'But one of the nurses nicknamed him Rusty for the red fuzz he had all over his head, and it stuck.

Joan Payson the decisions that followed crumbled the you gotta believe Mets. 'I wanted to name him Daniel so I could call him Danny for short,' said his mother. In 1975 the New York Mets lost their owner Mrs. Do you know hit 56 doubles that year? ĭid you know that when Rusty Staub played in 162 games in 1971, it was the first time a Montreal Expos player ever appeared in 162 games during a regular season? It was also the only time the Expos ever had an outfielder-left, right, or center-take the field in 162 games!ĭid you know that Rusty Staub drove in 121 runs in 1978, second most ( Top 25) in the American League, most by a designated hitter that season, earning Le Grande Orange the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award - the first Detroit Tigers lefty to receive the honor? Do you know who their first righty recipient was? ĭid you know that Ty Cobb, Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez and Rusty Staub are the only players to hit a home run as a teenager and after turning forty? Did you notice, when looking at Staub's stats, that he had at least home run in all 23 years he played, third most behind Rickey Henderson (25 seasons) and Ty Cobb (24 seasons)?ĭid you know that Rusty Staub got his nickname when he was born, not by his parents, but by a nurse? The story appeared in Baseball: The Biographical Encyclopedia (Matthew Silverman, Total Sports Publishing, May 2000, ,077), 'Daniel Joseph Staub came across his nickname very early.

Rusty Staub Miscellaneous Items of Interestĭid you know that Rusty Staub had 792 hits with the Houston Astros, 531 hits with the Montreal Expos, 709 hits with the New York Mets and 582 hits with the Detroit Tigers, making him the first player in Major League history with 500+ hits with four different Major League teams?ĭid you know that when Rusty Staub hit 44 doubles in 1967, it was the first time a Houston Astros player ever led the league in doubles? It was also the franchise record for doubles in a season until Jeff Bagwell hit 48 two-baggers in 1996, since broken as well, in 1999.

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