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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 Pitching

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
1969 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
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 63 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 56 105 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 3 363 120 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 84 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 31 101 1.737 9.9 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.50
7 Yrs 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 63 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 31 101 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 31 101 1.737 9.9 2.8 5.7 8.5 1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1970 23 NYM NL 29.1 16 1 21 6.44 4.69 0.31 -0.15 100.8 4.27 -7 -0.7 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .453 .495 $
1972 25 STL NL 13.1 9 0 5 3.38 3.58 -0.18 -0.15 103.8 3.75 0 0.0 .8 -0.0 0.1 2 .505 .500 $
1973 26 STL NL 82.1 34 9 34 3.72 4.25 0.13 -0.02 101.2 4.14 4 0.4 1.5 -0.0 1.1 12 .513 .503 $
1974 27 STL NL 90.0 55 0 31 3.10 4.26 0.17 -0.34 99.4 3.72 6 0.6 1.4 0.0 1.4 15 .512 .504 $
1975 28 SDP NL 142.0 45 15 70 4.44 4.17 -0.26 -0.02 97.1 4.28 -4 -0.4 1.1 -0.1 0.6 11 .491 .497 $31,000
1976 29 SDP NL 59.2 33 3 39 5.88 4.20 0.13 -0.27 96.4 3.66 -15 -1.7 .4 0.4 -0.8 -9 .450 .490 $
1977 30 MIL AL 6.1 3 0 7 9.95 5.18 -0.01 -0.42 106.4 5.09 -3 -0.3 1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .393 .498 $
7 Seasons 423.0 195 28 207 4.40 4.24 0.01 -0.14 98.9 4.04 -20 -2.0 1.2 0.0 1.4 22 .490 .498 $31,000
STL (3 yrs) 185.2 98 9 70 3.39 4.20 0.13 -0.19 100.5 3.91 10 1.1 1.4 -0.0 2.6 28 .511 .502 $
SDP (2 yrs) 201.2 78 18 109 4.86 4.18 -0.14 -0.10 96.9 4.09 -19 -2.1 .7 0.3 -0.2 1 .474 .494 $31,000
NYM (1 yr) 29.1 16 1 21 6.44 4.69 0.31 -0.15 100.8 4.27 -7 -0.7 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .453 .495 $
MIL (1 yr) 6.1 3 0 7 9.95 5.18 -0.01 -0.42 106.4 5.09 -3 -0.3 1.6 -0.1 -0.4 -3 .393 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 1
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 1
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 2
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 4
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 6
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 4
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 1
7 Yrs 195 1832 1611 207 416 73 15 40 25 9 170 242 .258 .329 .397 .726 .279 639 35 8 26 17 30 19
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 6
MLB Averages .255 .323 .374 .697 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 NYM NL -6.7 -0.6 149 -0.6 2.9 -3.5 1.27 -1.1 0.6 -5.6 -0.5 1.27 -9.0 4 5 6
1972 25 STL NL 0.5 0.1 58 0.0 0.9 -0.8 .98 0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.98 2.5 1 2 6
1973 26 STL NL 2.2 0.2 361 0.6 6.1 -5.5 .96 -0.3 0.9 6.6 0.7 0.96 -1.2 11 5 9
1974 27 STL NL 7.9 0.8 372 1.1 6.5 -5.4 1.09 2.0 -1.0 4.5 0.5 1.09 16.2 23 5 26
1975 28 SDP NL -8.9 -0.9 637 -1.8 9.1 -11.0 .92 -0.8 -1.2 -8.1 -0.9 0.92 -9.8 9 4 16
1976 29 SDP NL -13.4 -1.4 287 -1.2 1.6 -2.8 .43 -1.3 -1.5 -19.8 -2.1 0.43 -11.4 1 4 23
1977 30 MIL AL -1.6 -0.2 32 -0.8 0.4 -1.1 1.23 -0.1 -0.5 -3.8 -0.4 1.23 -3.3 2 0 1
7 Yrs -20.0 -2.0 1896 -2.8 27.4 -30.2 .92 -1.4 -1.7 -26.1 -2.7 0.92 -16.0 51 25 87

Starting Pitching*

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% 34.0 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% 48.9 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% 52.8 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% 30.0 41 24 19 5 2 1 2.3 4.5 2.8
4 Yrs 128 28 8 16 4 2 3 10 18 .357 3 2 5 0 12 43% 48 77 17 80 30 12 7 3.6 4.2 5.9
MLB Averages .500 55% 52 109 -13 4.1 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.273 4 5 6 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 .977 1 2 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 .964 11 5 9 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 1.088 23 5 26 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 .916 9 4 16 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 .434 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 1.229 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 6.3
7 Yrs 195 167 48 11 7 14 7 7 50% 25 8 137 64 47% .923 51 25 87 34 24 109 75 92 94 36 96 32 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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 27% 4.1% 10.3% 17.2% 8.3% 33% 0.87 66% 40 2 5%
1972 25 STL NL 56 34% 0.0% 12.5% 8.9% 1.8% 8% 1.00 77% 7 1 14%
1973 26 STL NL 350 28% 2.9% 12.6% 9.7% 6.9% 32% 0.72 73% 59 5 8%
1974 27 STL NL 363 36% 1.1% 15.7% 10.5% 5.2% 29% 0.95 71% 75 13 17%
1975 28 SDP NL 614 25% 1.3% 14.2% 6.4% 7.3% 29% 0.83 76% 122 13 11%
1976 29 SDP NL 273 30% 3.7% 9.5% 9.2% 8.8% 36% 0.64 76% 40 1 3%
1977 30 MIL AL 31 35% 6.5% 19.4% 12.9% 9.7% 43% 0.18 58% 5 0 0%
7 Yrs 1832 29% 2.2% 13.2% 9.3% 7.0% 31% 0.79 73% 348 35 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.0% 13.8% 8.7% 6.1% 27% 1.10 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 3 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 0 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 Yrs 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 5 1 63 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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 63 2.080 11.0 1.8 7.7 4.6 0.60 63
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 63 2.080 11.0 1.8 7.7 4.6 0.60 63
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 71 1.828 10.1 1.3 6.3 4.6 0.73 71
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 89 1.488 8.8 1.2 4.6 4.8 1.03 89
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 93 1.353 8.6 0.7 3.6 5.3 1.49 93
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

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 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 3.86 14.0 13 7 6 0 5 7 0 1.286 8.4 3.2 4.5 1.40 0.0 9
1973 26 4 4 .500 4.15 78.0 77 40 36 10 35 42 3 1.436 8.9 4.0 4.8 1.20 1.2 34
1974 27 5 4 .556 3.54 84.0 68 37 33 4 40 53 2 1.286 7.3 4.3 5.7 1.33 0.4 55
1975 28 6 9 .400 4.90 136.0 164 82 74 8 41 83 1 1.507 10.9 2.7 5.5 2.02 0.5 45
1976 29 2 4 .333 6.63 57.0 73 47 42 11 27 25 2 1.754 11.5 4.3 3.9 0.93 1.7 33
1977 30 0 0 3.86 7.0 7 3 3 2 4 6 0 1.571 9.0 5.1 7.7 1.50 2.6 3
7 Yrs 18 24 .429 4.79 404.0 438 239 215 41 177 230 8 1.522 9.8 5.1 1.30 0.9 195

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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 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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