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Daniel Joseph Staub
Houston Astros
Outfield
Born: April 1, 1944, New Orleans, LA
Signed: Signed by the Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent, September 11, 1961
Major League Teams: Houson Colt .45s 1963-1964; Houston Astros 1965-1968; Montreal Expos 1969-1971; New York Mets 1972-1975; Detroit Tigers 1976-1979; Montreal Expos 1979; Texas Rangers 1980; New York Mets 1981-1985
Died: March 29, 2018, West Palm Beach, FL (age 73)
A professional hitter, Rusty Staub played parts of 23 seasons in the major leagues, making six All-Star teams and collecting 2,716 hits. Staub holds the distinction of being one of the first stars of two different franchises - the Colt .45s/Astros and Expos. He made his first two All-Star Games in 1967 and 1968 with the Astros, and led the league in 1967 with 44 doubles. Dealt to the expansion Expos before their inaugural 1969 season, Staub was about to embark on the best three years of his career. He belted a career-high 30 home runs in 1970, and he batted .296 in his three-year stint in Montreal, earning the affectionate nickname "Le Grand Orange." He was the centerpiece of a big trade with the Mets right before the start of the 1972 season, and in total he'd spend nine seasons in New York, in two different stints.
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Sports Cards Plus - Cooper City, FL) - Card #555
This is the 71st of 102 cards acquired for our set from the Baseball Card Sports Memorabilia Show, affectionately known as The Philly Show, held in the basement of the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia in early March. We went nuts and left the show needing only 12 more cards to complete our 1965 Topps set, and I wrote about the show in detail over at The Phillies Room. After our 51 card haul from Uncle Dick's, and with more card spending budget still in place, I set out to find another dealer with a binder of 1965 Topps cards with reasonable prices. I had purchased cards from Sports Cards Plus before, finding the last few cards needed for our 1971 Topps set from this dealer back in December 2019.
Settling in, we found 37 cards needed for our set with an average price per card working out to around $6. This lot, including this Staub card, consisted mostly of semi-stars and team cards. After paying for this mini haul, we were officially 13 cards away from a complete set, with one more purchase coming to end the day.
This Staub card completes the Astros team set, which can be viewed in all its (mostly) hatless glory here.
The Card / Astros Team Set
The Topps photographer who took this picture must have forgotten to ask Staub to remove his hat for a few photos, and as a result the .45s logo on the hat is simply colored over. He joins Nellie Fox (#485), Ken Johnson (#359), Larry Yellen (#292) and Larry Dierker (#409) as Astros players sporting all black hats in the set. The cartoon on the back of the card highlights Staub's high school basketball career in New Orleans. Staub's first career home run, referenced in the write-up on the back, came on June 3, 1963. It was a two-run shot off the Dodgers' Don Drysdale (#260) in the fourth inning, and the Colt .45s would go on to win the game, 2-1.
1965 Season
Staub was the most regularly used right fielder for the Astros, making 103 starts at the position and appearing in 131 games overall. He batted .256 with 20 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBIs.
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First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #544
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (22): 1963-1971, 1974-1986
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2012 Panini Golden Age #90
276 - Staub non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 8/11/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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