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Rusty
Staub		  
Nickname: Grand Orange
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 1, 1944 in Usa, LA, NEW ORLEANS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1969    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1963 19 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 8 8
1964 20 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 9 8
1965 21 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 9 9
1966 22 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 9 9
1967 23 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 8 9 10 9
1968 24 BSN NL $ 2,285,714   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 8 7 9 10 9
1969 25 KCR AL $ 2,307,143   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1970 26 KCR AL $ 4,500,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 8 7 9 9 9
1971 27 KCR AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 6 8 7 9 9 9
1972 28 KCR AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 9 9
1973 29 NYA AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1974 30 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 7 9 9 9
1975 31 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 9 9
1976 32 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 5 7 7 8 9 9
1977 33 COL NL $ 5,500,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 8 7 5 7 7 9 9 9
1978 34 COL NL $ 8,610,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 7 6 8 9 9
1979 35 COL NL $ 8,610,000   7 7 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9
1980 36 COL NL $ 8,610,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 4 6 5 4 6 5 8 9 9
1981 37 MIL NL $ 1,400,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 6 6 7 8 7
1982 38 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,610,000   9 9 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 6 8 8 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1963 19 BSN NL 18 72 11 17 4 0 2 6 1 0 8 5 .236 .313 .375 .688 7.2 0.8
    AAA   134 483 64 142 28 3 20 73 4 6 68 48 .294 .381 .489 .870 86.8  
1964 20 BSN NL 149 492 70 134 27 5 11 66 5 3 53 62 .272 .344 .415 .759 67.6 13.6
1965 21 BSN NL 148 495 67 126 23 1 14 65 4 2 56 47 .255 .330 .390 .720 60.3 10.2
1966 22 BSN NL 102 377 61 110 20 4 6 46 4 0 55 23 .292 .384 .414 .798 60.6 14.9
    AAA   31 117 20 37 1 2 5 17 1 1 21 10 .316 .420 .487 .907 23.8  
1967 23 BSN NL 156 566 62 148 35 5 10 69 3 4 61 45 .261 .334 .394 .728 74.0 13.3
1968 24 BSN NL 157 549 61 137 23 1 13 69 0 3 66 34 .250 .332 .366 .698 67.7 10.7
1969 25 BSN NL 102 399 44 112 22 1 11 49 4 2 39 20 .281 .344 .424 .767 57.1 9.6
  KCR AL 41 110 19 36 7 0 6 33 1 0 15 2 .327 .406 .555 .961 23.8 6.2
  TOT   143 509 63 148 29 1 17 82 5 2 54 22 .291 .358 .452 .810 80.9 15.8
1970 26 KCR AL 122 435 80 116 21 2 15 68 0 0 46 15 .267 .337 .428 .765 59.7 11.5
1971 27 KCR AL 122 405 63 129 31 2 17 80 2 0 48 31 .319 .390 .531 .921 77.9 20.3
1972 28 KCR AL 127 413 66 122 23 5 18 77 2 5 52 26 .295 .373 .506 .879 70.8 14.1
1973 29 NYA AL 152 564 78 152 31 2 13 92 3 1 60 44 .270 .344 .401 .745 73.8 12.1
1974 30 NYA AL 130 486 90 140 27 1 18 71 3 1 52 16 .288 .356 .459 .815 76.5 11.4
1975 31 NYA AL 156 575 88 179 38 4 13 119 5 2 64 27 .311 .380 .459 .840 92.6 19.5
1976 32 NYA AL 142 475 79 149 30 1 11 65 2 1 58 21 .314 .386 .451 .836 77.8 17.4
1977 33 NYA AL 95 320 43 98 25 3 13 61 2 1 25 17 .306 .357 .525 .882 52.6 11.2
  COL NL 47 160 26 43 8 2 7 29 1 0 13 8 .269 .326 .475 .801 23.0 4.9
  TOT   142 480 69 141 33 5 20 90 3 1 38 25 .294 .347 .508 .855 75.6 16.0
1978 34 COL NL 133 452 66 141 35 4 13 81 1 2 53 25 .312 .381 .493 .874 78.6 17.7
1979 35 COL NL 131 440 44 103 20 3 3 35 0 1 48 26 .234 .309 .314 .623 42.5 4.8
1980 36 COL NL 155 586 55 154 32 4 5 69 0 1 37 34 .263 .306 .357 .662 59.5 10.2
1981 37 MIL NL 88 226 34 62 12 2 6 33 0 0 17 17 .274 .322 .425 .747 30.5 7.8
1982 38 AAA   137 542 80 154 23 1 24 68 3 0 46 72 .284 .340 .463 .803 84.1  
19 Years Sim 2473 8597 1207 2408 494 52 225 1283 43 29 926 545 .280 .350 .428 .778 1234.2 241.9
3 Years AAA 302 1142 164 333 52 6 49 158 8 7 135 130 .292 .372 .476 .849 194.7  
162 Game Average 563 79 157 32 3 14 84 2 1 60 35 .280 .350 .428 .778 80.8  
Career Highs 157 586 90 179 38 5 20 119 5 5 66 62 .319 .390 .531 .921 92.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6641 1000 1989 403 35 194 1050 37 20 767 359 .300 .371 .458 .830 1098.9
vs LH   1956 207 419 91 17 31 233 6 9 159 186 .214 .276 .326 .602 172.5
Home 1244 4267 596 1209 259 22 112 656 20 16 444 275 .283 .352 .433 .785 634.5
Away 1229 4330 611 1199 235 30 113 627 23 13 482 270 .277 .349 .423 .772 636.9
RISP   2193 0 610 131 13 61 983 0 0 292 152 .278 .355 .433 .788 345.5
Pinch Hitting   215 30 70 11 1 8 67 0 0 27 16 .326 .401 .498 .898 40.7
Close/Late   995 104 289 61 4 20 174 0 0 138 67 .290 .377 .420 .798 158.0
Mar/Apr 412 1450 181 391 85 4 32 202 9 2 148 94 .270 .335 .400 .735 196.1
May 447 1567 239 425 84 9 39 219 8 6 186 110 .271 .349 .411 .760 225.6
June 419 1460 187 406 82 9 36 220 7 6 164 89 .278 .353 .421 .774 213.7
July 385 1353 200 382 87 15 38 191 4 6 126 86 .282 .344 .453 .797 202.4
August 407 1401 191 397 76 8 42 216 8 5 154 87 .283 .353 .439 .792 214.8
Sep/Oct 403 1366 209 407 80 7 38 235 7 4 148 79 .298 .368 .450 .818 218.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1963 19 BSN NL 1B 18 18 170.0 230 17 1 16 .996 13.08   0.3
1964 20 BSN NL 1B 135 124 1135.7 1277 89 6 96 .996 10.83   3.2
    RF 1 0 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1965 21 BSN NL 1B 143 132 1173.3 1299 106 6 115 .996 10.78   3.8
    RF 3 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1966 22 BSN NL 1B 100 98 871.3 968 59 7 75 .993 10.61   1.9
1967 23 BSN NL 1B 153 147 1330.3 1417 107 8 105 .995 10.31   3.4
1968 24 BSN NL 1B 151 148 1316.7 1524 114 9 134 .995 11.20   3.7
1969 25 BSN NL 1B 93 92 869.5 1047 70 5 98 .996 11.56   2.6
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  KCR AL 1B 37 37 249.5 301 20 1 28 .997 11.58   0.1
    RF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 130 129 1119.0 1348 90 6 126 .996 11.57   2.7
      RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1970 26 KCR AL 1B 112 105 897.0 977 70 11 85 .990 10.51   1.1
    RF 4 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
1971 27 KCR AL 1B 31 25 231.0 304 16 1 24 .997 12.47   0.6
    RF 10 1 20.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 28 KCR AL RF 83 74 628.3 126 7 2 0 .985 1.91   1.4
    1B 41 35 304.0 359 36 1 38 .997 11.69   0.5
1973 29 NYA AL RF 70 65 583.0 144 6 7 0 .955 2.32   2.3
    1B 32 32 274.0 313 20 1 26 .997 10.94   0.9
1974 30 NYA AL RF 11 0 41.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.83   0.2
    1B 1 1 8.0 5 0 0 2 1.000 5.63   0.0
1975 31 NYA AL RF 154 147 1309.0 323 11 12 1 .965 2.30   4.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1976 32 NYA AL 1B 7 5 45.0 46 2 0 6 1.000 9.60   0.2
    RF 7 3 40.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 33 NYA AL 1B 86 75 668.3 729 46 4 59 .995 10.44   0.5
    RF 3 1 16.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.54   0.0
  COL NL 1B 43 37 336.1 366 23 2 30 .995 10.42   0.6
    RF 2 1 8.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.07   0.0
  TOT   1B 129 112 1004.4 1095 69 6 89 .995 10.43   1.1
      RF 5 2 25.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 .72   0.0
1978 34 COL NL 1B 108 99 901.7 1113 67 6 102 .995 11.78   0.3
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1979 35 COL NL 1B 126 122 1095.7 1356 93 11 138 .992 11.90   2.0
    RF 2 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 36 COL NL 1B 151 150 1335.0 1544 115 9 162 .995 11.18   2.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 37 MIL NL RF 20 16 139.0 26 2 1 0 .966 1.81   0.2
    1B 17 15 120.0 166 12 0 16 1.000 13.35   0.1
  1B 1586 1497 13334.0 15343 1082 89 1355 .995 11.09   27.7
  RF 375 309 2833.3 653 26 22 1 .969 2.16   9.0
  SS 2 1 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1967 1807 16181.3 15996 1110 111 1356 .994 9.51   36.7
Career Highs   155 150 1338.0 1544 115 12 162 1.000 13.08    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 25 KCR AL 5 17 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .235 .278 .294 .572
1970 26 KCR AL 9 27 2 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 .333 .438 .444 .882
1971 27 KCR AL 9 35 7 11 5 0 1 6 0 0 3 1 .314 .368 .543 .911
1973 29 NYA AL 5 17 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .176 .222 .294 .516
1974 30 NYA AL 19 72 12 21 4 0 3 12 0 0 11 5 .292 .384 .472 .856
1975 31 NYA AL 4 14 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .375 .357 .732
1976 32 NYA AL 7 25 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .160 .185 .320 .505
1977 33 COL NL 18 61 10 19 4 0 5 12 0 0 5 3 .311 .353 .623 .976
Career Post-Season Batting 76 268 38 75 19 1 10 38 0 0 27 13 .280 .347 .470 .817
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1976-4-.314
1978-9-.312
 On-Base Pct
1976-6-.386
1978-10-.381
 Slugging Pct
1971-9-.476*
1978-5-.493
 OPS
1978-5-.874
 Games
1968-3-157
1975-6-156
1980-9-155
CAR-25-2473
 At-Bats
CAR-38-8597
Hits
1975-8-179
CAR-43-2408
 Singles
CAR-47-1637
 Doubles
1967-6-35
1975-6-38
1978-8-35
1980-9-32
CAR-33-494
 Triples
1964-5-5
1967-6-5
1972-8-5
 RBIs
1975-2-119
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Greg Gross (863)
  4. Cecil Cooper (858)
  5. Cookie Rojas (856)
  6. Hal Trosky (851)
  7. Wally Judnich (851)
  8. Richie Zisk (846)
  9. Joe Vosmik (846)
  10. Jim Rice (846)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1963
Had first career hit (double) on 9/2/1963, off Bob Grim (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 9/12/1963, off Nelson Chittum (WOR)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1965, hitting .323 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,285,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1969, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1969, hitting .481 with 0 HR, 4 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/13/1969
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 7/31/1969 (Going to KCR: CF Joe Pepitone, 1B Rusty Staub. Going to BSN: P Bob Johnson, CF Don Hahn, LF Leon Wagner)
9/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/12/1971 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 7/26/1971
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1971, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 8/29/1971
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 9/6/1971
Traded from Kansas City to New York (A) on 2/3/1973 (Going to NYA: 3B Adolfo Phillips, 1B Rusty Staub, C Billy Bryan. Going to KCR: 1B Jim Breazeale, P Tom Qualters)
9/22/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 9/17/1974
Hit 3 homeruns against Kansas City, driving in 4 runs on 9/17/1974
Hit for the cycle against Minnesota on 8/8/1975
Injured on 3/16/1977 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Colorado on 7/31/1977 (Going to NYA: LF Greg Goossen, P Steve Mccatty. Going to COL: 1B Rusty Staub)
11/2/1977: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $8,610,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 2000th career hit on 6/6/1978, off Tom Hume (WAS)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1978, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 7/25/1979 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/6/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $1,400,000 per year
 
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