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Rick Monday

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Full Name: Robert James Monday Primary Position: OF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/193 First Game: September 3, 1966
Birthdate: November 20, 1945 Final Game: June 20, 1984
Birthplace: Batesville, Arkansas MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Rick Monday (Robert James Monday) was born on November 20, 1945 in Batesville, Arkansas. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1966 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1967, his rookie year, he hit .251 with 14 home runs and 58 RBI. Monday played for the Kansas City Athletics, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 19 year career.

Most people believe that Rick Monday's best season was 1976, when he slugged 32 home runs and knocked in 77 runs.

Monday was the first player taken in the first round of the first amatuer draft in 1965. He's best known for stopping to fans from burning the American Flag on the field at Dodger Stadium.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1966 KC A 17 41 4 4 0 2 .098 .213 .171 1 1 6 16 0 0 1 0 0
1967 KC A 124 406 52 102 14 58 .251 .322 .419 14 6 42 107 2 5 3 2 5
1968 OAK A 148 482 56 132 8 49 .274 .371 .402 24 7 72 143 4 2 14 7 5
1969 OAK A 122 399 57 108 12 54 .271 .388 .424 17 4 72 100 5 4 12 11 6
1970 OAK A 112 376 63 109 10 37 .290 .387 .457 19 7 58 99 2 5 17 0 8
1971 OAK A 116 355 53 87 18 56 .245 .335 .439 9 3 49 93 0 3 6 5 5
1972 CHI N 138 434 68 108 11 42 .249 .362 .399 22 5 78 102 1 3 12 8 4
1973 CHI N 149 554 93 148 26 56 .267 .372 .469 24 5 92 124 1 3 5 7 3
1974 CHI N 142 538 84 158 20 58 .294 .375 .467 19 7 70 94 2 4 7 6 4
1975 CHI N 136 491 89 131 17 60 .267 .373 .446 29 4 83 95 1 7 8 12 8
1976 CHI N 137 534 107 145 32 77 .272 .346 .507 20 5 60 125 2 2 5 8 7
1977 LA N 118 392 47 90 15 48 .230 .330 .383 13 1 60 109 0 2 1 6 4
1978 LA N 119 342 54 87 19 57 .254 .348 .468 14 1 49 100 1 3 2 11 4
1979 LA N 12 33 2 10 0 2 .303 .395 .303 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 1
1980 LA N 96 194 35 52 10 25 .268 .363 .469 7 1 28 49 1 0 2 3 1
1981 LA N 66 130 24 41 11 25 .315 .423 .608 1 2 24 42 1 0 1 3 0
1982 LA N 104 210 37 54 11 42 .257 .372 .481 6 4 39 51 1 1 2 6 3
1983 LA N 99 178 21 44 6 20 .247 .351 .399 7 1 29 42 0 0 0 9 3
1984 LA N 31 47 4 9 1 7 .191 .309 .298 2 0 8 16 0 2 0 3 0
Total NL 1347 4077 665 1077 179 519 .264 .362 .454 164 36 625 955 11 27 45 82 42
Total AL 639 2059 285 542 62 256 .263 .359 .422 84 28 299 558 13 19 53 25 29
Total 1986 6136 950 1619 241 775 .264 .361 .443 248 64 924 1513 24 46 98 107 71

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1966 KC A CF 15 11 107 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1966 KC A OF 15 11 107 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1967 KC A LF 3 2 18 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 KC A OF 113 107 945.1 260 14 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1967 KC A CF 110 105 927.1 255 11 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1968 OAK A OF 144 134 1183.2 299 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1968 OAK A CF 144 134 1183.2 298 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1969 OAK A OF 119 111 1018.2 262 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1969 OAK A CF 119 111 1018.2 257 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1970 OAK A CF 109 99 892 251 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1970 OAK A OF 109 99 892 257 3 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1971 OAK A OF 111 95 893 238 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1971 OAK A CF 111 95 893 239 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1972 CHI N OF 134 123 1107 268 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1972 CHI N CF 132 121 1088.2 266 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .996
1972 CHI N RF 2 2 18.1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CHI N OF 148 144 1265 317 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1973 CHI N CF 148 144 1265 318 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1974 CHI N CF 139 135 1210.2 304 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1974 CHI N OF 139 135 1210.2 302 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1975 CHI N OF 131 131 1152 315 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1975 CHI N CF 131 131 1152 311 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1976 CHI N OF 103 100 896 278 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1976 CHI N LF 5 4 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 CHI N CF 99 96 861 277 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1976 CHI N 1B 32 31 285.1 309 22 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1977 LA N 1B 3 0 10 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 LA N OF 115 112 933.2 208 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1977 LA N CF 115 112 933.2 209 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1978 LA N CF 80 74 585 154 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1978 LA N 1B 1 0 5.2 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 LA N RF 31 16 162.2 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 LA N OF 104 96 812 209 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1978 LA N LF 11 6 64.1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1979 LA N RF 3 2 14.2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1979 LA N OF 10 10 77.2 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1979 LA N CF 8 8 63 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1980 LA N RF 27 18 164.2 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .951
1980 LA N OF 50 45 373 92 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1980 LA N LF 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 LA N CF 31 27 205.1 54 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .982
1981 LA N RF 37 29 246 47 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1981 LA N LF 6 2 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1981 LA N OF 41 31 266 50 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1982 LA N RF 41 34 280.2 51 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1982 LA N LF 18 15 122 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1982 LA N OF 58 49 402.2 62 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1982 LA N 1B 4 3 28.1 24 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 LA N OF 44 39 301.1 62 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1983 LA N 1B 4 1 19.1 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1983 LA N RF 31 27 205 46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1983 LA N LF 14 12 96.1 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1984 LA N OF 2 2 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1984 LA N 1B 10 7 70 72 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1984 LA N RF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1984 LA N LF 2 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total CF 1491 1403 12386 3245 73 65 20 0 0 0 0 0 .981
Total RF 173 128 1094 228 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .967
Total LF 60 43 368.2 55 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total 1B 54 42 418.2 444 32 5 24 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total OF 1690 1574 13848.2 3534 86 76 21 0 0 0 0 0 .979

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Kansas City Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965 - signed June 15, 1965).
  • Traded by Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Ken Holtzman (November 29, 1971).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs with Mike Garman to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Bill Buckner, Ivan De Jesus and Jeff Albert (January 11, 1977).
  • Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
  • Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 2, 1981).
  • Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 22, 1984).

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