Rusty Staub

Positions: Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: April 1, 1944 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: March 29, 2018 in West Palm Beach, FL

High School: Jesuit HS (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: April 9, 1963 (Age 19-008d, 9,674th in MLB history)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 41-188d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Daniel Joseph Staub

Nicknames: Le Grand Orange

Pronunciation: \STOBB\

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6x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

45.8

AB

9720

H

2716

HR

292

BA

.279

R

1189

RBI

1466

SB

OBP

.362

SLG

.431

OPS

.793

OPS+

124

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1962	18	HOU-min	B	140	642	509	115	149	20	4	23	93	9		116	53	.293	.429	.483	.913		246		9	4	4	5		DHM · CARL
1963	19	HOU	NL	150	585	513	43	115	17	4	6	45	0	0	59	58	.224	.309	.308	.617	84	158	10	5	6	2	8	*39
1964	20	HOU-min	AAA	71	275	226	55	71	13	1	20	45	1	0	44	32	.314	.427	.646	1.073		146		2	1	2			OKC · PCL
1964	20	HOU	NL	89	320	292	26	63	10	2	8	35	1	1	21	31	.216	.272	.346	.618	78	101	6	3	0	4	4	39/8
1965	21	HOU	NL	131	470	410	43	105	20	1	14	63	3	0	52	57	.256	.339	.412	.751	119	169	17	2	1	5	5	*9/837
1966	22	HOU	NL	153	628	554	60	155	28	3	13	81	2	1	58	61	.280	.345	.412	.756	116	228	13	1	7	8	13	*97/38	MVP-22
1967	23	HOU	NL	149	621	546	71	182	44	1	10	74	0	4	60	47	.333	.398	.473	.871	153	258	15	3	6	6	21	*9	AS,MVP-16
1968	24	HOU	NL	161	682	591	54	172	37	1	6	72	2	0	73	57	.291	.373	.387	.761	132	229	11	7	7	4	24	*39	AS
1969	25	MON	NL	158	673	549	89	166	26	5	29	79	3	4	110	61	.302	.426	.526	.952	166	289	13	9	4	1	11	*9	AS,MVP-36
1970	26	MON	NL	160	699	569	98	156	23	7	30	94	12	11	112	93	.274	.394	.497	.891	139	283	7	3	11	4	11	*9	AS
1971	27	MON	NL	*162*	690	599	94	186	34	6	19	97	9	5	74	42	.311	.392	.482	.874	148	289	21	9	3	5	13	*9	AS,MVP-19
1972	28	NYM	NL	66	278	239	32	70	11	0	9	38	0	1	31	13	.293	.372	.452	.824	137	108	5	2	1	5	7	9	MVP-25
1973	29	NYM	NL	152	666	585	77	163	36	1	15	76	1	1	74	52	.279	.361	.421	.781	118	246	16	3	1	3	10	*9
1974	30	NYM	NL	151	649	561	65	145	22	2	19	78	2	1	77	39	.258	.347	.406	.754	112	228	21	3	1	7	12	*9
1975	31	NYM	NL	155	670	574	93	162	30	4	19	105	2	0	77	55	.282	.371	.448	.818	132	257	18	9	1	9	14	*9	MVP-14
1976	32	DET	AL	161	690	589	73	176	28	3	15	96	3	1	83	49	.299	.386	.433	.818	137	255	23	7	0	11	11	*9D	AS
1977	33	DET	AL	158	695	623	84	173	34	3	22	101	1	1	59	47	.278	.336	.448	.784	108	279	27	1	2	10	4	*D
1978	34	DET	AL	162	734	642	75	175	30	1	24	121	3	1	76	35	.273	.347	.435	.782	117	279	24	3	2	11	5	*D	MVP-5
1979	35	TOT	MLB	106	389	332	41	81	15	1	12	54	1	0	46	28	.244	.340	.404	.744	100	134	12	5	1	5	4	D3/9
1979	35	DET	AL	68	288	246	32	58	12	1	9	40	1	0	32	18	.236	.331	.402	.733	95	99	9	5	1	4	1	D
1979	35	MON	NL	38	101	86	9	23	3	0	3	14	0	0	14	10	.267	.366	.407	.773	112	35	3	0	0	1	3	3/9
1980	36	TEX	AL	109	388	340	42	102	23	2	9	55	1	1	39	18	.300	.370	.459	.828	130	156	16	2	1	6	3	D39/7
1981	37	NYM	NL	70	186	161	9	51	9	0	5	21	1	0	22	12	.317	.398	.466	.864	147	75	6	1	0	2	3	3
1982	38	NYM	NL	112	250	219	11	53	9	0	3	27	0	0	24	10	.242	.309	.324	.633	79	71	10	0	1	6	1	397
1983	39	NYM	NL	104	132	115	5	34	6	0	3	28	0	0	14	10	.296	.371	.426	.797	122	49	4	1	0	2	3	/379
1984	40	NYM	NL	78	79	72	2	19	4	0	1	18	0	0	4	9	.264	.291	.361	.652	84	26	1	0	0	3	3	/3
1985	41	NYM	NL	54	55	45	2	12	3	0	1	8	0	0	10	4	.267	.400	.400	.800	126	18	1	0	0	0	3	/79
23 Yrs				2951	11229	9720	1189	2716	499	47	292	1466	47	33	1255	888	.279	.362	.431	.793	124	4185	297	79	56	119	193
162 Game Avg.				162	616	534	65	149	27	3	16	80	3	2	69	49	.279	.362	.431	.793	124	230	16	4	3	7	11
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
NYM (9 yrs)				942	2965	2571	296	709	130	7	75	399	6	3	333	204	.276	.358	.419	.778	119	1078	82	19	5	37	56
HOU (6 yrs)				833	3306	2906	297	792	156	12	57	370	8	6	323	311	.273	.346	.393	.740	117	1143	72	21	27	29	75
MON (4 yrs)				518	2163	1803	290	531	86	18	81	284	24	20	310	206	.295	.402	.497	.899	149	896	44	21	18	11	38
DET (4 yrs)				549	2407	2100	264	582	104	8	70	358	8	3	250	149	.277	.353	.434	.787	117	912	83	16	5	36	21
TEX (1 yr)				109	388	340	42	102	23	2	9	55	1	1	39	18	.300	.370	.459	.828	130	156	16	2	1	6	3

NL (19 yrs)				2293	8434	7280	883	2032	372	37	213	1053	38	29	966	721	.279	.365	.428	.793	126	3117	198	61	50	77	169
AL (5 yrs)				658	2795	2440	306	684	127	10	79	413	9	4	289	167	.280	.355	.438	.793	119	1068	99	18	6	42	24

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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