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• #RUSTY STAUB SERIES#

At the end of that day, the Mets were 31-12. The Mets continued to play well until Staub got hit on the hand with a pitch from future teammate George Stone on June 3rd. 886 OPS and the Mets had the best record in baseball at 20-7. And what most people forget is that Fregosi actually got off to a hot start that year with the Mets. But injuries kept Fregosi from performing as he had in the AL. The story has evolved into Fregosi was a bum who could not handle the move from shortstop to third base. The other big move sent three players to the Expos for Staub, who like Fregosi had been a very productive player for a number of seasons, but who was even two years younger at age 28. The first was packaging four players to the Angels for Jim Fregosi, who had been a star for a decade in the American League and who was coming into his age 30 season. The Mets made two trades to bolster their offense for 1972. The 1971 squad finished eighth in the 12-team National League with 588 runs scored, 200 behind the league-leading Pirates, who won the National League East.

#RUSTY STAUB SERIES#

While everyone thinks immediately that the one that brought him to Shea was the worst of the two, the deal that sent him packing needs to be reviled, too.Īfter winning the World Series in 1969, the Mets had back-to-back 83-win seasons and third-place finishes. But with the benefit of hindsight, we know both were bad trades.

At the time, most Mets fans were okay with both transactions. However, Staub was involved in controversial deals both when the Mets first acquired him and when they gave him away. While many fans remember him as the team’s plump pinch-hitter in his second go-round, he was the driving offensive force behind the 1973 team that reached the World Series and the Mets might have reached the series the year before if Staub had stayed healthy. Rusty Staub played for the Mets from 1972-1975 and again from 1981-1985 and was a very popular player in both stints with the club.