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Rich Folkers

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Full Name: Richard Nevin Folkers Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180 First Game: June 10, 1970
Birthdate: October 17, 1946 Final Game: June 8, 1977
Birthplace: Waterloo, Iowa MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 17, 1946 in Waterloo, Iowa, Rich Folkers (Richard Nevin Folkers) played for the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 7 year career. Folkers broke into the bigs on June 10, 1970 with the New York Mets, and put up a 3.61 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rich Folkers's best season was 1974, when he posted a 3.00 ERA and struck out 57 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1970 NY N 16 1 0 2 6.44 15 21 21 0 0 2 29.1 36 6 25 4 2 0
1972 STL N 9 0 1 0 3.38 7 5 5 0 0 0 13.1 12 0 5 0 1 0
1973 STL N 34 9 4 4 3.61 44 34 33 1 0 3 82.1 74 10 34 4 3 3
1974 STL N 55 0 6 2 3.00 57 31 30 0 0 2 90 65 4 38 10 3 2
1975 SD N 45 15 6 11 4.18 87 70 66 4 0 0 142 155 8 39 3 9 1
1976 SD N 33 3 2 3 5.28 26 39 35 0 0 0 59.2 67 10 25 8 3 2
1977 MIL A 3 0 0 1 4.26 6 7 3 0 0 0 6.1 7 2 4 1 1 0
Total NL 192 28 19 22 4.10 236 200 190 5 0 7 416.2 409 38 166 29 21 8
Total AL 3 0 0 1 4.26 6 7 3 0 0 0 6.1 7 2 4 1 1 0
Total 195 28 19 23 4.11 242 207 193 5 0 7 423 416 40 170 30 22 8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 NY N P 16 1 29.1 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 STL N P 9 0 13.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000
1973 STL N P 34 9 82.1 4 11 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 .938
1974 STL N P 55 0 90 3 7 1 2 0 0 6 2 0 .909
1975 SD N P 45 15 142 10 20 3 0 0 0 10 2 0 .909
1976 SD N P 33 3 59.2 4 8 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 1.000
1977 MIL A P 3 0 6.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 195 28 423 21 59 5 5 0 1 25 9 3 .941

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1970 NY N 16 6 1 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1972 STL N 9 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 STL N 34 20 0 2 0 1 .100 .095 .100 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0
1974 STL N 55 10 0 1 0 0 .100 .100 .100 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1975 SD N 45 36 2 6 0 4 .167 .250 .194 1 0 4 14 0 4 0 0 0
1976 SD N 33 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1977 MIL A 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 192 77 3 11 0 5 .143 .183 .156 1 0 4 28 0 7 0 0 1
Total AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 195 77 3 11 0 5 .143 .183 .156 1 0 4 28 0 7 0 0 1

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
  • Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (January 28, 1967).
  • Selected by New York Mets in the 1st round (20th pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 6, 1967).
  • Traded by New York Mets with Art Shamsky, Jim Bibby and Charlie Hudson to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jim Beauchamp, Chuck Taylor, Harry Parker and Chip Coulter (October 18, 1971).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Alan Foster and Sonny Siebert to San Diego Padres as part of 3-team trade in which San Diego Padres sent Nate Colbert to Detroit Tigers; Detroit Tigers sent Ed Brinkman to St. Louis Cardinals; Detroit Tigers sent Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon to San Diego Padres (November 18, 1974); and San Diego Padres sent Danny Breeden to St. Louis Cardinals (December 12, 1974).
  • Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Brewers from San Diego Padres (March 23, 1977).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Jim Slaton to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Ben Oglivie (December 9, 1977).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (March 23, 1978).

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