Rick Monday Marquee

b. November 20, 1945 · Kansas City Athletics 1966–1967, Oakland Athletics 1968–1971, Chicago Cubs 1972–1976, Los Angeles Dodgers 1977–1984

Kansas City took him first overall in June 1965, in the first amateur draft the game held, out of Arizona State. Nineteen seasons gave him 1,619 hits, 241 home runs, 924 walks and a .264 average, with two All-Star selections and 32 home runs in 1976.

On April 25, 1976, at Dodger Stadium, two men ran into left-center field, spread an American flag on the grass and tried to light it. He was playing center field for the Cubs, ran in and took the flag away before it caught. It is the most-shown thing he did and he has said he would do it again.

He was traded to Los Angeles the next winter for Bill Buckner and played eight seasons there, and his home run in the fifth game of the 1981 Championship Series at Montreal sent the Dodgers to a World Series they won. He has broadcast their games since 1993. The 1990 ballot gave him two votes of 444.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1968, 1978
Player of the Month	1	1978
Player of the Week	1	1978

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1966	KCA	17	41	4	4	1	1	0	2	6	16	1	.098
1967	KCA	124	406	52	102	14	6	14	58	42	107	3	.251
1968	OAK	148	482	56	132	24	7	8	49	72	143	14	.274
1969	OAK	122	399	57	108	17	4	12	54	72	100	12	.271
1970	OAK	112	376	63	109	19	7	10	37	58	99	17	.290
1971	OAK	116	355	53	87	9	3	18	56	49	93	6	.245
1972	CHC	138	434	68	108	22	5	11	42	78	102	12	.249
1973	CHC	149	554	93	148	24	5	26	56	92	124	5	.267
1974	CHC	142	538	84	158	19	7	20	58	70	94	7	.294
1975	CHC	136	491	89	131	29	4	17	60	83	95	8	.267
1976	CHC	137	534	107	145	20	5	32	77	60	125	5	.272
1977	LAD	118	392	47	90	13	1	15	48	60	109	1	.230
1978	LAD	119	342	54	87	14	1	19	57	49	100	2	.254
1979	LAD	12	33	2	10	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	.303
1980	LAD	96	194	35	52	7	1	10	25	28	49	2	.268
1981	LAD	66	130	24	41	1	2	11	25	24	42	1	.315
1982	LAD	104	210	37	54	6	4	11	42	39	51	2	.257
1983	LAD	99	178	21	44	7	1	6	20	29	42	0	.247
1984	LAD	31	47	4	9	2	0	1	7	8	16	0	.191
Career	—	1986	6136	950	1619	248	64	241	775	924	1513	98	.264

On this day & linked events

1945

Born November 20, 1945

Batesville, AR, USA

1966

Major-league debut: Rick Monday

Rick Monday made a major-league debut on September 3, 1966.

1972

Rick Monday's Three-Home-Run Game, 1972

Rick Monday hit three home runs for the Chicago Cubs against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 16, 1972.

1984

Final major-league game: Rick Monday

Rick Monday played a final major-league game on June 20, 1984.

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