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: 18-13 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 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	479	5	Apr 9	CAL	@	OAK	W,10-2	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.60	2.96	18	10	2	0	0	4	51			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.012	1.22	-0.01%	0.33	1b start tie	5b 3 out a3
2	480	10	Apr 15	CAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	2.57	3.33	35	9	15	1	2	8	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.218	1.07	0.19%	2.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	481	15	Apr 21(2)	CAL		OAK	W,6-5	GS-7	W(3-0)	5	6.1	7	5	5	2	5	0	0	3.98	2.95	26	8	4	0	0	7	42			3	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.043	1.73	-0.04%	-0.43	1t start tie	7t 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
4	482	24	May 4	CAL	@	BAL	W,16-8	GS-5		12	4.0	9	5	3	2	2	0	0	4.44	3.00	24	5	6	0	0	9	28			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.475	2.19	-0.43%	-4.02	1b start a 2	5b 12- 0 out a2
5	483	27	May 8	CAL	@	DET	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-1)	3	7.0	8	5	5	4	4	2	0	4.88	3.90	32	8	8	0	0	8	41			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.09	-0.059	2.13	-0.07%	-1.59	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
6	484	32	May 14	CAL		MIN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-2)	5	7.1	7	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.42	3.66	30	13	7	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	0.372	3.05	0.48%	3.07	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
7	485	36	May 19	CAL	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-3)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.86	3.48	32	11	8	1	0	5	70			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.12	0.227	2.08	0.25%	3.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	486	41	May 24	CAL		NYY	W,7-6	GS-7		4	6.2	8	2	2	3	0	1	0	3.71	3.81	29	9	9	0	2	8	47			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.127	2.05	0.15%	1.04	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a2
9	487	45	May 29	CAL	@	CLE	W,6-4	GS-7		4	6.0	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.79	3.78	26	7	6	1	0	8	43			0	2	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.042	3.20	0.06%	0.79	1b start tie	7b 1-3 0 out a2
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	488	50	Jun 3	CAL	@	MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.29	3.63	34	10	15	1	0	6	76			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.568	2.59	0.82%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
11	489	55	Jun 8	CAL		CHW	W,7-4	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	4	3	3	5	0	1	3.26	3.56	33	13	6	1	0	5	65			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	.87	0.053	2.41	0.09%	0.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	490	60	Jun 13	CAL	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	W(6-3)	4	9.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	0	3.34	3.81	37	12	12	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	0.107	2.74	0.17%	0.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	491	63	Jun 18	CAL	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.46	3.82	29	10	9	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	29	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.123	2.46	-0.18%	0.29	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out tie
14	492	68	Jun 23	CAL	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.33	3.67	33	14	5	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.35	0.241	1.08	0.45%	2.52	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
15	493	72	Jun 28	CAL		TEX	L,1-3	GS-5	L(7-4)	4	4.2	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.44	3.73	21	9	3	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.133	3.09	-0.28%	-0.95	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
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	494	77	Jul 3	CAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.33	3.75	34	14	11	1	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.252	2.02	0.41%	2.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
17	495	80	Jul 9	CAL	@	BOS	L,3-10	GS-5	L(8-5)	5	4.2	7	7	4	2	0	2	0	3.50	3.98	22	10	3	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	1	.94	-0.324	2.35	-0.49%	-2.77	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d3
18	496	85	Jul 14	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(8-6)	4	8.0	7	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.63	3.97	32	9	10	3	1	6	51			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.019	1.57	-0.03%	-1.06	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
19	497	90	Jul 19	CAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.46	3.97	31	9	15	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.244	1.23	0.35%	3.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	498	96	Jul 24	CAL		DET	L,3-4	GS-10		4	9.2	9	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.41	4.00	39	17	10	0	0	9	58			1	1	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.284	3.09	0.36%	1.53	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out tie
21	499	100	Jul 29	CAL		OAK	L,2-5	GS-9	L(9-7)	4	8.0	12	5	5	2	6	1	0	3.53	3.98	37	6	11	1	0	12	42			1	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.115	1.30	-0.12%	-0.41	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d2
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	500	106	Aug 2	CAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-8		3	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	3.43	3.96	28	10	8	4	0	5	63			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.188	1.72	0.15%	1.78	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out tie
23	501	111	Aug 7	CAL	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-8	W(10-7)	4	7.1	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.44	3.93	34	8	11	0	0	9	48			3	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.022	1.60	0.02%	0.24	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
24	502	116	Aug 13	CAL		SEA	W,10-5	GS-6	W(11-7)	5	5.1	6	4	4	4	3	1	0	3.54	4.00	24	6	5	0	0	6	39			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.128	.42	-0.04%	-1.93	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a1
25	503	121	Aug 19	CAL	@	NYY	L,6-11	GS-2	L(11-8)	5	1.1	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.72	4.09	12	1	2	1	1	6	25			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.312	.60	-0.09%	-4.20	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d4
26	504	130	Aug 28	CAL		NYY	L,3-7	GS-6	L(11-9)	8	5.1	8	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.91	4.06	24	8	7	1	1	8	27			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.344	.11	-0.02%	-1.93	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d2
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
27	505	134	Sep 2	CAL		MIL	W,6-5	GS-7		4	6.1	7	4	3	3	1	0	0	3.92	4.06	29	7	11	1	0	7	43			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.133	.01	0.00%	-0.20	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out tie
28	506	139	Sep 7	CAL	@	TOR	W,9-6	GS-7		4	6.0	8	5	5	2	0	1	1	4.03	4.13	27	7	9	0	0	8	34			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.190	.00	0.00%	-1.20	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 0 out tie
29	507	143	Sep 11	CAL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(11-10)	3	9.2	7	5	4	3	6	0	0	4.01	4.05	39	11	12	1	0	7	60			2	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.40	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	10b 1-- 2 out d1
30	508	147	Sep 17	CAL		TEX	L,2-5	GS-7	L(11-11)	5	6.1	11	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.11	4.07	32	10	6	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	0	.91	-0.187	.00	0.00%	-1.93	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d3
31	509	153	Sep 22	CAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	L(11-12)	4	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	2	1	4.06	4.15	38	13	10	0	0	9	58			1	1	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.011	.00	0.00%	1.47	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							18-13		W-L:11-12	4.3	219.1	226	107	99	61	81	21	4	4.06	4.15	921	1.15		4%	1%	225	50		---%	17	10	0	849	40	5	6	23	3	7	1.04	0.018	1.59	2.16%	7.57

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