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Rich Folkers
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 395 of 1252 players

Richard Nevin Folkers
Born: October 17, 1946 at Waterloo, Iowa
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.02 Weight: 180

Rich Folkers was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on December 24, 2008, October 28, 2018, and October 17, 2020.

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First Mets game: June 10, 1970
Last Mets game: September 3, 1970

Rich Folkers as a Mets Opponent - Regular Season Pitching Record

Year Team G IP W L Pct. R ER SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA

1972 St. Louis (NL) 1 1.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

1973 St. Louis (NL) 3 6.2 0 1 0.000 5 5 5 5 1 0 0 0 6.75

1974 St. Louis (NL) 9 11.0 2 0 1.000 1 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.82

1975 San Diego (NL) 5 8.1 1 0 1.000 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 3.24

1976 San Diego (NL) 1 0.2 0 1 0.000 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 54.00

Totals 19 27.2 3 2 0.600 13 13 18 13 2 0 0 0 4.23

Rich Folkers as a Mets Opponent - Regular Season Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Avg. TB Slg. OBP

1972 St. Louis (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1973 St. Louis (NL) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1974 St. Louis (NL) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

1975 San Diego (NL) 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1.000 1.000

1976 San Diego (NL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 .000

Totals 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 .250 .250

Mets Batters vs. Rich Folkers
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Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

Grote, Jerry 8 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 .500 1.000 .556

Milner, John 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .333 .667 .333

Jones, Cleon 8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .444

Kranepool, Ed 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .600 .600 .667

Harrelson, Bud 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .400 .600 .400

Staub, Rusty 12 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .286

Millan, Felix 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .364

Martinez, Ted 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .400

Schneck, Dave 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .667 .333

Hahn, Don 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .429

Phillips, Mike 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200

Boswell, Ken 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Seaver, Tom 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Kingman, Dave 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500

Alou, Jesus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000

Torre, Joe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000

Vail, Mike 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000

Garrett, Wayne 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .300

Unser, Del 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Theodore, George 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Dyer, Duffy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Mays, Willie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Matlack, Jon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Stone, George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP
Baldwin, Rick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Barnes, Lute 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Clines, Gene 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Heidemann, Jack 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Gallagher, Bob 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Stearns, John 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000

Tate, Randy 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000

Rich Folkers vs. Mets Pitchers
3 results. Click on column header to sort.

Name AB H 2B 3B HR BB IBB SO HBP SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

Hall, Tom 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000

Matlack, Jon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Stone, George 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

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