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Ken Forsch
Kenneth Roth Forsch

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.
School Oregon State University

Debut September 7, 1970
vs. SDP 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER, W
Final Game May 23, 1986
Born September 8, 1946 in Sacramento, CA
Brother of Bob Forsch

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 23 HOU NL   1   2   4   4   1   0   0  0   24.0   28   15   15   1    5   13   0   1    99   0   0  5.63  3.89   69 1.375
 1971 24 HOU NL   8   8  33  23   7   2   4  0  188.3  162   60   53   8   53  131   4   8   771   5   0  2.53  3.37  133 1.142
 1972 25 HOU NL   6   8  30  24   1   0   3  0  156.3  163   75   68  19   62  113   0   9   671   1   0  3.91  3.35   86 1.439
 1973 26 HOU NL   9  12  46  26   5   0   9  4  201.3  197  101   94  18   74  149   4   5   861   7   1  4.20  3.63   86 1.346
 1974 27 HOU NL   8   7  70   0   0   0  40 10  103.3   98   38   32   3   37   48   4   4   435  13   1  2.79  3.48  125 1.306
 1975 28 HOU NL   4   8  34   9   2   0  12  2  109.0  114   42   39   9   30   54   2   1   451   3   0  3.22  3.38  105 1.321
 1976 29 HOU NL   4   3  52   0   0   0  46 19   92.0   76   23   22   5   26   49   2   2   372   7   1  2.15  3.19  148 1.109 AS
 1977 30 HOU NL   5   8  42   5   0   0  28  8   86.0   80   32   26   2   28   45   2   3   364   6   0  2.72  3.56  131 1.256
 1978 31 HOU NL  10   6  52   6   4   2  28  7  133.3  136   44   40   2   37   71   1   2   563  13   0  2.70  3.29  122 1.298
 1979 32 HOU NL  11   6  26  24  10   2   1  0  177.7  155   67   60  14   35   58   0   0   700   2   1  3.04  3.52  116 1.069
 1980 33 HOU NL  12  13  32  32   6   3   0  0  222.3  230   90   79  15   41   84   7   1   926   1   3  3.20  3.28  103 1.219
 1981 34 CAL AL  11   7  20  20  10   4   0  0  153.0  143   54   49   7   27   55   4   0   616   2   0  2.88  3.63  126 1.111 AS
 1982 35 CAL AL  13  11  37  35  12   4   2  0  228.0  225  108   98  25   57   73  11   1   955   2   0  3.87  4.04  104 1.237
 1983 36 CAL AL  11  12  31  31  11   1   0  0  219.3  226  107   99  21   61   81   4   6   921   6   0  4.06  4.03   99 1.309
 1984 37 CAL AL   1   1   2   2   1   0   0  0   16.3   14    4    4   2    3   10   0   0    62   0   0  2.20  4.00  181 1.041
 1986 39 CAL AL   0   1  10   0   0   0   4  1   17.0   24   21   18   4   10   13   2   0    85   0   0  9.53  4.14   43 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Yr WL% .502 114 113 521 241  70  18 177 51 2127.3 2071  881  796 155  586 1047  47  43  8852  68   7  3.37  3.57  106 1.249
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  46  21   6   1  15  4  189.7  184   78   71  13   52   93   4   3   789   6   0  3.37  3.57  106 1.249
 Career High     13  13  70  35  12   4  46 19  228.0  230  108   99  25   74  149  11   9   955  13   3  2.15  4.04  148 1.069
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 23 HOU NL   4    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   3   0   0   0   0
 1971 24 HOU NL  33   59    2    8   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  30  .136  .150  .153  -13    9   3   0   0   0   0
 1972 25 HOU NL  30   41    2    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  21  .146  .167  .146   -9    6   7   0   0   0   1
 1973 26 HOU NL  46   62    2    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   2  26  .065  .094  .081  -51    5   5   0   0   0   0
 1974 27 HOU NL  70    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   3  .000  .125  .000  -62    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1975 28 HOU NL  34   22    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   4   7  .045  .192  .045  -29    1   3   0   0   0   0
 1976 29 HOU NL  52   11    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .091  .167  .091  -22    1   2   0   0   0   1 AS
 1977 30 HOU NL  42   13    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .077  .143  .077  -36    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1978 31 HOU NL  52   27    1    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   0   9  .185  .185  .185    8    5   2   0   0   0   0
 1979 32 HOU NL  26   58    4    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  22  .138  .194  .155   -1    9   6   0   0   0   1
 1980 33 HOU NL  32   77    3   18   3  0   0    8   1  0   1  33  .234  .244  .273   50   21   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     521  383   16   52   6  0   0   17   1  0  16 163  .136  .170  .151   -7   58  39   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        119    5   16   2  0   0    5   0  0   5  51  .136  .170  .151   -7   18  12   0   0   0   1
 Career High     70   77    4   18   3  0   0    8   1  0   4  33                          21   7   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 23 HOU NL    9    9    0   0.0   100| .000  .262| .000  .334| .000  .400| .000  .735|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1971 24 HOU NL   63   54    2   1.0    91| .136  .257| .150  .323| .153  .377| .303  .700| -13  .071  -8.8  -0.9   0%
 1972 25 HOU NL   49   43    1   0.6    90| .146  .254| .167  .322| .146  .376| .313  .698|  -9  .032  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1973 26 HOU NL   69   63    1   0.4    96| .065  .261| .094  .330| .081  .389| .175  .719| -51  .015 -12.8  -1.3   0%
 1974 27 HOU NL    9    8    0   0.0    91| .000  .257| .125  .329| .000  .372| .125  .701| -62  .000  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1975 28 HOU NL   29   24    1   1.1    90| .045  .257| .192  .327| .045  .371| .237  .698| -29  .078  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1976 29 HOU NL   14   13    0   0.0    84| .091  .252| .167  .317| .091  .359| .258  .676| -22  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1977 30 HOU NL   15   13    0   0.0    95| .077  .258| .143  .324| .077  .394| .220  .718| -36  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1978 31 HOU NL   29   24    1   1.1    88| .185  .253| .185  .319| .185  .371| .370  .690|   8  .082  -3.3  -0.3   0%
 1979 32 HOU NL   68   57    2   0.9    94| .138  .262| .194  .326| .155  .388| .349  .715|  -1  .056  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1980 33 HOU NL   84   65    6   2.5    88| .234  .257| .244  .318| .273  .373| .517  .691|  50  .274  -5.1  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons      438  373   14   1.0    91| .136  .258| .170  .324| .151  .379| .321  .703|  -7  .067 -54.9  -5.6 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1970 23 HOU NL   P    4      2    2    0    1 1.000  .952  1.00  0.70  1.50  1.84    4   24.0
 1971 24 HOU NL   P   33      8   19    2    1  .931  .954  0.82  0.78  1.29  1.90   23  188.3
 1972 25 HOU NL   P   30      9    9    2    1  .900  .952  0.60  0.73  1.04  1.78   24  156.3
 1973 26 HOU NL   P   46     15   16    0    1 1.000  .951  0.67  0.73  1.39  1.88   26  201.0
 1974 27 HOU NL   P   70      9   14    2    1  .920  .943  0.33  0.71  2.00  1.88    0  103.3
 1975 28 HOU NL   P   34      6   14    2    3  .909  .948  0.59  0.72  1.65  1.86    9  109.0
 1976 29 HOU NL   P   52      4   17    0    0 1.000  .950  0.40  0.72  2.05  1.88    0   92.0 AS
 1977 30 HOU NL   P   42     10   15    1    1  .962  .951  0.60  0.67  2.62  1.85    5   86.0
 1978 31 HOU NL   P   52      9   24    2    0  .943  .951  0.63  0.72  2.23  1.91    6  133.3
 1979 32 HOU NL   P   26     10   37    1    5  .979  .951  1.81  0.66  2.38  1.80   24  177.7
 1980 33 HOU NL   P   32     11   45    3    2  .949  .952  1.75  0.69  2.27  1.91   32  222.3
 1981 34 CAL AL   P   20     18   24    2    2  .955  .963  2.10  0.81  2.47  1.98   20  153.0 AS
 1982 35 CAL AL   P   37     13   29    5    2  .894  .959  1.14  0.73  1.66  1.80   35  228.0
 1983 36 CAL AL   P   31      9   31    3    2  .930  .957  1.29  0.73  1.64  1.80   31  219.3
 1984 37 CAL AL   P    2      1    6    0    1 1.000  .959  3.50  0.70  3.87  1.77    2   16.3
 1986 39 CAL AL   P   10      0    3    1    1  .750  .968  0.30  0.68  1.59  1.85    0   17.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1970 23 HOU NL   P    4      2    2    0    1 1.000  .952  1.00  0.70  1.50  1.84    4   24.0
 1971 24 HOU NL   P   33      8   19    2    1  .931  .954  0.82  0.78  1.29  1.90   23  188.3
 1972 25 HOU NL   P   30      9    9    2    1  .900  .952  0.60  0.73  1.04  1.78   24  156.3
 1973 26 HOU NL   P   46     15   16    0    1 1.000  .951  0.67  0.73  1.39  1.88   26  201.0
 1974 27 HOU NL   P   70      9   14    2    1  .920  .943  0.33  0.71  2.00  1.88    0  103.3
 1975 28 HOU NL   P   34      6   14    2    3  .909  .948  0.59  0.72  1.65  1.86    9  109.0
 1976 29 HOU NL   P   52      4   17    0    0 1.000  .950  0.40  0.72  2.05  1.88    0   92.0
 1977 30 HOU NL   P   42     10   15    1    1  .962  .951  0.60  0.67  2.62  1.85    5   86.0
 1978 31 HOU NL   P   52      9   24    2    0  .943  .951  0.63  0.72  2.23  1.91    6  133.3
 1979 32 HOU NL   P   26     10   37    1    5  .979  .951  1.81  0.66  2.38  1.80   24  177.7
 1980 33 HOU NL   P   32     11   45    3    2  .949  .952  1.75  0.69  2.27  1.91   32  222.3
 1981 34 CAL AL   P   20     18   24    2    2  .955  .963  2.10  0.81  2.47  1.98   20  153.0
 1982 35 CAL AL   P   37     13   29    5    2  .894  .959  1.14  0.73  1.66  1.80   35  228.0
 1983 36 CAL AL   P   31      9   31    3    2  .930  .957  1.29  0.73  1.64  1.80   31  219.3
 1984 37 CAL AL   P    2      1    6    0    1 1.000  .959  3.50  0.70  3.87  1.77    2   16.3
 1986 39 CAL AL   P   10      0    3    1    1  .750  .968  0.30  0.68  1.59  1.85    0   17.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 521    134  305   26   24  .944  .954  0.84  0.72  1.86  1.86  241 2127.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       521    134  305   26   24  .944  .954  0.84  0.72  1.86  1.86  241   2127

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   2   1   4.15  0  1  0  1   8.2  10   4   1   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   NLCS  HOU PHI     L   2   2   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1976   HOU NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1981   CAL AL      0  0  0   1     1   1   1   0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  0   2     1   1   1   0   1  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   4.50 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   HOU NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1981   CAL AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1976 *
1981 *

ERA
1971 NL-2.53-4
1979 NL-3.04-7
1980 NL-3.20-10
1981 AL-2.88-9

Wins
1981 AL-11-10

Won-Loss %
1978 NL-.625-8
1979 NL-.647-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1971 NL-1.142-10
1979 NL-1.069-1
1981 AL-1.111-6
1982 AL-1.237-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1971 NL-7.74-10
1979 NL-7.85-7

Bases on Balls/9IP
1979 NL-1.77-1
1980 NL-1.66-3
1981 AL-1.59-2
1982 AL-2.25-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1973 NL-6.66-7

Games
1974 NL-70-4

Saves
1974 NL-10-7
1976 NL-19-2

Games Started
1982 AL-35-8

Comp. Games
1979 NL-10-7
1981 AL-10-7
1982 AL-12-5
1983 AL-11-6

Shutouts
1980 NL-3-4
1981 AL-4-1
1982 AL-4-2

Home Runs Allow.
1972 NL-19-8

Hits Allowed
1980 NL-230-10

SO to Walk
1971 NL-2.47-9

Losses
1980 NL-13-9

Wild Pitches
1972 NL-9-9

Hit Batsmen
1980 NL-7-4
1982 AL-11-1

Games Finished
1974 NL-40-5
1976 NL-46-5

Adjusted ERA+
1971 NL-133-5
1981 AL-126-10

Oldest Player
1986 AL-39-9

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 57 (435) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (822) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 7, 1966: Drafted by the California Angels in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.
June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft.
April 1, 1981: Traded by the Houston Astros to the California Angels for Dickie Thon.
December 20, 1985: Released by the California Angels.
March 18, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.
May 25, 1986: Released by the California Angels.
July 12, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Salaries Leaders
1985 California Angels $633,333

1986 California Angels $100,000

Career (may be incomplete) $733,333

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms
View Ken Forsch's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1976 * 1981 *	ERA 1971 NL-2.53-4 1979 NL-3.04-7 1980 NL-3.20-10 1981 AL-2.88-9	Wins 1981 AL-11-10	Won-Loss % 1978 NL-.625-8 1979 NL-.647-10	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1971 NL-1.142-10 1979 NL-1.069-1 1981 AL-1.111-6 1982 AL-1.237-9	Hits Allowed/9IP 1971 NL-7.74-10 1979 NL-7.85-7
Bases on Balls/9IP 1979 NL-1.77-1 1980 NL-1.66-3 1981 AL-1.59-2 1982 AL-2.25-10	Strikeouts/9IP 1973 NL-6.66-7	Games 1974 NL-70-4	Saves 1974 NL-10-7 1976 NL-19-2	Games Started 1982 AL-35-8	Comp. Games 1979 NL-10-7 1981 AL-10-7 1982 AL-12-5 1983 AL-11-6
Shutouts 1980 NL-3-4 1981 AL-4-1 1982 AL-4-2	Home Runs Allow. 1972 NL-19-8	Hits Allowed 1980 NL-230-10	SO to Walk 1971 NL-2.47-9	Losses 1980 NL-13-9	Wild Pitches 1972 NL-9-9
Hit Batsmen 1980 NL-7-4 1982 AL-11-1	Games Finished 1974 NL-40-5 1976 NL-46-5	Adjusted ERA+ 1971 NL-133-5 1981 AL-126-10	Oldest Player 1986 AL-39-9