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

Summary of 40 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 12 go ahead

4 Tms
SDP	18
STL	14
NYM	6
MIL	2

Platoon
vs RHB	33
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	16

Outs
1	15
2	15
0	10

12 Opps
CIN	8
PIT	6
ATL	6
LAD	6
SFG	3
PHI	2
MON	2
CHC	2
HOU	2
STL	1
BOS	1
NYY	1

33 Batters
Johnny Bench	3
Darrell Evans	2
Cito Gaston	2
Manny Sanguillén	2
George Foster	2
Steve Yeager	2
Mike Anderson	1
Bob Forsch	1
Darrel Chaney	1
Gary Sutherland	1
Willie Stargell	1
George Scott	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Lee May	1
Bill Buckner	1
Garry Maddox	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Billy Williams	1
Steve Garvey	1
Hal Breeden	1
Bob Watson	1
Ron Cey	1
Rick Monday	1
Bob Robertson	1
Rennie Stennett	1
Richie Zisk	1
Mike Lum	1
Davey Johnson	1
Dave Concepción	1
Dick Dietz	1
Dusty Baker	1
Denis Menke	1
Bucky Dent	1

14 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	9
Busch Stad (STL)	6
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	5
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
3Com Park (SFO)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	27
9	8
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	27
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	7
123	4
-2-	4
12-	2
--3	2
-23	1
1-3	1

73 Runs
RISP	14
0 on	19
1 on	13
2 on	4
3 on	4
Any on	21

Inning
1	2
2	4
3	7
4	4
5	4
6	5
7	6
8	6
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	13
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	1
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	2
-2	3
-4..	4

Ahead	22
Tied	9
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	10
C	7
RF	6
CF	4
LF	4
SS	3
2B	2
3B	2
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
4th	10
5th	8
7th	6
6th	5
1st	3
8th	3
3rd	2
9th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-06-26	Gary Sutherland	MON		NYM	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	-2-	2	1	PH	11%	91%		Home Run; B. Wine Scores
2	2	2	1	1970-07-20	Dick Dietz	SFG		NYM	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	4	2	12%	39%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	1970-07-29	Bobby Bonds	SFG	@	NYM	behind 1-2	t 7	1	1--	2	1	8	36%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Johnson Scores
4	4	4	1	1970-08-11	Lee May	CIN		NYM	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	---	1	6	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	2	1970-08-11	Johnny Bench	CIN		NYM	ahead 6-0	b 8	1	1--	2	4	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Tolan Scores
6	6	6	1	1970-08-30	Denis Menke	HOU		NYM	ahead 8-4	b 7	0	---	1	5	6	1%	99%		Home Run
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1973-06-26 (2)	Mike Anderson	PHI		STL	behind 1-3	b 7	2	---	1	2	9	13%	27%		Home Run
8	8	2	1	1973-07-03 (2)	Richie Zisk	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-6	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	2%	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1973-07-12	Bill Buckner	LAD		STL	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	8	9	12%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	1973-07-29 (2)	Billy Williams	CHC		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	16%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Cardenal Scores
11	11	5	1	1973-08-08	Mike Lum	ATL	@	STL	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	1	9	16%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	6	2	1973-08-08	Dusty Baker	ATL	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	--3	2	5	8	14%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Aaron Scores
13	13	7	1	1973-09-03 (2)	Rennie Stennett	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	4	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	8	2	1973-09-03 (2)	Manny Sanguillén	PIT		STL	behind 1-8	b 6	1	---	1	5	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	9	3	1973-09-03 (2)	Bob Robertson	PIT		STL	behind 2-8	b 6	1	---	1	6	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	10	1	1973-09-17 (2)	Hal Breeden	MON		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2	4	3	18%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailey Scores
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1974-07-07 (2)	Darrel Chaney	CIN		STL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	123	4	8	4	17%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Concepción Scores; C. Gerónimo Scores; B. Plummer Scores
18	18	2	1	1974-07-14	Davey Johnson	ATL	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	12-	3	6	3	7%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Evans Scores; D. Baker Scores
19	19	3	1	1974-07-28	Rick Monday	CHC		STL	behind 1-3	b 6	0	-23	3	5	8	27%	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Williams Scores; A. Thornton Scores
20	20	4	1	1974-09-24	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	STL	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	1-3	3	4	7	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Stennett Scores; A. Oliver Scores
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1975-04-20	Darrell Evans	ATL		SDP	behind 2-3	b 9	0	-2-	2	3	5	57%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); M. Perez Scores
22	22	2	1	1975-06-21	Steve Yeager	LAD	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	11%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1975-06-30	Ron Cey	LAD		SDP	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	5	5	6%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	4	1	1975-07-23	Manny Sanguillén	PIT	@	SDP	ahead 6-0	t 8	0	1--	2	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Zisk Scores
25	25	5	1	1975-08-08	Bob Forsch	STL		SDP	ahead 6-0	b 3	2	1--	2	9	1	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Tyson Scores
26	26	6	1	1975-08-24 (2)	Garry Maddox	PHI	@	SDP	ahead 3-2	t 3	2	---	1	7	8	12%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	7	1	1975-09-09	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	SDP	behind 0-11	t 7	2	1--	2	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Pérez Scores
28	28	8	1	1975-09-24	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	SDP	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	4	3	9%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1976-05-23	George Foster	CIN	@	SDP	ahead 7-0	t 6	2	123	4	6	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Griffey Scores; J. Bench Scores; T. Pérez Scores
30	30	2	1	1976-05-26	Joe Ferguson	LAD	@	SDP	ahead 5-0	t 8	0	---	1	6	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	3	2	1976-05-26	Steve Yeager	LAD	@	SDP	ahead 6-0	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	4	1	1976-06-23 (2)	Darrell Evans	SFG		SDP	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	123	4	7	3	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Matthews Scores; C. Speier Scores; K. Reitz Scores
33	33	5	1	1976-06-29	Dave Concepción	CIN	@	SDP	ahead 10-5	t 14	2	--3	2	8	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gerónimo Scores
34	34	6	1	1976-07-27	Bob Watson	HOU		SDP	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	---	1	4	3	7%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1976-07-30 (2)	Johnny Bench	CIN		SDP	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	2	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	8	2	1976-07-30 (2)	George Foster	CIN		SDP	tied 1-1	b 3	2	1--	2	4	9	23%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Rose Scores
37	37	9	1	1976-08-03	Cito Gaston	ATL		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Gilbreath Scores
38	38	10	2	1976-08-03	Cito Gaston	ATL		SDP	tied 2-2	b 3	2	12-	3	4	3	28%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Chaney Scores; R. Gilbreath Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1977-05-22 (1)	George Scott	BOS		MIL	tied 10-10	b 8	2	123	4	5	3	35%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Doyle Scores/unER; R. Burleson Scores/unER; J. Rice Scores/unER; G. Scott Scores/unER
40	40	2	1	1977-06-08	Bucky Dent	NYY	@	MIL	ahead 8-1	t 8	2	---	1	9	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)