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: 12-8 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	422	4	Apr 12	CAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	GS-7		99	6.2	10	5	5	1	5	0	0	6.75	1.55	29	7	6	0	0	10	38			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.371	1.05	-0.18%	-2.01	1b start a 2	7b -2- 2 out d1
2	423	9	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.87	1.96	32	10	13	5	2	5	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.413	.45	0.13%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	424	13	Apr 22	CAL		SEA	W,7-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	1	3.18	2.29	31	8	10	1	3	7	52			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	0.200	.53	0.06%	0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
4	425	18	Apr 27	CAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	3	2	2	1	4	0	1	2.84	2.32	33	12	12	0	0	3	76			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.56	0.513	.89	0.18%	1.84	1b start tie	9b 3 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	426	23	May 2	CAL		MIL	L,5-8	GS-3	L(3-1)	4	2.1	8	6	6	0	2	3	0	4.24	3.36	15	6	2	0	0	5	19			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.508	.55	-0.13%	-4.89	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d3
6	427	28	May 7	CAL		NYY	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.2	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.67	3.20	32	9	7	1	0	8	61			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	0.228	.48	0.04%	2.03	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out a1
7	428	32	May 12	CAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-1)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.02	3.21	31	12	10	2	0	7	71			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	4	0	0	.93	0.402	.35	0.09%	3.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
8	429	37	May 17	CAL	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.72	3.07	31	11	12	0	0	4	75			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	0	1	.63	0.178	.33	0.06%	3.21	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
9	430	42	May 22	CAL		CHW	L,5-9	GS-8	L(6-2)	4	7.1	10	5	3	0	5	1	0	2.82	3.06	32	6	12	1	1	9	47			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.098	.62	-0.05%	-0.26	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
10	431	47	May 27	CAL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	L(6-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	1	2.84	3.24	35	13	10	1	1	7	61			0	1	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	.72	-0.043	.25	-0.01%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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	432	51	Jun 1	CAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.54	3.14	34	11	11	1	4	3	84			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.654	.39	0.12%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	433	55	Jun 6	CAL		BAL	W,10-0	SHO	W(8-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.30	3.05	32	12	13	0	4	5	79			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.270	.25	0.06%	4.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
13	434	60	Jun 11	CAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.27	3.01	33	13	12	2	1	8	63			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	1	.70	0.214	.29	0.05%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
14	435	62	Aug 11	CAL	@	SEA	L,1-4	GS-6	L(9-4)	60	6.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	2.39	2.95	25	3	12	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.105	.96	-0.07%	-0.17	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
15	436	66	Aug 16	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS-6	L(9-5)	4	5.2	9	7	7	5	2	0	0	2.83	3.03	31	9	8	1	2	7	20			2	0	0	22	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.40	-0.724	1.11	-0.35%	-5.16	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out d1
16	437	70	Aug 21	CAL		CLE	W,12-2	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	9	2	2	3	0	0	0	2.77	3.07	37	13	13	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	2	0	.95	0.126	.57	0.05%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
17	438	75	Aug 27	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-8	L(10-6)	5	7.1	8	4	4	1	4	0	1	2.89	3.03	31	8	9	0	0	8	49			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.077	1.23	-0.05%	0.28	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out d1
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
18	439	80	Sep 1	CAL	@	BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	W(11-6)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.85	2.95	32	9	9	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.48	-0.056	2.01	-0.05%	1.03	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a2
19	440	85	Sep 6	CAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(11-7)	4	8.0	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.76	2.93	32	11	14	2	2	7	62			3	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	.79	0.047	1.24	0.05%	1.60	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	441	89	Sep 11	CAL		TEX	L,6-11	GS-6		4	6.0	7	6	4	1	2	2	0	2.88	3.08	28	15	4	1	1	6	39			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.473	.80	-0.19%	-3.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
							12-8		W-L:11-7	4.1	153.0	143	54	49	27	55	7	4	2.88	3.08	616	0.99		5%	5%	133	57		---%	11	5	0	572	23	2	2	19	5	11	1.05	0.790	.72	-0.18%	15.80

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