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: 30-22

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 19

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	218	1	Apr 8	HOU	@	CIN	L,5-11	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.63	5	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
2	219	2	Apr 10	HOU	@	CIN	L,7-13	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.50	3.63	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
3	220	4	Apr 12	HOU		SFG	W,5-0	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.13	5	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.082	.99	0.06%	1.76	8t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 5
4	221	5	Apr 13	HOU		SFG	W,2-1	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	3.47	8	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	3	2.52	0.133	3.53	0.11%	-0.19	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
5	222	7	Apr 16	HOU		SDP	W,4-1	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.29	2.78	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.025	.55	0.02%	0.40	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
6	223	8	Apr 17	HOU		SDP	W,5-4	9-GF	S(4)	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	2.51	5	0	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	0.142	4.48	0.14%	0.01	9t -2- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
7	224	9	Apr 18(1)	HOU		SDP	W,4-2	9-GF	S(5)	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.00	2.41	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.059	2.25	0.06%	0.40	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
8	225	13	Apr 21	HOU		LAD	W,1-0	11-15		2	5.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.64	2.63	21	7	6	1	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.40	0.583	4.00	0.58%	2.02	11t --- 0 out tie	15t 3 out tie
9	226	15	Apr 23	HOU		NYM	W,3-1	9-GF	S(6)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	2.63	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.059	1.22	0.05%	0.40	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
10	227	17	Apr 25	HOU		NYM	L,2-4	8-GF		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.55	2.63	4	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.021	.29	0.02%	0.59	8t 1-- 2 out d2	9t end d 2
11	228	18	Apr 28(1)	HOU	@	MON	W,6-4	9-GF		2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	2.63	5	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.017	1.95	0.01%	-1.51	9b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 2
12	229	19	Apr 28(2)	HOU	@	MON	L,7-8	7-7	H(1)	-1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	2.63	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.105	2.10	0.09%	0.47	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 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
13	230	28	May 9	HOU	@	STL	W,10-5	9-GF		10	1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	2.37	2.79	8	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.13	0.000	.18	0.00%	-2.55	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 5
14	231	29	May 11	HOU		MON	W,5-3	8-GF	S(7)	1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	2.68	8	1	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.120	1.45	0.10%	0.81	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
15	232	32	May 15	HOU		PHI	L,1-2	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	2.68	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.027	.60	0.02%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
16	233	34	May 17(1)	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.88	2.51	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.031	.28	0.02%	0.81	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
17	234	35	May 17(2)	HOU		ATL	W,3-2	9-GF	W(1-0)	-1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	2.63	5	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	0.117	2.67	0.06%	0.40	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
18	235	36	May 18	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	8-9		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.67	2.67	8	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.211	2.10	0.12%	0.81	8t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
19	236	38	May 20	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-4	7-GF	S(8)	1	3.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.80	3.10	10	4	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.241	1.38	0.15%	0.22	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
20	237	40	May 22	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	7-11	BS(1)	1	4.2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.56	2.89	17	5	3	0	0	4		1	1	0	1	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.24	0.311	2.72	0.23%	1.20	7b 1-- 1 out a1	11b 3 out tie
21	238	41	May 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	10-GF(10)	BS(2)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	2.98	4	2	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6.86	-0.504	7.46	-0.33%	-2.09	10b 12- 0 out a1	10b end d 1
22	239	43	May 25	HOU	@	SFG	L,6-7	8-GF(8)	BL(1-1)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	2.00	3.27	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	-0.565	1.30	-0.22%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
23	240	45	May 29	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	9-GF	S(9)	3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	3.25	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.19	0.190	2.46	0.05%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
24	241	46	May 30(1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-2	8-GF	S(10)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.85	3.12	6	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.220	.91	0.08%	1.92	8b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
25	242	48	May 31	HOU		CIN	L,2-4	9-GF		0	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.82	3.14	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.023	.58	-0.01%	0.10	9t 1-3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
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
26	243	50	Jun 2	HOU		CIN	L,7-8	7-GF	BL(1-2)	1	3.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.11	3.13	14	3	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	-0.336	1.33	-0.20%	-0.79	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 1
27	244	51	Jun 3	HOU		CIN	W,5-3	9-GF	S(11)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	3.11	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.059	.62	0.03%	0.40	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
28	245	53	Jun 5	HOU		CHC	W,4-3	8-GF	S(12)	1	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.00	3.23	5	2	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.66	0.191	1.82	0.08%	0.59	8t 1-- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
29	246	60	Jun 12	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.11	3.16	8	3	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.28	-0.004	.19	0.00%	-0.04	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
30	247	62	Jun 14	HOU		PIT	L,1-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.06	3.11	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.08	0.00%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
31	248	64	Jun 18	HOU	@	PIT	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.02	3.06	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
32	249	65	Jun 20	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-4	8-GF		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.94	3.01	8	0	5	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.017	.10	0.00%	0.89	8b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
33	250	66	Jun 21	HOU	@	ATL	L,9-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.90	2.92	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.07	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
34	251	67	Jun 22	HOU	@	ATL	W,9-7	8-GF	S(13)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.83	2.84	8	0	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.168	.58	0.04%	0.94	8b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
35	252	68	Jun 23	HOU		LAD	L,0-1	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.80	2.80	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.027	.17	0.01%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
36	253	73	Jun 28	HOU	@	SFG	W,8-2	7-GF	S(14)	4	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.72	2.72	8	2	4	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.152	.18	0.02%	2.42	7b 123 1 out a4	9b end a 6
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
37	254	76	Jul 2(1)	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-8	7-12		3	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	0	1	2.00	2.73	24	5	7	0	3	5		1	0	1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	0.082	.96	0.02%	-0.44	7b -2- 2 out tie	12b 3 out tie
38	255	80	Jul 5	HOU		NYM	W,7-3	7-GF		2	2.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	2.72	9	3	3	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.036	.07	0.01%	1.00	7t 1-- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
39	256	83	Jul 8	HOU		MON	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(2-2)	2	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.01	2.92	6	2	3	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.88	-0.064	.51	-0.01%	-0.15	8t 123 1 out a2	9t end tie
40	257	85	Jul 10	HOU		MON	W,4-2	8-GF	S(15)	1	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.98	2.88	5	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.26	0.061	.42	0.01%	-0.16	8t 1-3 2 out a2	9t end a 2
41	258	90	Jul 18(1)	HOU	@	MON	W,7-6	7-GF(10)	BW(3-2)	7	4.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	2.36	3.05	19	5	4	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.221	.54	-0.04%	-2.14	7b --- 0 out a3	10b end a 1
42	259	94	Jul 20(2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,4-3	7-GF	W(4-2)	1	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.27	3.00	12	3	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.363	.97	0.09%	1.33	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
43	260	98	Jul 24(1)	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	10-11		3	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.33	3.20	9	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.218	.30	-0.03%	-0.19	10t --- 0 out tie	11t 3 out tie
44	261	104	Jul 30	HOU		ATL	L,2-3	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.30	3.21	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.012	.04	0.00%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
45	262	106	Jul 31(2)	HOU		ATL	W,9-6	8-GF	S(16)	0	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2.35	3.27	11	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.118	.19	0.01%	-0.19	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
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
46	263	130	Aug 26	HOU	@	CHC	W,5-3	9-GF	S(17)	25	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	3.26	3	1	2	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.08	9b --3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
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
47	264	137	Sep 3	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	8-GF		7	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.30	3.26	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.43	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.84	8t 1-3 2 out d3	9t end d 1
48	265	141	Sep 7	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-5	7-GF	S(18)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.21	3.20	10	3	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.034	.00	0.00%	1.36	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
49	266	143	Sep 9	HOU		CIN	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	BL(4-3)	1	2.2	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.25	3.25	13	5	2	0	1	4		3	2	0	1	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	1	3.74	-0.341	.00	0.00%	-0.74	9t 123 1 out a2	11t end d 1
50	267	144	Sep 11(1)	HOU	@	SDP	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.22	3.23	5	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.18	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.31	8b --3 0 out d2	8b end d 3
51	268	146	Sep 14(1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(19)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	3.22	7	3	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.23	0.424	.00	0.00%	1.32	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
52	269	160	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		14	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.15	3.19	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							30-22		W-L:4-3,Sv:19,BSv:7,Hld:1	1.5	92.0	76	23	22	26	49	5	2	2.15	3.19	371	1.05		3%	5%	72		31	39%	2	4	0	334	8	2	7	9	2	6	1.63	2.296	1.15	1.45%	14.22

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