Email a copy of 'Jack Of All Trades: Rusty Staub' to a friend
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Email a copy of 'Jack Of All Trades: Rusty Staub' to a friend
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venn177
Hahaaaaaa, awesome.
Poor dude.
aap212
I love Rusty Staub, but using his OPS+ to compare him to a catcher and a stellar centerfielder is a little goofy. Staub is a beloved guy, and his bat gives him a chair in the Harold Baines Hall of Very Good. That’s enough.
Guest
interesting stat billman…griffey was close to being the 4th
Stephen S
My Favorite Met growing up… and one of the best pinch hitters ever..
johnsilver
Didn’t he have the mets record for games played at 1b for awhile back in the mid 70’s or some other record? maybe games played? i always remember that curly red hair of his though… yeah.. he was a good ball player..
PL
You think Staub was abused, um, Dick Allen had a CAREER 156 OPS+ and was traded 5 times too.
PL
You think Staub was abused, um, Dick Allen had a CAREER 156 OPS+ and was traded 5 times too.
jimboslice9
With all the stories I’ve heard about Staub, I wish I could be about 30 years older, just so I could see him play. Replays of tapes of Mets games from the sixties and seventies don’t really do anyone justice, and I just wish I could have seen the real thing.
I Want Rebates
Loved that no matter how cold it was at Shea or Jarry, he never wore long sleeves or batting gloves… Can’t imagine him with the suit of armor that Bonds wore…
I Want Rebates
Loved that no matter how cold it was at Shea or Jarry, he never wore long sleeves or batting gloves… Can’t imagine him with the suit of armor that Bonds wore…
Chris Bullock
Actually, the Expos didn’t retire Staub’s #10; they retired Andre Dawson’s #10 after he left.
Jeff Watson
Actually both #10 for Dawson and #10 for Staub are retired. They both played on the 1979 Expos but Stabb wore #6 that year.
Chris Bullock
Actually, the Expos didn’t retire Staub’s #10; they retired Andre Dawson’s #10 after he left.
Patrick Newman
Kudos on this series, I’m enjoying it. Can you guys do David Cone at some point? Coney got traded quite a bit for a pitcher of his caliber, at least until settling in with the Yankees in the mid-90’s.
Patrick Newman
Kudos on this series, I’m enjoying it. Can you guys do David Cone at some point? Coney got traded quite a bit for a pitcher of his caliber, at least until settling in with the Yankees in the mid-90’s.
hoopmatch
Since headline for this piece is “Jack of all trades,” it would be funny if you put together a companion piece called “Trade of all Jacks” in which a trade involving two or more players named Jack took place.
hoopmatch
Since headline for this piece is “Jack of all trades,” it would be funny if you put together a companion piece called “Trade of all Jacks” in which a trade involving two or more players named Jack took place.
bluejaysstatsgeek
This brings back memories of watching the Expos with my dad. Thank you.
shephill
Although his past as an Astro was nothing of mention in this article, as a very young (12 when they traded him) but budding baseball fan, I remember idolizing Rusty Staub. He was about the only Astro who made headlines, their only legit star. Being young, and having nothing like the internet to keep up with him after he left (except perhaps a baseball card), I never knew what he went on to accomplish. Great little article. Great memories. Thanks.
shephill
Although his past as an Astro was nothing of mention in this article, as a very young (12 when they traded him) but budding baseball fan, I remember idolizing Rusty Staub. He was about the only Astro who made headlines, their only legit star. Being young, and having nothing like the internet to keep up with him after he left (except perhaps a baseball card), I never knew what he went on to accomplish. Great little article. Great memories. Thanks.
Hondo33
Little trivia…when he was a Houston Colt ’45 he taught pitcher Hal Woodeshick how to throw a slider which helped resurrect the veteran pitcher’s career. What an amazing man!
todd70
I always told Rusty that instead of signing with the Mets in his later years as a pinch hitter, he needed to sign with Toronto and be their DH. Rustry was loved in Canada, Toronto needed a DH and with an additional 1,000 at bats or so; Rusty would be extremely high up on all time records. However, Rusty went to NY because he loved to cook and he could run his restaurant at 73rd and 3rd.