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Ken Forsch
Kenneth Roth Forsch

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 8, 1946 in Sacramento, CA
High School: Hiram Johnson (Sacramento, CA)
School: Oregon State University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Final Game: May 23, 1986
Relatives: Brother of Bob Forsch
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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
1970	23	HOU	NL	4	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	/1
1971	24	HOU	NL	33	63	59	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	.136	.150	.153	.303	-13	9	0	0	3	0	0	1
1972	25	HOU	NL	30	49	41	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.146	.167	.146	.313	-9	6	1	0	7	0	0	1
1973	26	HOU	NL	46	69	62	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	26	.065	.094	.081	.174	-51	5	0	0	5	0	0	1
1974	27	HOU	NL	70	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1975	28	HOU	NL	34	29	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.045	.192	.045	.238	-29	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1976	29	HOU	NL	52	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-22	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	AS
1977	30	HOU	NL	42	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	-36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1978	31	HOU	NL	52	29	27	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.185	.185	.185	.370	8	5	0	0	2	0	0	1
1979	32	HOU	NL	26	68	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	.138	.194	.155	.349	-1	9	1	0	6	0	0	1
1980	33	HOU	NL	32	84	77	3	18	3	0	0	8	1	0	1	33	.234	.244	.273	.516	50	21	0	0	6	0	0	1
16 Seasons				421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	169	147	6	20	2	0	0	7	0	0	6	63	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	22	1	0	15	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1970	23	HOU	NL	9	9	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.262	.000	.334	.000	.400	.000	.735	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1971	24	HOU	NL	63	54	2	1.0	91	.276	.136	.257	.150	.323	.153	.377	.303	.700	-13	.071	-8.8	-0.9	.196	.034	.017
1972	25	HOU	NL	49	43	1	0.6	90	.300	.146	.254	.167	.322	.146	.376	.313	.698	-9	.032	-5.9	-0.6	.194	.024	.000
1973	26	HOU	NL	69	63	1	0.4	96	.111	.065	.261	.094	.330	.081	.389	.174	.719	-51	.015	-12.8	-1.3	.121	.048	.016
1974	27	HOU	NL	9	8	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.257	.125	.329	.000	.372	.125	.701	-62	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
1975	28	HOU	NL	29	24	1	1.1	90	.067	.045	.257	.192	.327	.045	.371	.238	.698	-29	.078	-3.7	-0.4	.238	.182	.000
1976	29	HOU	NL	14	13	0	0.0	84	.125	.091	.252	.167	.317	.091	.359	.258	.676	-22	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.182	.091	.000
1977	30	HOU	NL	15	13	0	0.0	95	.125	.077	.258	.143	.324	.077	.394	.220	.718	-36	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.167	.077	.000
1978	31	HOU	NL	29	24	1	1.1	88	.278	.185	.253	.185	.319	.185	.371	.370	.690	8	.082	-3.3	-0.3	.227	.000	.000
1979	32	HOU	NL	68	57	2	0.9	94	.222	.138	.262	.194	.326	.155	.388	.349	.715	-1	.056	-7.9	-0.8	.255	.086	.017
1980	33	HOU	NL	84	65	6	2.5	88	.409	.234	.257	.244	.318	.273	.373	.516	.691	50	.274	-5.1	-0.5	.390	.065	.039	.0
16 Seasons				438	373	14	1.0	91	.236	.136	.258	.170	.324	.151	.379	.322	.703	-7	.067	-54.9	-5.7	.225	.060	.016	.0
162 Game Avg.				169	144	5	1.0	91	.236	.136	.258	.170	.324	.151	.379	.322	.703	-7	.067	-54.9	-5.7	.225	.060	.016

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
1980	33	HOU	NL	NLCS	PHI	L	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	1	0	0
1 NLCS							2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	1	0	0

All-Star Batting

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1976	HOU	NL	29		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1981	CAL	AL	34		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Appearances)					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1970	23	HOU	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				4.00	22%
1971	24	HOU	NL	63	0.0%	47.6%	1.6%	1.6%	13%	30.00	2.0		59.0		1.20	46%
1972	25	HOU	NL	49	0.0%	42.9%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	21.00	2.0				6.00	41%
1973	26	HOU	NL	69	0.0%	37.7%	2.9%	1.5%	25%	13.00	2.4		62.0		1.24	52%
1974	27	HOU	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%		3.00	2.3				1.50	44%
1975	28	HOU	NL	29	0.0%	24.1%	13.8%	0.0%	0%	1.75	3.1				2.20	52%
1976	29	HOU	NL	14	0.0%	21.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7		11.0		4.00	57%
1977	30	HOU	NL	15	0.0%	33.3%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.6				2.50	53%
1978	31	HOU	NL	29	0.0%	31.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		9.0		3.33	62%
1979	32	HOU	NL	68	0.0%	32.4%	5.9%	1.5%	13%	5.50	2.6		19.3		2.89	53%
1980	33	HOU	NL	84	0.0%	39.3%	1.2%	3.6%	17%	33.00	2.3		9.6		1.46	52%
16 Seasons				438	0.0%	37.2%	3.7%	1.4%	12%	10.19	2.3		22.5		2.04	50%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1stS	1stS2	1stS3	1stD	1stD3	1stDH	2ndS	2ndS3	2ndSH
1970	23	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	HOU	NL	0	0	22%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1972	25	HOU	NL	1	0	29%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1973	26	HOU	NL	0	0	33%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1974	27	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	28	HOU	NL	0	0	20%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1976	29	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	30	HOU	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1978	31	HOU	NL	0	0	20%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1979	32	HOU	NL	1	0	33%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38%	6	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1980	33	HOU	NL	0	0	16%	31	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	3	2	0
16 Seasons				2	0	24%	95	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	21%	17	16	1	3	2	1	9	4	4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1970	23	HOU	NL	9	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	2	0	0%	4	3	75%	4	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1971	24	HOU	NL	56	32%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	8	0	0%	12	1	8%	42	1	2%	3	0	0%	5	3	60%	7
1972	25	HOU	NL	48	13%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	14	1	7%	12	3	25%	24	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1
1973	26	HOU	NL	69	16%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	8	0	0%	10	3	30%	37	1	3%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1974	27	HOU	NL	9	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	28	HOU	NL	29	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	16	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1976	29	HOU	NL	14	36%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	1	25%	4	0	0%	11	1	9%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1977	30	HOU	NL	15	7%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	31	HOU	NL	29	17%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	4	2	50%	18	3	17%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1979	32	HOU	NL	68	44%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	18	1	6%	17	2	12%	54	3	6%	8	2	25%	2	1	50%	0
1980	33	HOU	NL	84	44%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	15	0	0%	14	4	29%	48	9	19%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
16 Seasons				430	30%	52			0	0	0	0		0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	45	39	87%	82	3	4%	83	20	24%	265	18	7%	27	6	22%	15	7	47%	8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1970	23	4	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0
1971	24	37	72	65	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	34	.123	.136	.138	.275	-21	9	0	0	6	0	0
1972	25	67	121	106	4	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	55	.132	.148	.142	.290	-17	15	1	0	13	0	0
1973	26	113	190	168	6	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	81	.107	.128	.119	.247	-30	20	1	0	18	0	0
1974	27	183	199	175	6	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	84	.103	.128	.114	.242	-31	20	1	0	19	0	0
1975	28	217	228	197	7	19	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	91	.096	.136	.107	.243	-30	21	1	0	22	0	0
1976	29	269	242	208	7	20	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	94	.096	.138	.106	.243	-30	22	2	0	24	0	0
1977	30	311	257	221	8	21	2	0	0	3	0	0	11	99	.095	.138	.104	.242	-30	23	2	0	25	0	0
1978	31	363	286	248	9	26	2	0	0	6	0	0	11	108	.105	.143	.113	.256	-26	28	2	0	27	0	0
1979	32	389	354	306	13	34	3	0	0	9	0	0	15	130	.111	.153	.121	.274	-21	37	3	0	33	0	0
1980	33	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
1981	34	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
1982	35	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
1983	36	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
1984	37	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
1985	38	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0
1986	39	421	438	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	.136	.170	.151	.322	-7	58	3	0	39	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or Year (R/G) 2009 (4.61) 2008 (4.65) 2007 (4.80) 2006 (4.86) 2005 (4.59) 2004 (4.81) 2003 (4.73) 2002 (4.62) 2001 (4.78) 2000 (5.14) 1999 (5.08) 1998 (4.79) 1997 (4.77) 1996 (5.04) 1995 (4.85) 1994 (4.92) 1993 (4.60) 1992 (4.12) 1991 (4.31) 1990 (4.26) 1989 (4.13) 1988 (4.14) 1987 (4.72) 1986 (4.41) 1985 (4.33) 1984 (4.26) 1983 (4.31) 1982 (4.30) 1981 (4.00) 1980 (4.29) 1979 (4.46) 1978 (4.10) 1977 (4.47) 1976 (3.99) 1975 (4.21) 1974 (4.12) 1973 (4.21) 1972 (3.69) 1971 (3.89) 1970 (4.34) 1969 (4.07) 1968 (3.42) 1967 (3.77) 1966 (3.99) 1965 (3.99) 1964 (4.04) 1963 (3.95) 1962 (4.46) 1961 (4.53) 1960 (4.31) 1959 (4.38) 1958 (4.28) 1957 (4.31) 1956 (4.45) 1955 (4.49) 1954 (4.38) 1953 (4.61) 1952 (4.18) 1951 (4.55) 1950 (4.85) 1949 (4.61) 1948 (4.58) 1947 (4.36) 1946 (4.01) 1945 (4.18) 1944 (4.17) 1943 (3.92) 1942 (4.08) 1941 (4.49) 1940 (4.68) 1939 (4.82) 1938 (4.89) 1937 (4.87) 1936 (5.19) 1935 (4.90) 1934 (4.91) 1933 (4.48) 1932 (4.91) 1931 (4.81) 1930 (5.55) 1929 (5.19) 1928 (4.73) 1927 (4.75) 1926 (4.64) 1925 (5.13) 1924 (4.76) 1923 (4.82) 1922 (4.87) 1921 (4.86) 1920 (4.36) 1919 (3.87) 1918 (3.63) 1917 (3.59) 1916 (3.56) 1915 (3.79) 1914 (3.75) 1913 (4.04) 1912 (4.53) 1911 (4.51) 1910 (3.84) 1909 (3.55) 1908 (3.39) 1907 (3.53) 1906 (3.62) 1905 (3.90) 1904 (3.73) 1903 (4.44) 1902 (4.43) 1901 (4.99)

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	23	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1971	24	33	62	61	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	30	.164	.177	.180	.358	2	33
1972	25	31	44	43	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	.140	.159	.140	.299	1	30
1973	26	46	67	64	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	3	26	.094	.134	.125	.259	1	46
1974	27	70	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	70
1975	28	34	36	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	.125	.417	.125	.542	1	34
1976	29	52	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	52
1977	30	42	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	42
1978	31	52	27	27	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	52
1979	32	26	63	59	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	4	22	.153	.206	.169	.376	2	26
1980	33	32	82	81	4	22	4	0	0	10	1	1	33	.272	.280	.321	.601	7	32
11 Seasons		422	421	396	19	56	8	0	0	18	1	25	164	.141	.192	.162	.354	15	421
162 Game Avg.		162	162	152	7	21	3	0	0	7	0	10	63	.141	.192	.162	.354	6	421

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games 1976 * 1981 *

Oldest s c a p y 1986 AL--born 1946-09-08--9th

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