Roy Joseph Staiger (born January 6, 1950) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman.

[1] Staiger was born & raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was a standout athlete at Will Rogers High School.

Staiger's improved production prompted the Mets to use him, who had split the 1970 season pretty evenly between second, third and shortstop, primarily at third base in 1971.

When Staiger made his major league debut on September 12, against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium, he became the 50th third baseman in Mets history.

In 73 games with Tidewater he batted .287 with 15 home runs to earn a call back up to the Mets that September.

Staiger was traded by the Mets to their cross-town rival New York Yankees for Sergio Ferrer at the Winter Meetings on December 9, 1977.

Though he batted .283 with 19 home runs and 85 RBIs, it was not enough to earn him a call up to the World Series champions that September.

In his second game as a Yankee, Staiger missed a hit and run call, resulting in a triple play.