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: 14-18 / in Starts: 14-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	390	4	Apr 13	HOU		LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.2	7	2	2	2	4	0	1	2.35	2.88	31	4	13	2	2	7	59			0	0	1	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.147	1.06	0.14%	0.91	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
2	391	8	Apr 18	HOU	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.29	3.34	26	7	7	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.092	1.54	-0.10%	-0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	392	13	Apr 23	HOU		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	8	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.05	2.90	30	10	8	1	4	7	56			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.155	2.72	0.21%	0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	393	17	Apr 29	HOU	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.12	3.02	32	16	8	1	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.461	2.74	0.66%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 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
5	394	22	May 4	HOU	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(4-0)	4	6.2	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.23	3.00	28	8	9	1	1	9	48			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	2	1	1	1.33	0.133	2.75	0.16%	0.84	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a2
6	395	26	May 9	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-6	L(4-1)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	5	1	0	2.98	3.18	27	8	4	0	0	8	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	.95	-0.358	2.16	-0.49%	-2.24	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
7	396	30	May 14	HOU		MON	L,0-1	GS-8	L(4-2)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.68	3.01	28	11	6	0	0	6	69			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.213	1.63	0.23%	2.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
8	397	34	May 20	HOU	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.58	2.90	35	18	8	3	0	7	65			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.401	2.34	0.41%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	398	39	May 25	HOU	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-3)	4	6.0	10	6	6	1	1	3	1	3.17	3.55	29	9	7	1	0	10	28			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.374	1.11	-0.35%	-3.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d4
10	399	43	May 30	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.24	3.46	31	12	6	3	0	10	46			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.099	1.97	-0.12%	0.04	1b start tie	7b 3 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
11	400	48	Jun 4	HOU	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-4)	4	8.0	4	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.25	3.57	30	13	9	1	0	4	62			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.062	2.03	-0.07%	0.37	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
12	401	52	Jun 9	HOU		CHC	W,6-2	GS-6	W(7-4)	4	5.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.14	3.54	20	8	5	1	0	3	60			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	2	0	0	.65	0.144	1.38	0.18%	0.93	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a4
13	402	57	Jun 15	HOU	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-6	L(7-5)	5	6.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.23	3.45	23	9	5	0	0	7	48			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.128	2.86	-0.19%	-0.24	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
14	403	62	Jun 20	HOU		PIT	W,6-4	GS-9	W(8-5)	4	8.1	6	4	4	2	4	1	1	3.32	3.53	33	7	13	4	0	6	57			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.152	1.46	0.23%	0.89	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a4
15	404	67	Jun 25	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	GS-7	L(8-6)	4	6.2	11	5	2	3	3	1	1	3.28	3.66	37	11	8	0	0	11	38			2	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.31	-0.327	5.27	-0.79%	-2.50	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d3
16	405	71	Jun 30	HOU	@	ATL	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	9	2	2	1	5	1	1	3.24	3.68	30	5	9	2	2	9	55			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.031	3.24	0.05%	1.23	1b start a 1	7b 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
17	406	76	Jul 5(1)	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-8	GS-6	L(8-7)	4	5.0	9	8	4	2	1	0	0	3.40	3.68	30	11	7	0	1	9	24			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.25	-0.571	3.99	-1.10%	-6.08	1b start a 6	6b 1-3 0 out d1
18	407	80	Jul 11	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(8-8)	5	7.0	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.21	3.63	29	11	6	0	1	7	62			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.157	4.91	0.39%	2.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	408	86	Jul 16	HOU		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(8-9)	4	8.0	10	4	3	1	4	0	0	3.22	3.54	35	12	8	2	2	10	51			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.183	2.26	-0.31%	-0.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	409	92	Jul 21	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	3.13	3.49	27	11	7	0	0	6	59			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.019	2.50	0.03%	0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
21	410	96	Jul 26	HOU	@	MON	L,1-2	GS-9		4	9.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.00	3.45	38	12	12	2	0	9	66			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.86	0.468	5.78	0.87%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
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	411	101	Aug 1	HOU	@	NYM	L,4-5	GS-7		5	6.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.06	3.39	28	8	9	0	0	9	42			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.027	2.91	0.05%	0.64	1b start a 4	7b 12- 0 out a3
23	412	106	Aug 6	HOU		SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-9)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.89	3.30	33	10	10	1	0	6	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.665	5.09	1.41%	3.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	413	111	Aug 11	HOU	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-7	L(9-10)	4	7.0	7	5	5	4	6	1	0	3.03	3.36	33	10	6	1	0	7	45			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.332	3.47	-0.66%	-1.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	414	116	Aug 17(1)	HOU	@	SDP	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-10)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.88	3.31	32	10	14	1	0	4	81			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.442	3.09	0.89%	3.79	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
26	415	126	Aug 27	HOU	@	STL	L,2-10	GS-4	L(10-11)	9	3.0	9	6	6	2	0	0	0	3.13	3.33	19	5	3	3	0	9	15			1	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.495	4.32	-1.13%	-5.58	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out d4
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
27	416	131	Sep 1(1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-4	GS-3		4	2.1	5	4	4	1	1	3	0	3.28	3.54	13	1	5	1	0	5	31			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.243	3.32	-0.60%	-3.11	1b start a 5	3b 1-- 1 out a1
28	417	137	Sep 7	HOU		STL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-12)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.26	3.53	28	13	8	5	0	6	56			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.005	2.68	0.01%	0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	418	141	Sep 13	HOU		SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(11-12)	5	9.0	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.20	3.49	33	19	7	2	0	7	65			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	0.446	6.82	1.22%	1.71	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	419	146	Sep 18	HOU	@	CIN	W,10-2	GS-6	W(12-12)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.20	3.44	23	8	8	1	1	4	57			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.014	3.39	0.04%	0.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
31	420	156	Sep 28	HOU		CIN	L,5-8	GS-5		9	5.0	4	3	3	3	2	1	0	3.25	3.51	21	6	7	0	1	3	46			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.091	5.06	-0.28%	-0.94	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
32	421	160	Oct 3	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(12-13)	4	9.0	7	3	2	0	2	1	0	3.20	3.52	34	12	13	2	3	7	65			0	1	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.77	-0.280	11.61	-1.10%	0.99	1b start tie	10b --- 0 out d1
							14-18		W-L:12-13	4.6	222.1	230	90	79	41	84	15	7	3.20	3.52	926	1.24		7%	3%	224	53		---%	21	5	1	865	29	2	1	17	4	16	1.08	0.445	3.43	-0.10%	5.93

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