Bob Forsch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA us

Died: November 3, 2011 in Weeki Wachee, FL

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hiram W. Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA).

High School: Hiram W. Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)

School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

Debut: July 7, 1974 (Age 24-175d, 13,511th in major league history)
vs. CIN 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 25, 1989 (Age 39-255d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Robert Herbert Forsch

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.6

168

136

ERA

3.76

498

422

2794.2

1133

WHIP

1.291

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Team Record in Appearances: 4-8 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1982	NLCS g1	Oct 7	STL		ATL	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	1.38	30	104	74	16	13	13	9	2	2	2	87			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.367	22.53	6.30%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	1982	WS g1	Oct 12	STL		MIL	L,0-10	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.2	10	6	4	1	1	1	1	2.45	3.06	29	89	58	12	2	13	7	1	3	6	29			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.244	40.70	-8.34%	-3.56	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d6
3	1982	WS g5	Oct 17	STL	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	8	4	3	2	3	1	0	2.91	3.55	30	112	68	19	6	8	14	5	2	3	48			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.181	76.64	-8.19%	-0.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
1985 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	1985	NLCS g5	Oct 14	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GS-4		9	3.1	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	5.40	8.38	15	41	23	8	1	5	4	1	0	3	44			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	-0.152	40.56	-3.66%	-1.05	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out tie
5	1985	WS g5	Oct 24	STL		KCR	L,1-6	GS-2	L(0-1)	9	1.2	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	10.80	6.28	11	54	31	5	3	2	6	2	0	0	30			0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.355	60.72	-11.24%	-3.44	1t start tie	2t --3 2 out d3
6	1985	WS g7	Oct 27	STL	@	KCR	L,0-11	5-6		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.53	5.21	4	19	12	5	1	1	2	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.001	1.33	-0.08%	0.28	5b 123 2 out d10	6b 3 out d11
1987 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1987	NLCS g2	Oct 7	STL		SFG	L,0-5	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.13	3					0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.62	0.02%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
8	1987	NLCS g3	Oct 9	STL	@	SFG	W,6-5	5-6	W(1-0)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.00	1.87	9	29	18	5	2	4	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.040	11.83	0.69%	0.97	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d2
9	1987	NLCS g5	Oct 11	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	4-4	L(1-1)	1	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	12.00	2.87	4	12	8	2	0	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	-0.395	85.73	-9.31%	-3.48	4b --- 0 out a1	4b -23 0 out d1
10	1987	WS g1	Oct 17	STL	@	MIN	L,1-10	4-6		5	3.0	4	4	4	2	0	2	0	12.00	8.20	16	46	28	4	3	6	7	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.22	-0.151	11.74	-4.33%	-3.45	4b 123 0 out d1	6b 3 out d8
11	1987	WS g4	Oct 21	STL		MIN	W,7-2	4-7	W(2-1)	3	2.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	9.35	6.56	14	46	26	8	5	7	2	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.019	44.63	0.61%	-0.60	4t 12- 2 out tie	7t 123 1 out a5
12	1987	WS g6	Oct 24	STL	@	MIN	L,5-11	6-6		2	0.2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	10.61	6.94	4	16	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.016	134.76	0.81%	0.15	6b 1-- 0 out d1	6b 123 2 out d1
											37.1	42	27	24	12	19	5	3	5.79		169																			1

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Forsch Pages

Bob Forsch Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Bob Forsch Pages at Baseball Reference