Rich Folkers Notable

b. October 17, 1946 · New York Mets 1970, St. Louis Cardinals 1972–1974, San Diego Padres 1975–1976, Milwaukee Brewers 1977

Rich Folkers played for four clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the New York Mets in 1970 and closing with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1977.

He went 19 and 23 with a 4.11 earned run average, pitching 423 innings in 195 games. He struck out 242. Across 195 games he batted .143, with 11 hits and 3 runs. He finished with 1 double.

He was born in Waterloo, IA, USA on October 17, 1946. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1970	NYM	16	6	1	2	0	0	0	4	.333
1972	STL	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	STL	34	20	0	2	0	1	0	6	.100
1974	STL	55	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	.100
1975	SDP	45	36	2	6	1	4	4	14	.167
1976	SDP	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1977	MIL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Career	—	195	77	3	11	1	5	4	28	.143

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1970	NYM	0	2	16	1	2	29.1	36	21	25	15	6.44
1972	STL	1	0	9	0	0	13.1	12	5	5	7	3.38
1973	STL	4	4	34	9	3	82.1	74	33	34	44	3.61
1974	STL	6	2	55	0	2	90.0	65	30	38	57	3.00
1975	SDP	6	11	45	15	0	142.0	155	66	39	87	4.18
1976	SDP	2	3	33	3	0	59.2	67	35	25	26	5.28
1977	MIL	0	1	3	0	0	6.1	7	3	4	6	4.26
Career	—	19	23	195	28	7	423.0	416	193	170	242	4.11

On this day & linked events

1946

Born October 17, 1946

Waterloo, IA, USA

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