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Current Status

High Level

Major Leagues

Proper Name

Richard Nevin Folkers

Stat Years

1967-1977 [mlb] 1970-1977

Height/Weight

6-2 / 180

Bats/Throws

Left / Left

Positions

P (195)

Draft Position

Born Date/Place

1946-10-17 in Waterloo, Iowa [73.336]

High School

Waterloo East (Waterloo,IA)

Colleges

Parsons College (Fairfield,IA)

Draft

Selected by the New York Mets in Round #1 (#20 overall) of the 1967 Amateur Entry Draft (June-Sec Phase) 3 Draft Instances

Bonus

Signing Scouts

MLB Debut

1970-06-10 - Boxscore (Age: 23.236)

Service Time

Organizations

SLN [3] SDN [2] NYN [1] MIL [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 11487 ... retro id: folkr101 ... mlbam id: 114287

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Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) ERA Earned Run Average ( (9/IP)*ER ) G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started CG Complete Games SHO Shutouts GF Games Finished GR Games Relieved SV Saves IP Innings Pitched H Hits R Runs ER Earned Runs HR Home Runs BB Walks SO Strikeouts WP Wild Pitches BK Balks HB Hit Batsmen from pitcher perspective WHIP Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched ( (H+BB) / IP ) H9 Hits allowed per 9 innings ( (9/IP) * H ) HR9 Home Runs allowed per 9 innings ( (9/IP) * HR ) BB9 Walks per 9 innings ( (9/IP) * BB ) SO9 Strikeouts per 9 innings ( (9/IP) * SO ) RA9 Runs Against per 9 innings ( (9/IP) * R ) SO BB Strikeouts to Walk ratio ( SO/BB ) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L))

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

Glossary:
Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1970	MLB	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	MLB	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	MLB	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	MLB	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	MLB	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	MLB	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	MLB	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		195	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Exp	Detail	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	GR	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	RA9	SO BB	WPCT
1967	Durham	Caro	A+	---	-	20	1	---	4	4	3.11	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	81.0	65	28	28	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.10	7.22	0.00	2.67	10.78	3.11	4.04	.500
1967	Minor Totals:	byYear	A+	---	-	20	1	---	4	4	3.11	15	0	0	0	0	15	0	81.0	65	28	28	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.10	7.22	0.00	2.67	10.78	3.11	4.04	.500
1968	Memphis	Tex	AA	---	-	21	2	---	13	9	2.41	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	168.0	153	63	45	0	48	142	0	0	0	1.20	8.20	0.00	2.57	7.61	3.38	2.96	.591
1968	Minor Totals:	byYear	AA	---	-	21	1	---	13	9	2.41	27	0	0	0	0	27	0	168.0	153	63	45	0	48	142	0	0	0	1.20	8.20	0.00	2.57	7.61	3.38	2.96	.591
1970	Tidewater	IL	AAA	---	-	23	3	---	4	0	3.19	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	31.0	27	15	11	0	5	28	0	0	0	1.03	7.84	0.00	1.45	8.13	4.35	5.60	1.000
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	38	23	3	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	0	2	6.44	16	1	0	0	5	15	2	29.1	36	21	21	6	25	15	2	1	0	2.08	11.05	1.84	7.67	4.60	6.44	0.60	.000
1970	Minor Totals:	byYear	AAA	---	-	23	1	---	4	0	3.19	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	31.0	27	15	11	0	5	28	0	0	0	1.03	7.84	0.00	1.45	8.13	4.35	5.60	1.000
1970	MLB Totals: NYN	byYear	MLB	---	-	23	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	0	2	6.49	16	1	0	0	5	15	2	29.3	36	21	21	6	25	15	2	1	0	2.10	11.13	1.86	7.73	4.64	6.49	0.60	.000
1971	Tidewater	IL	AAA	---	-	24	4	---	7	11	4.50	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	140.0	156	87	70	0	50	93	0	0	0	1.47	10.03	0.00	3.21	5.98	5.59	1.86	.389
1971	Minor Totals:	byYear	AAA	---	-	24	1	---	7	11	4.50	24	0	0	0	0	24	0	140.0	156	87	70	0	50	93	0	0	0	1.47	10.03	0.00	3.21	5.98	5.59	1.86	.389
1972	Arkansas	Tex	AA	---	-	25	5	---	5	4	3.16	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	94.0	82	36	33	0	29	88	0	0	0	1.18	7.85	0.00	2.78	8.43	3.45	3.03	.556
1972	Tulsa	Amer	AAA	---	-	25	5	---	0	2	2.86	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	16	7	7	0	7	22	0	0	0	1.05	6.55	0.00	2.86	9.00	2.86	3.14	.000
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	25	5	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	1	0	3.38	9	0	0	0	4	9	0	13.1	12	5	5	0	5	7	1	0	0	1.28	8.10	0.00	3.38	4.73	3.38	1.40	1.000
1972	Minor Totals:	byYear	AAA/AA	---	-	25	2	---	5	6	3.10	28	0	0	0	0	28	0	116.0	98	43	40	0	36	110	0	0	0	1.16	7.60	0.00	2.79	8.53	3.34	3.06	.455
1972	MLB Totals: SLN	byYear	MLB	---	-	25	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	1	0	3.44	9	0	0	0	4	9	0	13.3	12	5	5	0	5	7	1	0	0	1.30	8.24	0.00	3.44	4.81	3.44	1.40	1.000
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	26	6	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	4	4	3.61	34	9	1	0	7	25	3	82.1	74	34	33	10	34	44	3	1	3	1.31	8.09	1.09	3.72	4.81	3.72	1.29	.500
1973	MLB Totals: SLN	byYear	MLB	---	-	26	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	4	4	3.62	34	9	1	0	7	25	3	82.3	74	34	33	10	34	44	3	1	3	1.32	8.11	1.10	3.73	4.82	3.73	1.29	.500
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	27	7	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	6	2	3.00	55	0	0	0	17	55	2	90.0	65	31	30	4	38	57	3	0	2	1.14	6.50	0.40	3.80	5.70	3.10	1.50	.750
1974	MLB Totals: SLN	byYear	MLB	---	-	27	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	6	2	3.00	55	0	0	0	17	55	2	90.0	65	31	30	4	38	57	3	0	2	1.14	6.50	0.40	3.80	5.70	3.10	1.50	.750
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	28	8	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	6	11	4.18	45	15	4	0	7	30	0	142.0	155	70	66	8	39	87	9	1	1	1.37	9.82	0.51	2.47	5.51	4.44	2.23	.353
1975	MLB Totals: SDN	byYear	MLB	---	-	28	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	6	11	4.18	45	15	4	0	7	30	0	142.0	155	70	66	8	39	87	9	1	1	1.37	9.82	0.51	2.47	5.51	4.44	2.23	.353
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	29	9	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	2	3	5.28	33	3	0	0	6	30	0	59.2	67	39	35	10	25	26	3	2	2	1.54	10.11	1.51	3.77	3.92	5.88	1.04	.400
1976	MLB Totals: SDN	byYear	MLB	---	-	29	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	2	3	5.32	33	3	0	0	6	30	0	59.7	67	39	35	10	25	26	3	2	2	1.55	10.19	1.52	3.80	3.95	5.93	1.04	.400
1977	Spokane Indians	PCL	AAA	mil	-	30	10	---	5	7	4.55	46	4	0	0	0	42	7	83.0	76	43	42	6	31	48	7	0	0	1.29	8.24	0.65	3.36	5.20	4.66	1.55	.417
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	45	30	10	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	0	1	4.26	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	6.1	7	7	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.74	9.95	2.84	5.68	8.53	9.95	1.50	.000
1977	Minor Totals: MIL	byYear	AAA	---	-	30	1	---	5	7	4.55	46	4	0	0	0	42	7	83.0	76	43	42	6	31	48	7	0	0	1.29	8.24	0.65	3.36	5.20	4.66	1.55	.417
1977	MLB Totals: MIL	byYear	MLB	---	-	30	1	Log - Sp - Ext - Perf	0	1	4.43	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	6.3	7	7	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.80	10.33	2.95	5.90	8.85	10.33	1.50	.000
MLB Totals (7 yrs)									19	23	4.11	195	28	5	0	48	167	7	423.0	416	207	193	40	170	242	22	5	8	1.39	8.85	0.85	3.62	5.15	4.40	1.42	.452
National League Totals (6 yrs)									19	22	4.11	192	28	5	0	46	164	7	416.7	409	200	190	38	166	236	21	5	8	1.38	8.84	0.82	3.59	5.10	4.32	1.42	.463
American League Totals (1 yrs)									0	1	4.43	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	6.3	7	7	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.80	10.33	2.95	5.90	8.85	10.33	1.50	.000
Minor League Totals									38	37	3.43	145	4	0	0	0	141	7	619.0	575	279	236	6	194	518	7	0	0	1.24	8.36	0.09	2.82	7.53	4.06	2.67	.507
Minor: A+ Totals									4	4	3.11	15	0	0	0	0	15	0	81.0	65	28	28	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.10	7.22	0.00	2.67	10.78	3.11	4.04	.500
Minor: AA Totals									18	13	2.68	49	0	0	0	0	49	0	262.0	235	99	78	0	77	230	0	0	0	1.19	8.07	0.00	2.65	7.90	3.40	2.99	.581
Minor: AAA Totals									16	20	4.24	81	4	0	0	0	77	7	276.0	275	152	130	6	93	191	7	0	0	1.33	8.97	0.20	3.03	6.23	4.96	2.05	.444
St. Louis Cardinals Totals (3 yrs)									11	6	3.30	98	9	1	0	28	89	5	185.7	151	70	68	14	77	108	7	1	5	1.23	7.34	0.68	3.74	5.25	3.40	1.40	.647
San Diego Padres Totals (2 yrs)									8	14	4.52	78	18	4	0	13	60	0	201.7	222	109	101	18	64	113	12	3	3	1.42	9.93	0.81	2.86	5.05	4.88	1.77	.364
New York Mets Totals (1 yrs)									0	2	6.49	16	1	0	0	5	15	2	29.3	36	21	21	6	25	15	2	1	0	2.10	11.13	1.86	7.73	4.64	6.49	0.60	.000
Milwaukee Brewers Totals (1 yrs)									0	1	4.43	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	6.3	7	7	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.80	10.33	2.95	5.90	8.85	10.33	1.50	.000

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	38	23	p	L-S-E-P	1	16	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	6	2	0	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	25	p	L-S-E-P	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	26	p	L-S-E-P	3	34	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	.100	.095	.100	.195	22	2	0	.000	.000	.133	0.00	27.27	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	27	p	L-S-E-P	4	55	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	11	1	0	.000	.000	.143	0.00	27.27	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	28	p	L-S-E-P	5	45	36	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	14	0	4	0	0	0	.167	.250	.194	.444	44	7	1	.139	.027	.273	9.09	31.82	3.50	0.0	0.00	16.7
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	29	p	L-S-E-P	6	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1977	Spokane Indians	PCL	AAA	mil	-	30	p	---	7	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
MLB Totals (6 yrs)										192	77	3	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	28	0	7	1	0	1	.143	.183	.156	.339	89	12	1	.065	.013	.220	4.49	31.46	7.00	0.0	0.00	9.1
National League Totals (6 yrs)										192	77	3	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	28	0	7	1	0	1	.143	.183	.156	.339	89	12	1	.065	.013	.220	4.49	31.46	7.00	0.0	0.00	9.1
St. Louis Cardinals Totals (3 yrs)										98	31	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	2	1	0	1	.097	.094	.097	.191	34	3	0	.000	.000	.130	0.00	26.47	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
San Diego Padres Totals (2 yrs)										78	40	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	15	0	5	0	0	0	.150	.227	.175	.402	49	7	1	.125	.025	.240	8.16	30.61	3.75	0.0	0.00	16.7
New York Mets Totals (1 yrs)										16	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	6	2	0	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	23	P	16	0	29.1	0	10	0	2	10	10	1.000	0.60	0.34	9.9	100.0	10
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	25	P	9	0	13.1	0	2	0	0	2	2	1.000	0.20	0.15	5.8	100.0	16
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	26	P	34	0	82.1	4	11	1	1	16	15	.938	0.40	0.18	21.0	100.0	6
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	27	P	55	0	90.0	3	7	1	2	11	10	.909	0.20	0.11	34.2	100.0	3
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	28	P	45	0	142.0	10	20	3	0	33	30	.909	0.70	0.21	27.8	100.0	4
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	29	P	33	0	59.2	4	8	0	0	12	12	1.000	0.40	0.20	20.4	100.0	6
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	30	P	3	0	6.1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	0.30	0.16	1.9	100.0	13
MLB Totals - (P)						195	0	422	21	59	5	5	85	80	.941	0.40	0.19	0.0	0.0	0

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