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: 18-19 / in Starts: 17-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	442	1	Apr 6	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-9		99	8.1	6	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.16	3.68	32	8	13	1	3	6	66			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.141	1.73	0.13%	1.35	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
2	443	6	Apr 11	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(0-1)	4	8.0	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	2.76	4.43	29	12	10	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	-0.086	1.63	-0.08%	1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
3	444	11	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.49	4.53	36	15	6	1	0	10	58			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	4	0	0	.88	0.281	1.55	0.30%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	445	16	Apr 23	CAL		OAK	W,7-2	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.36	4.17	36	11	15	1	3	7	64			2	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.103	.87	0.12%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
5	446	20	Apr 28	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-3	L(2-2)	4	2.1	5	5	5	2	0	0	1	3.44	4.33	15	4	3	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	12	3	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.297	1.75	-0.37%	-4.43	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d5
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	447	23	May 1	CAL	@	BAL	W,6-4	GS-10		2	9.1	4	4	4	2	5	2	1	3.52	4.54	34	7	15	0	0	4	67			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.325	2.19	-0.39%	0.48	1b start tie	10b 1-- 1 out tie
7	448	27	May 6	CAL		BAL	L,2-9	GS-8		4	7.0	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.40	4.28	30	9	9	3	0	9	52			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.085	2.26	0.10%	0.88	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out tie
8	449	32	May 11	CAL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.34	4.06	36	13	9	0	0	9	58			0	2	0	30	2	1	0	0	2	1	1.34	-0.001	2.76	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	450	37	May 16	CAL		CLE	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.92	3.89	31	11	11	0	0	4	80			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.612	2.83	0.80%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
10	451	41	May 21	CAL	@	DET	W,9-7	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	5.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.18	3.84	24	6	10	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.116	2.15	-0.15%	-1.52	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 1 out a5
11	452	45	May 27	CAL		MIL	L,3-4	GS-3	L(4-4)	5	3.0	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.52	4.10	16	7	2	1	0	6	30			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.238	1.87	-0.33%	-2.50	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
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
12	453	50	Jun 1	CAL		DET	L,1-2	CG	L(4-5)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.36	3.95	31	15	9	1	4	4	70			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.119	1.55	0.17%	2.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	454	54	Jun 6	CAL		BOS	L,1-5	GS-9	L(4-6)	4	8.1	9	5	4	2	3	1	0	3.44	3.98	35	8	13	0	0	9	48			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	-0.113	2.63	-0.15%	-0.76	1t start tie	9t --- 1 out d4
14	455	59	Jun 12	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-6)	5	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.15	3.89	32	10	15	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.490	2.39	0.80%	4.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
15	456	64	Jun 18	CAL		CHW	W,7-2	GS-2		5	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.18	3.90	11	2	5	0	0	3	45			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.009	4.09	-0.02%	0.00	1t start tie	2t 3 out d1
16	457	69	Jun 23	CAL		TEX	W,5-3	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	2	2	0	3.14	4.07	30	12	6	2	0	8	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.41	0.292	3.42	0.43%	1.50	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a3
17	458	72	Jun 26	CAL		KCR	W,6-5	11-GF(12)	W(7-6)	2	1.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.18	4.04	7	2	1	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.69	-0.186	10.11	-0.42%	-0.06	11t 12- 2 out tie	12t end d 1
18	459	75	Jun 30	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS-8		3	7.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	1	3.14	4.00	30	10	10	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.185	3.54	0.31%	1.26	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
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
19	460	80	Jul 5	CAL		BAL	L,5-8	GS-5	L(7-7)	4	4.1	8	6	6	2	6	2	0	3.45	4.11	23	4	3	0	0	8	27			0	1	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.308	2.03	-0.45%	-4.02	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d5
20	461	82	Jul 7	CAL		CLE	L,6-8	8-GF		1	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.41	4.06	5	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.084	1.23	0.11%	1.69	8t 1-3 1 out d2	9t end d 2
21	462	85	Jul 10	CAL		NYY	W,12-6	GS-6	W(8-7)	2	6.0	9	6	5	0	2	0	2	3.59	4.02	30	10	7	0	0	9	34			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	1	.59	-0.089	1.43	-0.13%	-3.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a6
22	463	88	Jul 16	CAL	@	CLE	W,15-0	SHO	W(9-7)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.37	3.92	33	10	13	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.193	1.03	0.35%	4.50	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a15
23	464	93	Jul 21	CAL	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS-5		4	4.1	9	5	5	3	2	1	0	3.57	4.01	24	5	5	0	0	9	24			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.43	-0.405	4.26	-0.72%	-3.91	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d3
24	465	97	Jul 26	CAL		OAK	L,8-11	GS-2		4	1.1	6	7	7	0	0	4	1	3.96	4.36	11	2	2	0	1	6	14			1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.421	2.34	-0.79%	-6.26	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d7
25	466	101	Jul 30	CAL		SEA	W,2-0	SHO	W(10-7)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	4.26	32	16	10	1	0	5	76			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.585	3.61	1.29%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
26	467	106	Aug 4	CAL		MIN	W,8-6	GS-8		4	7.2	8	6	2	3	4	1	0	3.67	4.27	34	8	11	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	31	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.12	-0.235	3.30	-0.42%	-2.10	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out tie
27	468	111	Aug 10	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(10-8)	5	6.0	7	5	5	4	3	1	0	3.81	4.33	27	9	4	2	0	7	37			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.196	3.12	-0.39%	-1.25	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out d1
28	469	116	Aug 15	CAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.0	4	2	2	6	5	0	0	3.76	4.31	30	4	11	1	3	4	60			1	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.028	3.38	0.06%	0.31	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out d1
29	470	121	Aug 20	CAL		DET	L,6-8	GS-2	L(10-9)	4	1.1	8	6	6	0	1	1	0	4.03	4.36	12	2	1	0	0	8	15			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.435	3.87	-0.95%	-4.52	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d3
30	471	126	Aug 26(1)	CAL	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	W(11-9)	5	9.0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.84	4.29	35	14	15	2	5	4	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.60	0.183	2.23	0.41%	3.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
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
31	472	132	Sep 1	CAL	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-3	L(11-10)	5	2.2	6	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.92	4.36	16	4	4	0	0	6	32			1	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.217	3.00	-0.46%	-1.94	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d2
32	473	137	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,8-6	GS-4		4	3.2	7	5	4	1	2	1	0	4.03	4.39	19	1	8	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	1	1	.89	-0.362	3.46	-0.84%	-3.23	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d1
33	474	141	Sep 11	CAL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.86	4.32	32	13	13	0	4	4	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.76	0.301	3.16	0.75%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	475	146	Sep 16	CAL	@	TOR	L,1-2	GS-10		4	9.1	9	1	1	3	2	0	1	3.73	4.29	38	11	12	1	1	9	65			1	1	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.404	6.47	0.99%	3.23	1b start tie	10b 1-3 1 out tie
35	476	151	Sep 21	CAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.62	4.21	34	8	15	4	5	7	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.62	0.451	18.21	3.05%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
36	477	156	Sep 26	CAL	@	TEX	L,5-7	GS-3	L(13-11)	4	2.2	4	6	5	0	0	1	3	3.78	4.29	16	7	2	0	1	4	28			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	.45	-0.327	1.28	-0.55%	-4.01	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d5
37	478	161	Oct 2	CAL		TEX	W,6-4	GS-2		5	1.2	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	3.87	4.40	9	5	0	0	0	4	35			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.244	2.35	-0.41%	-2.32	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d1
							18-19		W-L:13-11	4.0	228.0	225	108	98	57	73	25	11	3.87	4.40	955	0.99		4%	5%	218	51	4	0%	9	11	0	873	35	5	2	16	6	10	1.01	-0.073	3.22	2.12%	3.73

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