Ken Forsch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: September 8, 1946 in Sacramento, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA), the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) and the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR).

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

Schools: Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA), Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

Debut: September 7, 1970 (Age 23-364d, 13,053rd in major league history)
vs. SDP 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, W

Last Game: May 23, 1986 (Age 39-257d)
vs. NYY 4.2 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Kenneth Roth Forsch

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Relatives: Brother of Bob Forsch

2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.0

114

113

ERA

3.37

521

241

2127.1

1047

WHIP

1.249

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-21 / in Starts: 12-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 3

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	5	5	Apr 9	HOU		CHC	L,0-6	2-6		99	4.1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	0.00	0.84	15	3	6	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	.09	0.026	.14	0.02%	1.97	2t -2- 2 out d6	6t 3 out d6
2	6	15	Apr 20	HOU	@	CHC	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		10	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	1.51	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.014	.39	0.01%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
3	7	17	Apr 23	HOU		MON	L,2-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.66	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.23	0.01%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
4	8	23	Apr 30	HOU		NYM	L,3-4	4-8		6	5.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.00	1.75	17	5	6	0	2	2		0	0	0	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.133	.55	0.09%	2.11	4t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
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	9	26	May 5	HOU	@	MON	L,1-5	3-4		4	2.0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	1.35	2.38	13	2	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.072	.40	-0.05%	-1.14	3b --- 0 out d3	4b 3 out d5
6	10	31	May 11	HOU	@	NYM	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	2.39	7	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.85	7b --- 0 out d7	8b end d 7
7	11	33	May 14	HOU		STL	L,2-4	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	2.57	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.14	0.01%	0.42	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
8	12	37	May 18	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	9	2	2	2	5	1	0	1.48	2.90	36	11	9	1	0	9	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.46	0.066	1.32	0.04%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	13	47	May 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	10	9.0	3	1	1	2	7	1	0	1.35	2.93	31	13	6	1	2	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.60	0.579	1.50	0.33%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
10	14	52	Jun 3	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	5.0	8	5	5	1	3	0	0	2.35	2.79	24	10	5	2	2	5	33			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	-0.322	1.04	-0.18%	-3.04	1b start a 2	6b 1-3 0 out d2
11	15	55	Jun 6	HOU	@	PIT	L,8-9	3-4		2	1.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.48	2.73	8	2	1	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	-0.022	.39	-0.01%	-0.08	3b 1-- 1 out d4	4b 3 out d4
12	16	60	Jun 12	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	7	2	1	0	5	0	0	2.20	2.47	34	12	10	0	0	7	72			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.371	1.02	0.21%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	17	63	Jun 15	HOU		PIT	L,0-3	9-GF		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	2.47	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.029	.35	-0.02%	-0.55	9t 1-3 2 out d2	9t end d 3
14	18	68	Jun 22	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-2	GS-9	W(3-1)	6	8.0	8	2	2	4	6	0	1	2.20	2.52	35	8	8	0	0	8	60			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.221	.58	0.06%	0.87	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
15	19	73	Jun 27	HOU		SFG	W,5-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	11	0	1	2.17	2.27	33	10	4	0	0	6	77			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.18	0.176	.55	0.05%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
16	20	79	Jul 4	HOU		CIN	W,6-1	CG	W(5-1)	6	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.03	2.23	34	5	13	1	0	6	75			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.257	.46	0.07%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	21	84	Jul 9(1)	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(5-2)	4	6.0	6	5	4	2	5	0	0	2.32	2.19	27	4	10	0	3	6	45			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	1	1	.73	-0.333	.70	-0.19%	-2.29	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d3
18	22	87	Jul 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-7	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.27	2.21	8	0	5	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.007	.03	0.00%	0.90	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
19	23	88	Jul 15	HOU		NYM	L,4-9	GS-7	L(5-3)	3	6.2	9	5	5	1	5	1	0	2.60	2.30	31	10	6	0	2	9	40			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.12	-0.370	.53	-0.11%	-2.14	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d1
20	24	94	Jul 20	HOU		MON	L,3-4	GS-2		4	1.1	2	3	1	3	0	0	1	2.66	2.43	11	3	2	0	0	2	39			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.247	.74	-0.09%	-2.63	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out d2
21	25	99	Jul 25	HOU	@	NYM	L,6-7	GS-4	L(5-4)	4	3.2	7	4	4	4	3	1	0	2.94	2.63	20	3	3	2	0	7	30			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	-0.328	.66	-0.09%	-2.75	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d3
22	26	104	Jul 30(1)	HOU	@	MON	L,4-7	GS-6	L(5-5)	4	6.0	7	5	4	3	4	0	1	3.12	2.66	28	11	2	0	0	7	41			3	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.12	-0.345	.72	-0.13%	-2.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
23	27	110	Aug 4	HOU		LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.86	2.56	35	9	10	3	0	4	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.517	.51	0.15%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	28	115	Aug 10	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.80	2.54	32	10	12	2	3	4	73			2	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.478	.63	0.13%	1.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
25	29	120	Aug 15	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	7	4	3	2	2	2	0	2.90	2.76	24	6	7	1	1	7	40			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.293	.30	-0.05%	-1.73	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d2
26	30	125	Aug 20(2)	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	2.96	2.83	28	10	5	0	2	5	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.136	.12	0.01%	0.92	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
27	31	129	Aug 24	HOU		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	8.0	6	2	1	3	5	0	0	2.86	2.80	31	7	10	2	0	6	66			3	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.048	.09	0.00%	1.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
28	32	134	Aug 30	HOU		LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(7-7)	5	6.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.92	2.75	27	8	5	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	2	.94	-0.145	.01	0.00%	-0.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
29	33	139	Sep 4	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(7-8)	4	7.0	2	1	1	0	7	1	0	2.85	2.73	23	6	9	2	0	1	76			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.170	.00	0.00%	2.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
30	34	147	Sep 13	HOU		SDP	W,3-2	GS-6		8	6.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.85	2.69	27	7	7	1	0	8	51			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
31	35	152	Sep 18	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	GS-9		4	8.2	10	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.81	2.63	37	13	8	2	0	10	60			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.006	.00	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
32	36	157	Sep 24(1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-13		5	13.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.66	2.55	45	19	15	0	1	2	98			0	1	0	44	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.51	0.939	.00	0.00%	4.26	1b start tie	13b 3 out tie
33	37	161	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAD	W,11-0	SHO	W(8-8)	4	9.0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.53	2.52	37	9	16	3	0	10	69			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.113	.00	0.00%	3.68	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a11
							12-21		W-L:8-8	4.0	188.1	162	60	53	53	131	8	4	2.53	2.52	771	1.05		6%	4%	151	60	4	25%	14	6	0	704	24	2	5	17	2	11	1.03	1.753	.47	0.27%	18.87

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