Showing posts with label Rusty Staub. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rusty Staub. Show all posts

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Rusty Staub timeline

Born: April 1, 1944
1961: Drafted by Houston Colt 45s
1961-2: Minor Leagues
Debut: April 9, 1963 (Colt 45s)
1963: Second teenager to play 150 games
1969: Traded to Montreal Expos
1969: .302, 29 HR, 79 RBI, .952 OPS
1972: Traded to New York Mets
1973: Mets win Pennant
1975: Traded to Detroit Tigers
1978: .273, 24 HR, 121 RBI, .782
1978: DH of the Year
1979: Traded to Expos
1980: Traded to Texas Rangers
1980: Signed by Mets
1983: 8 straight pinch hits and record 25 PH RBI
1986: Mets Hall of Fame
1997: Dropped off Hall of Fame Ballot (3.8%)
2012: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

Accomplishments
6x All Star
1978 DH of the Year
1983: June 19 Player of the Week
500 hits with 4 teams (record)
.279
292 HR
1466 RBI
1255 Walks-888 Strikeouts
.793 OPS
4185 TB
30+ Doubles: 7x
44 Doubles (Led League): 1967
20+ HR: 4x
30 HR (1970)
100+ RBI: 3x
100+ Walks: 2x
.300 Average: 3x
.526 SLG (1969)
Led league in Games: 2x
Postseason: .341, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 1.096 OPS (2 Series)

Monday, June 11, 2012

Mickey Lolich timeline

Born: September 12, 1940

1958: Signed by Tigers

1958-63: Minor Leagues

Debut: May 12, 1963 (Tigers)

1967: Lolich placed on National Guard duty during Detroit riots

1967: Tigers miss pennant by a game

1968: Tigers win World Series

1968: Lolich WS MVP (3 complete game wins)

1971: Won 25 games (Most for a pitcher to not win Cy Young Award)

1971: Struck out 308 batters

1972: Tigers win AL East (Lost LCS to A’s)

1975: Won 200th game

1975: Traded to the Mets for Rusty Staub

1978: Signed with Padres

1979: Released by Padres and retired

Post retirement: Ran donut shop in Lake Orion, MI

1999: Dropped off HOF ballot

2003: On Vet Committee HOF ballot, but did not achieve enough votes for induction

Accomplishments:

1968 World Champion

1968 WS MVP

3x All Star

217-191 record

3.44 ERA

2832 strikeouts

Won 15+ games: 8x

Won 20+ games: 2x

Won 25 games (1971)

Led league in wins (1971)

Led league in losses: 2x

Sub 3 ERA: 2x

Led league in GS (25): 1971

10+ CG: 9x

15+ CG: 6x

20+ CG: 3x

Led league in CG (29): 1971

Led league in SHO (6): 1967

41 career SHO

3638.1 IP

200+ IP: 12x

250+ IP: 6x

300+ IP: 4x

Led league in IP (376): 1971

200+ Strikeouts: 7x

308 strikeouts (1971)

Led league in strikeouts (1971)

Most strikeouts by lefty in AL History

Postseason: 3-1, 1.57 ERA, 5 games, 3 CG, 0.978 WHIP, 46 IP , 31 Ks