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: 10-24 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 12

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	184	4	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	L,0-7	6-8		99	3.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.00	3.25	12	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.009	.39	0.01%	0.27	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
2	185	6	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	L,4-7	8-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	2.59	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.006	.34	0.01%	0.45	8t 1-3 2 out d4	8t 3 out d4
3	186	8	Apr 16	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-5	5-7		2	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.42	1.32	10	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.06	0.014	.09	0.01%	1.42	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d5
4	187	11	Apr 19	HOU	@	CIN	L,8-9	8-GF	BL(0-1)	2	1.2	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	5.63	2.84	12	1	0	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	-0.908	3.59	-0.60%	-3.48	8b --- 0 out a3	9b end d 1
5	188	14	Apr 21	HOU		SDP	L,0-4	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.00	3.14	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
6	189	16	Apr 23(1)	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.09	2.68	6	2	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.86	0.356	2.18	0.16%	1.17	8t 1-3 0 out a2	9t end a 1
7	190	18	Apr 24	HOU		SFG	L,5-6	9-GF	L(0-2)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.67	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.327	2.00	-0.16%	-0.58	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
8	191	19	Apr 25	HOU		CIN	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	2.67	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.05	0.149	3.33	0.06%	0.83	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 2
9	192	21	Apr 27	HOU		CIN	L,2-6	10-GF(10)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.95	2.37	4	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.010	.11	0.00%	0.23	10t 123 0 out d2	10t end d 4
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
10	193	25	May 1	HOU	@	SDP	W,6-3	GS-7	W(1-2)	3	7.0	6	3	2	1	2	0	0	3.48	2.39	29	11	12	5	0	3	56			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	3	1	.98	0.120	.68	0.05%	0.02	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
11	194	36	May 14	HOU	@	CHC	W,11-7	6-6	H(1)	12	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.43	2.54	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.17	-0.089	.94	-0.01%	-0.88	6b 123 1 out a3	6b 12- 2 out a1
12	195	37	May 15	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	2.54	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.029	.14	0.01%	0.92	8b --3 1 out d2	8b end d 2
13	196	39	May 17	HOU		NYM	L,4-6	8-GF		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.04	2.67	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.034	.08	0.01%	0.84	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	197	42	May 20	HOU		PHI	W,4-2	6-8	BW(2-2)	2	2.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	3.12	2.70	10	2	2	1	1	4		2	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.40	-0.015	.87	0.00%	0.24	6t 12- 2 out a1	8t 3 out tie
15	198	46	May 25	HOU		MON	W,8-7	5-6		4	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.89	2.91	9	3	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.039	.11	0.01%	0.84	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
16	199	48	May 27	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-6	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.89	3.02	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.48	-0.371	1.51	-0.06%	-1.17	9b -23 2 out tie	9b end d 1
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
17	200	54	Jun 3	HOU	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-4	L(2-3)	6	3.0	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.77	3.49	16	3	4	2	0	8	26			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.323	.22	-0.04%	-3.06	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d3
18	201	59	Jun 8	HOU		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	4.03	3.59	28	12	4	1	0	8	47			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.215	.06	-0.01%	-1.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
19	202	64	Jun 13	HOU	@	STL	L,2-6	5-6		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.83	3.54	6	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.021	.01	0.00%	0.96	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d4
20	203	66	Jun 15	HOU	@	STL	W,8-7	5-7		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.56	3.42	12	6	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.179	.06	0.01%	1.43	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out tie
21	204	69	Jun 18	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-4	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.39	12	6	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.014	.01	0.00%	1.31	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
22	205	71	Jun 21	HOU		CIN	L,6-7	7-11		2	5.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.35	3.53	25	4	7	1	1	8		0	0	0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.29	-0.007	.06	0.00%	0.11	7t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
23	206	74	Jun 24	HOU		LAD	L,3-8	3-8		2	5.2	3	1	0	2	8	0	0	3.02	3.26	21	3	5	0	0	3		2	0	3	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.94	3t 12- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d5
24	207	79	Jun 29	HOU		ATL	L,1-3	GS-5	L(2-5)	4	5.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.21	3.17	21	5	8	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-0.89	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
25	208	81	Jul 1	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-8	9-9	H(2)	1	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.34	3.26	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5.64	-0.356	.01	0.00%	-2.09	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b 123 1 out a1
26	209	84	Jul 5(1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-6)	3	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.44	3.22	24	12	8	3	0	2	48			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
27	210	89	Jul 9	HOU		MON	W,4-3	GS-8		3	8.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	1	3.43	3.07	31	7	9	0	0	7	61			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.11	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
28	211	92	Jul 13	HOU		PHI	W,9-5	3-7	W(3-6)	3	4.0	1	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.38	3.15	18	7	4	1	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.17	3t 1-- 2 out d2	7t 123 2 out a3
29	212	93	Jul 17	HOU	@	PHI	L,5-6	11-GF(11)	L(3-7)	3	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.15	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-0.77	11b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
30	213	97	Jul 21	HOU	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	11	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.22	3.37	35	15	7	0	1	10	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	4	0	0	.62	0.137	.00	0.00%	1.92	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
31	214	102	Jul 26(1)	HOU		SFG	L,2-3	CG	L(4-8)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.20	3.43	34	13	7	1	0	9	58			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.211	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	215	108	Jul 31	HOU		SDP	L,3-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.25	3.45	30	14	9	3	2	2	52			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
33	216	158	Sep 23	HOU		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF		53	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.22	3.44	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
34	217	161	Sep 27	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	3-5		3	2.2	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.22	3.55	11	3	3	1	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-1.64	3b 123 1 out d1	5b 3 out d5
							10-24		W-L:4-8,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.3	109.0	114	42	39	30	54	9	2	3.22	3.55	451	1.38		8%	2%	98	50	25	44%	9	5	1	411	17	0	3	12	6	4	1.15	-2.350	.27	-0.56%	1.25

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