NEW YORK, New York -- Longtime New York Mets hitter Rusty Staub, who tallied 2,716 hits in a 23-year baseball career, died Thursday at the age of 73. Staub played for five major league teams from 1963 ...

Rusty Staub, the New Orleans native who enjoyed a 23-year career in Major League Baseball as a star for the New York Mets and Montreal Expos and three other teams, has died. He was 73. Staub had been ...

Rusty Staub, left, shakes hands with Gary Carter. Both played for the New York Mets and Montreal Expos. A big sitdown Former Met and Expo Rusty Staub talks with Monsignor Peter Finn before the start ...

Rusty Staub, the red-haired New Orleans native who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73. He ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The city said its goodbyes to a Mets icon on Wednesday. The memorial mass for Rusty Staub was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral and led by Archbishop Timothy Dolan, CBS2's Steve ...

NEW YORK — Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73.

Three years after his death, Rusty Staub lives in the hearts of those who loved him. The revered Mets star endures in the home of Theresa Giammona, whose firefighter husband died on 9/11 in the Twin ...

DETROIT -- Rusty Staub, the orange-haired outfielder who became a huge hit with baseball fans in two countries during an All-Star career that spanned 23 major league seasons, died Thursday. He was 73.

Rusty Staub passed away Thursday, leaving a legend and an impact on New York that were both outsized, like his game. He was beloved as a man as much as a Met. “It’s a sad day for the Mets. Ironic that ...

For all Rusty Staub’s success swinging a bat, the iconic Mets player was even better wielding a checkbook. Staub, who died last month at age 73, was honored at a Wednesday memorial Mass as both ...