Rusty Staub, an outfielder, first baseman, and DH between 1963-1985, had 500 hits for 4 different teams (792 hits for the Houston Astros, 531 hits for the Montreal Expos, 582 hits for the Detroit Tigers, and 709 hits for the New York Mets).
It was someone from: Izmit, Kocaeli, Turkey. Could it be Diocletian?
Izmit is situated in the Northwest Anatolia (Marmara region).
Situation and Importance: This busy provincial town at the eastern end of the Gulf of Izmit (formerly known as the Gulf of Astakos) is a major industrial center with factories not only in the immediate vicinity but also in the nearby towns around the Gulf (automobiles, metal-processing, chemicals; Yarimca: ironworks, Ipraz oil refinery). The dockyards of Gölcük on the opposite side of the gulf combine with Izmit to create a military base and garrison of considerable importance. As the town lies on one of Turkey's tectonic fault lines, it has often been affected by serious earthquakes and most of the buildings are modern.
History: Once the residence of emperors Hadrian and Diocletian, the town stands on the site of the Bithynian capital Nikomedeia, which was founded in 264 B.C. by Nikomedes I. A short distance to the northwest stood Astakos or Olbia, a city which was founded by the Megarans and later destroyed by the Thracian Lysimachos. An earthquake obliterated the old settlement in A.D. 358, but magnificent new temples and other public buildings which became famous for their statues adorned the rebuilt Nikomedeia. One life-sized ivory statue of Nikomedes was taken to Rome by Trajan. In 74 B.C., the city fell under Roman influence. Between A.D. 111 and 113, Pliny the Younger became the Roman governor of Bithynia and was resident here. In A.D. 259 after its destruction by the Goths, the city was rebuilt in its original splendor by Diocletian as the capital of his tetrarchy. Under Constantine it rivaled Rome or Alexandria in importance. In 1386 the city became a part of the Ottoman Empire.
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