Rick Monday, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetRick Monday
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1945
Place of Birth: Batesville, Arkansas, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Rick Monday
- 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 and for hitting the game-winning home run in the ninth inning of the decisive game of the 1981 National League Championship Series at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
- Also notable is that he was the first player picked in the inaugural 1965 Major League Baseball draft.
- 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.
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