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: 20-32 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 19

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	312	4	Apr 9	HOU	@	CIN	L,3-9	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
2	313	5	Apr 10	HOU		LAD	L,2-5	9-GF		0	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	9.00	5.59	7	1	2	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.110	1.11	-0.08%	-1.59	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
3	314	7	Apr 12	HOU		LAD	W,11-10	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	11.57	4.30	4	0	0	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.350	3.03	-0.23%	-3.29	7t 123 2 out a4	7t 3 out tie
4	315	8	Apr 14	HOU		CIN	L,4-8	2-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.13	4.09	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.013	.60	0.01%	0.29	2t -2- 2 out d4	2t 3 out d4
5	316	13	Apr 20	HOU	@	LAD	L,1-5	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.71	3.01	10	2	3	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.001	.17	0.00%	-0.12	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
6	317	14	Apr 21	HOU	@	LAD	W,8-6	7-GF	BW(1-0)	0	2.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91	2.59	10	1	4	0	0	4		3	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.66	-0.059	4.27	-0.06%	0.38	7b 123 1 out a1	9b end a 2
7	318	16	Apr 23	HOU	@	LAD	L,3-7	4-7		1	4.0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.97	3.47	20	3	8	0	4	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	.25	-0.009	.38	-0.01%	0.77	4b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
8	319	22	Apr 30	HOU		MON	L,1-2	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.40	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.18	0.01%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
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
9	320	23	May 3	HOU	@	MON	L,3-10	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.14	3.35	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.88	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d6
10	321	25	May 6	HOU	@	ATL	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	L(1-1)	2	0.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.77	3.77	4	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.76	-0.363	2.64	-0.21%	-2.84	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
11	322	28	May 12	HOU	@	NYM	W,5-4	9-11		5	3.0	3	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.15	4.09	13	4	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.15	-0.180	2.87	-0.10%	-0.71	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
12	323	33	May 18	HOU		PHI	L,5-8	1-7		5	7.0	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.33	3.32	30	7	10	0	3	9		1	1	1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.095	.78	0.06%	1.24	1t 1-- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d1
13	324	36	May 21	HOU		ATL	L,4-6	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.22	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.41	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
14	325	38	May 24	HOU	@	SFG	L,0-2	6-7	L(1-2)	2	2.0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	2.96	3.21	9	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.28	-0.251	1.50	-0.18%	-1.14	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d2
15	326	40	May 26	HOU		NYM	W,5-4	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.15	11	4	3	1	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	2.18	0.251	1.53	0.11%	0.64	7t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
16	327	41	May 27	HOU		NYM	L,7-9	8-GF		0	1.2	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.15	9	3	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.25	-0.165	.88	-0.07%	-0.71	8t --3 1 out tie	9t end d 2
17	328	43	May 29	HOU		SFG	L,1-8	8-GF		1	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.48	3.06	10	5	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-1.18	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
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
18	329	47	Jun 3(1)	HOU		STL	W,5-2	7-GF	S(2)	4	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.22	2.92	8	2	4	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.55	0.095	.24	0.03%	0.92	7t 1-3 1 out a4	9t end a 3
19	330	52	Jun 9	HOU	@	STL	W,11-7	8-GF	S(3)	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.08	2.90	5	2	3	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.59	0.066	.21	0.01%	0.94	8b 123 1 out a5	9b end a 4
20	331	54	Jun 11	HOU	@	STL	L,3-5	7-GF(8)	BS(3)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.20	2.92	7	1	2	1	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.541	.74	-0.15%	-2.15	7b 12- 2 out a1	8b end d 2
21	332	56	Jun 13	HOU		PIT	W,2-1	7-8	W(2-2)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.05	2.80	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.175	.54	0.05%	0.82	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 3 out tie
22	333	58	Jun 16	HOU		CHC	L,6-7	10-10		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.19	2.80	6	3	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.52	-0.331	.70	-0.06%	-0.59	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 3 out d1
23	334	62	Jun 21	HOU	@	LAD	L,4-5	7-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.12	2.79	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.019	.09	0.00%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
24	335	65	Jun 24	HOU	@	SDP	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	L(2-3)	2	1.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.22	2.79	8	2	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	-0.265	.83	-0.05%	-1.00	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
25	336	67	Jun 25(2)	HOU	@	SDP	L,4-7	6-6		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	2.78	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.040	.13	0.00%	0.81	6b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d2
26	337	72	Jun 30	HOU		SDP	L,2-5	8-GF		4	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.04	2.75	9	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
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
27	338	74	Jul 1(2)	HOU		SDP	L,3-9	8-GF		0	2.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.47	2.83	12	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	.12	-0.019	.02	0.00%	-2.18	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
28	339	79	Jul 7	HOU		LAD	L,4-7	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.58	2.88	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.20	-0.029	.02	0.00%	-0.59	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
29	340	80	Jul 8(1)	HOU		LAD	L,1-7	7-8		0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.44	2.83	8	3	2	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	.05	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.62	7t 123 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
30	341	81	Jul 8(2)	HOU		LAD	L,5-7	7-GF		-1	3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.25	2.77	10	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.058	.01	0.00%	1.23	7t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
31	342	83	Jul 13	HOU	@	MON	L,0-6	6-7		4	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	2.76	5	3	1	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.73	6b -2- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d4
32	343	84	Jul 14(1)	HOU	@	MON	W,4-3	12-GF(13)	W(3-3)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.07	2.65	6	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	0.612	.09	0.01%	2.69	12b 123 0 out tie	13b end a 1
33	344	85	Jul 14(2)	HOU	@	MON	W,5-4	8-9	BW(4-3)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.97	2.70	7	3	2	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	2.64	0.081	.09	0.00%	0.48	8b -2- 0 out a1	9b 3 out tie
34	345	93	Jul 20(2)	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5	5-9		5	5.0	7	2	1	1	2	0	0	2.88	2.68	23	9	4	0	1	7		0	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.28	-0.073	.04	0.00%	0.14	5b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
35	346	96	Jul 22	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	L(4-4)	1	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.00	2.72	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.24	-0.373	.02	0.00%	-1.41	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
36	347	98	Jul 24	HOU		MON	W,6-5	9-GF	W(5-4)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	3.09	2.78	7	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.04	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.59	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
37	348	99	Jul 25	HOU		MON	W,3-2	9-GF(13)	W(6-4)	0	5.0	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.00	2.86	22	9	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.74	0.142	.01	0.00%	1.06	9t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
38	349	103	Jul 30	HOU		NYM	W,4-3	8-8		4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	2.86	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	-0.227	.01	0.00%	-0.56	8t 1-3 2 out tie	8t 3 out d1
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
39	350	107	Aug 4	HOU	@	ATL	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	3	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.03	2.88	11	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.00	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
40	351	108	Aug 5(1)	HOU	@	ATL	W,5-3	7-GF	S(4)	0	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.93	2.83	9	1	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.254	.00	0.00%	1.44	7b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
41	352	112	Aug 9	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	9-GF	S(5)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.90	2.83	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	0.301	.01	0.00%	0.39	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 1
42	353	117	Aug 15	HOU	@	STL	L,5-11	7-7		5	1.0	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.32	2.80	9	1	1	1	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.094	.00	0.00%	-3.56	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d6
43	354	120	Aug 17(2)	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.24	2.77	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.62	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
44	355	123	Aug 20(1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,6-7	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	2.77	7	2	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.94	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 1
45	356	127	Aug 23	HOU		CHC	W,3-0	GS-7	W(7-4)	2	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.91	2.71	26	10	8	3	0	1	72			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.430	.00	0.00%	2.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
46	357	131	Aug 29	HOU		STL	W,6-3	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	9	3	3	1	7	1	0	2.92	2.72	36	14	5	0	1	9	63			2	0	1	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.276	.00	0.00%	0.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	358	135	Sep 3(1)	HOU	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.1	9	3	2	1	1	0	0	2.91	2.72	29	13	14	8	2	0	45			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-1.10	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d2
48	359	140	Sep 8	HOU		LAD	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.68	2.65	29	11	11	4	1	1	87			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.291	.00	0.00%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
49	360	145	Sep 13	HOU	@	LAD	L,0-6	CG(8)	L(9-6)	4	8.0	12	6	6	1	4	1	0	2.95	2.71	37	10	10	1	2	12	37			1	0	0	34	1	0	1	0	1	0	.68	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-2.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
50	361	152	Sep 21	HOU		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-6)	7	9.0	5	0	0	1	10	0	0	2.75	2.57	32	10	6	0	0	5	86			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.536	.00	0.00%	3.70	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
51	362	157	Sep 26	HOU	@	ATL	W,2-0	9-GF	S(6)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	2.57	3	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.45	0.183	.00	0.00%	0.88	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
52	363	159	Sep 28	HOU	@	ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(7)	1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.57	4	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.26	0.342	.00	0.00%	1.00	8b 1-3 2 out a1	9b end a 1
							20-32		W-L:10-6,Sv:7,BSv:4	2.4	133.1	136	44	40	37	71	2	1	2.70	2.57	563	1.20		7%	5%	120	65	37	41%	8	3	1	508	10	4	13	8	6	5	1.20	0.698	.38	-0.89%	6.96

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