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: 19-27 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 15

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	68	2	Apr 8(1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,10-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	3	3	2	5	2	0	3.00	5.01	33	9	13	3	2	4	70			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	2	.50	-0.091	.85	-0.09%	1.48	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
2	69	7	Apr 12	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-9	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.1	8	6	6	0	2	2	0	6.57	6.13	19	6	3	1	0	8	22			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.399	2.07	-0.47%	-3.46	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d2
3	70	12	Apr 16	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS-7		3	7.0	8	1	1	1	8	0	1	4.66	4.32	29	4	7	1	0	8	64			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.173	1.66	0.15%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	71	15	Apr 20	HOU		SDP	W,6-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	3	8.2	9	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.86	3.42	38	6	13	3	0	9	64			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.193	1.24	0.15%	1.37	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
5	72	19	Apr 24	HOU		NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.60	3.39	30	8	10	1	1	7	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.140	1.77	0.12%	0.82	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
6	73	23	Apr 28	HOU		MON	W,5-3	GS-7		3	6.2	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.67	3.41	32	9	7	1	0	9	43			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	1	0	.98	-0.055	1.27	-0.04%	-0.22	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
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
7	74	27	May 4	HOU	@	NYM	W,9-5	GS-4		5	4.0	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.14	3.44	17	5	5	1	3	2	41			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.236	1.60	-0.24%	-2.19	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
8	75	31	May 8	HOU	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-9	L(3-2)	3	8.1	4	4	2	5	5	1	1	3.83	3.70	33	8	10	3	0	4	63			1	1	0	26	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.37	0.011	2.64	0.01%	0.11	1b start a 1	9b 1-3 1 out tie
9	76	34	May 13	HOU		CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	3.54	3.71	28	9	6	1	0	6	64			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.213	2.28	0.32%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	77	38	May 17	HOU		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	8	0	0	3.21	3.47	32	10	7	1	0	4	80			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	0.566	2.73	0.65%	3.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	78	42	May 21	HOU		SFG	L,4-9	GS-1	L(4-4)	3	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.69	3.46	7	1	1	0	0	5	26			1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.341	3.51	-0.57%	-3.89	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d4
12	79	43	May 22	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-6	5-7		0	3.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.54	3.42	14	3	4	1	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	.24	0.002	.64	0.00%	0.92	5b -2- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
13	80	46	May 26	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-6	L(4-5)	3	5.0	11	7	6	1	2	1	0	4.00	3.52	28	5	9	1	1	11	20			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.311	1.78	-0.37%	-5.11	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 0 out d6
14	81	50	May 30	HOU	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(5-5)	3	9.0	3	1	1	4	6	0	0	3.70	3.42	34	10	11	1	3	3	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.381	1.66	0.40%	3.44	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
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
15	82	54	Jun 3	HOU	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-9		3	8.1	6	1	0	4	6	0	0	3.38	3.35	34	4	14	2	3	6	71			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.300	2.21	0.27%	3.00	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a1
16	83	58	Jun 8	HOU		PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	W(6-5)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.32	3.39	28	11	7	1	0	6	59			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	.95	0.096	1.15	0.07%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	84	61	Jun 12	HOU		CHC	L,0-3	GS-8	L(6-6)	3	8.0	4	3	3	1	7	1	0	3.32	3.35	30	6	14	3	6	2	68			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.75	-0.057	1.01	-0.05%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
18	85	65	Jun 16	HOU		STL	L,3-5	GS-4	L(6-7)	3	3.1	5	4	2	3	5	0	0	3.38	3.32	18	3	2	2	0	5	40			2	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.204	1.41	-0.17%	-1.66	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d1
19	86	69	Jun 21	HOU	@	SDP	W,12-2	CG	W(7-7)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	3.28	3.27	34	11	9	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.168	.40	0.13%	1.78	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a10
20	87	74	Jun 25	HOU		CIN	W,13-2	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.20	3.29	36	14	8	0	1	7	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.357	1.09	0.39%	2.11	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
21	88	79	Jun 30	HOU		SDP	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-8)	4	8.0	5	3	3	0	9	0	0	3.21	3.12	28	7	7	0	0	5	69			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	0	.62	-0.054	.71	-0.04%	0.65	1t start tie	8t 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
22	89	84	Jul 4(2)	HOU	@	ATL	W,12-8	GS-6		3	6.0	9	6	6	0	3	3	0	3.44	3.32	27	7	8	0	1	9	33			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.146	1.27	-0.11%	-3.01	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a1
23	90	89	Jul 8	HOU	@	MON	W,9-7	GS-7		3	6.1	11	7	6	4	2	1	1	3.66	3.45	34	10	6	2	0	11	23			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	-0.632	1.26	-0.37%	-3.56	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
24	91	93	Jul 12	HOU	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	3.74	3.46	27	7	4	0	0	8	44			2	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.86	-0.182	.72	-0.09%	-1.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
25	92	97	Jul 16	HOU		MON	W,6-5	GS-4		3	3.2	3	2	2	5	3	0	1	3.77	3.51	19	1	6	2	0	3	45			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.128	.82	-0.05%	-0.91	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d1
26	93	101	Jul 21	HOU		NYM	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	6.2	7	4	4	5	3	0	0	3.83	3.53	31	10	6	3	0	7	42			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.141	.37	-0.03%	-0.90	1t start tie	7t --- 2 out d3
27	94	106	Jul 29	HOU		ATL	W,8-5	7-GF	W(9-9)	7	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.78	3.52	7	3	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.175	.20	0.02%	1.33	7t 12- 2 out d1	9t end a 3
28	95	107	Jul 30	HOU		ATL	L,3-7	6-7		0	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.74	3.51	8	0	5	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.052	.11	-0.01%	-0.12	6t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d4
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
29	96	112	Aug 3(2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-11	GS-3		3	2.0	6	4	4	1	3	2	0	3.90	3.63	13	0	3	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.323	.20	-0.04%	-3.49	1b start a 4	3b 1-- 0 out a1
30	97	113	Aug 4	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-9	H(1)	0	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.92	3.62	6	0	3	0	1	1		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.64	0.196	.49	0.02%	0.47	8b 123 1 out a2	9b 1-3 2 out a1
31	98	118	Aug 10	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-4	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.2	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.91	3.58	12	1	6	3	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.79	0.343	.06	0.01%	1.17	7b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end a 2
32	99	119	Aug 11	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-4	7-GF	S(2)	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.86	3.54	8	3	3	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.333	.09	0.01%	1.89	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
33	100	122	Aug 14	HOU	@	STL	L,5-9	6-7	BL(9-10)	2	1.1	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.03	3.57	10	1	3	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.74	-0.335	.27	-0.02%	-3.02	6b 12- 0 out a1	7b --3 1 out d3
34	101	124	Aug 17	HOU		PHI	L,3-8	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.02	3.57	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.015	.02	0.00%	0.41	7t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
35	102	125	Aug 18	HOU		PHI	W,3-2	6-GF	S(3)	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.93	3.49	13	2	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.74	0.437	.04	0.01%	1.83	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
36	103	129	Aug 22	HOU		PIT	L,0-4	7-7		3	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.97	3.49	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.84	-0.109	.02	0.00%	-1.51	7t 1-3 0 out d1	7t -2- 2 out d4
37	104	131	Aug 25	HOU		CHC	L,3-4	8-9		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.92	3.46	8	1	5	2	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.27	0.230	.05	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
38	105	133	Aug 27	HOU		STL	L,3-6	8-9	BS(2)	1	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.89	3.43	7	2	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.06	8t 1-- 1 out a1	9t 3 out tie
39	106	134	Aug 28	HOU		STL	L,3-8	8-GF		0	2.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.94	3.41	12	1	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	.29	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-1.09	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
40	107	136	Aug 30	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	3.41	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.203	.01	0.00%	-0.37	8b -2- 1 out tie	8b end d 1
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
41	108	140	Sep 3	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	8-8	BS(3)	3	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.92	3.40	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.59	-0.415	.00	0.00%	-1.26	8t 123 2 out a1	8t 3 out d1
42	109	142	Sep 5	HOU		CIN	L,3-9	10-11	L(9-11)	1	1.2	5	6	6	1	2	0	0	4.16	3.38	11	1	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.84	-0.359	.00	0.00%	-3.66	10t --- 0 out tie	11t -23 2 out d4
43	110	143	Sep 7	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-9	7-8	HL(9-12)	1	0.2	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.29	3.42	5	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-1.17	7b -2- 1 out a2	8b 123 0 out a2
44	111	146	Sep 10	HOU	@	SDP	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.41	3	2	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.63	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.38	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
45	112	156	Sep 22	HOU		ATL	L,2-4	8-GF		11	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.22	3.42	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.91	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
46	113	158	Sep 24	HOU		SFG	W,10-6	9-GF	S(4)	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.21	3.41	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.52	9t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 4
							19-27		W-L:9-12,Sv:4,BSv:3,Hld:2	2.6	201.0	197	101	94	74	149	18	4	4.21	3.41	861	0.85		9%	6%	188	52	29	41%	11	4	0	767	26	4	7	17	6	8	1.08	-0.624	1.21	-0.03%	-6.11

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