Rusty Staub
Six-time All-Star who hit .300 in his one season in Texas.
Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub (1944-2018), born in New Orleans, spent 23 big-league seasons in right field, at first base and as a designated hitter, and later worked as a TV color analyst. He finished with 2,716 hits, 284 short of 3,000, and made six All-Star teams.
Quick Facts
- Seasons
- 23
- Career hits
- 2,716
- All-star selections
- 6
- With texas
- 1980
Lore & Background
Montreal fans called him "le Grand Orange"; he was the Expos' first star, and the club retired his number in 1993 even though only 518 of his 2,951 games came in an Expos uniform. Texas got him in a trade on March 31, 1980, sending Chris Smith and La Rue Washington the other way, and in 109 games that year he batted .300 with nine homers and 55 RBIs, his first .300 season since 1971. Away from the field he ran the Rusty Staub Foundation, which backs emergency food pantries in New York, and set up a benefit fund for the widows and children of New York police and firefighters. He entered the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
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