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Rusty Staub played 23 major-league seasons (1963-1985) as a OF (1,675), 1B (426). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 24 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 19 | HOU | 150 | 513 | 43 | 115 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 59 | 58 | .224 | .617 | 85 |
| 1964 | 20 | HOU | 89 | 292 | 26 | 63 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 31 | .216 | .618 | 79 |
| 1965 | 21 | HOU | 131 | 410 | 43 | 105 | 14 | 63 | 3 | 52 | 57 | .256 | .751 | 119 |
| 1966 | 22 | HOU | 153 | 554 | 60 | 155 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 58 | 61 | .280 | .756 | 116 |
| 1967 | 23 | HOU | 149 | 546 | 71 | 182 | 10 | 74 | 0 | 60 | 47 | .333 | .871 | 158 |
| 1968 | 24 | HOU | 161 | 591 | 54 | 172 | 6 | 72 | 2 | 73 | 57 | .291 | .761 | 137 |
| 1969 | 25 | MON | 158 | 549 | 89 | 166 | 29 | 79 | 3 | 110 | 61 | .302 | .952 | 175 |
| 1970 | 26 | MON | 160 | 569 | 98 | 156 | 30 | 94 | 12 | 112 | 93 | .274 | .891 | 146 |
| 1971 | 27 | MON | 162 | 599 | 94 | 186 | 19 | 97 | 9 | 74 | 42 | .311 | .874 | 155 |
| 1972 | 28 | NYN | 66 | 239 | 32 | 70 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 13 | .293 | .824 | 142 |
| 1973 | 29 | NYN | 152 | 585 | 77 | 163 | 15 | 76 | 1 | 74 | 52 | .279 | .781 | 124 |
| 1974 | 30 | NYN | 151 | 561 | 65 | 145 | 19 | 78 | 2 | 77 | 39 | .258 | .754 | 117 |
| 1975 | 31 | NYN | 155 | 574 | 93 | 162 | 19 | 105 | 2 | 77 | 55 | .282 | .818 | 135 |
| 1976 | 32 | DET | 161 | 589 | 73 | 176 | 15 | 96 | 3 | 83 | 49 | .299 | .818 | 140 |
| 1977 | 33 | DET | 158 | 623 | 84 | 173 | 22 | 101 | 1 | 59 | 47 | .278 | .784 | 112 |
| 1978 | 34 | DET | 162 | 642 | 75 | 175 | 24 | 121 | 3 | 76 | 35 | .273 | .782 | 119 |
| 1979 | 35 | DET | 68 | 246 | 32 | 58 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 32 | 18 | .236 | .733 | 98 |
| 1979 | 35 | MON | 38 | 86 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .267 | .773 | 119 |
| 1980 | 36 | TEX | 109 | 340 | 42 | 102 | 9 | 55 | 1 | 39 | 18 | .300 | .828 | 126 |
| 1981 | 37 | NYN | 70 | 161 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 12 | .317 | .864 | 153 |
| 1982 | 38 | NYN | 112 | 219 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 10 | .242 | .633 | 84 |
| 1983 | 39 | NYN | 104 | 115 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .296 | .797 | 129 |
| 1984 | 40 | NYN | 78 | 72 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .264 | .652 | 89 |
| 1985 | 41 | NYN | 54 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 4 | .267 | .800 | 133 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1B | 109 | 94 | 881 | 58 | 10 | 52 |
| 1963 | OF | 49 | 46 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1964 | 1B | 49 | 47 | 442 | 27 | 4 | 34 |
| 1964 | OF | 38 | 32 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1965 | OF | 112 | 105 | 202 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 1965 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 148 | 147 | 289 | 13 | 12 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1967 | OF | 144 | 144 | 269 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
| 1968 | 1B | 147 | 146 | 1313 | 93 | 11 | 100 |
| 1968 | OF | 15 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 156 | 154 | 265 | 16 | 10 | 2 |
| 1970 | OF | 160 | 156 | 308 | 14 | 5 | 4 |
| 1971 | OF | 162 | 155 | 290 | 20 | 18 | 5 |
| 1972 | OF | 65 | 65 | 108 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1973 | OF | 152 | 150 | 297 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| 1974 | OF | 147 | 146 | 262 | 19 | 5 | 5 |
| 1975 | OF | 153 | 153 | 267 | 15 | 4 | 3 |
| 1976 | OF | 126 | 125 | 218 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 1979 | 1B | 22 | 22 | 155 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 1979 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1B | 30 | 27 | 243 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 1980 | OF | 14 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1B | 41 | 40 | 339 | 20 | 4 | 26 |
| 1982 | OF | 27 | 27 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1B | 18 | 18 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 1983 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1983 | OF | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1B | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Rusty Staub won: TSN All-Star 1978 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1975, 1972, 1971, 1969, 1967, 1966.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 4 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 12 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 38 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 11 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 27 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 20 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 88 / 392 | 0 |
Rusty Staub ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #81 | right fielders | 1969 | 175 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.