Rusty Staub career batting average
.279Career Regular Season
Rusty Staub has a career batting average of .279 over 23 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .333 in 1967.
- Most recent: .267 in 1985.
Average of 23 regular seasons, 1963 through 1985. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |  HOU | 150 | 513 | 43 | 115 | 6 | 45 | 0 | .224 | .309 | .308 | .617 |
| 1964 | HOU | 89 | 292 | 26 | 63 | 8 | 35 | 1 | .216 | .272 | .346 | .618 |
| 1965 | HOU | 131 | 410 | 43 | 105 | 14 | 63 | 3 | .256 | .339 | .412 | .751 |
| 1966 | HOU | 153 | 554 | 60 | 155 | 13 | 81 | 2 | .280 | .345 | .412 | .756 |
| 1967 | HOU | 149 | 546 | 71 | 182 | 10 | 74 | 0 | .333 | .398 | .473 | .871 |
| 1968 | HOU | 161 | 591 | 54 | 172 | 6 | 72 | 2 | .291 | .373 | .387 | .761 |
| 1969 |  WSH | 158 | 549 | 89 | 166 | 29 | 79 | 3 | .302 | .426 | .526 | .952 |
| 1970 | WSH | 160 | 569 | 98 | 156 | 30 | 94 | 12 | .274 | .394 | .497 | .891 |
| 1971 | WSH | 162 | 599 | 94 | 186 | 19 | 97 | 9 | .311 | .392 | .482 | .874 |
| 1972 |  NYM | 66 | 239 | 32 | 70 | 9 | 38 | 0 | .293 | .372 | .452 | .824 |
| 1973 | NYM | 152 | 585 | 77 | 163 | 15 | 76 | 1 | .279 | .361 | .421 | .781 |
| 1974 | NYM | 151 | 561 | 65 | 145 | 19 | 78 | 2 | .258 | .347 | .406 | .754 |
| 1975 | NYM | 155 | 574 | 93 | 162 | 19 | 105 | 2 | .282 | .371 | .448 | .818 |
| 1976 |  DET | 161 | 589 | 73 | 176 | 15 | 96 | 3 | .299 | .386 | .433 | .818 |
| 1977 | DET | 158 | 623 | 84 | 173 | 22 | 101 | 1 | .278 | .336 | .448 | .784 |
| 1978 | DET | 162 | 642 | 75 | 175 | 24 | 121 | 3 | .273 | .347 | .435 | .782 |
| 1979 | DET/WSH | 106 | 332 | 41 | 81 | 12 | 54 | 1 | .244 | .340 | .404 | .744 |
| 1980 |  TEX | 109 | 340 | 42 | 102 | 9 | 55 | 1 | .300 | .370 | .459 | .828 |
| 1981 | NYM | 70 | 161 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 21 | 1 | .317 | .398 | .466 | .864 |
| 1982 | NYM | 112 | 219 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .242 | .309 | .324 | .633 |
| 1983 | NYM | 104 | 115 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 0 | .296 | .371 | .426 | .797 |
| 1984 | NYM | 78 | 72 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .264 | .291 | .361 | .652 |
| 1985 | NYM | 54 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .267 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS