Rich Folkers - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-195Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameRichard Nevin Folkers
Height6-2Weight180BatsLeftThrowsLeft
Born DateOctober 17,1946 [73.026]PlaceWaterloo,Iowa
High SchoolWaterloo East (Waterloo,IA)
CollegeParsons College (Fairfield,IA)

DraftedSelected by the Chicago White Sox [Team Picks] in the 3rd round (44th overall) of the 1967 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed] ... Selected by the New York Mets [Team Picks] in the 1st round (20th overall) of the 1967 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed] ... Selected by the San Francisco Giants [Team Picks] in the 4th round (77th overall) of the 1966 Amateur Entry Draft
MLB DebutJune 10,1970 [23.236]
OrganizationsNYN [4] SLN [3] SDN [2] MIL [1] Awards0
TBC Player ID11487Retrosheet IDfolkr101MLBAM ID114287
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Player Notes: � First player ever drafted out of Ellsworth Community College in 1966

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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1967		null	A+	-	-	Rel	20	4	4	3.11	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	81.0	65	28	28	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.10	7.22	--	2.67	10.78	4.04	.500	-
1968		null	AA	-	-	Rel	21	13	9	2.41	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	168.0	153	63	45	0	48	142	0	0	0	1.20	8.20	--	2.57	7.61	2.96	.591	-
1970		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	23	4	0	3.19	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	27	15	11	0	5	28	0	0	0	1.03	7.84	--	1.45	8.13	5.60	1.000	-
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	38	Rel	23	0	2	6.44	16	1	15	0	0	5	2	29.0	36	21	21	6	25	15	2	1	0	2.08	11.05	1.84	7.67	4.60	0.60	.000	6.83
1971		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	24	7	11	4.50	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	140.0	156	87	70	0	50	93	0	0	0	1.47	10.03	--	3.21	5.98	1.86	.389	-
1972		null	AA	-	-	Rel	25	5	4	3.16	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	94.0	82	36	33	0	29	88	0	0	0	1.18	7.85	--	2.78	8.43	3.03	.556	-
1972		null	AAA	-	-	Rel	25	0	2	2.86	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	22.0	16	7	7	0	7	22	0	0	0	1.05	6.55	--	2.86	9.00	3.14	.000	-
1972	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor		-	-	Rel	0	5	6	3.10	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	116.0	98	43	40	0	36	110	0	0	0	1.16	7.60	--	2.79	8.53	3.06	.455	-
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	Rel	25	1	0	3.38	9	0	9	0	0	4	0	13.0	12	5	5	0	5	7	1	0	0	1.28	8.10	--	3.38	4.73	1.40	1.000	2.47
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	S/R	26	4	4	3.61	34	9	25	1	0	7	3	82.0	74	34	33	10	34	44	3	1	0	1.31	8.09	1.09	3.72	4.81	1.29	.500	4.31
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	Rel	27	6	2	3.00	55	0	55	0	0	17	2	90.0	65	31	30	4	38	57	3	0	0	1.14	6.50	0.40	3.80	5.70	1.50	.750	3.16
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	S/R	28	6	11	4.18	45	15	30	4	0	7	0	142.0	155	70	66	8	39	87	9	1	0	1.37	9.82	0.51	2.47	5.51	2.23	.353	2.92
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	Rel	29	2	3	5.28	33	3	30	0	0	6	0	59.2	67	39	35	10	25	26	3	2	0	1.54	10.11	1.51	3.77	3.92	1.04	.400	5.20
1977	Spokane Indians	PCL	AAA	mil	-	Rel	30	5	7	4.55	46	4	42	0	0	0	7	83.0	76	43	42	6	31	48	7	0	0	1.29	8.24	0.65	3.36	5.20	1.55	.417	-
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	45	Rel	30	0	1	4.26	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	6.0	7	7	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.74	9.95	2.84	5.68	8.53	1.50	.000	6.84
MLB Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								19	23	4.11	195	28	167	5	0	48	7	421.0	416	207	193	40	170	242	22	5	0	1.39	8.85	0.85	3.62	5.15	1.42	.452	1.29
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)Filter								38	37	3.43	145	4	141	0	0	0	7	619.0	575	279	236	6	194	518	7	0	0	1.24	8.36	0.09	2.82	7.53	2.67	.507	-
AAA Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								16	20	4.24	81	4	77	0	0	0	7	276.0	275	152	130	6	93	191	7	0	0	1.33	8.97	0.20	3.03	6.23	2.05	.444	-
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								18	13	2.68	49	0	49	0	0	0	0	262.0	235	99	78	0	77	230	0	0	0	1.19	8.07	--	2.65	7.90	2.99	.581	-
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								4	4	3.11	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	81.0	65	28	28	0	24	97	0	0	0	1.10	7.22	--	2.67	10.78	4.04	.500	-
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								11	6	3.30	98	9	89	1	0	28	5	185.2	151	70	68	14	77	108	7	1	0	1.23	7.32	0.68	3.73	5.24	1.40	.647	-
San Diego Padres Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								8	14	4.51	78	18	60	4	0	13	0	201.2	222	109	101	18	64	113	12	3	0	1.42	9.91	0.80	2.86	5.04	1.77	.364	-
New York Mets Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	2	6.44	16	1	15	0	0	5	2	29.0	36	21	21	6	25	15	2	1	0	2.08	11.05	1.84	7.67	4.60	0.60	.000	-
Milwaukee Brewers Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	1	4.26	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	6.0	7	7	3	2	4	6	1	0	0	1.74	9.95	2.84	5.68	8.53	1.50	.000	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								10	12	4.11	101	15	86	3	0	25	4	220.0	216	108	100	21	88	126	11	3	0	1.39	8.85	0.85	3.62	5.15	1.42	.455	1.29
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								14	13	3.43	52	1	51	0	0	0	2	220.0	204	99	84	2	69	184	2	0	0	1.24	8.36	0.09	2.82	7.53	2.67	.519	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	38	p	23	16	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	2	0	6	1.000	.000	.000	.303	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	p	25	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	p	26	34	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	.100	.095	.100	.195	2	0	22	.133	.000	.000	.087	0.00	27.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	28	p	27	55	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	11	.143	.000	.000	.092	0.00	27.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	p	28	45	36	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	14	0	4	0	0	0	.167	.250	.194	.444	7	1	44	.273	.027	.139	.220	9.09	31.82	3.50	0.00	0.00	16.67
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	26	p	29	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 6 Season(s)Filter								192	77	3	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	28	0	7	1	0	1	.143	.183	.156	.339	12	1	89	.220	.013	.065	.000	4.49	31.46	7.00	0.00	0.00	9.09
San Diego Padres Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								78	40	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	15	0	5	0	0	0	.150	.227	.175	.402	7	1	49	.240	.025	.125	.000	8.16	30.61	3.75	0.00	0.00	16.67
St. Louis Cardinals Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								98	31	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	2	1	0	1	.097	.094	.097	.191	3	0	34	.130	.000	.000	.000	0.00	26.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
New York Mets Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								16	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	2	0	6	1.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	65	3	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	24	0	6	1	0	1	.143	.183	.156	.339	10	1	75	.220	.013	.065	.000	4.49	31.46	7.00	0.00	0.00	9.09

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	23	P	16	-	29	-	10	-	2	10	10	1.000	0.63	0.34	-	-	--	-	16	100.0	9.9
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	P	9	-	13	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.22	0.15	-	1	0.0	-	9	100.0	5.8
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	26	P	34	-	82	4	11	1	1	16	15	.938	0.44	0.18	2	2	50.0	1	34	100.0	21.0
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	27	P	55	-	90	3	7	1	2	11	10	.909	0.18	0.11	-	-	--	-	55	100.0	34.2
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	28	P	45	-	142	10	20	3	-	33	30	.909	0.67	0.21	-	-	--	-	45	100.0	27.8
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	29	P	33	-	59	4	8	-	-	12	12	1.000	0.36	0.20	-	-	--	-	33	100.0	20.4
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	30	P	3	-	6	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.33	0.17	-	-	--	-	3	100.0	1.9
MLB Totals for P - 7 season(s)				-	�	P	195	-	421	21	59	5	5	85	80	.941	0.41	0.19	2	3	40.0	1	195	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1970	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	23	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	25	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	26	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	sln	27	55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	28	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	San Diego Padres	NL	MLB	sdn	29	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	AL	MLB	mil	30	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Category	Org	Age	Job	G	W	L	Pct	GBL	Rank	Manager/HC	Playoffs
1995	St. Petersburg Cardinals	FSL	A+	Minor	sln	48	Pitching Coach	131	64	67	.489	11.5	7	Chris Maloney
1996	St. Petersburg Cardinals	FSL	A+	Minor	sln	49	Pitching Coach	138	75	63	.543	11.0	4	Chris Maloney
1997	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	Minor	sln	50	Pitching Coach	140	68	72	.486	9.0	2	Rick Mahler
1998	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	Minor	sln	51	Pitching Coach	140	80	60	.571	--	1	Chris Maloney	Lost in Semi-Finals
1999	Arkansas Travelers	Tex	AA	Minor	sln	52	Pitching Coach	140	59	81	.421	15.0	4	Chris Maloney

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1978-03-23							Released by Tigers.		�
1977-12-09						Trade	Traded by Brewers with Jim Slaton to Tigers for Ben Oglivie.		�
1977-03-23							Claimed on waivers by Brewers from Padres.		�
1974-11-18						Trade	Traded by Cardinals with Sonny Siebert and Alan Foster to Padres for Danny Breeden and Ed Brinkman.		�
1971-10-18						Trade	Traded by Mets with Charlie Hudson, Jim Bibby and Art Shamsky to Cardinals for Chip Coulter, Harry Parker, Chuck Taylor and Jim Beauchamp.		�

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