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Rich Folkers
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 385 of 1233 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

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Rich Folkers also played for the following teams:

St. Louis Cardinals 1972 - 1974; San Diego Padres 1975, 1976; Milwaukee Brewers 1977

Traded by the New York Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals with Art Shamsky, Jim Bibby and Charlie Hudson in exchange for Jim Beauchamp, Harry Parker, Chuck Taylor and Tom Coulter on October 18, 1971.

Minor League Pitching Record

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

1967 Durham (A) 15 81.0 4 4 0.500 65 28 28 9 97 24 11 2 1 -- 3.11

1968 Memphis (AA) 27 168.0 13 9 0.591 153 63 45 4 142 48 26 8 4 -- 2.41

1970 Tidewater (AAA) 5 31.0 4 0 1.000 27 15 11 5 28 5 5 1 0 0 3.19

1971 Tidewater (AAA) 24 140.0 7 11 0.389 156 87 70 12 93 50 22 6 1 0 4.50

Minor League Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1967 Durham (A) 15 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 -- 7 0 0 0 2 0 3 .115 .115 .179

1968 Memphis (AA) 28 53 3 9 1 0 0 3 4 -- 15 0 0 0 3 0 10 .170 .189 .228

1970 Tidewater (AAA) 5 12 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .417 .417 .417

1971 Tidewater (AAA) 24 46 2 13 1 0 0 1 3 -- 5 0 0 0 4 0 14 .283 .304 .327

Rich Folkers played for the following teams in the Mets organization:

Durham Bulls 1967; Memphis Blues 1968; Tidewater Tides 1970, 1971

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