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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: 24-31

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 25

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 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	60	3	Apr 10	STL	@	NYM	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.58	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.28	0.01%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
2	61	4	Apr 11(1)	STL	@	NYM	W,8-7	7-7		0	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	5.58	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	-0.110	6.65	-0.12%	-0.66	7b 12- 1 out a2	7b 123 1 out a2
3	62	5	Apr 11(2)	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	8-GF	W(1-0)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	2.91	7	3	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.13	0.213	3.88	0.23%	0.91	8b --- 0 out d1	9b end a 1
4	63	6	Apr 12	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	11-GF(11)	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	2.33	3	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.46	0.180	4.53	0.20%	0.44	11b --- 0 out a1	11b end a 1
5	64	9	Apr 14(2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.35	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.88	0.133	9.53	0.16%	0.30	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
6	65	12	Apr 17	STL	@	PHI	L,5-12	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	2.95	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.40	8b --3 0 out d6	8b end d 7
7	66	13	Apr 18	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	8-GF		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	2.85	7	3	3	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.043	1.11	0.05%	0.96	8b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
8	67	18	Apr 24	STL		HOU	L,4-9	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	3.18	4	1	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
9	68	20	Apr 27	STL		CIN	W,4-3	8-9		2	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.86	3.20	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.94	0.156	6.12	0.15%	1.25	8t -23 0 out tie	9t 1-3 1 out a1
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
10	69	23	May 1	STL		ATL	L,5-6	9-9		3	0.1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.70	3.78	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.78	-0.137	7.20	-0.16%	-0.69	9t 1-- 0 out tie	9t 123 1 out tie
11	70	31	May 13	STL		NYM	L,3-5	7-7		11	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.74	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.008	.96	0.01%	0.21	7t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
12	71	33	May 16	STL		NYM	L,4-6	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.19	3.39	7	1	4	0	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.030	.53	0.04%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d3
13	72	34	May 17	STL		CHC	W,9-8	6-7	H(1)	0	1.2	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.57	3.44	9	2	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.032	2.75	0.04%	-0.45	6t 1-- 0 out a2	7t 123 2 out a3
14	73	38	May 21	STL		PHI	L,2-4	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.20	7	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.039	.65	0.06%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
15	74	41	May 25	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	3.17	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.029	.74	0.03%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
16	75	44	May 28	STL		LAD	L,5-11	7-8		2	1.1	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.44	3.18	9	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.036	.57	-0.04%	-2.60	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 123 1 out d5
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
17	76	48	Jun 2	STL		SDP	W,9-6	9-GF	H(2)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	3.15	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.030	1.18	0.04%	0.46	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
18	77	51	Jun 6	STL	@	SFG	L,5-9	4-5		3	1.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.48	3.26	6	2	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.193	1.93	-0.24%	-1.93	4b -23 2 out d1	5b 3 out d4
19	78	53	Jun 8	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	3-4		1	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.18	3.37	8	3	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.77	-0.058	3.68	-0.07%	-0.16	3b 12- 0 out a1	4b 3 out d1
20	79	65	Jun 22	STL		MON	W,4-3	8-8	H(3)	13	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.04	3.38	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	0.116	8.76	0.21%	0.46	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
21	80	69	Jun 25	STL		PIT	W,8-7	5-7		2	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.70	3.29	12	3	3	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.90	0.082	4.87	0.13%	0.36	5t 12- 0 out a2	7t 3 out tie
22	81	70	Jun 26	STL		PIT	L,2-7	2-6		0	5.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.13	3.11	20	6	5	1	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	1	0	.32	0.003	.82	0.00%	-0.32	2t 1-- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d7
23	82	72	Jun 29	STL	@	NYM	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.03	3.04	3	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.08	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
24	83	74	Jun 30(2)	STL	@	NYM	W,5-3	9-9	BS(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	3.03	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	-0.117	17.28	-0.20%	-0.13	9b 123 0 out a2	9b 12- 2 out tie
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
25	84	75	Jul 2	STL		CHC	L,3-4	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.80	3.03	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.065	1.49	0.11%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
26	85	78	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	7-7	W(2-0)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.72	2.96	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.084	3.29	0.14%	0.46	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
27	86	80	Jul 7(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		1	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.63	2.98	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.061	2.81	0.10%	0.87	7b 12- 2 out d1	8b end d 1
28	87	81	Jul 7(2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-11	2-4		-1	3.0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	2.66	3.24	12	3	5	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.37	-0.180	1.07	-0.31%	-1.81	2b 123 0 out tie	4b 3 out d5
29	88	83	Jul 9	STL	@	HOU	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.59	3.30	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.14	0.005	.40	0.01%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
30	89	88	Jul 14	STL		ATL	L,0-7	4-6		4	3.0	1	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.02	3.63	12	0	8	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.051	.58	-0.09%	-1.62	4t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d7
31	90	90	Jul 16	STL		CIN	L,7-12	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.89	3.59	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.92	6t --- 0 out d12	7t 3 out d10
32	91	91	Jul 17	STL		CIN	L,4-6	11-12	L(2-1)	0	1.1	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.19	3.60	8	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.048	5.24	0.06%	0.05	11t --- 0 out tie	12t 12- 1 out tie
33	92	93	Jul 19	STL		HOU	L,1-5	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.58	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.011	.45	0.01%	0.87	8t 12- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d4
34	93	94	Jul 20	STL		HOU	W,6-5	8-8		0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.12	3.64	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.87	-0.176	6.78	-0.19%	-1.09	8t 12- 0 out tie	8t 123 1 out d1
35	94	96	Jul 25(1)	STL		NYM	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(3-1)	4	2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.00	3.50	8	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.26	0.163	4.87	0.21%	0.92	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
36	95	100	Jul 28	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	6-7	BS(2)	2	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.06	3.67	7	0	5	0	2	1		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.186	1.96	-0.25%	-0.58	6b -23 0 out a2	7b 3 out d1
37	96	103	Jul 31	STL	@	PHI	W,9-8	8-9		2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.19	3.66	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.018	1.73	-0.05%	-1.49	8b 12- 1 out a6	9b 1-- 0 out a4
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
38	97	104	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	W,5-2	10-GF(11)	W(4-1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.07	3.55	7	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.160	3.76	0.36%	0.88	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 3
39	98	105	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	10-12		0	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.91	3.52	10	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	0.377	6.58	0.84%	1.33	10b --- 0 out tie	12b 3 out tie
40	99	109	Aug 5	STL		PHI	W,3-2	11-11		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	3.51	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	-0.060	14.75	-0.19%	-0.19	11t --- 0 out tie	11t -2- 1 out tie
41	100	111	Aug 6(2)	STL	@	MON	W,9-4	3-GF	W(5-1)	0	6.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.60	3.37	24	2	15	1	1	3		3	3	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.70	0.105	2.83	0.26%	1.46	3b 123 1 out a6	9b end a 5
42	101	115	Aug 10	STL		LAD	L,2-6	7-GF		3	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.49	3.32	11	2	4	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.019	.48	0.04%	1.38	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
43	102	118	Aug 13	STL		SDP	L,1-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.28	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.034	1.83	0.08%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
44	103	123	Aug 19	STL	@	ATL	L,6-11	4-5		5	1.1	4	3	3	1	1	0	1	2.79	3.32	10	1	2	0	0	4		2	1	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.29	-0.201	4.95	-0.46%	-2.57	4b -23 1 out tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
45	104	124	Aug 20	STL	@	ATL	L,6-8	5-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.75	3.29	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.007	.35	0.02%	0.48	5b --- 0 out d5	5b 3 out d5
46	105	132	Aug 30	STL	@	SFG	L,2-8	3-4		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.68	3.25	8	3	1	0	1	1		1	1	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.20	-0.005	.80	-0.01%	0.35	3b 1-- 0 out d5	4b 3 out d6
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
47	106	137	Sep 4	STL		MON	W,5-4	4-8	W(6-1)	4	5.0	2	1	1	0	7	0	1	2.62	3.07	18	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.086	4.76	0.19%	1.30	4t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out tie
48	107	142	Sep 10	STL		PHI	L,2-8	5-6		5	2.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.78	3.10	8	3	2	0	2	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.129	2.14	-0.29%	-1.16	5t --3 0 out d1	6t 3 out d4
49	108	143	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	12-13		0	2.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.71	3.07	10	2	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.75	0.257	7.50	0.42%	0.91	12b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
50	109	145	Sep 13	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	11-12		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.67	3.10	4	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	0.243	13.27	0.69%	0.91	11b 12- 2 out tie	12b 3 out tie
51	110	149	Sep 18	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	7-7		4	0.2	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.75	3.14	5	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.69	-0.121	5.47	-0.57%	-1.37	7b -2- 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
52	111	150	Sep 19	STL	@	PIT	L,6-8	5-7	HL(6-2)	0	2.1	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.89	3.06	10	2	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.072	14.07	0.44%	0.48	5b --- 0 out a1	7b 12- 1 out a1
53	112	155	Sep 24	STL		PIT	L,3-7	7-7		4	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.97	3.20	4	0	2	0	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.053	3.30	-0.48%	-1.86	7t 1-3 1 out d3	7t 3 out d6
54	113	156	Sep 25	STL		PIT	W,13-12	1-2		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	3.19	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.022	4.44	0.23%	0.70	1t --- 1 out d5	2t 3 out d5
55	114	157	Sep 27	STL	@	CHC	W,10-4	7-7		1	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	3.22	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.003	.85	-0.02%	-0.41	7b --- 0 out a8	7b 12- 1 out a8
							24-31		W-L:6-2,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:4	1.8	90.0	65	31	30	38	57	4	2	3.00	3.22	363	0.88		1%	10%	63		44	59%	6	2	0	314	15	0	10	13	5	4	1.09	1.094	3.41	1.81%	4.46

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