Bob Forsch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA us

Died: November 3, 2011 in Weeki Wachee, FL

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hiram W. Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA).

High School: Hiram W. Johnson HS (Sacramento, CA)

School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

Debut: July 7, 1974 (Age 24-175d, 13,511th in major league history)
vs. CIN 6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 25, 1989 (Age 39-255d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Robert Herbert Forsch

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Relatives: Brother of Ken Forsch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.6

168

136

ERA

3.76

498

422

2794.2

1133

WHIP

1.291

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-20 / in Starts: 14-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	122	1	Apr 7	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	5	1	1	2	2	0	1	1.23	3.27	27	11	6	1	1	5	64			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.297	1.14	0.28%	3.13	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a5
2	123	5	Apr 12	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	0	1.10	2.34	34	13	6	0	0	3	81			0	2	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.86	0.318	1.38	0.31%	2.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	124	9	Apr 16	STL		PHI	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.71	2.43	29	14	10	1	1	0	88			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.394	1.21	0.39%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
4	125	14	Apr 23(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,7-14	GS-2	L(3-1)	6	1.0	7	7	7	1	0	0	1	3.08	2.66	11	3	0	0	0	6	10			3	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.385	.96	-0.26%	-6.15	1b start tie	2b -2- 0 out d6
5	126	19	Apr 28	STL		LAD	L,1-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	5.2	8	5	4	3	4	1	0	3.66	3.09	28	9	5	1	2	7	36			1	1	0	25	1	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.280	.80	-0.16%	-2.75	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d4
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	127	23	May 2	STL		SFG	W,9-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.85	2.98	34	11	13	1	2	5	78			1	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.347	.59	0.18%	3.98	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
7	128	27	May 7	STL		SDP	W,8-4	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	4	7	1	0	3.06	3.13	39	12	8	1	1	8	58			1	0	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	0	.65	-0.035	.58	-0.02%	-0.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	129	30	May 11	STL	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.59	3.06	32	15	7	1	1	3	82			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.597	1.46	0.37%	3.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
9	130	35	May 15	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-5		3	5.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.39	3.04	18	8	5	0	1	3	61			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.257	.85	0.12%	2.03	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
10	131	41	May 23	STL		MON	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-3)	7	7.0	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	2.28	2.98	28	11	7	1	0	7	56			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.18	-0.130	.66	-0.04%	0.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
11	132	45	May 27	STL		CHC	L,2-3	GS-8		3	8.0	4	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.28	2.98	30	16	8	2	0	0	66			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.072	.29	0.02%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
12	133	50	May 31	STL	@	NYM	W,5-4	GS-7	W(7-3)	3	7.0	6	4	4	3	3	1	0	2.51	3.13	28	11	5	0	0	6	49			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.36	-0.080	.33	-0.01%	-1.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
13	134	55	Jun 5	STL		CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(7-4)	4	7.0	7	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.52	3.11	32	14	2	0	1	7	56			3	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.59	-0.058	.39	-0.01%	0.13	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out d1
14	135	60	Jun 10	STL		HOU	L,5-12	GS-6	L(7-5)	4	5.1	9	7	7	4	2	1	0	3.02	3.30	27	8	4	0	1	9	20			1	0	0	23	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.09	-0.444	.12	-0.03%	-3.82	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d2
15	136	64	Jun 14	STL	@	ATL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(7-6)	3	5.1	7	7	7	4	3	2	0	3.47	3.57	27	9	4	2	0	7	25			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	.57	-0.318	.05	-0.02%	-4.68	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d6
16	137	68	Jun 20	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-9	W(8-6)	5	8.0	7	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.39	3.49	31	9	7	1	2	7	62			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.13	0.063	.07	0.00%	0.79	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out a3
17	138	72	Jun 25	STL		MON	W,7-5	GS-7		4	6.2	6	5	2	2	1	0	1	3.35	3.50	31	16	5	1	1	6	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.43	-0.376	.08	-0.01%	-2.37	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out tie
18	139	77	Jun 30	STL	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-10	W(9-6)	4	9.0	6	1	1	5	3	1	0	3.18	3.61	36	14	8	1	1	6	69			0	2	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.263	.17	0.02%	2.57	1b start tie	10b 1-- 0 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	140	83	Jul 5	STL		CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-7)	4	6.1	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.23	3.60	28	8	13	5	1	0	48			3	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	2	0	.96	-0.126	.08	-0.01%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
20	141	87	Jul 9	STL		PIT	L,1-6	GS-7	L(9-8)	3	6.2	4	4	1	3	4	0	0	3.14	3.56	27	10	6	1	1	4	57			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.47	-0.085	.10	0.00%	0.53	1t start tie	7t -23 2 out d1
21	142	90	Jul 15	STL		LAD	L,1-2	GS-7	L(9-9)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.12	3.49	27	10	6	1	1	4	64			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.047	.06	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	143	96	Jul 20	STL		SDP	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.1	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.10	3.44	26	6	9	1	1	5	57			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.023	.01	0.00%	0.76	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out tie
23	144	100	Jul 25	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	L(9-10)	4	8.1	7	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.11	3.47	34	13	6	0	4	7	59			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.32	-0.668	.02	-0.01%	0.63	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
24	145	104	Jul 30	STL	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-11)	4	6.1	5	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.15	3.61	26	10	6	3	0	4	51			1	0	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.089	.01	0.00%	0.24	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 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
25	146	108	Aug 4	STL		NYM	L,3-8	GS-7	L(9-12)	4	7.0	7	4	4	7	4	0	0	3.23	3.64	33	9	6	0	1	7	44			1	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	1	0	.89	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
26	147	114	Aug 9	STL		PHI	L,3-6	GS-7	L(9-13)	4	7.0	10	5	5	3	4	0	1	3.36	3.62	35	8	9	1	0	10	38			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.221	.00	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
27	148	118	Aug 14	STL		HOU	L,0-6	GS-8	L(9-14)	4	7.0	7	6	6	4	4	1	0	3.52	3.67	30	11	4	0	1	7	39			1	1	0	26	4	0	1	1	0	0	.57	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-2.24	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out d4
28	149	123	Aug 19	STL		ATL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(9-15)	4	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.48	3.61	27	12	3	1	1	5	62			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.044	.01	0.00%	1.09	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	150	128	Aug 25	STL	@	ATL	W,11-10	GS-5		5	5.0	8	8	4	2	2	1	0	3.58	3.66	26	10	5	2	1	7	27			2	0	0	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.604	.01	0.00%	-5.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
30	151	132	Aug 30	STL	@	HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(10-15)	4	9.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	3.51	3.61	33	14	7	0	1	4	73			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.79	0.238	.01	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	9b 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
31	152	137	Sep 4(1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(11-15)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.46	3.59	29	7	14	4	2	7	59			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.78	0.051	.00	0.00%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
32	153	143	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-5	L(11-16)	4	4.1	10	4	4	1	2	2	1	3.56	3.69	25	7	4	0	2	10	28			1	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-2.23	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
33	154	148	Sep 14	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7	L(11-17)	4	6.0	8	7	7	4	3	1	0	3.74	3.75	30	7	9	2	1	7	27			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	-0.132	.00	0.00%	-3.17	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d5
34	155	155	Sep 22	STL		CHC	L,3-5	GS-5		7	5.0	6	2	1	3	1	0	0	3.70	3.75	23	6	12	7	1	1	47			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
							14-20		W-L:11-17	4.1	233.2	205	110	96	97	114	15	5	3.70	3.75	981	1.54		7%	6%	184	53		---%	28	10	3	862	42	6	9	22	8	12	1.04	-1.594	.33	1.10%	-4.53

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