Rich Folkers

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 180lb (188cm, 81kg)

Born: October 17, 1946 in Waterloo, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ellsworth College (Iowa Falls, IA), the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Ellsworth College (Iowa Falls, IA) and the New York Mets in the 1st round (20th) of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Parsons College (Fairfield, IA).

High School: Waterloo East HS (Waterloo, IA)

Schools: Ellsworth College (Iowa Falls, IA), Parsons College (Fairfield, IA)

Debut: June 10, 1970 (Age 23-236d, 13,000th in major league history)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 8, 1977 (Age 30-234d)
vs. NYY 5.0 IP, 2 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1973 season

Full Name: Richard Nevin Folkers

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.8

ERA

4.11

195

423.0

242

WHIP

1.385

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-35 / in Starts: 5-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 18

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	115	1	Apr 10	SDP		SFG	L,0-2	10-GF(10)	L(0-1)	99	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	18.00	0.59	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.424	2.13	-0.39%	-1.57	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
2	116	4	Apr 13	SDP		CIN	L,0-10	5-6		2	1.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.43	0.87	9	1	2	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.016	.12	-0.02%	-2.12	5t 1-3 2 out d6	6t 3 out d9
3	117	7	Apr 16	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-7	5-6		2	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.82	1.77	5	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.061	.76	-0.07%	-1.04	5b 1-3 2 out d3	6b 3 out d5
4	118	10	Apr 20	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	6-GF	BL(0-2)	3	3.0	4	2	2	0	4	1	0	8.10	2.89	13	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	-0.482	4.56	-0.57%	-0.58	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
5	119	14	Apr 24	SDP		LAD	L,6-11	9-GF		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.04	2.59	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
6	120	17	Apr 27(1)	SDP		ATL	L,8-12	8-8	L(0-3)	2	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.57	2.59	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.392	5.85	-0.51%	-2.46	8t --- 0 out tie	8t -23 0 out d1
7	121	20	Apr 29	SDP		HOU	L,2-8	8-GF		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.38	2.38	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.86	8t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	122	25	May 4	SDP	@	LAD	W,10-7	4-5		4	1.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	0	8.74	2.32	8	1	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.62	0.017	1.10	0.02%	0.15	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 123 2 out d2
9	123	26	May 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-7	2-5		1	3.1	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	7.36	2.45	15	3	6	0	1	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.021	1.19	-0.02%	0.59	2b 1-- 1 out d4	5b -2- 2 out d2
10	124	30	May 10	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-5	3-4		3	1.2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	6.61	2.40	9	3	2	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.38	-0.020	.44	-0.01%	-0.80	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 123 2 out d5
11	125	40	May 22	SDP		PIT	L,2-4	6-7		11	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.89	2.31	8	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.059	1.01	0.05%	0.86	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
12	126	43	May 25	SDP		PIT	L,5-6	3-7		2	4.2	3	2	2	2	6	0	0	5.48	2.11	18	4	7	1	2	0		2	0	2	1	0	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.50	-0.026	2.22	-0.02%	0.56	3t 12- 1 out tie	7t 3 out d2
13	127	45	May 27	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	2.12	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.006	.36	0.01%	0.75	6b 123 2 out d5	6b 3 out d5
14	128	46	May 28	SDP	@	STL	L,5-6	3-3		0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.55	2.05	5	0	2	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.49	-0.064	.58	-0.05%	-1.05	3b -23 0 out d2	3b 3 out d5
15	129	48	May 31	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-7	6-7		2	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.19	2.01	7	3	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.55	-0.116	.70	-0.09%	-0.73	6b 12- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	130	51	Jun 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-12	7-7		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.00	1.96	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d11	7b 3 out d11
17	131	57	Jun 11	SDP		MON	W,3-1	GS-9	W(1-3)	7	8.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.11	2.24	31	12	13	4	0	1	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	0.353	1.08	0.19%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
18	132	59	Jun 13	SDP		NYM	L,2-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	2.20	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.43	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
19	133	62	Jun 16	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	W(2-3)	2	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.40	2.23	37	18	12	7	0	1	65			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.191	.76	0.11%	3.30	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
20	134	67	Jun 21	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	GS-8	L(2-4)	4	7.0	6	4	2	3	4	1	1	3.29	2.61	33	15	9	3	0	1	54			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	3	1.32	-0.438	.98	-0.20%	-1.79	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out tie
21	135	72	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	W,6-2	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.10	2.62	35	10	22	7	0	1	63			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	.64	0.240	.30	0.07%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	136	77	Jun 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	8	4	4	2	7	1	0	3.31	2.69	31	11	7	0	0	4	50			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	.77	-0.146	.33	-0.04%	-0.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	137	81	Jul 4	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	GS-2	L(3-6)	3	2.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.73	2.70	12	2	3	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.304	.38	-0.07%	-3.14	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
24	138	83	Jul 6	SDP		CIN	L,2-13	2-2		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.68	2.64	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.015	.06	0.00%	-0.11	2t -23 0 out d4	2t 3 out d6
25	139	84	Jul 8	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-6	9-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.66	2.62	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.73	0.175	.32	0.01%	0.79	9b 123 1 out tie	9b 123 2 out tie
26	140	87	Jul 11(1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-4	L(3-7)	2	4.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.82	2.57	18	9	4	2	0	1	42			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.156	.05	-0.01%	-1.20	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
27	141	90	Jul 13	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5	8-8	H(1)	1	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.81	2.55	2	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	-0.014	.04	0.00%	-0.55	8b 12- 1 out a3	8b 12- 2 out a2
28	142	95	Jul 20(2)	SDP		STL	L,2-10	GS-4	L(3-8)	6	3.0	7	7	7	2	2	0	0	4.46	2.57	18	6	8	3	0	0	17			2	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.323	.01	0.00%	-4.52	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d4
29	143	98	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	L,1-8	7-8		2	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.57	2.74	8	3	4	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.53	7t -2- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d8
30	144	104	Jul 29	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.46	2.72	8	2	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.84	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	145	108	Aug 2	SDP		ATL	L,6-8	3-3		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.52	2.73	6	0	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.24	-0.211	.03	0.00%	-1.61	3t 12- 0 out a1	3t 3 out d2
32	146	109	Aug 3	SDP		ATL	L,1-5	8-8		0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.63	2.73	2	0	1	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-2.09	8t 1-- 2 out d2	8t -2- 2 out d4
33	147	113	Aug 8	SDP	@	STL	L,6-10	1-4		4	3.2	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.95	2.86	19	4	8	2	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	.27	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1b 12- 0 out d4	4b -23 2 out d7
34	148	115	Aug 10	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	10-GF(10)		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.95	2.86	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	-0.296	.01	0.00%	-1.00	10b 12- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
35	149	117	Aug 12	SDP	@	NYM	L,4-9	3-4		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.87	2.89	5	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.84	3b 12- 2 out d5	4b 3 out d5
36	150	118	Aug 13	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-5	7-9	W(4-8)	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.86	2.90	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.50	7b --- 0 out d2	9b 1-- 0 out a4
37	151	123	Aug 18(2)	SDP	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	W(5-8)	4	9.0	6	2	1	3	7	0	0	4.52	2.82	35	9	14	3	0	2	73			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.302	.00	0.00%	2.30	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
38	152	129	Aug 24(2)	SDP		PHI	W,7-6	1-3		5	2.2	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.49	2.88	12	4	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.48	1t -2- 1 out d3	3t 3 out d2
39	153	131	Aug 26	SDP		NYM	L,2-7	5-7		1	2.1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.56	2.91	10	3	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	.44	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.68	5t 1-3 2 out d3	7t 3 out d5
40	154	135	Aug 30	SDP		MON	L,1-5	GS-4	L(5-9)	3	4.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	0	4.64	2.85	19	7	4	3	0	3	39			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
41	155	140	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS-9		4	8.1	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.38	2.82	30	6	17	3	0	1	73			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.542	.00	0.00%	3.59	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a1
42	156	145	Sep 9	SDP		CIN	W,11-2	CG	W(6-9)	4	9.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.21	2.85	31	12	10	1	0	3	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.44	0.239	.00	0.00%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
43	157	150	Sep 15	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-6		5	6.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.09	2.84	24	9	9	2	0	4	58			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.03	0.131	.00	0.00%	1.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
44	158	154	Sep 20	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-7	L(6-10)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.08	2.81	30	7	15	3	2	4	51			1	0	0	28	4	1	1	0	1	0	1.11	-0.127	.00	0.00%	0.34	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
45	159	158	Sep 24	SDP		LAD	L,0-14	GS-3	L(6-11)	3	3.0	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.18	2.94	16	1	9	2	0	4	35			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-1.71	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
							10-35		W-L:6-11,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.6	142.0	155	70	66	39	87	8	1	4.18	2.94	614	0.85		14%	2%	74	53	34	41%	10	2	0	557	32	5	3	13	6	6	.92	-1.854	.49	-1.61%	-8.24

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