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: 13-7 / in Starts: 13-7

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	220	1	Apr 11	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	7	5	5	1	1	2	0	6.43	6.46	29	16	4	1	1	7	43			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.218	.54	-0.11%	-1.85	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d2
2	221	7	Apr 20	STL		CHC	W,6-1	GS-5	W(1-1)	8	5.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.50	4.43	19	8	6	3	0	0	60			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	0.152	.86	0.08%	1.23	1t start tie	5t 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
3	222	14	May 1	STL		CIN	W,7-6	GS-5	W(2-1)	10	5.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.24	4.48	19	8	4	0	0	3	55			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.048	.58	0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
4	223	19	May 6	STL		ATL	L,2-10	GS-6	L(2-2)	4	5.0	3	3	3	1	3	0	1	4.50	4.05	20	5	7	0	1	3	51			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.042	1.05	-0.03%	-0.11	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 out a1
5	224	24	May 12	STL	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.03	4.29	27	9	10	0	1	5	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.005	.82	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	225	29	May 17	STL	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-5	W(3-2)	4	5.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.71	4.22	20	9	7	2	1	2	55			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.137	.96	0.09%	1.23	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a3
7	226	34	May 23	STL		NYM	W,8-2	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	6.0	7	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.60	4.20	28	15	4	1	0	6	47			1	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.058	1.07	0.04%	0.30	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
8	227	39	May 29	STL	@	PHI	W,11-4	GS-5	W(5-2)	5	5.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.80	3.93	20	5	8	1	0	5	47			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.058	.72	0.05%	-0.74	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a4
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
9	228	44	Jun 3	STL		MON	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.40	3.64	30	9	12	2	3	4	71			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.259	1.17	0.19%	2.56	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
10	229	49	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-1	GS-7	W(6-2)	5	6.2	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.17	3.69	27	10	7	1	1	5	57			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	2	0	0	.73	0.193	.75	0.12%	1.65	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a4
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
11	230	52	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-5	W(7-2)	61	5.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.92	3.65	19	8	9	1	3	1	62			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	2	.95	0.159	1.30	0.13%	1.27	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
12	231	61	Aug 22	STL		LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-3)	11	7.0	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.72	29	10	9	4	1	7	48			1	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.029	1.46	-0.03%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	232	66	Aug 27	STL	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	2.84	3.53	27	15	5	0	1	4	68			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.316	1.80	0.34%	2.06	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a1
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
14	233	70	Sep 1	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(7-4)	4	8.0	6	4	2	4	2	0	1	2.78	3.57	34	12	9	0	0	6	56			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	1	2	1.12	-0.240	2.33	-0.30%	-0.62	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
15	234	75	Sep 6	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-7	L(7-5)	4	6.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	1	2.99	3.48	26	11	4	0	0	7	43			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.96	0.011	2.15	0.02%	-0.29	1b start tie	7b 123 0 out d1
16	235	79	Sep 11	STL		NYM	W,4-2	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	7.0	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.96	3.41	29	11	8	1	1	7	56			1	0	0	26	2	2	0	0	1	0	1.18	0.218	3.56	0.40%	1.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
17	236	84	Sep 16(1)	STL	@	MON	W,7-1	GS-7	W(9-5)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.85	3.34	26	5	14	2	1	6	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.10	0.276	4.49	0.68%	2.05	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
18	237	91	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		5	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.83	3.41	28	13	8	3	1	0	62			0	2	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.51	0.250	5.28	0.53%	1.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
19	238	95	Sep 26	STL		PIT	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-5)	3	7.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	1	2.89	3.33	27	10	5	2	1	7	53			2	0	1	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.052	2.24	-0.07%	0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	239	99	Sep 30	STL	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-4		3	3.0	6	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.18	3.47	17	4	4	1	1	5	25			1	0	0	14	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.265	6.13	-0.84%	-2.98	1b start tie	4b 1-3 0 out d2
							13-7		W-L:10-5	4.4	124.1	106	47	44	29	41	7	4	3.18	3.47	501	1.34		7%	5%	90	54		---%	13	3	2	457	24	4	3	10	4	7	.97	1.284	1.98	1.30%	9.37

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