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: 15-11 / in Starts: 13-11

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: 1

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	364	2	Apr 7	HOU		ATL	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.73	29	15	9	0	0	0	88			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.385	1.03	0.37%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
2	365	6	Apr 11	HOU		LAD	W,10-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	10	3	2	3	6	0	0	1.00	2.57	38	8	11	0	0	10	60			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.014	2.08	0.02%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	366	11	Apr 16	HOU	@	LAD	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.67	2.51	32	10	13	2	3	5	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.463	2.02	0.56%	4.19	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
4	367	15	Apr 21	HOU		PIT	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	9	4	4	0	1	2	0	1.64	3.28	25	10	5	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.210	1.65	-0.24%	-1.35	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
5	368	19	Apr 27	HOU	@	PIT	W,9-8	GS-7		5	6.1	7	6	4	3	3	0	0	2.29	3.27	29	9	7	0	1	7	39			1	0	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.005	1.59	-0.01%	-1.45	1b start a 3	7b 12- 1 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	369	23	May 2	HOU	@	STL	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	9	5	3	1	2	0	0	2.47	3.15	34	12	10	2	2	9	49			1	1	0	31	1	1	1	0	2	1	.98	-0.162	2.11	-0.21%	-1.17	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
7	370	28	May 6(2)	HOU	@	CIN	W,8-2	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.42	3.06	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.015	.62	0.02%	1.45	9b 12- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
8	371	29	May 8	HOU		STL	L,1-4	CG	L(3-2)	1	9.0	9	4	4	3	3	2	0	2.67	3.52	37	13	9	2	0	9	53			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.208	2.26	-0.27%	-0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
9	372	33	May 12(1)	HOU		CHC	W,11-3	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	7	3	2	1	2	0	0	2.58	3.40	33	16	7	1	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.35	-0.099	.71	-0.12%	0.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
10	373	38	May 17	HOU		SFG	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	6.2	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	2.71	3.40	28	12	10	5	0	1	49			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.010	2.71	-0.01%	0.37	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d2
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
11	374	77	Jun 27	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-8		40	7.1	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.80	3.27	27	12	10	5	0	2	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.142	3.04	0.24%	1.16	1b start a 1	8b -23 1 out a2
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
12	375	82	Jul 3	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.72	3.22	32	13	11	0	0	6	67			0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.445	3.14	0.70%	2.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
13	376	88	Jul 8	HOU	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-4	L(5-4)	4	4.0	9	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.18	3.36	23	6	4	0	1	9	20			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.309	.94	-0.29%	-3.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
14	377	92	Jul 13	HOU		STL	L,0-1	GS-8	L(5-5)	4	8.0	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.02	3.31	30	18	2	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.247	2.02	0.33%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
15	378	95	Jul 19(1)	HOU	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS-6	L(5-6)	5	6.0	7	7	6	2	0	2	0	3.35	3.58	27	10	8	3	1	7	30			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.512	2.28	-0.67%	-4.04	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d2
16	379	101	Jul 24	HOU		CHC	W,6-1	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	3.17	3.65	31	13	13	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.286	1.67	0.42%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	380	105	Jul 28	HOU		LAD	W,5-2	CG	W(7-6)	3	9.0	3	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.09	3.54	30	11	13	0	2	3	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.231	2.23	0.40%	1.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
18	381	109	Aug 1	HOU		SFG	W,5-4	GS-5	W(8-6)	3	5.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.18	3.54	25	6	10	6	0	1	41			0	0	0	21	4	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	-0.065	3.88	-0.13%	-0.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
19	382	114	Aug 7	HOU	@	LAD	L,8-10	GS-4		5	4.0	7	4	4	0	1	3	0	3.35	3.79	18	8	2	0	1	7	33			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.64	-0.203	1.51	-0.29%	-2.14	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
20	383	134	Aug 31	HOU		NYM	W,2-0	GS-5	W(9-6)	23	5.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.23	3.72	16	6	7	0	1	1	67			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.257	2.88	0.59%	2.21	1t start tie	5t 3 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
21	384	139	Sep 5	HOU		SDP	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.22	3.76	25	8	7	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.079	4.39	0.21%	0.65	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
22	385	143	Sep 9	HOU		SFG	W,4-1	7-8	W(10-6)	3	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.18	3.75	8	3	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.093	4.31	0.27%	0.88	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
23	386	147	Sep 15	HOU	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-8		5	7.1	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.20	3.75	29	10	8	3	0	5	54			2	1	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.37	0.131	7.52	0.43%	1.16	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a2
24	387	152	Sep 20	HOU		ATL	W,7-1	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.08	3.69	37	18	8	2	0	8	66			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	2	.82	0.268	3.10	0.61%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
25	388	156	Sep 24(1)	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-7		3	7.0	11	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.11	3.68	30	10	6	0	0	10	47			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.46	-0.096	7.63	-0.30%	0.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	389	160	Sep 28	HOU	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-7		3	7.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.04	3.69	24	6	13	0	2	3	69			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.236	.59	0.12%	2.26	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
							15-11		W-L:11-6	3.7	177.2	155	67	60	35	58	14	0	3.04	3.69	700	1.26		7%	3%	136	56	2	0%	8	4	0	657	24	5	2	16	3	4	.93	1.413	2.66	2.74%	18.61

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