
5. Al Kaline — 399 HR (9 GG)
6. Johnny Bench — 389 HR (10 GG)
7. Torii Hunter — 353 HR (9 GG)
8. Nolan Arenado — 351 HR (10 GG)
9. Ivan Rodriguez — 311 HR (13 GG)
10. Ryne Sandberg — 282 HR (9 GG)

Sportradar and Marquee Sports Network’s Chris Antonacci contributed to this post.