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: 11-26 / in Starts: 8-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 9

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	462	2	Apr 5	HOU		ATL	L,4-8	7-8		99	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	5.76	10	52	25	8	2	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.35	0.026	.58	0.03%	0.85	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
2	463	9	Apr 12	HOU		CIN	L,1-3	9-GF		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.33	1	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.018	.96	0.01%	0.72	9t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 2
3	464	10	Apr 13	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-2	12-GF(15)	W(1-0)	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.39	13	38	25	3	5	7	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.447	1.96	0.31%	1.73	12b --- 0 out tie	15b end a 2
4	465	20	Apr 24	HOU		PHI	L,4-8	3-6	L(1-1)	10	3.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.51	15	47	26	7	1	7	7	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.310	1.05	-0.20%	-2.33	3t --- 0 out tie	6t -2- 0 out d1
5	466	23	Apr 28	HOU		NYM	L,3-7	6-7		3	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.18	3.47	10	35	19	3	3	3	5	4	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.08	0.005	.09	0.00%	0.85	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
6	467	24	Apr 29	HOU		NYM	L,1-5	8-GF		0	1.2	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	4.85	4.07	8	26	19	5	5	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.107	.46	-0.07%	-2.36	8t --- 1 out d1	9t end d 4
May				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	468	27	May 3	HOU	@	MON	L,5-6	8-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	4.01	2	7	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	0.102	2.71	0.07%	0.47	8b 1-- 1 out tie	8b 3 out tie
8	469	28	May 4	HOU	@	MON	W,5-4	7-8		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.02	3.91	8	26	14	4	1	3	3	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.137	1.73	0.09%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 3 out tie
9	470	31	May 8	HOU		MON	L,1-4	4-5		3	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	3.82	4	12	8	3	0	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.037	.45	0.03%	0.87	4t 1-3 2 out d4	5t 3 out d3
10	471	33	May 10	HOU		MON	L,1-10	2-3		1	0.2	3	3	3	2	2	0	1	5.09	4.06	8	33	15	6	0	0	3	2	0	0		1	1	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.061	.23	-0.04%	-3.15	2t 1-- 1 out d5	3t -2- 0 out d8
11	472	41	May 20	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS-6		9	5.1	4	2	1	6	1	0	0	4.30	4.46	24	84	43	9	4	7	10	4	0	0	49			2	0	0	18	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.27	-0.090	1.64	-0.07%	-0.28	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
12	473	45	May 24	HOU		CHC	L,1-3	6-7		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	4.37	5	13	10	0	0	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.024	.32	0.01%	0.62	6t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
13	474	50	May 30	HOU	@	STL	W,8-4	GS-6		5	5.2	6	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.90	4.70	25	81	49	12	3	11	12	4	4	0	47			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.029	1.52	-0.02%	0.49	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out tie
Jun				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
14	475	55	Jun 4	HOU		LAD	W,7-6	GS-5		4	5.0	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.89	4.85	24					7	12	4	1	1	29			1	0	0	21	1	0	1	0	1	0	.60	-0.389	1.20	-0.47%	-3.88	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
15	476	56	Jun 5	HOU		SDP	L,2-10	8-GF		0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.11	5.09	9	28	19	6	2	4	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.004	.02	-0.01%	-1.15	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 8
16	477	60	Jun 9	HOU		ATL	W,6-5	GS-6		3	5.0	7	4	2	4	2	1	0	4.93	5.31	26	91	54	11	3	9	11	1	3	0	39			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.18	-0.283	2.55	-0.37%	-1.88	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d2
17	478	65	Jun 15	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.22	4.99	25	78	50	14	4	12	9	3	2	0	69			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.463	3.20	0.68%	3.03	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
18	479	70	Jun 20	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-4	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.17	4.89	21	81	44	14	2	9	10	5	0	0	47			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	1	1	0	.73	-0.047	2.32	-0.09%	0.12	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
19	480	75	Jun 26	HOU		SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.1	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.10	4.75	27					8	13	9	1	0	44			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.159	4.31	-0.32%	-0.57	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out tie
Jul				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
20	481	80	Jul 1	HOU	@	MON	W,4-1	GS-5		4	5.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.92	4.63	20	62	37	9	5	9	7	2	2	0	53			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	0.099	3.73	0.14%	1.21	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
21	482	85	Jul 7	HOU		MON	L,8-11	GS-5		5	4.0	6	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.21	4.69	21	76	42	7	4	8	9	2	1	0	30			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.271	2.02	-0.39%	-2.67	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d4
22	483	89	Jul 13(2)	HOU	@	PHI	W,3-0	GS-7	W(2-2)	5	6.1	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.86	4.53	24	85	55	16	7	10	9	4	2	0	66			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.240	2.23	0.34%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
23	484	94	Jul 18	HOU	@	NYM	L,0-9	GS-3	L(2-3)	4	2.1	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	4.44	4.74	16	50	27	5	6	6	6	3	1	0	19			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.268	1.71	-0.39%	-3.22	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
24	485	99	Jul 23	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	GS-5	W(3-3)	4	5.0	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	4.17	4.56	19	67	43	9	7	8	6	3	0	0	62			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.142	2.27	0.21%	1.12	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
Aug				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
25	486	107	Aug 2	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-5	6-6		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	4.53	3	13	8	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.56	0.03%	0.46	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
26	487	108	Aug 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,2-18	1-7		0	7.0	18	10	10	0	3	2	0	4.80	4.62	39	114	76	15	5	17	19	11	1	0		2	2	0	0	0	39	5	0	0	1	0	1	.03	-0.054	.09	-0.09%	-7.84	1b 12- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d15
27	488	115	Aug 10	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-13	GS-2	L(3-4)	6	1.1	7	7	7	0	1	0	0	5.42	4.57	11	41	25	8	3	4	6	3	0	0	13			0	0	0	9	2	1	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.472	3.00	-0.92%	-6.01	1b start a 1	2b --3 1 out d5
28	489	120	Aug 16	HOU		PIT	L,4-5	6-7		5	2.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.40	4.52	9	31	20	3	5	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.067	2.40	-0.11%	-0.15	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
29	490	122	Aug 18	HOU		CHC	W,6-5	5-6		1	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.29	4.46	8	28	19	2	1	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.032	.96	0.05%	0.85	5t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d3
30	491	126	Aug 23	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.23	4.42	4	17	10	5	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.08	0.00%	0.42	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
31	492	130	Aug 27	HOU		STL	W,6-3	GS-6	W(4-4)	3	6.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	5.19	4.47	23	84	52	14	8	11	8	5	1	0	52			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.150	1.50	-0.16%	-0.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
Sept				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
32	493	135	Sep 2	HOU	@	STL	L,5-13	GS-2	L(4-5)	5	1.2	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.37	4.55	10	34	23	2	4	5	4	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.279	2.15	-0.41%	-2.57	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d2
33	494	139	Sep 6	HOU		SDP	L,2-3	6-7		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.26	4.52	7	27	15	3	1	4	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.046	.46	0.04%	0.85	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d2
34	495	143	Sep 10	HOU		SFG	L,3-5	2-2		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.25	4.51	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.027	2.32	0.03%	0.72	2t 123 2 out d4	2t 3 out d4
35	496	145	Sep 12	HOU	@	SDP	L,0-9	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.25	4.49	9	32	21	4	1	2	5	2	1	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	.02	-0.003	.01	0.00%	-0.93	6b -2- 1 out d7	7b 3 out d9
36	497	153	Sep 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,0-3	6-6		8	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.33	4.52	3	14	9	2	0	0	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.089	.21	-0.02%	-1.97	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 12- 0 out d3
37	498	157	Sep 25	HOU		ATL	L,3-5	5-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.32	4.53	2	11	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.24	5t 123 1 out d1	5t 123 2 out d2
							11-26		W-L:4-5	3.6	108.1	133	68	64	46	40	10	1	5.32	4.53	494	1526	60%	14%	6%	0.95		21%	7%	1	44	17	29%	12	4	0	439	22	3	6	8	4	4	.85	-1.308	1.76	-2.07%	-23.19

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