Rick Monday Monday, the first player ever taken in the draft, had a long, solid career but had chronic back problems and never achieved at the level first expected of him. After being picked in June 1965 by the A’s and signing for a $104,000 bonus, he became a semi-regular in 1967. More @Wikipedia
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