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: 18-15 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	393	4	Apr 11	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.54	23	7	10	1	1	3	63			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	2	.92	0.230	1.70	0.25%	2.03	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a3
2	394	8	Apr 16	STL		MON	L,3-4	GS-6	L(1-1)	4	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	1	3.00	4.12	27	7	10	2	0	4	43			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.232	2.09	-0.25%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
3	395	12	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	0	4	0	0	4.24	3.28	21	6	3	1	0	8	39			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.203	2.15	-0.25%	-1.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
4	396	17	Apr 26	STL	@	NYM	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-1)	4	5.1	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.43	3.14	24	7	14	6	0	0	41			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.148	1.65	0.20%	-0.02	1b start a 1	6b 12- 1 out a5
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
5	397	22	May 2	STL		LAD	L,6-7	GS-8		5	7.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.30	3.14	28	12	12	3	1	0	53			0	1	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.80	0.145	1.57	0.17%	1.22	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a3
6	398	26	May 7	STL	@	SDP	W,17-10	GS-7	W(3-1)	4	6.2	10	5	5	3	0	2	0	4.75	4.07	33	8	20	7	2	2	31			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.162	.56	0.17%	-1.71	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a9
7	399	31	May 13	STL	@	SFG	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.1	7	4	4	0	2	1	0	5.01	4.13	22	6	7	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.028	1.95	-0.03%	0.01	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
8	400	37	May 21	STL	@	ATL	W,7-2	GS-8	W(4-1)	7	7.0	10	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.66	3.84	31	12	14	7	0	0	52			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.068	2.42	0.09%	0.32	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out a5
9	401	42	May 26	STL		ATL	L,4-5	GS-3		4	2.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	5.19	3.77	13	5	7	1	0	0	27			3	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.377	2.58	-0.52%	-3.60	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d1
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
10	402	47	Jun 1	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-6		5	6.0	8	5	5	0	3	1	0	5.43	3.79	26	9	13	5	1	1	39			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.224	2.34	-0.31%	-1.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
11	403	52	Jun 6	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	6.0	9	6	5	2	3	1	0	5.63	3.91	28	8	7	0	1	8	33			0	1	0	24	4	0	1	0	2	0	1.05	-0.360	3.46	-0.72%	-2.88	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
12	404	57	Jun 12	STL		CHC	W,4-1	GS-6	W(5-2)	5	6.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	5.27	3.75	22	5	12	3	1	0	65			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.258	4.44	0.54%	2.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
13	405	62	Jun 17	STL		PIT	L,1-4	GS-6	L(5-3)	4	5.2	6	4	4	3	4	0	1	5.35	3.74	27	9	10	6	0	0	42			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.074	2.64	-0.11%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d3
14	406	71	Jun 27	STL	@	MON	W,15-5	GS-6	W(6-3)	9	6.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	5.29	3.66	27	15	10	7	0	0	43			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.102	1.16	0.23%	0.12	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a7
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
15	407	76	Jul 3	STL	@	ATL	W,9-1	GS-8	W(7-3)	5	7.1	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.95	3.59	27	10	12	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.51	0.238	1.39	0.39%	2.60	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a7
16	408	81	Jul 8(1)	STL		LAD	W,6-3	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	6.1	6	2	2	4	1	2	0	4.80	3.93	26	10	11	5	0	0	50			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.217	1.84	0.30%	0.68	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a4
17	409	85	Jul 11	STL		SFG	L,1-3	8-9		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.74	3.87	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.038	.64	0.04%	0.76	8t --- 0 out d2	9t --- 1 out d2
18	410	87	Jul 16	STL	@	SDP	L,8-9	GS-4		4	4.0	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	5.00	3.97	18	7	9	5	0	0	30			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	.96	-0.336	1.87	-0.39%	-3.06	1b start a 2	4b 3 out a2
19	411	91	Jul 21	STL	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	1	4.67	3.90	32	11	16	6	0	1	76			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.224	1.67	0.29%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
20	412	96	Jul 26(1)	STL	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	1	3	2	0	1	4.46	3.91	31	14	6	0	1	5	58			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.37	-0.044	2.35	-0.05%	0.39	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
21	413	101	Jul 31	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.50	3.89	23	7	8	3	0	2	43			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.085	2.65	-0.15%	-0.43	1t start tie	5t 3 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
22	414	106	Aug 5	STL	@	MON	L,1-2	GS-9		4	8.2	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.27	3.76	30	7	15	4	0	2	74			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.721	4.91	1.54%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
23	415	111	Aug 10	STL	@	PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.99	3.71	32	11	18	5	0	1	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.259	1.52	0.42%	4.54	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
24	416	116	Aug 15	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS-7	L(10-4)	4	6.2	9	5	5	5	5	2	0	4.12	3.89	33	8	12	5	0	3	36			2	1	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	-0.252	2.47	-0.37%	-1.77	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d3
25	417	122	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS-4		6	3.0	8	7	7	2	1	1	0	4.46	3.98	20	6	9	4	1	2	14			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.303	2.55	-0.59%	-4.27	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d3
26	418	125	Aug 25	STL		HOU	W,7-1	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	3.98	4	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.09	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
27	419	128	Aug 29	STL		ATL	W,4-2	7-9	H(1)	3	2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.37	3.94	7	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.211	4.04	0.35%	1.45	7t -2- 1 out a2	9t --- 1 out a2
Sept				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	420	131	Sep 1	STL		CIN	L,4-7	GS-5		2	4.1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.25	3.89	16	7	5	1	1	0	61			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.180	1.64	0.24%	2.04	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out a3
29	421	137	Sep 8	STL	@	MON	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-5)	6	6.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.31	3.84	25	17	7	4	0	0	43			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.119	3.60	-0.37%	-1.23	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d2
30	422	143	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-2		6	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.39	3.91	7	5	1	0	0	1	40			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.114	4.04	-0.35%	-1.50	1b start tie	2b 1-- 1 out a2
31	423	148	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,10-2	GS-6	W(11-5)	4	5.2	3	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.35	3.90	22	6	5	0	1	1	61			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.077	3.79	0.25%	0.98	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out a6
32	424	153	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-6	L(11-6)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	0	4.30	3.86	23	9	6	0	2	1	61			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.042	2.01	0.07%	1.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	425	158	Sep 30	STL		MON	L,1-6	GS-6	L(11-7)	4	5.1	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	4.32	3.79	23	9	8	2	0	0	46			0	1	0	21	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.20	-0.101	1.76	-0.09%	-0.50	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d1
							18-15		W-L:11-7,Hld:1	4.4	179.0	189	90	86	45	89	15	4	4.32	3.79	755	0.87		17%	2%	52	48	1	0%	11	7	0	693	38	6	4	11	6	3	.89	0.471	2.30	0.98%	3.23

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