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Rich Folkers

Richard Nevin Folkers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 17, 1946 in Waterloo, IA
High School: East HS (Waterloo, IA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1970
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres/Mets/Brewers 1970-1977

Final Game: June 8, 1977
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1969 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1970 23 NYM NL 16 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 25 STL NL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 26 STL NL 34 22 20 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .100 .095 .100 .195 -46 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
1974 27 STL NL 55 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -44 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1975 28 SDP NL 45 44 36 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 14 .167 .250 .194 .444 28 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
1976 29 SDP NL 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1977 30 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 195 89 77 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 28 .143 .183 .156 .339 -4 12 1 0 7 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 74 64 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 23 .143 .183 .156 .339 -4 10 1 0 6 1 0
STL (3 yrs) 98 34 31 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .097 .094 .097 .191 -47 3 1 0 2 1 0
SDP (2 yrs) 78 49 40 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 15 .150 .227 .175 .402 17 7 0 0 5 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 16 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 2 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 192 89 77 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 28 .143 .183 .156 .339 -4 12 1 0 7 1 0
AL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1970 23 NYM NL 16 6 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1972 25 STL NL 9 1 -0 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1973 26 STL NL 34 22 -4 -0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1974 27 STL NL 55 11 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 28 SDP NL 45 44 -4 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $31,000 1
1976 29 SDP NL 33 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1977 30 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
7 Seasons 195 89 -11 -0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.1 1 $31,000
STL (3 yrs) 98 34 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .498 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
SDP (2 yrs) 78 49 -5 0 0 0 5 1 0.0 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $31,000
NYM (1 yr) 16 6 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
MIL (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1970 23 NYM NL 6 4 1 6.7 103 1.000 .333 .267 .333 .340 .333 .408 .667 .748 80 .662 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1972 25 STL NL 1 2 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .377 .000 .701 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1973 26 STL NL 22 20 0 0.0 97 .133 .100 .262 .095 .332 .100 .390 .195 .722 -46 .000 -4.0 -0.4 .111 .000 .000
1974 27 STL NL 11 10 0 0.0 95 .143 .100 .262 .100 .334 .100 .379 .200 .714 -44 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1975 28 SDP NL 44 34 2 1.6 91 .273 .167 .258 .250 .328 .194 .373 .444 .701 28 .138 -3.4 -0.3 .367 .139 .028
1976 29 SDP NL 5 5 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .253 .000 .318 .000 .361 .000 .679 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
7 Yrs 89 75 3 1.1 94 .220 .143 .260 .183 .330 .156 .381 .339 .711 -4 .074 -10.7 -1.1 .239 .065 .013
162 Game Avg. 74 62 2 1.1 94 .220 .143 .260 .183 .330 .156 .381 .339 .711 -4 .074 -10.7 -1.1 .239 .065 .013
STL (3 yrs) 34 32 0 0.0 96 .130 .097 .262 .094 .332 .097 .386 .191 .719 -47 .000 -6.2 -0.6 .103 .000 .000
SDP (2 yrs) 49 39 2 1.4 91 .240 .150 .258 .227 .327 .175 .372 .402 .699 17 .112 -4.4 -0.4 .324 .125 .025
NYM (1 yr) 6 4 1 6.7 103 1.000 .333 .267 .333 .340 .333 .408 .667 .748 80 .663 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 23 NYM NL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 33%
1972 25 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1973 26 STL NL 22 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 20.0 0.78 68%
1974 27 STL NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 2.00 64%
1975 28 SDP NL 44 0.0% 31.8% 9.1% 2.3% 17% 3.50 2.6 9.0 2.00 50%
1976 29 SDP NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 1.00 60%
7 Yrs 89 0.0% 31.5% 4.5% 1.1% 9% 7.00 2.8 15.4 1.45 56%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.7% 8.7% 6.1% 27% 1.58 6.5 45.7 8.8 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 23 NYM NL -0.2 -0.0 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .87 -0.0 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.81 -0.4 0
1972 25 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.28 -0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.79 -0.5 0
1973 26 STL NL -4.0 -0.4 22 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .85 -0.5 0.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.98 -4.6 0
1974 27 STL NL -2.0 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .55 -0.2 -0.0 -1.5 -0.2 0.89 -1.3 0
1975 28 SDP NL -3.4 -0.3 44 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .79 -0.3 -0.2 -1.9 -0.2 0.95 -3.7 0
1976 29 SDP NL -1.0 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .95 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.84 -1.2 0
1977 30 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -10.7 -1.1 89 -1.1 0.3 -1.5 .80 -1.2 -0.2 -10.9 -1.1 0.94 -11.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 23 NYM NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 STL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 27 STL NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 SDP NL 0 0 20% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1976 29 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1 0 20% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1970 23 NYM NL 6 83% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 STL NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 26 STL NL 22 64% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 6 3 50% 17 1 6% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1974 27 STL NL 11 64% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 SDP NL 44 70% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 27 4 15% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1976 29 SDP NL 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 89 70% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 15 1 7% 18 5 28% 57 5 9% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 55% 76% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 23 16 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 2 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 16 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 25 25 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 55 2 1 0 0 0 0
1973 26 59 29 27 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .148 .143 .148 .291 -19 4 1 0 1 1 0
1974 27 114 40 37 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .135 .132 .135 .267 -26 5 1 0 2 1 0
1975 28 159 84 73 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 27 .151 .192 .164 .357 1 12 1 0 6 1 0
1976 29 192 89 77 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 28 .143 .183 .156 .339 -4 12 1 0 7 1 0
1977 30 195 89 77 3 11 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 28 .143 .183 .156 .339 -4 12 1 0 7 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 23 16 7 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .429 .429 .429 .857 1 16
1972 25 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1973 26 34 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1974 27 55 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55
1975 28 45 44 36 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 4 14 .167 .250 .194 .444 2 45
1976 29 33 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
6 Yrs 192 90 78 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 4 28 .115 .157 .128 .285 3 192
162 Game Avg. 162 76 66 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 24 .115 .157 .128 .285 3 192

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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