Rusty Staub

Full Name: Daniel Joseph Staub Primary Position: OF,RF,DH Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190 First Game: April 9, 1963 Birthdate: April 1, 1944 Final Game: October 6, 1985 Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana MLB Experience: 23 years Bat/Throw: Left/Right

Biography

Rusty Staub (Daniel Joseph Staub) was born on April 1, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 9, 1963 for the Houston Colt .45s. In 1963, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 6 home runs and 45 RBI. Staub played for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros, Montreal Expos, New York Mets, Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers over the course of his 23 year career.

Most people believe that Rusty Staub's best season was 1970, when he slugged 30 home runs and knocked in 94 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1963	HOU	N	150	513	43	115	6	45	.224	.309	.308	17	4	59	58	5	6	0	8	10
1964	HOU	N	89	292	26	63	8	35	.216	.272	.346	10	2	21	31	3	0	1	4	6
1965	HOU	N	131	410	43	105	14	63	.256	.339	.412	20	1	52	57	2	1	3	5	17
1966	HOU	N	153	554	60	155	13	81	.280	.345	.412	28	3	58	61	1	7	2	13	13
1967	HOU	N	149	546	71	182	10	74	.333	.398	.473	44	1	60	47	3	6	0	21	15
1968	HOU	N	161	591	54	172	6	72	.291	.373	.387	37	1	73	57	7	7	2	24	11
1969	MON	N	158	549	89	166	29	79	.302	.426	.526	26	5	110	61	9	4	3	11	13
1970	MON	N	160	569	98	156	30	94	.274	.394	.497	23	7	112	93	3	11	12	11	7
1971	MON	N	162	599	94	186	19	97	.311	.392	.482	34	6	74	42	9	3	9	13	21
1972	NY	N	66	239	32	70	9	38	.293	.372	.452	11	0	31	13	2	1	0	7	5
1973	NY	N	152	585	77	163	15	76	.279	.361	.421	36	1	74	52	3	1	1	10	16
1974	NY	N	151	561	65	145	19	78	.258	.347	.406	22	2	77	39	3	1	2	12	21
1975	NY	N	155	574	93	162	19	105	.282	.371	.448	30	4	77	55	9	1	2	14	18
1976	DET	A	161	589	73	176	15	96	.299	.386	.433	28	3	83	49	7	0	3	11	23
1977	DET	A	158	623	84	173	22	101	.278	.336	.448	34	3	59	47	1	2	1	4	27
1978	DET	A	162	642	75	175	24	121	.273	.347	.435	30	1	76	35	3	2	3	5	24
1979	MON	N	38	86	9	23	3	14	.267	.366	.407	3	0	14	10	0	0	0	3	3
1979	DET	A	68	246	32	58	9	40	.236	.331	.402	12	1	32	18	5	1	1	1	9
1979	Total		106	332	41	81	12	54	.244	.340	.404	15	1	46	28	5	1	1	4	12
1980	TEX	A	109	340	42	102	9	55	.300	.370	.459	23	2	39	18	2	1	1	3	16
1981	NY	N	70	161	9	51	5	21	.317	.398	.466	9	0	22	12	1	0	1	3	6
1982	NY	N	112	219	11	53	3	27	.242	.309	.324	9	0	24	10	0	1	0	1	10
1983	NY	N	104	115	5	34	3	28	.296	.371	.426	6	0	14	10	1	0	0	3	4
1984	NY	N	78	72	2	19	1	18	.264	.291	.361	4	0	4	9	0	0	0	3	1
1985	NY	N	54	45	2	12	1	8	.267	.400	.400	3	0	10	4	0	0	0	3	1
Total	NL		2293	7280	883	2032	213	1053	.279	.365	.428	372	37	966	721	61	50	38	169	198
Total	AL		658	2440	306	684	79	413	.280	.355	.438	127	10	289	167	18	6	9	24	99
Total			2951	9720	1189	2716	292	1466	.279	.362	.431	499	47	1255	888	79	56	47	193	297

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1963	HOU	N	1B	109	94	873	881	58	10	52	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1963	HOU	N	RF	49	46	380	83	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1963	HOU	N	OF	49	46	380	82	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1964	HOU	N	1B	49	47	419.1	442	27	4	34	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1964	HOU	N	CF	7	4	38.1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	HOU	N	OF	38	32	303.2	70	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1964	HOU	N	RF	31	28	265.1	62	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1965	HOU	N	CF	2	2	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1965	HOU	N	OF	112	105	979	202	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1965	HOU	N	LF	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	HOU	N	RF	110	103	963	202	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1965	HOU	N	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1966	HOU	N	OF	149	147	1312.2	289	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1966	HOU	N	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1966	HOU	N	RF	105	105	895	220	13	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1966	HOU	N	LF	57	42	416.2	74	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1967	HOU	N	OF	144	144	1271	269	10	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1967	HOU	N	RF	144	144	1271	272	10	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1968	HOU	N	1B	147	146	1303.2	1313	93	11	100	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1968	HOU	N	RF	15	14	125.1	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.920
1968	HOU	N	OF	15	14	125.1	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1969	MON	N	OF	156	154	1355.1	265	16	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1969	MON	N	RF	156	154	1355.1	260	16	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1970	MON	N	RF	160	156	1374.2	308	15	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1970	MON	N	OF	160	156	1374.2	308	14	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1971	MON	N	OF	162	155	1387.1	290	20	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1971	MON	N	RF	162	155	1387.1	290	20	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1972	NY	N	OF	65	65	583	108	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1972	NY	N	RF	65	65	583	107	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1973	NY	N	RF	152	150	1377	295	16	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1973	NY	N	OF	152	150	1377	297	17	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1974	NY	N	RF	147	146	1292.1	260	19	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.982
1974	NY	N	OF	147	146	1292.1	262	19	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1975	NY	N	OF	153	153	1371.1	267	15	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1975	NY	N	RF	153	153	1371.1	270	15	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1976	DET	A	OF	126	125	1112.1	218	8	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1976	DET	A	RF	126	125	1112.1	217	8	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.970
1976	DET	A	DH	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	DET	A	DH	156	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	DET	A	DH	162	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	MON	N	1B	22	22	166	155	7	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1979	MON	N	RF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	MON	N	OF	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	DET	A	DH	66	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	TEX	A	DH	58	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	TEX	A	RF	11	8	65	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1980	TEX	A	1B	30	27	222	243	10	6	27	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1980	TEX	A	LF	3	1	15	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1980	TEX	A	OF	14	9	80	19	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1981	NY	N	1B	41	40	322.2	339	20	4	26	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1982	NY	N	OF	27	27	212	43	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1982	NY	N	LF	12	12	96	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1982	NY	N	1B	18	18	139	129	15	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1982	NY	N	RF	15	15	116	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1983	NY	N	LF	3	3	19	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1983	NY	N	OF	5	5	37	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1983	NY	N	RF	2	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1983	NY	N	1B	5	5	43.1	36	5	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1984	NY	N	1B	3	1	13	13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	OF	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	NY	N	RF	1	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	76	58	547.2	103	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.941
Total			CF	10	6	54.1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
Total			OF	1676	1634	14568	3018	165	103	35	0	0	0	0	0	.969
Total			DH	477	474	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	1605	1570	13966	2908	160	93	34	0	0	0	0	0	.971
Total			1B	425	400	3504	3554	237	37	271	1	0	0	0	0	.990

Transactions

• Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (September 11, 1961).
• Traded by Houston Astros to Montreal Expos in exchange for Donn Clendenon and Jesus Alou (January 22, 1969); Donn Clendenon refused to report to Houston Astros and Montreal Expos sent Jack Billingham, Skip Guinn and $100000 (April 8, 1969) to complete trade. Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Mets in exchange for Ken Singleton, Mike Jorgensen and Tim Foli (April 5, 1972).
• Traded by New York Mets with Bill Laxton to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mickey Lolich and Billy Baldwin (December 12, 1975).
• Traded by Detroit Tigers to Montreal Expos in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (July 20, 1979); Detroit Tigers received Randy Schafer (December 3, 1979).
• Traded by Montreal Expos to Texas Rangers in exchange for LaRue Washington and Chris Smith (March 31, 1980).
• Granted free agency (October 23, 1980).
• Signed by New York Mets (December 16, 1980).
• Granted free agency (November 12, 1984).
• Signed by New York Mets (January 3, 1985).
• Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).