Minor League Career
Staiger began his professional career with the Mets' class-A minor league team in Visalia in 1970. That season he played 76 games, with a batting average of .239, 7 home runs and 34 runs batted in.
In 1971 he played a second season at Visalia. That season he played 139 games, and his batting average improved to .282. He also improved to 19 home runs and 83 runs batted in. This earned him a promotion to the Mets' class-AA team, the Memphis Blues in 1972.
At Memphis in 1972, Staiger played in 81 games. He once again had a batting average of .282. But with only 3 home runs, his slugging percentage was just .379 and he registered an on-base percentage of .306.
For the 1973 season, Staiger was promoted to the Mets' class-AAA team, the Tidewater Tides. In 136 games, Staiger had a batting average of .249, a slugging percentage of .339 and an on-base percentage of .302. Although the Mets had several injuries to their infielders on the Major League team, Staiger was not called up to the majors during the season although several other Tidewater infielders — Brian Ostrosser and Lute Barnes — did receive time in the majors that season.
Staiger returned to Tidewater in 1974. Again he played in 136 games, and he improved his batting average to .272, his slugging percentage to .343 and his on-base percentage to .343. Again, he was not called up to the Mets major league team that season.
Staiger played for Tidewater a third consecutive season in 1975. In 137 games he improved his batting average and slugging percentage again to .282 and .418, respectively. This earned Staiger a promotion to the Mets major league team that September.
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