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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,11-10		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	8	Apr 14	HOU		CIN	L,4-8		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	13 (4)	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	14	Apr 21	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	16 (1)	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7		20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	22 (5)	Apr 30	HOU		MON	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	23	May 3	HOU	@	MON	L,3-10		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	25 (1)	May 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	28 (2)	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4		13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	33 (4)	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,5-8		30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	36 (2)	May 21	HOU		ATL	L,4-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	38 (1)	May 24	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-2		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	40 (1)	May 26	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	41	May 27	HOU		NYM	L,7-9	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	43 (1)	May 29	HOU		SFG	L,1-8	GF	10	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	47 (3)	Jun 3 (1)	HOU		STL	W,5-2	GF	8	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	52 (4)	Jun 9	HOU	@	STL	W,11-7	GF	5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	54 (1)	Jun 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	56 (1)	Jun 13	HOU		PIT	W,2-1		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	58 (1)	Jun 16	HOU		CHC	L,6-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	62 (3)	Jun 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	65 (2)	Jun 24	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	GF	8	1.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	67 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-7		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	72 (4)	Jun 30	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	74 (1)	Jul 1 (2)	HOU		SDP	L,3-9	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	79 (4)	Jul 7	HOU		LAD	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	80	Jul 8 (1)	HOU		LAD	L,1-7		8	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
30	81	Jul 8 (2)	HOU		LAD	L,5-7	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	83 (1)	Jul 13	HOU	@	MON	L,0-6		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	84	Jul 14 (1)	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	85	Jul 14 (2)	HOU	@	MON	W,5-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	93 (7)	Jul 20 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5		23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	96 (2)	Jul 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	GF	4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	98 (1)	Jul 24	HOU		MON	W,6-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	99	Jul 25	HOU		MON	W,3-2	GF	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
38	103 (3)	Jul 30	HOU		NYM	W,4-3		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	107 (3)	Aug 4	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	108	Aug 5 (1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	112 (3)	Aug 9	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	117 (4)	Aug 15	HOU	@	STL	L,5-11		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	120 (2)	Aug 17 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	123 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	127 (3)	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
46	131 (3)	Aug 29	HOU		STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	135 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	29	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
48	140 (4)	Sep 8	HOU		LAD	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
49	145 (4)	Sep 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
50	152 (6)	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	157 (4)	Sep 26	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	159 (1)	Sep 28	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							52gm		133.1	9	24	2	35	0