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: 16-18 / in Starts: 12-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 4

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	326	6	Apr 15	STL		MON	W,6-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	2.46	33	9	15	1	0	8	68			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	0	.77	0.193	.93	0.14%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
2	327	11	Apr 21	STL		PIT	W,6-0	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.60	2.75	21	8	9	0	0	3	65			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.317	1.13	0.23%	2.71	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
3	328	16	Apr 26	STL	@	MON	L,5-10	GS-4	L(2-1)	4	3.1	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	2.45	3.88	19	3	3	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	14	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.22	-0.360	1.74	-0.31%	-2.90	1b start tie	4b -2- 1 out d2
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
4	329	25	May 7	STL		SDP	L,2-12	GS-3	L(2-2)	10	2.1	7	7	5	2	0	1	0	4.35	4.67	17	3	5	0	1	7	17			0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	1	1	.77	-0.435	.68	-0.23%	-6.13	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d6
5	330	30	May 12	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	5	4	4	2	4	3	0	4.61	5.54	27	6	10	2	0	5	50			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.174	.89	-0.09%	-0.29	1b start a 1	7b -2- 2 out d1
6	331	33	May 17	STL	@	HOU	W,8-6	3-3		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.45	5.44	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.009	.14	0.00%	0.44	3b --- 0 out d5	3b 3 out d5
7	332	38	May 22	STL		ATL	W,5-3	1-7	W(3-2)	4	6.1	6	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.63	5.05	27	7	11	0	0	6		3	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.237	.98	0.13%	2.45	1t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out a2
8	333	42	May 28	STL	@	ATL	W,9-3	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	2	0	3.76	5.36	24	9	7	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.143	.39	0.09%	-0.53	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a6
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
9	334	47	Jun 2	STL		CIN	L,3-8	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	3.1	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.50	5.25	15	4	4	1	0	4	31			1	1	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.366	1.20	-0.23%	-2.83	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d2
10	335	53	Jun 9(1)	STL	@	NYM	L,1-6	GS-7	L(4-4)	6	6.1	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.47	5.05	28	8	7	0	0	6	48			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.007	1.54	0.01%	0.28	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
11	336	58	Jun 14	STL	@	CHC	W,11-10	9-GF	S(1)	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.44	5.03	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.03	0.142	10.28	0.18%	0.32	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
12	337	65	Jun 22	STL		CHC	W,2-1	GS-5		7	4.2	1	1	1	6	4	0	1	4.23	5.07	21	6	4	0	0	0	56			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.173	3.76	0.30%	1.53	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out tie
13	338	68	Jun 26	STL	@	PHI	L,4-6	7-8		3	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.31	5.03	6	0	3	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.047	1.34	-0.07%	-1.15	7b --- 0 out d1	8b -2- 0 out d2
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
14	339	73	Jul 1	STL	@	MON	L,2-3	10-GF(10)		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.31	5.03	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.85	-0.372	18.96	-0.87%	-0.94	10b 1-3 2 out tie	10b end d 1
15	340	77	Jul 6	STL		LAD	L,3-8	6-7		4	2.0	6	3	2	1	1	0	0	4.47	4.96	12	5	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.123	1.46	-0.20%	-2.10	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d5
16	341	88	Jul 20	STL	@	LAD	L,0-3	6-7		13	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.33	4.79	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.023	.43	0.04%	0.87	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
17	342	89	Jul 21	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	10-GF(10)	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	4.78	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.71	0.162	18.02	0.26%	0.72	10b 123 2 out a2	10b end a 2
18	343	98	Jul 31	STL	@	CHC	L,2-5	6-7		9	1.2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.19	4.82	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.25	0.012	.75	0.02%	0.56	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 12- 2 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
19	344	99	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	L,8-9	4-4		0	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.41	4.80	6	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.29	-0.049	.94	-0.09%	-1.50	4b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d6
20	345	101	Aug 3	STL		PHI	L,4-6	6-7		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.41	4.70	8	4	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.044	1.38	-0.08%	-0.10	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
21	346	103	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,1-9	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	4.64	6	4	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.006	.13	0.01%	0.90	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
22	347	108	Aug 11	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	7.0	8	4	4	2	4	2	0	4.36	4.78	30	9	7	0	1	8	47			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.188	2.30	-0.35%	-0.74	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
23	348	113	Aug 16	STL		MON	W,6-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.00	4.51	31	10	15	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.223	1.51	0.54%	3.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
24	349	116	Aug 20	STL	@	HOU	L,2-17	6-7		3	2.0	4	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.43	4.63	11	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-4.12	6b --- 0 out d10	7b 3 out d15
25	350	120	Aug 24	STL	@	ATL	W,7-0	GS-4	W(6-5)	3	4.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.23	4.61	16	8	3	1	0	3	54			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.161	2.92	0.33%	1.90	1b start tie	4b 3 out a5
26	351	124	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	8-8		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.22	4.60	2	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.001	4.10	0.00%	-0.03	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 1-- 1 out tie
27	352	125	Aug 30	STL		HOU	L,5-7	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	4.58	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.10	0.01%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
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
28	353	129	Sep 3	STL		CIN	W,6-4	GS-7		3	6.0	6	4	4	3	3	0	0	4.28	4.49	26	9	5	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.077	3.88	-0.17%	-0.26	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a2
29	354	134	Sep 8	STL		ATL	L,3-7	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	6.1	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	4.28	4.47	25	9	9	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.118	4.19	0.26%	1.31	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
30	355	139	Sep 13	STL	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS-7	W(7-6)	4	6.1	6	2	2	3	0	0	0	4.20	4.45	26	9	8	0	0	6	50			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.151	3.88	0.39%	1.58	1b start a 3	7b 12- 1 out a5
31	356	145	Sep 18	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(8-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	3.88	4.32	33	12	10	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	1	.56	0.305	2.14	0.70%	4.19	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
32	357	150	Sep 23	STL		PIT	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.99	4.34	28	8	5	1	0	9	37			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.244	2.94	-0.40%	-1.59	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d2
33	358	155	Sep 28(2)	STL	@	MON	W,4-2	GS-4		4	4.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.01	4.26	17	3	3	1	0	7	42			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.073	1.65	-0.06%	-0.28	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d1
34	359	160	Oct 4	STL		CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-6)	5	8.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.90	4.11	28	11	8	1	0	5	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.362	3.40	0.88%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
							16-18		W-L:9-6,Sv:2	3.7	136.0	132	63	59	47	48	11	2	3.90	4.11	567	1.08		4%	1%	125	51	9	11%	10	3	0	512	22	3	4	12	1	3	.84	0.194	2.03	1.36%	3.48

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