279 with 17 homers and 70 RBIs. With apologies to Rusty Staub, who played two seasons at first but three in right field (see below), Walt Bond gets the nod. In his two seasons, Bond hit ...

The Expos sent first baseman Donn Clendenon and another player to Houston for Rusty Staub. But a month later, Clendenon, who was 32, decided to retire to become an executive at Scipto, a pen company.

In a controversial trade with the Montreal Expos, Astros star outfielder Rusty Staub is traded for outfielder Jesus Alou and first baseman Donn Clendenon. This trade all came crashing down for the ...