Rich Folkers vs. Cleon Webb — Career Comparison

Rich Folkers
Baby BoomersIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cleon Webb
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cleon Webb built a career as a starting pitcher and Rich Folkers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rich Folkers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.11 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 5.67 and 1.407 for Cleon Webb. By the career numbers, Rich Folkers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rich Folkers and Cleon Webb

Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
4.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.33
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.4
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.49
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.24
45.24
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.36
14.36
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
4.11
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1269
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
423
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
8.85
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.67
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.85
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
3.62
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.64
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
5.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
0.556
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.47
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.17
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1832
38.98
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
40
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.02
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
4.4
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.55
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.36
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.68
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.407
1.407
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1611
34.28
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.98
38.98
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40

Fielding Stats for Rich Folkers and Cleon Webb

Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
4.16
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.33
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.6
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1267
27
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422.1
9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.45
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
1.26
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.67
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.81
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.67
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.36
14.36
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.11
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rich Folkers and Cleon Webb

Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
1314.61
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
600
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
519.1
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
74.16
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
67.42
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.06
13.89
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
21.64
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
80.9
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
101.12
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.339
0.339
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.22
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.71
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.93
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.93
6.26
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
21.95
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.97
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
28
188.76
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
3.18
3.18
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.19
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.74
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.74
Cleon Webb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Folkers
Career
Per 600 PA
Cleon Webb
Career
Per 600 PA