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Bob Forsch
Robert Herbert Forsch
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson (Sacramento, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1974
Final Game: September 25, 1989
Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1974 24 STL NL 7 4 .636 2.97 19 14 0 5 2 0 100.0 84 38 33 5 34 4 39 1 0 6 408 122 1.180 7.6 0.5 3.1 3.5 1.15
1975 25 STL NL 15 10 .600 2.86 34 34 0 7 4 0 230.0 213 89 73 14 70 8 108 3 1 10 958 134 1.230 8.3 0.5 2.7 4.2 1.54
1976 26 STL NL 8 10 .444 3.94 33 32 0 2 0 0 194.0 209 112 85 17 71 8 76 3 0 9 844 90 1.443 9.7 0.8 3.3 3.5 1.07
1977 27 STL NL 20 7 .741 3.48 35 35 0 8 2 0 217.1 210 97 84 20 69 2 95 3 1 9 915 111 1.284 8.7 0.8 2.9 3.9 1.38
1978 28 STL NL 11 17 .393 3.70 34 34 0 7 3 0 233.2 205 110 96 15 97 9 114 5 3 8 981 96 1.292 7.9 0.6 3.7 4.4 1.18
1979 29 STL NL 11 11 .500 3.83 33 32 0 7 1 0 218.2 215 102 93 16 52 1 92 3 0 6 894 100 1.221 8.8 0.7 2.1 3.8 1.77
1980 30 STL NL 11 10 .524 3.77 31 31 0 8 0 0 214.2 225 102 90 12 33 6 87 4 0 7 878 99 1.202 9.4 0.5 1.4 3.6 2.64 SS
1981 31 STL NL 10 5 .667 3.18 20 20 0 1 0 0 124.1 106 47 44 7 29 3 41 4 1 3 501 112 1.086 7.7 0.5 2.1 3.0 1.41
1982 32 STL NL 15 9 .625 3.48 36 34 1 6 2 1 233.0 238 95 90 16 54 7 69 4 2 6 962 105 1.253 9.2 0.6 2.1 2.7 1.28
1983 33 STL NL 10 12 .455 4.28 34 30 3 6 2 0 187.0 190 104 89 23 54 2 56 3 1 4 790 85 1.305 9.1 1.1 2.6 2.7 1.04
1984 34 STL NL 2 5 .286 6.02 16 11 2 1 0 0 52.1 64 38 35 6 19 0 21 0 0 5 233 58 1.586 11.0 1.0 3.3 3.6 1.11
1985 35 STL NL 9 6 .600 3.90 34 19 4 3 1 2 136.0 132 63 59 11 47 4 48 2 0 4 567 91 1.316 8.7 0.7 3.1 3.2 1.02
1986 36 STL NL 14 10 .583 3.25 33 33 0 3 0 0 230.0 211 91 83 19 68 11 104 2 0 7 939 114 1.213 8.3 0.7 2.7 4.1 1.53
1987 37 STL NL 11 7 .611 4.32 33 30 1 2 1 0 179.0 189 90 86 15 45 4 89 4 1 2 755 96 1.307 9.5 0.8 2.3 4.5 1.98 SS
1988 38 TOT NL 10 8 .556 4.29 36 18 3 1 1 0 136.1 153 73 65 10 44 9 54 3 3 3 596 80 1.445 10.1 0.7 2.9 3.6 1.23
1988 38 STL NL 9 4 .692 3.73 30 12 3 1 1 0 108.2 111 51 45 8 38 8 40 1 3 2 463 94 1.371 9.2 0.7 3.1 3.3 1.05
1988 38 HOU NL 1 4 .200 6.51 6 6 0 0 0 0 27.2 42 22 20 2 6 1 14 2 0 1 133 51 1.735 13.7 0.7 2.0 4.6 2.33
1989 39 HOU NL 4 5 .444 5.32 37 15 5 0 0 0 108.1 133 68 64 10 46 6 40 1 5 4 494 64 1.652 11.0 0.8 3.8 3.3 0.87
16 Seasons 168 136 .553 3.76 498 422 19 67 19 3 2794.2 2777 1319 1169 216 832 84 1133 45 18 93 11715 98 1.291 8.9 0.7 2.7 3.6 1.36
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .553 3.76 37 31 1 5 1 0 207 205 97 86 16 61 6 84 3 1 7 866 98 1.291 8.9 0.7 2.7 3.6 1.36
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
STL (15 yrs) 163 127 .562 3.67 455 401 14 67 19 3 2658.2 2602 1229 1085 204 780 77 1079 42 13 88 11088 101 1.272 8.8 0.7 2.6 3.7 1.38
HOU (2 yrs) 5 9 .357 5.56 43 21 5 0 0 0 136.0 175 90 84 12 52 7 54 3 5 5 627 61 1.669 11.6 0.8 3.4 3.6 1.04

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1982 32 STL NL NLCS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1982 32 STL NL WS W MIL 0 2 .000 4.97 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 18 10 7 2 3 0 4 1 0 0 59 1.658 12.8 1.4 2.1 2.8 1.33
1985 35 STL NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 1.500 8.1 2.7 5.4 0.0 0.00
1985 35 STL NL WS L KCR 0 1 .000 12.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 15 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1987 37 STL NL NLCS W SFG 1 1 .500 12.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 4 4 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 16 1.667 12.0 0.0 3.0 9.0 3.00
1987 37 STL NL WS L MIN 1 0 1.000 9.95 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 7 7 2 5 1 3 1 0 0 34 2.053 11.4 2.8 7.1 4.3 0.60
3 Seasons (6 Series) 3 4 .429 5.79 12 5 1 1 1 0 37.1 42 27 24 5 12 1 19 3 0 1 169 1.446 10.1 1.2 2.9 4.6 1.58
3 NLCS 2 1 .667 3.52 5 2 1 1 1 0 15.1 10 6 6 1 3 0 9 1 0 0 61 0.848 5.9 0.6 1.8 5.3 3.00
3 WS 1 3 .250 7.36 7 3 0 0 0 0 22.0 32 21 18 4 9 1 10 2 0 1 108 1.864 13.1 1.6 3.7 4.1 1.11

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1974 24 STL NL 20 37 29 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 .241 .290 .276 .566 60 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
1975 25 STL NL 35 88 78 9 24 3 3 1 5 0 0 3 20 .308 .341 .462 .803 118 36 0 1 6 0 0 1
1976 26 STL NL 35 72 62 6 11 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 17 .177 .190 .258 .449 26 16 3 0 9 0 0 1
1977 27 STL NL 35 86 72 6 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 29 .167 .189 .222 .411 11 16 0 0 12 0 0 1
1978 28 STL NL 34 89 83 2 15 7 0 1 8 0 0 1 26 .181 .190 .301 .492 37 25 3 0 5 0 0 1
1979 29 STL NL 33 84 73 7 8 2 2 0 5 0 0 5 17 .110 .163 .192 .354 -4 14 1 0 4 2 0 1
1980 30 STL NL 32 89 78 11 23 5 0 3 10 1 0 2 18 .295 .313 .474 .787 114 37 1 0 9 0 0 1 SS
1981 31 STL NL 20 48 41 0 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .122 .143 .146 .289 -19 6 2 0 6 0 0 1
1982 32 STL NL 36 90 73 7 15 3 1 0 3 0 0 3 20 .205 .237 .274 .511 42 20 1 0 14 0 0 1
1983 33 STL NL 37 66 54 4 13 3 0 1 6 0 1 3 14 .241 .271 .352 .623 71 19 0 0 7 2 0 1
1984 34 STL NL 16 17 16 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .313 .563 59 5 1 0 1 0 0 1
1985 35 STL NL 34 47 45 3 11 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 10 .244 .244 .400 .644 78 18 0 0 2 0 0 1
1986 36 STL NL 34 88 76 7 13 4 1 2 12 0 0 0 24 .171 .169 .329 .498 34 25 1 0 11 1 0 1
1987 37 STL NL 34 71 57 9 17 6 0 2 8 0 0 3 17 .298 .333 .509 .842 118 29 1 0 11 0 0 1 SS
1988 38 TOT NL 37 39 32 3 8 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 7 .250 .273 .281 .554 60 9 0 0 6 0 0 1
1988 38 STL NL 31 31 25 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 .280 .308 .280 .588 70 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1988 38 HOU NL 6 8 7 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 23 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1989 39 HOU NL 37 30 24 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 -3 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
16 Seasons 509 1041 893 77 190 45 8 12 84 3 1 27 249 .213 .235 .321 .557 53 287 14 1 115 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 331 284 25 60 14 3 4 27 1 0 9 79 .213 .235 .321 .557 53 91 4 0 37 2 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
STL (15 yrs) 466 1003 862 76 185 44 8 12 79 3 1 27 242 .215 .238 .326 .564 55 281 14 1 108 5 0
HOU (2 yrs) 43 38 31 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 .161 .161 .194 .355 3 6 0 0 7 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 32 STL NL NLCS ATL W 1 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 0 0 1 0
1985 35 STL NL NLCS LAD W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1985 35 STL NL WS KCR L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 37 STL NL NLCS SFG W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 37 STL NL WS MIN L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 8 7 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .333 .400 .733 2 0 0 1 1 0
3 NLCS 5 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167 2 0 0 1 1 0
2 WS 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 STL NL 24 P 19 14 100.0 23 10 13 0 0 1.000 2.07 1.21 .939 1.88 0.71
1975 STL NL 25 P 34 34 230.0 56 18 37 1 7 .982 2.15 1.62 .945 1.86 0.72
1976 STL NL 26 P 33 32 194.0 56 24 28 4 2 .929 2.41 1.58 .952 1.88 0.72
1977 STL NL 27 P 35 35 217.1 43 12 29 2 2 .953 1.70 1.17 .949 1.85 0.67
1978 STL NL 28 P 34 34 233.2 55 18 37 0 4 1.000 2.12 1.62 .949 1.91 0.72
1979 STL NL 29 P 33 32 218.2 57 25 31 1 3 .982 2.30 1.70 .949 1.80 0.66
1980 STL NL 30 P 31 31 214.2 57 11 44 2 5 .965 2.31 1.77 .951 1.91 0.69 SS
1981 STL NL 31 P 20 20 124.1 34 14 20 0 1 1.000 2.46 1.70 .956 1.97 0.68
1982 STL NL 32 P 36 34 233.0 53 21 30 2 1 .962 1.97 1.42 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 STL NL 33 P 34 30 187.0 44 14 29 1 1 .977 2.07 1.26 .950 1.92 0.68
1984 STL NL 34 P 16 11 52.1 16 8 8 0 0 1.000 2.75 1.00 .950 1.87 0.67
1985 STL NL 35 P 34 19 136.0 33 12 20 1 0 .970 2.12 0.94 .952 1.92 0.68
1986 STL NL 36 P 33 33 230.0 49 17 32 0 5 1.000 1.92 1.48 .953 1.94 0.66
1987 STL NL 37 P 33 30 179.0 34 9 25 0 2 1.000 1.71 1.03 .953 1.91 0.62 SS
1988 TOT NL 38 P 36 18 136.4 24 8 13 3 1 .875 1.39 0.58 .958 1.96 0.69
1988 STL NL 38 P 30 12 108.2 20 7 10 3 1 .850 1.41 0.57 .960 1.96 0.69
1988 HOU NL 38 P 6 6 27.2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.30 0.67 .950 1.95 0.68
1989 HOU NL 39 P 37 15 108.1 23 13 9 1 1 .957 1.83 0.59 .948 1.87 0.63
16 Seasons P 498 422 2794.2 657 234 405 18 35 .973 2.06 1.28 .950 1.90 0.68
16 Seasons TOT 498 422 2794.2 657 234 405 18 35 .973 2.06 1.28 .923 1.90 0.68
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Silver Sluggers
1980-NL-P
1987-NL-P
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1975 NL--2.857--5th

Wins s c a p y
1975 NL--15--9th
1977 NL--20--3rd
1982 NL--15--10th
Career--168--184th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 NL--.741--4th
1981 NL--.667--8th
1982 NL--.625--7th
1987 NL--.611--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1975 NL--1.230--10th
1980 NL--1.202--10th
1981 NL--1.086--5th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 NL--7.896--9th
1981 NL--7.673--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL--2.140--7th
1980 NL--1.384--1st
1981 NL--2.099--9th
1982 NL--2.086--9th
1987 NL--2.263--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Career--2794.7--167th

Games Started s c a p y
1977 NL--35--9th
Career--422--96th

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 NL--8--10th
1980 NL--8--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 NL--4--5th
1977 NL--2--9th
1978 NL--3--6th
1982 NL--2--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1983 NL--23--3rd
Career--216--162nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 NL--97--3rd
Career--832--210th

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL--238--5th
Career--2777--162nd

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--2.636--5th

Losses s c a p y
1978 NL--17--2nd
Career--136--220th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1978 NL--96--6th
1982 NL--90--9th
Career--1169--136th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 NL--10--8th
1977 NL--9--6th
1980 NL--7--10th
Career--93--102nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 NL--4--10th
1981 NL--4--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
Career--11715--141st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1975 NL--134--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1977 NL--12--6th
1982 NL--14--5th
1986 NL--11--7th
1987 NL--11--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1989 NL--born 1950-01-13--8th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 51 (491), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (397), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

December 21, 1987: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 27, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

August 31, 1988: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Houston Astros for Denny Walling.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985St. Louis Cardinals$583,333
1986St. Louis Cardinals$527,235
1987St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
1989Houston Astros$975,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,235,568
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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