Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1963
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1963
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,951
- AB
- 9,720
- R
- 1,189
- H
- 2,716
- HR
- 292
- RBI
- 1,466
- SB
- 47
- AVG
- .279
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | HOU | 150 | 513 | 43 | 115 | 6 | 45 | 0 | .224 |
| 1964 | HOU | 89 | 292 | 26 | 63 | 8 | 35 | 1 | .216 |
| 1965 | HOU | 131 | 410 | 43 | 105 | 14 | 63 | 3 | .256 |
| 1966 | HOU | 153 | 554 | 60 | 155 | 13 | 81 | 2 | .280 |
| 1967 | HOU | 149 | 546 | 71 | 182 | 10 | 74 | 0 | .333 |
| 1968 | HOU | 161 | 591 | 54 | 172 | 6 | 72 | 2 | .291 |
| 1969 | WSH | 158 | 549 | 89 | 166 | 29 | 79 | 3 | .302 |
| 1970 | WSH | 160 | 569 | 98 | 156 | 30 | 94 | 12 | .274 |
| 1971 | WSH | 162 | 599 | 94 | 186 | 19 | 97 | 9 | .311 |
| 1972 | NYM | 66 | 239 | 32 | 70 | 9 | 38 | 0 | .293 |
| 1973 | NYM | 152 | 585 | 77 | 163 | 15 | 76 | 1 | .279 |
| 1974 | NYM | 151 | 561 | 65 | 145 | 19 | 78 | 2 | .258 |
| 1975 | NYM | 155 | 574 | 93 | 162 | 19 | 105 | 2 | .282 |
| 1976 | DET | 161 | 589 | 73 | 176 | 15 | 96 | 3 | .299 |
| 1977 | DET | 158 | 623 | 84 | 173 | 22 | 101 | 1 | .278 |
| 1978 | DET | 162 | 642 | 75 | 175 | 24 | 121 | 3 | .273 |
| 1979 |  DET/WSH | 106 | 332 | 41 | 81 | 12 | 54 | 1 | .244 |
| 1980 | TEX | 109 | 340 | 42 | 102 | 9 | 55 | 1 | .300 |
| 1981 | NYM | 70 | 161 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 21 | 1 | .317 |
| 1982 | NYM | 112 | 219 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 27 | 0 | .242 |
| 1983 | NYM | 104 | 115 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 0 | .296 |
| 1984 | NYM | 78 | 72 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .264 |
| 1985 | NYM | 54 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .267 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- AB
- 41
- R
- 5
- H
- 14
- HR
- 4
- RBI
- 11
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .341
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 11,229
- TB
- 4,185
- XBH
- 838
- HBP
- 79
- IBB
- 193
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | HOU | 585 | 158 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | HOU | 320 | 101 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | HOU | 470 | 169 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | HOU | 628 | 228 | 44 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | HOU | 621 | 258 | 55 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | HOU | 682 | 229 | 44 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | WSH | 673 | 289 | 60 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | WSH | 699 | 283 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | WSH | 690 | 289 | 59 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | NYM | 278 | 108 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | NYM | 666 | 246 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | NYM | 649 | 228 | 43 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | NYM | 670 | 257 | 53 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | DET | 690 | 255 | 46 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | DET | 695 | 279 | 59 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | DET | 734 | 279 | 55 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | DET/WSH | 389 | 134 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | TEX | 388 | 156 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NYM | 186 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM | 250 | 71 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYM | 132 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | 79 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYM | 55 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 41.6
- RC
- 1634.2
- RC/27
- 6.10
- ISOP
- .151
- SECA
- .282
- BB/K
- 1.41
- AB/HR
- 33.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | HOU | 0.2 | 54.4 | 3.6 | .084 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 85.5 | 0 |
| 1964 | HOU | -0.6 | 29 | 3.3 | .130 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 36.5 | 0 |
| 1965 | HOU | 1.4 | 62.7 | 5.4 | .156 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 29.3 | 0 |
| 1966 | HOU | 3.4 | 84.5 | 5.5 | .132 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 42.6 | 0 |
| 1967 | HOU | 4.9 | 104.8 | 7.4 | .139 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 54.6 | 0 |
| 1968 | HOU | 3.0 | 94.3 | 5.9 | .096 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 98.5 | 0 |
| 1969 | WSH | 6.1 | 127.4 | 8.8 | .224 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 0 |
| 1970 | WSH | 6.0 | 117.1 | 7.2 | .223 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1971 | WSH | 5.5 | 117.7 | 7.5 | .172 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 31.5 | 0 |
| 1972 | NYM | 0.6 | 42.9 | 6.6 | .159 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 26.6 | 0 |
| 1973 | NYM | 1.9 | 95 | 6 | .142 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 39 | 0 |
| 1974 | NYM | -0.1 | 87 | 5.5 | .148 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 29.5 | 0 |
| 1975 | NYM | 2.7 | 103.2 | 6.6 | .166 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 30.2 | 0 |
| 1976 | DET | 2.5 | 107.4 | 6.8 | .134 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 39.3 | 0 |
| 1977 | DET | 0.7 | 99 | 5.8 | .170 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 28.3 | 0 |
| 1978 | DET | 1.4 | 104.6 | 5.9 | .162 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 26.8 | 0 |
| 1979 | DET/WSH | 0.1 | 50.8 | 5.3 | .160 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 27.7 | 0 |
| 1980 | TEX | 1.2 | 60.9 | 6.7 | .159 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 37.8 | 0 |
| 1981 | NYM | 0.9 | 31.7 | 7.6 | .149 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 32.2 | 0 |
| 1982 | NYM | -0.7 | 24.9 | 3.9 | .082 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 73 | 0 |
| 1983 | NYM | 0.4 | 19.7 | 6.4 | .130 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 38.3 | 0 |
| 1984 | NYM | -0.2 | 8.2 | 4 | .097 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 72 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYM | 0.3 | 8.2 | 6.7 | .133 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 45 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Rusty Staub's career stats?
Rusty Staub played 23 seasons for the Astros, the Nationals, the Mets, the Tigers and the Rangers. He was a career .279 hitter with 2,716 hits, 292 home runs and 1,466 RBI. His best season was 1967: a .333 batting average, 10 home runs and 74 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
23 seasons, 1 postseason, 1963 to 1985
Rusty Staub finished top 10 in a stat 9 times.
All-time career rank
- 180th in home runs (292)
- 64th in hits (2,716)
- 51st in rbi (1,466)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 1967 (5th), 1968 (10th)
- RBI: 1971 (9th), 1975 (6th), 1976 (8th), 1978 (2nd)
- Hits: 1967 (9th), 1971 (8th)
- OPS: 1969 (10th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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