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Rick
Monday		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: November 20, 1945 in Usa, AR, BATESVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1971   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 20 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8 3 5 4
1967 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 9 8 4 5 5
1968 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 9 8 4 5 5
1969 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 5
1970 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 9 9 5 6 6
1971 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 7 6 9 10 9 5 6 6
1972 26 OAK AL $ 4,642,857   8 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
1973 27 OAK AL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 9 10 10 5 6 5
1974 28 OAK AL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
1975 29 OAK AL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
1976 30 OAK AL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 6 9 10 10 5 6 6
1977 31 OAK AL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 10 9 5 6 5
1978 32 CLN NL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 9 4 6 5
1979 33 DET AL $ 8,500,000   8 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 10 9 5 6 5
1980 34 CLN NL $ 7,111,111   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 9 8 4 5 5
1981 35 CLN NL $ 7,111,111   7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 9 8 4 5 5
1982 36 SDP NL $ 7,111,111   7 7 6 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 8 8 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,500,000   9 9 8 7 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 20 OAK AL 18 39 7 11 3 0 1 7 2 3 4 5 .282 .364 .436 .800 5.3 1.1
    AAA   135 492 90 147 22 5 33 97 10 4 79 118 .299 .396 .565 .961 106.3  
1967 21 OAK AL 20 31 5 7 2 1 1 4 0 0 1 6 .226 .250 .452 .702 2.8 0.3
    AAA   127 475 102 141 21 4 37 95 7 10 83 113 .297 .401 .592 .993 106.3  
1968 22 OAK AL 53 193 31 47 9 0 6 29 5 0 23 46 .244 .323 .383 .706 24.4 4.6
    AAA   106 402 64 103 20 5 19 52 9 16 70 98 .256 .367 .473 .839 68.1  
1969 23 OAK AL 125 405 51 95 10 3 13 56 9 6 46 106 .235 .309 .370 .680 49.5 7.6
    AAA   28 108 21 34 3 1 12 26 0 2 15 20 .315 .398 .694 1.093 26.8  
1970 24 OAK AL 139 448 80 127 14 2 20 80 12 6 75 88 .283 .384 .458 .842 80.1 18.1
1971 25 OAK AL 156 563 92 162 22 2 28 95 16 12 89 102 .288 .382 .483 .866 103.2 24.1
1972 26 OAK AL 141 509 86 151 25 4 19 94 5 10 83 93 .297 .393 .473 .866 91.8 18.6
1973 27 OAK AL 158 564 106 159 29 3 28 98 7 6 114 106 .282 .403 .493 .896 111.2 25.3
1974 28 OAK AL 157 586 102 167 25 8 27 118 12 10 79 122 .285 .370 .493 .863 100.5 19.5
1975 29 OAK AL 157 571 86 159 25 5 19 83 14 7 86 105 .278 .370 .440 .810 92.2 17.4
1976 30 OAK AL 155 558 89 156 36 6 25 97 15 11 102 123 .280 .391 .500 .891 105.5 22.9
1977 31 OAK AL 156 563 76 147 21 2 16 69 13 11 88 111 .261 .358 .391 .749 81.3 13.5
1978 32 OAK AL 76 268 39 77 4 9 5 49 4 3 39 61 .287 .377 .425 .802 41.5 10.3
  CLN NL 77 271 51 71 8 0 15 40 4 4 46 71 .262 .370 .458 .827 45.0 9.0
  TOT   153 539 90 148 12 9 20 89 8 7 85 132 .275 .373 .442 .815 86.5 19.3
1979 33 DET AL 155 581 86 135 18 9 28 95 4 2 68 103 .232 .312 .439 .751 81.1 12.3
1980 34 CLN NL 154 536 95 149 29 5 26 90 6 5 89 111 .278 .382 .496 .878 95.9 21.4
1981 35 CLN NL 151 561 65 117 9 3 15 63 0 0 68 106 .209 .293 .316 .609 53.9 5.0
1982 36 SDP NL 147 485 67 138 11 7 16 69 6 1 53 103 .285 .354 .435 .789 71.6 17.3
17 Years Sim 2195 7732 1214 2075 300 69 308 1236 134 97 1153 1568 .268 .362 .445 .807 1236.8 248.2
4 Years AAA 396 1477 277 425 66 15 101 270 26 32 247 349 .288 .389 .558 .946 307.5  
162 Game Average 570 89 153 22 5 22 91 9 7 85 115 .268 .362 .445 .807 91.3  
Career Highs 158 586 106 167 36 9 28 118 16 12 114 132 .297 .403 .500 .896 111.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5576 889 1558 220 49 219 909 92 71 877 1033 .279 .376 .454 .830 966.0
vs LH   2156 325 517 80 20 89 327 42 26 276 535 .240 .326 .419 .745 306.3
Home 1104 3821 588 1014 142 38 139 587 57 53 533 792 .265 .354 .432 .786 594.5
Away 1091 3911 626 1061 158 31 169 649 77 44 620 776 .271 .370 .457 .827 677.8
RISP   2033 0 576 93 17 76 871 0 0 370 407 .283 .385 .458 .843 375.0
Pinch Hitting   133 21 33 4 0 6 25 0 0 17 27 .248 .338 .414 .751 19.2
Close/Late   980 160 283 38 9 45 162 0 0 178 186 .289 .397 .484 .880 190.6
Mar/Apr 342 1236 196 324 37 12 45 199 24 19 194 249 .262 .360 .421 .781 195.6
May 336 1189 192 337 56 15 39 190 18 9 171 222 .283 .373 .454 .827 202.3
June 344 1213 170 309 41 9 49 193 25 25 186 233 .255 .353 .425 .777 187.4
July 347 1249 198 344 48 11 47 174 19 13 178 256 .275 .364 .444 .808 205.6
August 399 1375 230 365 57 7 72 239 26 12 231 308 .265 .371 .474 .846 248.9
Sep/Oct 427 1470 228 396 61 15 56 241 22 19 193 300 .269 .353 .446 .798 232.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1966 20 OAK AL CF 13 8 74.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.82   0.1
1967 21 OAK AL RF 6 3 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 15.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1968 22 OAK AL CF 42 39 347.0 85 3 1 0 .989 2.28   1.5
    RF 12 11 101.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.95    
1969 23 OAK AL 1B 24 24 208.0 228 20 3 19 .988 10.73   0.3
    CF 25 18 159.7 34 1 2 1 .946 1.97   0.4
1970 24 OAK AL RF 117 107 970.7 168 7 5 2 .972 1.62   2.6
    CF 13 3 47.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
    LF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1971 25 OAK AL RF 149 149 1323.7 268 2 10 0 .964 1.84   3.3
    CF 7 0 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50    
1972 26 OAK AL RF 136 132 1169.7 255 8 7 1 .974 2.02   3.1
    CF 3 0 8.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1973 27 OAK AL RF 148 147 1318.0 237 3 7 0 .972 1.64   3.0
    CF 8 0 22.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.23    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 28 OAK AL RF 147 144 1281.0 233 8 8 3 .968 1.69   2.0
    LF 5 5 42.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86    
    CF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1975 29 OAK AL RF 136 133 1179.7 205 5 7 2 .968 1.60   1.7
    CF 17 15 132.3 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
1976 30 OAK AL RF 151 148 1349.7 264 6 9 2 .968 1.80   4.1
    CF 3 0 8.3 3 0 1 0 .750 3.24    
1977 31 OAK AL RF 147 145 1307.7 282 7 14 5 .954 1.99   3.0
    CF 8 0 26.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
1978 32 OAK AL RF 74 73 637.3 122 3 2 0 .984 1.77   1.0
    CF 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CLN NL RF 75 74 662.1 127 4 2 1 .985 1.78   1.9
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 149 147 1299.4 249 7 4 1 .985 1.77   2.9
      CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1979 33 DET AL RF 151 146 1314.0 295 12 11 3 .965 2.10   4.4
    CF 3 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41    
1980 34 CLN NL RF 149 142 1263.7 274 7 3 1 .989 2.00   3.7
    CF 4 0 11.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 2.45    
1981 35 CLN NL RF 149 148 1344.0 313 9 5 3 .985 2.16   4.4
1982 36 SDP NL CF 50 23 266.3 66 3 2 1 .972 2.33   0.9
    RF 23 15 176.7 37 1 1 0 .974 1.94    
  RF 1770 1717 15429.3 3109 83 91 23 .972 1.86   38.2
  CF 204 106 1141.3 259 10 6 4 .978 2.12   2.9
  1B 25 25 217.0 242 21 3 20 .989 10.91   0.3
  LF 6 6 50.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2006 1854 16839.7 3616 114 100 47 .974 1.99   41.5
Career Highs   157 149 1358.0 313 21 14 20 1.000 6.93    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1967 21 OAK AL 3 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .667 1.167
1970 24 OAK AL 16 62 7 12 2 1 1 7 0 2 7 15 .194 .271 .306 .578
1971 25 OAK AL 7 25 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 4 .200 .333 .320 .653
1973 27 OAK AL 17 62 10 13 1 0 2 4 2 0 15 16 .210 .364 .323 .686
1976 30 OAK AL 4 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .071 .188 .071 .259
1978 32 CLN NL 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .143 .278 .143 .421
Career Post-Season Batting 51 183 20 36 4 1 4 14 2 2 32 45 .197 .313 .295 .608
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1970-5-.384
1971-6-.382
1972-6-.393
1973-7-.403
1976-5-.391
1980-6-.382
 Slugging Pct
1971-8-.483
1972-10-.473
1973-8-.493
1976-8-.500
1980-7-.496
 OPS
1970-10-.842
1971-8-.866
1972-6-.866
1973-5-.896
1976-4-.891
1980-5-.878
 XR
1971-4-103.2
1973-2-111.2
1974-8-100.5
1976-5-105.5
1980-5-95.9
 Games
1971-3-156
1973-2-158
1974-1-157
1975-3-157
1977-3-156
1979-5-155
 Runs
1971-10-92
1973-4-106
1974-7-102
1979-8-86
1980-8-95
Total Bases
1971-7-272
1973-7-278
1974-5-289
1976-8-279
1979-10-255
1980-9-266
 Doubles
1976-7-36
 Triples
1974-4-8
1976-8-6
1978-4-9
1979-4-9
1982-6-7
 Homeruns
1971-5-28
1973-4-28
1974-8-27
1979-4-28
1980-8-26
 RBIs
1972-9-94
1973-8-98
1974-2-118
1979-8-95
 Walks
1971-7-89
1973-3-114
1976-5-102
1977-7-88
1980-6-89
CAR-42-1153
Strikeouts
1974-4-122
1976-6-123
1977-8-111
1979-9-103
1982-9-103
CAR-29-1568
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 89    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ron Fairly (932)
  2. Frank Robinson (924)
  3. Bill White (921)
  4. Leon Wagner (905)
  5. Jackie Jensen (902)
  6. Dwight Evans (900)
  7. Dick Kokos (898)
  8. Amos Otis (896)
  9. Lee Thomas (894)
  10. Monte Irvin (893)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Oakland in 1966
Had first career hit on 9/5/1966, off Dave Boswell (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/1966, off Jim Donohue (CLE)
Injured on 5/17/1967 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/23/1968 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 3/27/1969 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/1/1972 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/21/1972 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
7/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $8,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Kansas City on 4/18/1974
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1974, hitting .313 with 6 HR, 25 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/27/1974
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1974, hitting .358 with 11 HR, 38 RBI
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 9/15/1976
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 9/25/1976
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1978 (Going to OAK: C Frank Fernandez, P Manny Sarmiento. Going to CLN: P Steve Carlton, DH Rick Monday, C Rene Lachemann)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 4/3/1979 (Going to CLN: SS Dale Berra, 2B Julio Cruz, P Kip Young. Going to DET: RF Rick Monday, 1B Andre Thornton, C Earl Williams, P Pedro Borbon)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1979, hitting .296 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/5/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $7,111,111 per year
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 6/30/1980
 
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