Rusty Staub

Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub (April 1, 1944 – March 29, 2018) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder, designated hitter, and first baseman and philanthropist. He has a 23-year baseball career with 5 different teams. He was an original member of the Montreal Expos.^[1]

Rusty Staub
Staub at Citi Field in 2010.
Right fielder / Designated hitter / First baseman
Born: (1944-04-01)April 1, 1944 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: March 29, 2018(2018-03-29) (aged 73) West Palm Beach, Florida
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 9, 1963, for the Houston Colt .45s
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 1985, for the New York Mets
MLB statistics
Batting average	.279
Hits	2,716
Home runs	292
Runs batted in	1,466
Teams
Houston Colt .45s / Astros (1963–1968) Montreal Expos (1969–1971) New York Mets (1972–1975) Detroit Tigers (1976–1979) Montreal Expos (1979) Texas Rangers (1980) New York Mets (1981–1985)
Career highlights and awards
6× All-Star (1967–1971, 1976) Montreal Expos #10 retired New York Mets Hall of Fame

Staub also played for the Houston Colt .45s, the New York Mets, the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees.

On April 4, 1986, Staub established the Rusty Staub Foundation to provide educational scholarships for youth and fight hunger.^[2]

In 1986, Staub founded the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund, which supports the families of New York City police officers, firefighters, Port Authority police, and emergency medical personnel who were killed in the line of duty.^[3]

In July 2006, Staub teamed with Mascot Books to publish his first children's book, Hello, Mr. Met.

Staub died on March 29, 2018 of multiple organ failure complicated by respiratory tract infection-related pneumonia in West Palm Beach, Florida at the age of 73.^[4]