Rich Folkers
Richard Nevin Folkers
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 17, 1946 in Waterloo, IA
High School: East (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
Final Game: June 8, 1977
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 NYM NL 23 P 16 1 29.1 10 0 10 0 2 1.000 3.07 0.63 .950 1.84 0.71
1972 STL NL 25 P 9 0 13.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.22 .950 1.76 0.73
1973 STL NL 26 P 34 9 82.1 16 4 11 1 1 .938 1.64 0.44 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 STL NL 27 P 55 0 90.0 11 3 7 1 2 .909 1.00 0.18 .945 1.88 0.71
1975 SDP NL 28 P 45 15 142.0 33 10 20 3 0 .909 1.90 0.67 .948 1.86 0.72
1976 SDP NL 29 P 33 3 59.2 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.81 0.36 .950 1.89 0.72
1977 MIL AL 30 P 3 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.33 .900 1.99 0.83
7 Seasons P 195 28 423.0 85 21 59 5 5 .941 1.70 0.41 .948 1.87 0.72
7 Seasons TOT 195 28 423.0 85 21 59 5 5 .941 1.70 0.41 .889 1.87 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 NYM NL 23 16 1 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 STL NL 25 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 26 34 9 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 27 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SDP NL 28 45 15 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SDP NL 29 33 3 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIL AL 30 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 195 28 192 195 195 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 NYM NL 23 149 73% 21% 9 100% 0 1 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 100%
1972 STL NL 25 58 79% 26% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 STL NL 26 361 78% 22% 10 100% 0 3 0 3 13 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
1974 STL NL 27 372 74% 24% 9 78% 0 3 0 2 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0
1975 SDP NL 28 637 80% 27% 20 100% 2 11 1 8 18 15 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 100%
1976 SDP NL 29 287 82% 22% 7 86% 0 5 0 4 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1977 MIL AL 30 32 69% 6% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1896 78% 24% 58 95% 2 23 1 17 56 43 6 5 0 3 2 2 5 1 4 1 15 100%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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