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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 23 NYM NL 0 2 .000 6.44 16 1 5 0 0 2 29.1 36 21 21 6 25 4 15 0 1 2 145 62 2.080 11.0 1.8 7.7 4.6 0.60
1972 25 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.38 9 0 4 0 0 0 13.1 12 5 5 0 5 0 7 0 0 1 56 101 1.275 8.1 0.0 3.4 4.7 1.40
1973 26 STL NL 4 4 .500 3.61 34 9 7 1 0 3 82.1 74 34 33 10 34 4 44 3 1 3 350 102 1.312 8.1 1.1 3.7 4.8 1.29
1974 27 STL NL 6 2 .750 3.00 55 0 17 0 0 2 90.0 65 31 30 4 38 10 57 2 0 3 363 121 1.144 6.5 0.4 3.8 5.7 1.50
1975 28 SDP NL 6 11 .353 4.18 45 15 7 4 0 0 142.0 155 70 66 8 39 3 87 1 1 9 614 83 1.366 9.8 0.5 2.5 5.5 2.23
1976 29 SDP NL 2 3 .400 5.28 33 3 6 0 0 0 59.2 67 39 35 10 25 8 26 2 2 3 273 62 1.542 10.1 1.5 3.8 3.9 1.04
1977 30 MIL AL 0 1 .000 4.26 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 7 7 3 2 4 1 6 0 0 1 31 96 1.737 9.9 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.50
7 Seasons 19 23 .452 4.11 195 28 48 5 0 7 423.0 416 207 193 40 170 30 242 8 5 22 1832 87 1.385 8.9 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.42
162 Game Avg. 6 7 .452 4.11 59 9 15 2 0 2 129 127 63 59 12 52 9 74 2 2 7 559 87 1.385 8.9 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.42
STL (3 yrs) 11 6 .647 3.30 98 9 28 1 0 5 185.2 151 70 68 14 77 14 108 5 1 7 769 110 1.228 7.3 0.7 3.7 5.2 1.40
SDP (2 yrs) 8 14 .364 4.51 78 18 13 4 0 0 201.2 222 109 101 18 64 11 113 3 3 12 887 76 1.418 9.9 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.77
NYM (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.44 16 1 5 0 0 2 29.1 36 21 21 6 25 4 15 0 1 2 145 62 2.080 11.0 1.8 7.7 4.6 0.60
MIL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.26 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 7 7 3 2 4 1 6 0 0 1 31 96 1.737 9.9 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.50
NL (6 yrs) 19 22 .463 4.10 192 28 46 5 0 7 416.2 409 200 190 38 166 29 236 8 5 21 1801 87 1.380 8.8 0.8 3.6 5.1 1.42
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.26 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.1 7 7 3 2 4 1 6 0 0 1 31 96 1.737 9.9 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 23 NYM NL 16 145 115 21 36 5 1 6 0 0 25 15 .313 .433 .530 .963 .316 61 2 0 4 1 4
1972 25 STL NL 9 56 50 5 12 0 1 0 0 1 5 7 .240 .309 .280 .589 .279 14 1 0 1 0 0
1973 26 STL NL 34 350 309 34 74 9 5 10 2 2 34 44 .239 .319 .398 .717 .249 123 5 3 2 2 4
1974 27 STL NL 55 363 314 31 65 15 0 4 6 2 38 57 .207 .292 .293 .585 .236 92 13 2 4 5 10
1975 28 SDP NL 45 614 557 70 155 32 5 8 10 2 39 87 .278 .323 .397 .720 .314 221 13 1 11 6 3
1976 29 SDP NL 33 273 240 39 67 11 3 10 7 2 25 26 .279 .348 .475 .823 .275 114 1 2 3 3 8
1977 30 MIL AL 3 31 26 7 7 1 0 2 0 0 4 6 .269 .367 .538 .905 .278 14 0 0 1 0 1
7 Seasons 195 1832 1611 207 416 73 15 40 25 9 170 242 .258 .329 .397 .726 .279 639 35 8 26 17 30
162 Game Avg. 59 559 491 63 127 22 5 12 8 3 52 74 .258 .329 .397 .726 .279 195 11 2 8 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 23 NYM NL 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 12 3 0 1 4.0 6.0 5.7
1973 26 STL NL 34 9 3 4 2 2 1 5 4 .556 2 1 1 0 3 33% 49 72 34 26 11 4 2 3.8 4.3 6.3
1975 28 SDP NL 45 15 5 8 2 0 2 5 10 .333 1 1 4 0 9 60% 53 77 17 23 11 6 3 3.7 4.0 6.4
1976 29 SDP NL 33 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 41 24 19 5 2 1 2.3 4.5 2.8
4 Seasons 128 28 8 16 4 2 3 10 18 .357 3 2 5 0 12 43% 49 77 17 80 30 12 7 3.6 4.2 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 23 NYM NL 16 15 5 0 1 4 2 2 50% 5 1 6 2 33% 5 1.286 4 6 5 5 0 10 4 11 11 2 11 2 4.7
1972 25 STL NL 9 9 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.067 2 1 6 1 1 7 1 8 4 2 4 1 4.4
1973 26 STL NL 34 25 7 1 0 3 3 0 100% 7 2 25 8 32% 7 0.981 12 6 7 9 5 11 14 11 9 10 9 2 3.1
1974 27 STL NL 55 55 17 6 2 4 2 2 50% 9 4 44 26 59% 8 1.131 24 9 22 15 12 28 25 30 31 12 32 17 4.9
1975 28 SDP NL 45 30 7 1 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 34 14 41% 3 0.930 9 5 15 3 5 22 18 12 17 6 17 3 4.7
1976 29 SDP NL 33 30 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 14 58% 6 0.484 1 4 23 0 0 30 12 18 21 3 21 7 5.1
1977 30 MIL AL 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 0 0% 5 1.241 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 6.3
7 Seasons 195 167 48 11 7 14 7 7 50% 25 8 137 64 47% 0.951 54 31 79 34 24 109 75 92 94 36 96 32 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 23 NYM NL 145 73% 4.1% 10.3% 17.2% 8.3% 33% 0.87 66% 40 2 5%
1972 25 STL NL 56 66% 0.0% 12.5% 8.9% 1.8% 8% 1.00 77% 7 1 14%
1973 26 STL NL 350 72% 2.9% 12.6% 9.7% 6.9% 32% 0.72 73% 59 5 8%
1974 27 STL NL 363 64% 1.1% 15.7% 10.5% 5.2% 29% 0.95 71% 75 13 17%
1975 28 SDP NL 614 75% 1.3% 14.2% 6.4% 7.3% 29% 0.83 76% 122 13 11%
1976 29 SDP NL 273 70% 3.7% 9.5% 9.2% 8.8% 36% 0.64 76% 40 1 3%
1977 30 MIL AL 31 65% 6.5% 19.4% 12.9% 9.7% 43% 0.18 58% 5 0 0%
7 Seasons 1832 71% 2.2% 13.2% 9.3% 7.0% 31% 0.79 73% 348 35 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 23 NYM NL 145 36 6 0 5 6 0 1 5 9 3 1 33% 1 2 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1972 25 STL NL 56 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 1 0 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 26 STL NL 350 74 10 0 5 7 3 3 7 17 6 4 35% 2 3 1 128 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 9 0
1974 27 STL NL 363 65 4 1 14 2 2 2 2 31 20 2 65% 4 3 0 133 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1975 28 SDP NL 614 155 8 0 17 7 1 5 3 46 23 11 50% 6 9 0 231 10 2 83% 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 24 0
1976 29 SDP NL 273 67 10 2 11 9 1 4 6 20 13 2 65% 4 3 0 100 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
1977 30 MIL AL 31 7 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 33% 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 1832 416 40 4 58 33 7 16 24 127 67 20 53% 19 22 1 689 25 9 74% 19 7 6 2 0 0 7 1 63 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1970 23 0 2 .000 6.44 16 1 5 0 0 2 29.1 36 21 21 6 25 4 15 0 1 2 145 62 2.080 11.0 1.8 7.7 4.6 0.60 62
1971 24 0 2 .000 6.44 16 1 5 0 0 2 29.1 36 21 21 6 25 4 15 0 1 2 145 62 2.080 11.0 1.8 7.7 4.6 0.60 62
1972 25 1 2 .333 5.48 25 1 9 0 0 2 42.2 48 26 26 6 30 4 22 0 1 3 201 70 1.828 10.1 1.3 6.3 4.6 0.73 70
1973 26 5 6 .455 4.25 59 10 16 1 0 5 125.0 122 60 59 16 64 8 66 3 2 6 551 88 1.488 8.8 1.2 4.6 4.8 1.03 88
1974 27 11 8 .579 3.73 114 10 33 1 0 7 215.0 187 91 89 20 102 18 123 5 2 9 914 99 1.344 7.8 0.8 4.3 5.1 1.21 99
1975 28 17 19 .472 3.91 159 25 40 5 0 7 357.0 342 161 155 28 141 21 210 6 3 18 1528 92 1.353 8.6 0.7 3.6 5.3 1.49 92
1976 29 19 22 .463 4.10 192 28 46 5 0 7 416.2 409 200 190 38 166 29 236 8 5 21 1801 87 1.380 8.8 0.8 3.6 5.1 1.42 87
1977 30 19 23 .452 4.11 195 28 48 5 0 7 423.0 416 207 193 40 170 30 242 8 5 22 1832 87 1.385 8.9 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.42 87

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1970 23 1 2 .333 6.75 28.0 36 23 21 6 25 14 0 2.179 11.6 8.0 4.5 0.56 1.9 16
1972 25 0 1 .000 4.85 13.0 14 8 7 0 6 7 0 1.538 9.7 4.2 4.8 1.17 0.0 9
1973 26 4 4 .500 4.04 78.0 77 39 35 10 35 42 3 1.436 8.9 4.0 4.8 1.20 1.2 34
1974 27 5 4 .556 3.39 85.0 67 36 32 4 39 54 2 1.247 7.1 4.1 5.7 1.38 0.4 55
1975 28 6 9 .400 4.93 135.0 165 82 74 9 42 83 1 1.533 11.0 2.8 5.5 1.98 0.6 45
1976 29 2 4 .333 6.59 56.0 74 46 41 11 28 24 2 1.821 11.9 4.5 3.9 0.86 1.8 33
1977 30 0 0 3.86 7.0 7 3 3 2 4 7 0 1.571 9.0 5.1 9.0 1.75 2.6 3
7 Seasons 18 24 .429 4.77 402.0 440 237 213 42 179 231 8 1.540 9.9 5.2 1.29 0.9 195

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL--9--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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