Rick Monday
1966–1984 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, NLS, Athletics
1,986G
.264AVG
.361OBP
.443SLG
More career statistics
1,619H
241HR
775RBI
98SB
4Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 6,136 | 6,135 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 91 | 90 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 1,513 | 1,514 |
| Batting · Walks | 924 | 925 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,986 | 7,162 | 6,136 | 950 | 1,619 | 248 | 64 | 241 | 775 | 924 | 1,513 | 98 | 91 | 24 | 32 | 2,718 | .264 | .361 | .443 | .804 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1969-09-15 to 1969-09-26
30longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Platinum Sombrero | 1970-04-29 | 1 in 927 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1972-05-16 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1972-09-16 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 995 | 3539 | 805 | 125 | 394 | 477 | 735 | .267 | .362 | .452 |
| Away | 991 | 3623 | 814 | 116 | 381 | 448 | 779 | .261 | .348 | .435 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 261 | 979 | 245 | 35 | 139 | 145 | 171 | .297 | .398 | .497 |
| May | 352 | 1297 | 294 | 48 | 161 | 185 | 271 | .270 | .369 | .475 |
| June | 352 | 1264 | 275 | 39 | 120 | 167 | 267 | .254 | .350 | .422 |
| July | 336 | 1248 | 298 | 40 | 110 | 134 | 257 | .272 | .346 | .441 |
| August | 335 | 1153 | 243 | 35 | 120 | 131 | 293 | .242 | .324 | .392 |
| September | 326 | 1134 | 244 | 40 | 112 | 153 | 238 | .252 | .350 | .435 |
| October | 24 | 87 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 17 | .267 | .345 | .493 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 143 | 493 | 108 | 25 | 53 | 68 | 110 | .255 | .357 | .468 |
| atlanta-braves | 138 | 475 | 107 | 18 | 56 | 66 | 83 | .266 | .364 | .452 |
| houston-astros | 132 | 458 | 90 | 16 | 41 | 61 | 94 | .234 | .330 | .403 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 128 | 450 | 102 | 12 | 31 | 55 | 76 | .260 | .349 | .410 |
| san-francisco-giants | 125 | 422 | 95 | 15 | 51 | 58 | 66 | .268 | .363 | .476 |
| new-york-mets | 124 | 462 | 113 | 16 | 44 | 52 | 113 | .281 | .357 | .460 |
| montreal-expos | 120 | 478 | 105 | 17 | 50 | 66 | 103 | .259 | .358 | .454 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 118 | 423 | 97 | 12 | 43 | 52 | 81 | .266 | .352 | .433 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  Kansas City Athletics | 17 | 41 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | .098 | – | – |
| 1967 | Kansas City Athletics | 124 | 406 | 102 | 14 | 58 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1968 |  Athletics | 148 | 482 | 132 | 8 | 49 | 14 | .274 | – | – |
| 1969 | Athletics | 122 | 398 | 108 | 12 | 54 | 12 | .271 | – | – |
| 1970 | Athletics | 112 | 376 | 109 | 10 | 37 | 17 | .290 | – | – |
| 1971 | Athletics | 116 | 355 | 87 | 18 | 56 | 6 | .245 | – | – |
| 1972 |  Chicago Cubs | 138 | 434 | 108 | 11 | 42 | 12 | .249 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 554 | 148 | 26 | 56 | 5 | .267 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago Cubs | 142 | 538 | 158 | 20 | 58 | 7 | .294 | – | – |
| 1975 | Chicago Cubs | 136 | 491 | 131 | 17 | 60 | 8 | .267 | – | – |
| 1976 | Chicago Cubs | 137 | 534 | 145 | 32 | 77 | 5 | .272 | – | – |
| 1977 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 118 | 392 | 90 | 15 | 48 | 1 | .230 | – | – |
| 1978 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 119 | 342 | 87 | 19 | 57 | 2 | .254 | – | – |
| 1979 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 12 | 33 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .303 | – | – |
| 1980 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 96 | 194 | 52 | 10 | 25 | 2 | .268 | – | – |
| 1981 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 66 | 130 | 41 | 11 | 25 | 1 | .315 | – | – |
| 1982 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 104 | 210 | 54 | 11 | 42 | 2 | .257 | – | – |
| 1983 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 99 | 178 | 44 | 6 | 20 | – | .247 | – | – |
| 1984 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 31 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 7 | – | .191 | – | – |