Ken Forsch
Kenneth Roth Forsch
All-Star Player
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 Fielding

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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
1970 HOU NL 23 P 4 4 24.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 1.00 .950 1.84 0.70
1971 HOU NL 24 P 33 23 188.1 29 8 19 2 1 .931 1.29 0.82 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 HOU NL 25 P 30 24 156.1 20 9 9 2 1 .900 1.04 0.60 .955 1.78 0.73
1973 HOU NL 26 P 46 26 201.0 31 15 16 0 1 1.000 1.39 0.67 .948 1.88 0.73
1974 HOU NL 27 P 70 0 103.1 25 9 14 2 1 .920 2.00 0.33 .944 1.88 0.71
1975 HOU NL 28 P 34 9 109.0 22 6 14 2 3 .909 1.65 0.59 .950 1.86 0.72
1976 HOU NL 29 P 52 0 92.0 21 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.40 .948 1.88 0.72 AS
1977 HOU NL 30 P 42 5 86.0 26 10 15 1 1 .962 2.62 0.60 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 HOU NL 31 P 52 6 133.1 35 9 24 2 0 .943 2.23 0.63 .951 1.91 0.72
1979 HOU NL 32 P 26 24 177.2 48 10 37 1 5 .979 2.38 1.81 .950 1.80 0.66
1980 HOU NL 33 P 32 32 222.1 59 11 45 3 2 .949 2.27 1.75 .953 1.91 0.69
1981 CAL AL 34 P 20 20 153.0 44 18 24 2 2 .955 2.47 2.10 .964 1.98 0.81 AS
1982 CAL AL 35 P 37 35 228.0 47 13 29 5 2 .894 1.66 1.14 .962 1.80 0.73
1983 CAL AL 36 P 31 31 219.1 43 9 31 3 2 .930 1.64 1.29 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 37 P 2 2 16.1 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.86 3.50 .957 1.76 0.70
1986 CAL AL 39 P 10 0 17.0 4 0 3 1 1 .750 1.59 0.30 .975 1.85 0.68
16 Seasons P 521 241 2127.0 465 134 305 26 24 .944 1.86 0.84 .954 1.86 0.72
16 Seasons TOT 521 241 2127.0 465 134 305 26 24 .944 1.86 0.84 .898 1.86 0.72

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 HOU NL 23 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 HOU NL 24 33 23 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 HOU NL 25 30 24 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 HOU NL 26 46 26 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 HOU NL 27 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 HOU NL 28 34 9 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 29 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 30 42 5 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 HOU NL 31 52 6 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 HOU NL 32 26 24 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 HOU NL 33 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CAL AL 34 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 35 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 36 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 37 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 39 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 521 153 421 521 521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 HOU NL 23 100 82% 26% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1971 HOU NL 24 729 76% 25% 20 90% 0 5 0 5 19 16 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1972 HOU NL 25 686 75% 28% 16 69% 1 9 1 7 11 9 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1973 HOU NL 26 880 74% 22% 18 89% 1 14 0 12 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 80%
1974 HOU NL 27 446 80% 35% 22 95% 0 9 4 4 16 12 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1975 HOU NL 28 467 82% 32% 15 100% 0 4 0 3 15 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0
1976 HOU NL 29 382 80% 28% 18 100% 1 5 1 3 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1977 HOU NL 30 381 80% 31% 16 94% 0 10 0 8 14 12 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1978 HOU NL 31 578 81% 29% 27 93% 0 8 1 6 24 18 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1979 HOU NL 32 715 87% 36% 41 95% 1 13 2 8 36 27 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 4 1 3 100%
1980 HOU NL 33 963 86% 31% 47 96% 0 11 0 10 45 31 6 4 0 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 10 100%
1981 CAL AL 34 634 86% 28% 33 85% 0 18 1 12 25 19 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 13 77%
1982 CAL AL 35 980 86% 29% 35 89% 0 12 1 10 29 23 1 5 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 7 71%
1983 CAL AL 36 953 85% 30% 35 86% 0 9 0 8 30 22 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1984 CAL AL 37 64 80% 33% 7 100% 0 1 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1986 CAL AL 39 87 71% 21% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
16 Seasons 9045 82% 29% 356 91% 4 129 11 97 305 231 37 27 3 12 12 7 25 19 24 1 75 88%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* 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.

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