Rusty Staub
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Staub, Rusty
label: referenced
content: Houston Astros
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: 1964 Topps round, metal, silver colored bottle cap #96 with a color photograph of Rusty Staub, first baseman of the Houston Colt .45s on the front and statistics on reverse.
label: Description
content: Rusty Staub was one of many All-Stars on milk bottle caps to encourage fans to acquire each cap in the collection. Staub was a first baseman and outfielder for various teams, including the Astros (1963-68), Expos (1969-71, 1979), Mets (1972-75, 1981-85), Tigers (1976-79), and Rangers (1980). He played on the National League All-Star teams from 1967 to 1971 and the American League All-Star team in 1976. In both 1966 and 1967, Staub earned the Astros Most Valuable Player award. Between 1986 and 1995, Staub was a TV announcer for Mets games. In 1993, the Expos retired his number. Staub was inducted to the Mets Hall of Fame in 1986, the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.037
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.037
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm