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: 14-20 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	276	1	Apr 5	STL		PIT	L,1-7	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	6	3	3	4	2	3	0	5.06	11.57	26	7	7	0	0	6	42			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.151	1.31	-0.14%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
2	277	5	Apr 14	STL		NYM	W,7-1	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	4	1	1	4	1	1	0	2.51	7.64	33	15	9	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.29	0.104	.51	0.11%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	278	9	Apr 22	STL		SDP	L,1-4	GS-8	L(1-2)	7	8.0	8	4	3	2	2	1	0	2.82	6.56	34	12	10	2	1	8	52			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.123	.94	-0.12%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
4	279	14	Apr 27	STL		LAD	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.1	7	5	4	1	3	0	0	3.45	5.62	26	6	9	0	3	7	43			3	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	1	1	1.05	-0.196	1.67	-0.19%	-1.42	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
May				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
5	280	18	May 3	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-4	L(1-3)	5	4.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.13	5.27	19	6	6	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	-0.259	1.90	-0.28%	-2.22	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d3
6	281	22	May 7	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	3	5	2	0	0	4.19	5.16	24	10	2	0	1	5	47			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	1	0	.91	-0.122	1.44	-0.12%	-0.28	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
7	282	26	May 12	STL		MON	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.40	4.79	29	14	9	3	0	3	80			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.430	1.67	0.53%	4.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	283	30	May 17	STL		HOU	W,8-4	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.2	9	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.51	4.73	35	10	14	2	0	9	50			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.176	.88	0.20%	-0.15	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a4
9	284	34	May 22	STL		ATL	L,5-7	GS-3		4	2.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.99	4.70	16	4	3	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.27	-0.325	2.54	-0.39%	-3.48	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
10	285	38	May 26	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-3		3	2.1	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	4.13	4.82	15	1	5	0	0	5	35			0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.210	2.50	-0.26%	-2.05	1b start a 4	3b -23 1 out a2
Jun				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
11	286	45	Jun 2	STL	@	ATL	L,1-8	GS-7	L(3-4)	6	7.0	7	4	1	1	1	1	0	3.84	4.81	29	14	6	1	1	7	53			0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	.69	-0.072	1.64	-0.10%	-0.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
12	287	49	Jun 7	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.51	4.69	29	15	10	2	2	2	81			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.690	4.25	1.16%	3.08	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
13	288	54	Jun 12	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-4	L(4-5)	4	4.0	5	6	6	1	2	2	1	4.00	4.94	18	5	4	0	1	5	29			0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.265	2.05	-0.43%	-4.10	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
14	289	58	Jun 17	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.80	4.69	34	8	14	4	2	8	65			0	2	1	31	2	0	0	0	1	0	.83	0.105	2.37	0.18%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	290	64	Jun 22(1)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-3	L(5-6)	4	2.1	5	6	6	1	2	1	0	4.29	4.77	13	3	2	1	0	5	24			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.292	1.59	-0.44%	-3.50	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
16	291	71	Jun 28(1)	STL		NYM	L,1-10	GS-6	L(5-7)	5	5.2	10	7	7	2	2	2	0	4.68	4.94	29	12	3	2	0	10	21			0	1	0	26	2	2	1	0	0	1	.85	-0.248	1.43	-0.25%	-3.54	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
Jul				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
17	292	77	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-6	W(6-7)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.59	5.00	24	6	12	4	0	4	54			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.020	2.22	0.03%	0.83	1b start a 2	6b 3 out tie
18	293	83	Jul 11	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS-8		7	7.0	7	4	1	1	4	1	0	4.38	4.93	30	10	8	0	1	7	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.075	2.42	-0.10%	-0.20	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
19	294	88	Jul 16	STL	@	SFG	W,9-3	GS-5		4	4.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.46	4.98	22	4	6	0	0	8	34			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.274	2.60	-0.42%	-2.56	1b start tie	5b 1-3 0 out d1
20	295	93	Jul 22	STL		LAD	L,4-9	GS-7	L(6-8)	5	6.2	10	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.59	4.97	30	6	9	0	0	10	35			2	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.129	2.48	-0.18%	-1.07	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
21	296	100	Jul 28(2)	STL	@	MON	W,10-1	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.34	4.82	35	8	17	4	3	8	67			0	0	1	33	4	0	0	0	1	0	.34	0.135	1.17	0.28%	3.08	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
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
22	297	105	Aug 3	STL		CHC	L,0-4	GS-7	L(7-9)	5	7.0	7	4	4	2	2	2	0	4.38	4.92	30	8	11	3	2	7	47			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.110	1.78	-0.16%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
23	298	107	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,7-10	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.35	4.90	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.007	.20	0.01%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
24	299	110	Aug 9	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-2	L(7-10)	3	2.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.61	4.88	14	1	4	0	2	7	22			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.327	1.09	-0.24%	-4.05	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
25	300	115	Aug 14	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-4	L(7-11)	4	3.1	6	4	4	2	1	0	1	4.75	4.88	18	5	3	2	0	6	31			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.214	1.50	-0.18%	-2.33	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d3
26	301	123	Aug 24	STL		ATL	L,3-11	6-7		9	2.0	4	3	1	1	1	1	0	4.75	4.95	12	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.024	.12	-0.03%	-2.08	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d8
27	302	125	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.78	4.95	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.005	.13	-0.01%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
Sep/Oct				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
28	303	131	Sep 1	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	5-GF	W(8-11)	5	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.62	4.87	16	9	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	.32	0.091	.80	0.13%	2.47	5b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
29	304	136	Sep 5(2)	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.2	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.45	4.83	21	5	11	1	3	3	59			1	1	2	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.158	3.61	0.39%	1.36	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a2
30	305	140	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS-6		4	5.2	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	4.57	4.82	25	8	4	0	3	7	37			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.058	3.63	-0.13%	-0.73	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out a2
31	306	145	Sep 15	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	4.56	4.81	15	4	2	0	0	5	37			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.09	-0.400	3.16	-0.70%	-3.50	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d1
32	307	151	Sep 20	STL	@	MON	L,1-10	GS-5	L(8-12)	4	4.1	6	4	3	2	2	1	0	4.61	4.84	21	4	7	1	2	6	37			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.172	.05	-0.01%	-1.87	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d3
33	308	157	Sep 26	STL		MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-12)	5	9.0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	4.37	4.69	29	12	10	0	2	0	93			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	0.426	.00	0.00%	4.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	309	161	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-8	W(10-12)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.28	4.67	31	12	11	2	2	5	65			1	0	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	1	1.42	0.281	.00	0.00%	1.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
							14-20		W-L:10-12	4.4	187.0	190	104	89	54	56	23	3	4.28	4.67	790	1.08		7%	6%	190	47	0	---%	14	9	5	714	35	6	2	12	8	12	.84	-1.428	1.69	-1.84%	-15.77

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