Off the field, Staub was a prominent humanitarian. In addition, he is the only major leaguer in history to achieve 500 hits with four different teams, and, along with Ty Cobb, Alex Rodriguez and Gary Sheffield, one of only four players in history to hit home runs in the majors before turning 20 years old after turning 40. In 1983, at age 39 with the Mets, he tied Dave Philley as the only players in baseball history with eight consecutive pinch hits. 279 average with 2,716 hits, 292 homers, 499 doubles and a major league record-tying 25 pinch hit RBI in 2,951 games over 23 seasons with Houston, the Montreal Expos, Mets, Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers from 1963-85. Staub’s legacy is immense, and will be immediately felt at Citi Field where the Mets open their season Thursday afternoon.Ī prolific hitter, Staub compiled a lifetime.
He was initially admitted with pneumonia, dehydration and an infection and spent the last eight weeks in the hospital. Thursday at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Palm Beach, Florida, due to multiple organ failure. home in late January and was later discovered to be suffering from cellulitis, which evolved into a blood infection that resulted in a shutdown of his kidneys. He reportedly became woozy while playing golf near his Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. The hulking 6-2 Staub, whose post-retirement weight fluctuated from 250-300 pounds, had battled a number of health issues in recent years, including a near-fatal heart attack, October 2, 2015, on a plane flight from Ireland to New York. In every way, Rusty Staub, the beloved Mets' hitting icon, who passed away early Thursday morning at age 73, was bigger than life - a bigger-than-life baseball personality, humanitarian, gourmet chef, wine connoisseur, friend-to-all and, to the fans of Montreal, quite simply, "Le Grand Orange."
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