Rick Monday | Major Leaguer 1966-1984

Full Name: Robert James Monday
Born: November 20,1945 in Batesville, Mississippi
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Santa Monica (Santa Monica,CA)
College: Arizona State University

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Drafted: Selected by Kansas City Athletics in 1st Round (1st overall) of 1965 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Nov 29,1971] - Traded by Athletics to Cubs for Ken Holtzman. [Jan 11,1977] - Traded by Cubs with Mike Garman to Dodgers for Jeff Albert, Ivan DeJesus and Bill Buckner. [Nov 13,1981] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 2,1981] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Jun 22,1984] - Released by Dodgers.

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1965	Lewiston	Nwest	19	Kca	A-			72	247	45	67	12	2	13	44										.271	---	.494	---	--
1966	Mobile	Sou	20	Kca	AA			127	469	86	125	16	10	23	72										.267	---	.490	---	--
	KC A's	AL	20	Kca	MLB	of	2,6,7	17	41	4	4	1	1	0	2	1	1	6	16	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.213	.171	384	35%
1967	KC A's	AL	21	Kca	MLB	of	2,4,3	124	406	52	102	14	6	14	58	3	6	42	107	2	2	5	4	5	.251	.322	.419	741	55%
1968	Oakland	AL	22	Oak	MLB	of	3	148	482	56	132	24	7	8	49	14	6	72	143	4	7	2	3	5	.274	.371	.402	773	59%
1969	Oakland	AL	23	Oak	MLB	of	6,7	122	399	57	108	17	4	12	54	12	3	72	100	5	11	4	1	6	.271	.388	.424	812	56%
1970	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	of	2	112	376	63	109	19	7	10	37	17	11	58	99	2	0	5	1	8	.290	.387	.457	844	64%
1971	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	of	6	116	355	53	87	9	3	18	56	6	9	49	93	0	5	3	2	5	.245	.335	.439	774	53%
1972	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	of	6,5	138	434	68	108	22	5	11	42	12	9	78	102	1	8	3	4	4	.249	.362	.399	761	54%
1973	Chi Cubs	NL	27	Chc	MLB	of	1	149	554	93	148	24	5	26	56	5	12	92	124	1	7	3	1	3	.267	.372	.469	841	52%
1974	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	of	2,1,5	142	538	84	158	19	7	20	58	7	9	70	94	2	6	4	3	4	.294	.375	.467	842	50%
1975	Chi Cubs	NL	29	Chc	MLB	of	2,4	136	491	89	131	29	4	17	60	8	3	83	95	1	12	7	1	8	.267	.373	.446	819	45%
1976	Chi Cubs	NL	30	Chc	MLB	of	1	137	534	107	145	20	5	32	77	5	9	60	125	2	8	2	3	7	.272	.346	.507	853	59%
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	of	6	118	392	47	90	13	1	15	48	1	4	60	109	0	6	2	2	4	.230	.330	.383	713	51%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	of	7	119	342	54	87	14	1	19	57	2	4	49	100	1	11	3	2	4	.254	.348	.468	816	50%
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	of	7	12	33	2	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	.303	.395	.303	698	44%
1980	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	of	9,6	96	194	35	52	7	1	10	25	2	2	28	49	1	3	0	0	1	.268	.363	.469	832	52%
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	of	9,6,3	66	130	24	41	1	2	11	25	1	2	24	42	1	3	0	1	0	.315	.423	.608	1031	59%
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	of	9,4	104	210	37	54	6	4	11	42	2	1	39	51	1	6	1	3	3	.257	.372	.481	853	49%
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	of	9	99	178	21	44	7	1	6	20	0	0	29	42	0	9	0	1	3	.247	.351	.399	750	55%
1984	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	1b	9	31	47	4	9	2	0	1	7	0	0	8	16	0	3	2	0	0	.191	.309	.298	607	59%

Major League Totals - 19 Season(s)								1986	6136	950	1619	248	64	241	775	98	91	924	1513	24	107	46	32	71	.264	.361	.443	804	54%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								199	716	131	192	28	12	36	116										.268	---	.492	---	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1971	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	Ch	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	250	--
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	Ch	3	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.429	873	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	Ws	4	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	--
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	Ch	3	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.400	673	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	Ws	5	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.353	.231	584	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	Div	5	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.214	527	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	Ch	3	9	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1000	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	Ws	5	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.375	.308	683	--
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						30	81	9	17	3	1	1	2	0	0	13	28	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.319	.309	628	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1966	KC A's	AL	20	Kca	MLB	OF	15			26	1	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	--

1967	KC A's	AL	21	Kca	MLB	OF	113			260	14	8	282	6	-	-	-	.972	--

1968	Oakland	AL	22	Oak	MLB	OF	144			299	11	7	317	3	-	-	-	.978	--

1969	Oakland	AL	23	Oak	MLB	OF	119			262	3	10	275	0	-	-	-	.964	--

1970	Oakland	AL	24	Oak	MLB	OF	109			257	3	5	265	2	-	-	-	.981	--

1971	Oakland	AL	25	Oak	MLB	OF	111			238	6	4	248	1	-	-	-	.984	--

1972	Chi Cubs	NL	26	Chc	MLB	OF	134			268	6	1	275	2	-	-	-	.996	--

1973	Chi Cubs	NL	27	Chc	MLB	OF	148			317	9	9	335	2	-	-	-	.973	--

1974	Chi Cubs	NL	28	Chc	MLB	OF	139			302	10	5	317	5	-	-	-	.984	--

1975	Chi Cubs	NL	29	Chc	MLB	OF	131			315	6	9	330	0	-	-	-	.973	--

1976	Chi Cubs	NL	30	Chc	MLB	1B	32			309	22	3	334	17	-	-	-	.991	--
1976	Chi Cubs	NL	30	Chc	MLB	OF	103			278	4	2	284	0	-	-	-	.993	--

1977	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	1B	3			13	2	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1977	LA Dodgers	NL	31	La	MLB	OF	115			208	3	2	213	0	-	-	-	.991	--

1978	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	1B	1			8	0	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	32	La	MLB	OF	103			209	3	1	213	0	-	-	-	.995	--

1979	LA Dodgers	NL	33	La	MLB	OF	10			27	0	1	28	0	-	-	-	.964	--

1980	LA Dodgers	NL	34	La	MLB	OF	50			92	1	3	96	0	-	-	-	.969	--

1981	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	OF	41			50	1	2	53	0	-	-	-	.962	--

1982	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	1B	4			24	3	0	27	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	OF	57			62	4	4	70	0	-	-	-	.943	--

1983	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	1B	4			18	1	1	20	1	-	-	-	.950	--
1983	LA Dodgers	NL	37	La	MLB	OF	44			62	1	2	65	0	-	-	-	.969	--

1984	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	1B	10			72	4	1	77	3	-	-	-	.987	--
1984	LA Dodgers	NL	38	La	MLB	OF	2			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1965] - Western Athletic Conference All-Star OF [1968] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1976] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #18) [1978] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1990] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.45%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Rick Monday was the first ever draft pick in the Amateur Entry draft, which started in 1965. Monday was selected by the Kansas City Athletics and signed for $104,000 which was considered well under his value had he been a free agent on the open market.

Monday was the hero of the 1981 NLCS in game 5 against the Montreal Expos when he hit a home run in the top of the 9th inning off of Steve Rogers to give the Dogers a 2-1 lead and eventual victory to push them to the World Series. The home run knocked the Expos out of the playoffs, their only playoff appearance in franchise history. The game was played on a Monday afternoon and was known in Montreal as Blue Monday.

Member of the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1968, 1978)

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Year(s)	Team	Position
1985-1988	Los Angeles Dodgers [MLB]	Broadcaster
1989-1992	San Diego Padres [MLB]	Broadcaster
2005-2008	Los Angeles Dodgers [MLB]	Broadcaster