Bob Forsch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA us

Died: November 3, 2011 in Weeki Wachee, FL

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hiram W. Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA).

High School: Hiram W. Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)

School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

Debut: July 7, 1974 (Age 24-175d, 13,511th in major league history)
vs. CIN 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 25, 1989 (Age 39-255d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Robert Herbert Forsch

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Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.6

168

136

ERA

3.76

498

422

2794.2

1133

WHIP

1.291

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-10 / in Starts: 25-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	87	2	Apr 9	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.00	4.63	37	17	10	1	1	7	64			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	.49	0.168	.83	0.17%	2.49	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
2	88	6	Apr 14	STL	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.72	4.14	28	7	10	1	2	6	57			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.222	1.94	0.27%	1.80	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
3	89	10	Apr 18	STL		NYM	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	3	7.1	3	1	0	3	6	0	0	1.17	3.57	29	8	9	0	1	3	73			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.03	0.245	2.05	0.29%	2.36	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
4	90	14	Apr 23	STL	@	PHI	L,1-11	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	4.0	9	6	6	2	2	1	1	3.00	4.11	24	4	6	0	2	9	20			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.176	1.63	-0.22%	-2.79	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d3
5	91	18	Apr 29	STL		ATL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(4-1)	5	6.2	9	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.94	3.72	29	11	2	0	1	9	51			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.071	1.19	0.07%	0.63	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	92	22	May 4	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	4	1	0	2	2	0	1	2.32	3.63	34	16	9	0	2	4	77			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.57	0.309	1.02	0.34%	3.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
7	93	26	May 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	9	5	5	2	2	1	0	2.98	3.84	28	8	8	0	2	8	31			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.288	2.32	-0.31%	-1.41	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d1
8	94	30	May 13	STL	@	ATL	W,3-0	GS-8	W(6-1)	3	8.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.56	3.61	27	9	7	1	2	4	77			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.573	2.16	0.59%	4.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
9	95	34	May 18	STL	@	HOU	W,8-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	3	3	2	1	2	0	2.79	4.03	21	9	4	0	0	5	44			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.114	1.49	-0.10%	-0.78	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
10	96	39	May 24	STL		PHI	W,8-5	GS-8	W(7-1)	5	8.0	6	5	3	0	3	2	0	2.86	4.17	32	12	11	2	1	6	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	.65	0.136	1.11	0.14%	-1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
11	97	44	May 29	STL		MON	L,4-14	GS-1	L(7-2)	4	0.1	4	7	7	3	0	0	0	3.75	4.29	8	1	0	0	0	4	12			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.409	2.35	-0.43%	-5.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	98	49	Jun 4	STL	@	MON	L,7-8	GS-7		5	6.1	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.91	4.16	29	13	5	1	2	11	35			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.150	1.69	-0.15%	-1.22	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
13	99	54	Jun 9	STL		LAD	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-2)	4	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.94	4.18	26	10	3	1	1	7	49			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.167	1.27	0.16%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
14	100	58	Jun 14	STL	@	SFG	L,1-7	GS-5	L(8-3)	4	4.1	8	7	6	2	1	0	1	4.36	4.19	23	5	6	3	1	8	20			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.268	1.05	-0.26%	-3.75	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d5
15	101	63	Jun 19	STL	@	SDP	L,2-6	GS-4	L(8-4)	4	4.0	6	6	6	4	3	1	0	4.76	4.34	21	7	2	0	1	5	25			2	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.376	.78	-0.31%	-4.26	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
16	102	68	Jun 25	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(9-4)	5	8.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.56	4.33	34	12	11	1	2	8	59			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.15	0.241	1.28	0.16%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
17	103	74	Jun 30	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	2	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.30	4.31	29	14	9	6	0	0	76			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.275	1.20	0.25%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	104	80	Jul 5	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	9	3	0	0	2	1	0	3.97	4.27	38	19	8	0	3	9	65			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	2	.83	0.242	.97	0.17%	1.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	105	85	Jul 10(1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	W(11-4)	4	9.0	6	3	2	4	5	0	0	3.83	4.17	36	18	9	2	2	0	66			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.40	0.213	.55	0.18%	1.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	106	89	Jul 14	STL	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.1	11	5	5	1	1	3	0	4.02	4.42	25	9	3	1	0	11	26			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	-0.242	.87	-0.11%	-2.19	1b start a 2	6b --- 1 out d3
21	107	93	Jul 21	STL		HOU	W,4-0	SHO	W(12-4)	6	9.0	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	3.76	4.39	34	17	7	1	0	3	78			2	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.401	.39	0.12%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
22	108	98	Jul 26	STL		ATL	W,4-2	GS-5	W(13-4)	4	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.63	4.30	19	7	5	0	0	2	66			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.209	.35	0.07%	2.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out a4
23	109	104	Jul 31	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	GS-3	L(13-5)	4	2.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.76	4.30	13	3	2	0	0	7	29			0	1	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.253	.89	-0.16%	-3.35	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	110	109	Aug 6(1)	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS-8	W(14-5)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.62	4.22	28	13	5	1	2	5	69			1	0	1	25	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.31	0.388	1.53	0.27%	2.55	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
25	111	115	Aug 12	STL		MON	W,2-1	GS-6		5	6.0	4	0	0	5	2	0	0	3.49	4.23	27	12	4	1	1	4	61			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.364	1.59	0.27%	2.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
26	112	120	Aug 17	STL		NYM	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-5)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.30	4.13	30	16	5	2	0	2	86			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.562	.50	0.17%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	113	125	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	W(16-5)	5	9.0	3	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.19	4.00	34	13	8	1	2	3	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.63	0.627	.75	0.17%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	114	130	Aug 28	STL	@	LAD	L,0-11	GS-7	L(16-6)	4	6.0	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	3.28	4.07	29	8	7	0	1	7	39			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.088	.50	-0.03%	-0.47	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	115	135	Sep 3	STL	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-4		5	3.1	3	2	2	1	4	2	0	3.31	4.15	14	4	3	0	0	2	49			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.083	.07	0.00%	-0.57	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d2
30	116	140	Sep 8	STL	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	2	2	3	0	0	3.32	4.12	22	6	4	0	0	7	42			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	-0.115	.06	0.00%	-1.51	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a1
31	117	145	Sep 13	STL		CHC	W,3-1	GS-6	W(17-6)	4	5.0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.24	4.10	21	7	11	4	0	0	56			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.80	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a2
32	118	150	Sep 18	STL		PHI	W,12-5	GS-5	W(18-6)	4	5.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.25	4.12	20	5	6	1	1	8	44			0	0	1	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	.36	0.102	.00	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out a8
33	119	154	Sep 23	STL	@	NYM	W,10-6	GS-6	W(19-6)	4	5.2	6	5	4	2	2	0	0	3.33	4.09	24	12	2	0	0	6	39			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-2.66	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
34	120	156	Sep 27	STL		MON	W,5-3	CG	W(20-6)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.32	4.06	35	14	6	1	2	8	64			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	1	.90	0.270	.00	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	121	162	Oct 2	STL		NYM	L,4-6	GS-1	L(20-7)	4	0.1	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.48	4.05	7	1	0	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-4.69	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d4
							25-10		W-L:20-7	4.2	217.1	210	97	84	69	95	20	3	3.48	4.05	915	1.68		6%	6%	194	52		---%	15	6	2	835	33	2	2	21	4	18	.91	2.913	1.00	1.78%	9.26

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