Rusty Staub

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 190 lb

BornApril 1, 1944 · New Orleans, LA, USA

MLB debutApril 9, 1963

Final gameOctober 6, 1985

Seasons23 (1963–1985)

Houston Colt .45's 1963–1964; Houston Astros 1965–1968; Montreal Expos 1969–1971; New York Mets 1972–1975; Detroit Tigers 1976–1979; Montreal Expos 1979; Texas Rangers 1980; New York Mets 1981–1985

Percentile snapshot

1978 season — qualified batters

162

97.1

734

98.6

642

94.2

55.4

175

87.8

70.5

4.3

83.5

RBI

121

99.3

84.9

94.2

21.6

86.3

.273

44.6

OBP

.347

55.4

SLG

.435

OPS

.782

61.9

wRC+

117.8

60.4

OPS+

117.3

61.2

wOBA

.354

57.6

sWAR

2.1

37.4

of 140 qualified 1978 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

124.0

84.9

OPS+

123.7

84.2

sWAR

51.4

98.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1963	150	585	513	43	115	17	4	6	45	59	58	0	0	.224	.309	.308	.617	84.1	83.8	.287	-0.5
1964	89	320	292	26	63	10	2	8	35	21	31	1	1	.216	.272	.346	.618	74.5	78.6	.276	-0.5
1965	131	470	410	43	105	20	1	14	63	52	57	3	0	.256	.339	.412	.751	117.0	116.0	.340	1.9
1966	153	628	554	60	155	28	3	13	81	58	61	2	1	.280	.345	.412	.756	112.4	114.7	.335	2.1
1967	149	621	546	71	182	44	1	10	74	60	47	0	4	.333	.398	.473	.871	151.1	151.5	.390	5.0
1968	161	682	591	54	172	37	1	6	72	73	57	2	0	.291	.373	.387	.761	130.8	130.3	.350	3.1
1969	158	673	549	89	166	26	5	29	79	110	61	3	4	.302	.426	.526	.952	170.1	164.3	.433	7.1
1970	160	699	569	98	156	23	7	30	94	112	93	12	11	.274	.394	.497	.891	138.5	136.5	.401	4.7
1971	162	690	599	94	186	34	6	19	97	74	42	9	5	.311	.392	.482	.874	149.4	146.0	.396	5.5
1972	66	278	239	32	70	11	0	9	38	31	13	0	1	.293	.372	.452	.824	135.7	137.5	.370	1.7
1973	152	666	585	77	163	36	1	15	76	74	52	1	1	.279	.361	.421	.781	120.6	118.8	.359	3.1
1974	151	649	561	65	145	22	2	19	78	77	39	2	1	.258	.347	.406	.754	112.3	113.3	.349	2.3
1975	155	670	574	93	162	30	4	19	105	77	55	2	0	.282	.371	.448	.818	131.1	132.5	.375	3.9
1976	161	690	589	73	176	28	3	15	96	83	49	3	1	.299	.386	.433	.818	137.6	135.5	.379	4.3
1977	158	695	623	84	173	34	3	22	101	59	47	1	1	.278	.336	.448	.784	107.1	107.8	.347	1.1
1978	162	734	642	75	175	30	1	24	121	76	35	3	1	.273	.347	.435	.782	117.8	117.3	.354	2.1
1979	106	389	332	41	81	15	1	12	54	46	28	1	0	.244	.340	.404	.744	100.7	100.0	.337	0.4
1980	109	388	340	42	102	23	2	9	55	39	18	1	1	.300	.370	.459	.828	129.5	128.9	.372	1.7
1981	70	186	161	9	51	9	0	5	21	22	12	1	0	.317	.398	.466	.864	150.1	146.1	.398	1.4
1982	112	250	219	11	53	9	0	3	27	24	10	0	0	.242	.309	.324	.633	79.0	78.2	.298	-0.1
1983	104	132	115	5	34	6	0	3	28	14	10	0	0	.296	.371	.426	.797	120.9	121.7	.361	0.7
1984	78	79	72	2	19	4	0	1	18	4	9	0	0	.264	.291	.361	.652	68.2	84.6	.280	-0.1
1985	54	55	45	2	12	3	0	1	8	10	4	0	0	.267	.400	.400	.800	125.9	128.9	.361	0.3

Career totals

2,951

14th-most career G

11,229

37th-most career PA

9,720

41st-most career AB

1,189

194th-most career R

2,716

65th-most career H

499

66th-most career 2B

292

175th-most career HR

RBI

1,466

60th-most career RBI

1,255

56th-most career BB

888

.2794

OBP

.3625

423rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4306

OPS

.7931

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1964-06-21	HOU @ ATL Gameday	4	2	4	0	2	3	10
1969-04-17	WSH @ PHI Gameday	5	2	4	3	1	3	10
1967-08-19	STL @ HOU Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	2	10
1970-05-30	WSH @ CIN Gameday	5	1	5	1	1	1	9
1975-09-20	PHI @ NYM Gameday	6	1	5	1	1	1	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1967-05-30	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-22	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-07-23	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-29	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967-09-30	HOU @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.