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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SDP		SFG	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 13	SDP		CIN	L,0-10		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 16	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-7		5	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 20	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	14 (3)	Apr 24	SDP		LAD	L,6-11	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	17 (2)	Apr 27 (1)	SDP		ATL	L,8-12		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	20 (2)	Apr 29	SDP		HOU	L,2-8	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	25 (4)	May 4	SDP	@	LAD	W,10-7		8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	26	May 6	SDP	@	CIN	L,3-7		15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	30 (3)	May 10	SDP	@	CHC	L,1-5		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	40 (9)	May 22	SDP		PIT	L,2-4		8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
12	43 (2)	May 25	SDP		PIT	L,5-6		18	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	45 (1)	May 27	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	46	May 28	SDP	@	STL	L,5-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	48 (1)	May 31	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-7		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	51 (2)	Jun 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-12		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	57 (5)	Jun 11	SDP		MON	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
18	59 (1)	Jun 13	SDP		NYM	L,2-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	62 (2)	Jun 16	SDP	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
20	67 (4)	Jun 21	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	72 (4)	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	77 (4)	Jun 30	SDP	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS	31	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	81 (3)	Jul 4	SDP		CIN	L,6-7	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	83 (1)	Jul 6	SDP		CIN	L,2-13		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	84	Jul 8	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	87 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	90 (2)	Jul 13	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	95 (4)	Jul 20 (2)	SDP		STL	L,2-10	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	98 (2)	Jul 23	SDP		PIT	L,1-8		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	104 (5)	Jul 29	SDP	@	HOU	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	108 (3)	Aug 2	SDP		ATL	L,6-8		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	109	Aug 3	SDP		ATL	L,1-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	113 (3)	Aug 8	SDP	@	STL	L,6-10		19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	115 (1)	Aug 10	SDP	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	117 (1)	Aug 12	SDP	@	NYM	L,4-9		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
36	118	Aug 13	SDP	@	NYM	W,8-5		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
37	123 (4)	Aug 18 (2)	SDP	@	MON	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	129 (5)	Aug 24 (2)	SDP		PHI	W,7-6		12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	131 (1)	Aug 26	SDP		NYM	L,2-7		10	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
40	135 (3)	Aug 30	SDP		MON	L,1-5	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	140 (4)	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	30	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
42	145 (4)	Sep 9	SDP		CIN	W,11-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	P
43	150 (4)	Sep 15	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
44	154 (3)	Sep 20	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
45	158 (3)	Sep 24	SDP		LAD	L,0-14	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							45gm		142.0	10	20	3	33	0