Rich Folkers
Born: October 17, 1946, Waterloo, IAHeight: 6'2" Weight: 180 Bats: Left Throws: Left
College: Parsons College
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1970 New York NL 23 0 2 6.44 16 1 0 10 5 2 0 29.1 36 145 21 21 6 21 4 0 15 1972 St. Louis NL 25 1 0 3.38 9 0 0 5 4 0 0 13.1 12 56 5 5 0 5 0 0 7 1973 St. Louis NL 26 4 4 3.61 34 9 1 18 7 3 0 82.1 74 350 34 33 10 30 4 3 44 1974 St. Louis NL 27 6 2 3.00 55 0 0 38 17 2 0 90.0 65 363 31 30 4 28 10 2 57 1975 San Diego NL 28 6 11 4.18 45 15 4 23 7 0 0 142.0 155 614 70 66 8 36 3 1 87 1976 San Diego NL 29 2 3 5.28 33 3 0 24 6 0 0 59.2 67 273 39 35 10 17 8 2 26 1977 Milwaukee AL 30 0 1 4.26 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 6.1 7 31 7 3 2 3 1 0 6 TOTALS 19 23 4.11 195 28 5 119 48 7 0 423.0 416 1832 207 193 40 140 30 8 242
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 New York NL 16 115 21 36 61 5 1 6 4 1 0 0 21 4 0 15 2 .313 .530 .433 1972 St. Louis NL 9 50 5 12 14 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 7 1 .240 .280 .309 1973 St. Louis NL 34 309 34 74 123 9 5 10 2 2 2 2 30 4 3 44 5 .239 .398 .319 1974 St. Louis NL 55 314 31 65 92 15 0 4 4 5 6 2 28 10 2 57 13 .207 .293 .292 1975 San Diego NL 45 557 70 155 221 32 5 8 11 6 10 2 36 3 1 87 13 .278 .397 .323 1976 San Diego NL 33 240 39 67 114 11 3 10 3 3 7 2 17 8 2 26 1 .279 .475 .348 1977 Milwaukee AL 3 26 7 7 14 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 0 .269 .538 .367
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 New York NL 23 16 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .333 .333 .333 1972 St. Louis NL 25 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 1973 St. Louis NL 26 34 20 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .100 .100 .095 1974 St. Louis NL 27 55 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .100 .100 .100 1975 San Diego NL 28 45 36 2 6 7 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 14 0 .167 .194 .250 1976 San Diego NL 29 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Milwaukee AL 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 195 77 3 11 12 1 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 28 1 .143 .156 .183
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1970 New York NL P 29.1 1 16 0 10 0 2 1.000 3.07 0 0 0 1972 St. Louis NL P 13.1 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 1 0 1973 St. Louis NL P 82.1 9 34 4 11 1 1 .938 1.64 2 2 2 1974 St. Louis NL P 90.0 0 55 3 7 1 2 .909 1.00 6 2 0 1975 San Diego NL P 142.0 15 45 10 20 3 0 .909 1.90 10 2 0 1976 San Diego NL P 59.2 3 33 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.81 7 2 1 1977 Milwaukee AL P 6.1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
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 in exchange for Ed Brinkman and a player to be named later (November 18, 1974); St. Louis Cardinals receivedDanny Breeden (December 10, 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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