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

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Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.6

168

136

ERA

3.76

498

422

2794.2

1133

WHIP

1.291

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-9 / in Starts: 9-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 2

1974 Pitching Game Log

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1974 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	1	80	Jul 7(1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	4	2	2	5	2	1	0	2.70	6.18	28	11	6	0	1	4	55			2	1	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	0.014	2.90	0.02%	0.78	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
2	2	86	Jul 12(2)	STL		ATL	W,10-0	SHO	W(1-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.15	3.47	31	11	11	2	1	4	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.09	0.065	.24	0.10%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
3	3	90	Jul 16	STL		CIN	L,7-12	GS-1	L(1-2)	3	0.2	5	7	7	2	0	0	0	4.96	3.80	9	1	1	0	0	5	12			0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.06	-0.425	2.49	-0.60%	-5.85	1t start tie	1t -2- 2 out d6
4	4	95	Jul 21	STL		HOU	W,9-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.55	3.37	36	13	10	0	3	8	68			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	2	0	1	.84	0.230	1.39	0.23%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
5	5	99	Jul 27	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.15	2.93	34	10	12	1	1	8	67			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.610	3.29	0.81%	2.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	6	105	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.05	3.23	28	12	5	1	1	7	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	3	0	1	1.51	0.149	5.62	0.33%	1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
7	7	112	Aug 7	STL	@	MON	L,5-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	6.0	6	5	3	3	4	0	1	3.23	3.23	28	11	3	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.220	3.05	-0.51%	-2.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
8	8	115	Aug 10	STL		LAD	L,2-6	6-6		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	3.22	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.013	1.12	0.03%	0.46	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
9	9	117	Aug 12	STL		SDP	W,6-5	8-9	BS(1)	1	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.24	3.22	9	0	4	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.78	-0.160	10.18	-0.35%	-0.55	8t --- 0 out a1	9t 1-3 2 out tie
10	10	123	Aug 19	STL	@	ATL	L,6-11	5-5		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.21	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.010	1.50	0.02%	0.43	5b 12- 2 out d4	5b 3 out d4
11	11	124	Aug 20	STL	@	ATL	L,6-8	2-4		0	2.1	2	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.42	3.38	13	4	2	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.57	-0.051	2.32	-0.12%	-0.82	2b 1-- 2 out d4	4b 3 out d5
12	12	128	Aug 25	STL	@	LAD	L,3-9	3-4		4	2.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.46	3.33	8	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	-0.016	1.99	-0.04%	-0.12	3b --- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d4
13	13	133	Aug 31	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-4)	5	7.0	6	3	1	3	3	0	0	3.21	3.29	31	12	7	0	0	6	57			4	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	3	.95	-0.095	3.60	-0.22%	0.39	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
14	14	138	Sep 6	STL		NYM	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-4)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.80	3.13	31	14	8	2	4	4	82			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.501	3.87	1.22%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	15	143	Sep 11	STL	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	5	3	2	4	3	1	0	2.82	3.33	27	10	6	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.109	3.08	-0.18%	-0.26	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
16	16	147	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	GS-9	W(5-4)	3	8.0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.66	3.33	29	16	7	0	1	4	68			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.349	5.91	1.09%	2.50	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a3
17	17	151	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.68	3.36	25	10	4	1	0	8	51			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	-0.012	4.99	-0.04%	-0.21	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
18	18	156	Sep 25	STL		PIT	W,13-12	GS-1		4	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.16	3.57	6	0	1	0	0	3	23			0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.34	-0.386	22.73	-3.92%	-4.78	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d5
19	19	160	Sep 30	STL	@	MON	W,5-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.97	3.50	31	15	9	0	2	3	77			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.323	10.30	3.01%	3.36	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
							10-9		W-L:7-4,BSv:1	3.7	100.0	84	38	33	34	39	5	1	2.97	3.50	408	1.56		3%	6%	83	57	3	0%	8	4	0	365	17	0	4	14	4	9	.98	0.790	4.23	0.88%	8.04

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