Rick Monday
| Rick Monday | |||
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| Center fielder | |||
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Born: November 20, 1945 Batesville, Arkansas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 3, 1966, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 20, 1984, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .264 | ||
| Home runs | 241 | ||
| Runs batted in | 775 | ||
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Robert James "Rick" Monday, Jr. (born November 20, 1945 in Batesville, Arkansas) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder and is currently a broadcast announcer. Monday is best remembered for saving the American flag from being burned in Dodger Stadium during the American Bicentennial.
Monday played 19-seasons for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1966–71), Chicago Cubs (1972–76) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1977–84). He compiled a lifetime .264 batting average, 1,619 hits, 241 home runs, and 775 RBI. He was selected an All-Star in 1968 and 1978. He batted and threw left-handed.
Born in Batesville, Arkansas, Monday starred in baseball at Santa Monica High School in southern California and earned league honors.
Tommy Lasorda, then a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, offered Monday, and his mother Nelda, US$20,000 to sign with the Dodgers out of high school in 1963. But Arizona State University coach Bobby Winkles, who was also from Monday's native Arkansas, convinced them that he would look after Monday.
A star for head coach Winkles' Sun Devils team that included freshman and future baseball hall of fame member Reggie Jackson, Monday led the Sun Devils to the 1965 College World Series championship (over Ohio State) and earned All-America and College Player of the Year honors as a sophomore. For the 1965 season he hit .359 with 34 extra-base hits.
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