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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-18 / in Starts: 14-18
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 84 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	48 (24-15-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 84 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (24-17-8)

Most Driven In
A Ashby	3
E Cabell	2
D Walling	1
J Cruz	1
C CedeÃ±o	1

Most Driven In By
R Landestoy	1
J Cruz	1
C CedeÃ±o	1
J Morgan	0

1980 Batting Game Log

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1980 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	390	4 (3)	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.86	0.118	1.36	0.11%	1.31	P
2	391	8 (3)	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.82	-0.101	3.19	-0.11%	-0.66	P
3	392	13 (4)	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	9	1.10	0.018	2.44	0.02%	0.16	P
4	393	17 (3)	Apr 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.61	-0.060	1.44	-0.09%	-0.98	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	394	22 (4)	May 4	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.400	.733	9	.69	0.075	1.43	0.09%	0.90	P
6	395	26 (3)	May 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647	9	.94	-0.046	2.12	-0.06%	-0.37	P
7	396	30 (3)	May 14	HOU		MON	L,0-1	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.368	.684	9	1.34	-0.009	2.38	-0.01%	-0.06	P
8	397	34 (3)	May 20	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.261	.304	.565	9	.74	-0.075	1.27	-0.08%	-0.96	P
9	398	39 (4)	May 25	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.320	.600	9	.53	0.009	.82	0.01%	0.16	P
10	399	43 (3)	May 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.296	.556	9	.74	-0.036	1.47	-0.04%	-0.28	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	400	48 (4)	Jun 4	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.233	.267	.500	9	.98	-0.072	1.94	-0.09%	-0.53	P
12	401	52 (3)	Jun 9	HOU		CHC	W,6-2	GS-6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.303	.576	9	.44	0.077	.93	0.10%	1.42	P
13	402	57 (4)	Jun 15	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.294	.559	9	1.04	-0.029	2.58	-0.04%	-0.33	P
14	403	62 (4)	Jun 20	HOU		PIT	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.342	.632	9	.51	0.050	1.26	0.08%	0.23	P
15	404	67 (4)	Jun 25	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.293	.366	.659	9	2.17	-0.006	8.71	-0.01%	0.07	P
16	405	71 (3)	Jun 30	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	9	1.13	-0.039	3.03	-0.06%	-0.40	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	406	76 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.364	.659	9	.98	0.029	3.14	0.06%	1.13	P
18	407	80 (3)	Jul 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.289	.356	.644	9	1.78	-0.068	7.47	-0.17%	-0.51	P
19	408	86 (5)	Jul 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.340	.617	9	1.20	-0.057	3.40	-0.10%	-0.40	P
20	409	92 (5)	Jul 21	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.347	.633	9	.97	0.019	2.79	0.03%	0.23	P
21	410	96 (3)	Jul 26	HOU	@	MON	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.327	.596	9	1.38	-0.129	4.30	-0.24%	-0.92	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	411	101 (4)	Aug 1	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.255	.309	.564	9	.35	-0.026	1.11	-0.05%	-0.77	P
23	412	106 (4)	Aug 6	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.310	.569	9	.69	-0.034	2.45	-0.07%	-0.17	P
24	413	111 (4)	Aug 11	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.279	.317	.595	9	1.24	0.034	4.11	0.07%	0.30	P
25	414	116 (4)	Aug 17 (1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.266	.302	.567	9	.47	-0.036	1.58	-0.07%	-0.64	P
26	415	126 (9)	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	L,2-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.262	.297	.558	9	1.09	-0.031	4.15	-0.07%	-0.31	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	416	131 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.258	.292	.550	9	.39	-0.011	1.60	-0.03%	-0.31	P
28	417	137 (5)	Sep 7	HOU		STL	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.284	.534	9	1.03	-0.052	4.15	-0.13%	-0.39	P
29	418	141 (3)	Sep 13	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.257	.290	.547	9	.65	-0.016	2.96	-0.04%	-0.25	P
30	419	146 (4)	Sep 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.250	.282	.532	9	1.30	-0.068	6.32	-0.20%	-0.48	P
31	420	156 (9)	Sep 28	HOU		CIN	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.243	.274	.517	9	.40	-0.019	2.05	-0.06%	-0.33	P
32	421	160 (3)	Oct 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.234	.244	.273	.516	9	1.10	0.014	7.22	0.05%	-0.02	P
							14-18		84	77	3	18	3	0	0	8	1	0	33	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	.234	.244	.273	.516		.94	-0.577	2.92	-1.19%	-4.14

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