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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Team Record in Appearances: 10-20 / in Starts: 9-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 0

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	38	4	Apr 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	7.0	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	5.14	2.11	31	9	7	2	0	9	43			2	0	0	29	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.145	2.07	-0.14%	-1.15	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
2	39	9	Apr 24	HOU		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9		5	9.0	5	2	2	5	4	1	0	3.38	3.52	34	17	7	2	1	1	68			1	1	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.79	0.409	3.27	0.45%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	40	13	Apr 29	HOU		STL	L,2-4	GS-11	L(1-1)	4	10.0	11	4	4	1	5	1	0	3.46	3.32	41	17	7	0	4	11	58			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.66	0.059	3.42	0.07%	-0.23	1t start tie	11t -23 0 out d1
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	41	18	May 6	HOU	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-3	L(1-2)	6	3.0	5	6	4	2	2	3	0	4.34	4.64	17	7	3	1	1	3	29			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.386	1.53	-0.49%	-4.57	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d5
5	42	23	May 13	HOU		PIT	L,1-6	GS-11		6	11.0	9	1	1	1	11	0	0	3.38	3.55	43	12	10	2	2	9	85			1	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.642	2.81	0.76%	3.65	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
6	43	28	May 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	11	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.26	3.53	32	7	10	1	1	11	45			2	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.012	2.27	-0.02%	0.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	44	34	May 23(2)	HOU	@	SDP	W,2-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.89	3.29	35	15	5	0	0	6	72			0	1	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.596	3.72	0.92%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	45	39	May 29	HOU		CIN	L,3-8	GS-1		5	0.2	1	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.18	3.46	7	1	0	0	0	1	39			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	-0.227	6.37	-0.43%	-2.29	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d2
9	46	40	May 30	HOU		CIN	L,5-9	9-GF		0	1.0	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.75	3.68	7	1	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.026	.26	-0.05%	-3.58	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 7
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	47	44	Jun 3	HOU	@	MON	L,0-1	GS-9		3	9.0	6	0	0	2	9	0	0	3.24	3.33	34	11	6	0	0	6	82			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.39	0.641	2.86	0.79%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
11	48	49	Jun 9	HOU	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-6	W(3-2)	5	6.0	4	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.10	3.28	24	7	4	1	1	4	61			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.56	0.228	2.91	0.26%	1.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
12	49	54	Jun 14	HOU		MON	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	0	7	0	0	3.20	3.03	24	6	4	0	0	7	53			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.124	1.93	-0.13%	-0.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
13	50	59	Jun 20	HOU		NYM	W,7-4	GS-7	W(4-2)	5	6.0	7	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.40	3.21	26	6	7	0	2	7	46			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.069	1.69	0.10%	-1.27	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a5
14	51	64	Jun 25	HOU	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.0	3	3	3	6	4	1	0	3.47	3.41	28	8	7	0	0	3	52			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.015	5.68	-0.04%	0.08	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
15	52	69	Jun 30	HOU		ATL	L,2-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	0	3	2	0	3.41	3.55	25	9	8	1	0	5	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.047	2.06	0.08%	0.96	1t start tie	7t 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
16	53	74	Jul 5	HOU		PIT	L,4-6	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	3.0	8	5	5	0	4	1	0	3.75	3.56	17	1	4	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.503	2.58	-0.79%	-4.10	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d1
17	54	79	Jul 11(1)	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-6	W(5-3)	5	6.0	6	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.71	3.59	23	7	9	2	1	3	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	-0.126	2.30	-0.21%	-0.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
18	55	84	Jul 15	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(5-4)	3	6.0	9	5	5	2	3	2	0	3.91	3.76	28	8	6	0	0	9	35			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.282	2.42	-0.44%	-2.83	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out d4
19	56	90	Jul 21	HOU		CHC	L,3-11	GS-8	L(5-5)	5	7.1	10	6	6	3	2	2	0	4.13	3.93	33	18	7	1	1	3	33			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	-0.270	1.41	-0.28%	-1.73	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
20	57	93	Jul 27	HOU		LAD	L,3-6	GS-6		5	5.0	4	2	1	5	3	0	0	4.03	3.94	22	6	4	0	0	4	51			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.59	-0.006	2.84	-0.01%	0.16	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
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
21	58	99	Aug 1	HOU		CIN	L,1-3	GS-1		4	0.2	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4.08	3.99	6	0	1	0	1	1	44			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.133	5.87	-0.29%	-1.29	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d1
22	59	104	Aug 6(2)	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.09	4.04	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.019	.19	-0.02%	-0.12	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
23	60	105	Aug 8	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-8	3-5		1	3.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.99	3.98	12	4	1	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	0.015	.23	0.02%	1.41	3b --- 0 out d6	5b 3 out d6
24	61	111	Aug 14	HOU		SFG	W,7-5	4-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.96	3.95	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.009	.23	0.01%	0.42	4t --- 0 out d5	4t 3 out d5
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
25	62	131	Sep 5	HOU		ATL	L,3-5	9-GF		21	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.93	3.93	5	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.013	.11	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
26	63	140	Sep 16	HOU		LAD	L,0-10	GS-5	L(5-6)	10	4.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.08	3.98	21	5	4	1	0	7	33			1	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.270	.25	-0.05%	-2.67	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d4
27	64	143	Sep 20	HOU	@	ATL	L,6-13	5-7		3	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.00	3.95	12	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	1	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.41	5b --- 0 out d12	7b 3 out d7
28	65	146	Sep 24	HOU		CIN	L,2-10	GS-5	L(5-7)	3	5.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.98	3.86	22	6	3	1	0	6	50			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.044	.00	0.00%	0.12	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
29	66	149	Sep 29	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-7)	4	6.2	8	2	1	2	7	0	0	3.87	3.75	29	4	8	3	0	8	57			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.40	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
30	67	152	Oct 3	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-6	GS-5	L(6-8)	3	5.0	4	5	3	3	3	0	0	3.91	3.72	23	7	6	0	2	4	43			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.272	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
							10-20		W-L:6-8	4.0	156.1	163	75	68	62	113	19	0	3.91	3.72	671	1.44		5%	5%	145	51	0	---%	14	4	1	598	22	5	1	18	3	7	1.11	-0.113	2.23	0.07%	-9.58

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