Bob Forsch
Born: January 13, 1950, Sacramento, CA Died: November 3, 2011, Weeki Wachee, FLHeight: 6'4" Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1974 St. Louis NL 24 7 4 2.97 19 14 5 5 0 0 2 100.0 84 408 38 33 5 30 4 1 39 1975 St. Louis NL 25 15 10 2.86 34 34 7 0 0 0 4 230.0 213 958 89 73 14 62 8 3 108 1976 St. Louis NL 26 8 10 3.94 33 32 2 1 0 0 0 194.0 209 844 112 85 17 63 8 3 76 1977 St. Louis NL 27 20 7 3.48 35 35 8 0 0 0 2 217.1 210 915 97 84 20 67 2 3 95 1978 St. Louis NL 28 11 17 3.70 34 34 7 0 0 0 3 233.2 205 981 110 96 15 88 9 5 114 1979 St. Louis NL 29 11 11 3.83 33 32 7 1 0 0 1 218.2 215 894 102 93 16 51 1 3 92 1980 St. Louis NL 30 11 10 3.77 31 31 8 0 0 0 0 214.2 225 878 102 90 12 27 6 4 87 1981 St. Louis NL 31 10 5 3.18 20 20 1 0 0 0 0 124.1 106 501 47 44 7 26 3 4 41 1982 St. Louis NL 32 15 9 3.48 36 34 6 1 1 1 2 233.0 238 962 95 90 16 47 7 4 69 1983 St. Louis NL 33 10 12 4.28 34 30 6 1 3 0 2 187.0 190 790 104 89 23 52 2 3 56 1984 St. Louis NL 34 2 5 6.02 16 11 1 3 2 0 0 52.1 64 233 38 35 6 19 0 0 21 1985 St. Louis NL 35 9 6 3.90 34 19 3 11 4 2 1 136.0 132 567 63 59 11 43 4 2 48 1986 St. Louis NL 36 14 10 3.25 33 33 3 0 0 0 0 230.0 211 939 91 83 19 57 11 2 104 1987 St. Louis NL 37 11 7 4.32 33 30 2 2 1 0 1 179.0 189 755 90 86 15 41 4 4 89 1988 2 Teams 38 10 8 4.29 36 18 1 15 3 0 1 136.1 153 596 73 65 10 35 9 3 54 1989 Houston NL 39 4 5 5.32 37 15 0 17 5 0 0 108.1 133 494 68 64 10 40 6 1 40 TOTALS 168 136 3.76 498 422 67 57 19 3 19 2794.2 2777 11715 1319 1169 216 748 84 45 1133
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1974 St. Louis NL 19 365 38 84 116 17 0 5 4 4 8 4 30 4 1 39 14 .230 .318 .295 1975 St. Louis NL 34 872 89 213 291 28 4 14 6 7 13 0 62 8 3 108 26 .244 .334 .300 1976 St. Louis NL 33 755 112 209 308 36 6 17 9 6 12 9 63 8 3 76 22 .277 .408 .339 1977 St. Louis NL 35 835 97 210 307 33 2 20 4 4 15 6 67 2 3 95 21 .251 .368 .310 1978 St. Louis NL 34 862 110 205 304 42 6 15 9 8 28 10 88 9 5 114 22 .238 .353 .316 1979 St. Louis NL 33 820 102 215 319 32 12 16 6 13 19 11 51 1 3 92 21 .262 .389 .304 1980 St. Louis NL 31 824 102 225 323 40 11 12 8 9 15 6 27 6 4 87 30 .273 .392 .301 1981 St. Louis NL 20 457 47 106 159 24 4 7 7 4 13 3 26 3 4 41 10 .232 .348 .281 1982 St. Louis NL 36 889 95 238 349 47 8 16 8 7 20 17 47 7 4 69 18 .268 .393 .310 1983 St. Louis NL 34 714 104 190 306 35 6 23 11 8 14 9 52 2 3 56 12 .266 .429 .317 1984 St. Louis NL 16 211 38 64 100 10 4 6 1 2 2 2 19 0 0 21 3 .303 .474 .358 1985 St. Louis NL 34 512 63 132 193 22 3 11 5 1 10 3 43 4 2 48 12 .258 .377 .322 1986 St. Louis NL 33 855 91 211 320 38 7 19 5 9 13 7 57 11 2 104 28 .247 .374 .301 1987 St. Louis NL 33 693 90 189 284 38 6 15 7 6 11 7 41 4 4 89 11 .273 .410 .318 1988 2 Teams 36 528 73 153 217 30 2 10 12 9 35 9 3 54 12 .290 .411 .342 1989 Houston NL 37 439 68 133 191 22 3 10 4 4 12 4 40 6 1 40 8 .303 .435 .367
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1974 St. Louis NL 24 20 29 1 7 8 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 11 0 .241 .276 .290 1975 St. Louis NL 25 35 78 9 24 36 3 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 20 0 .308 .462 .341 1976 St. Louis NL 26 35 62 6 11 16 2 0 1 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 3 .177 .258 .190 1977 St. Louis NL 27 35 72 6 12 16 4 0 0 4 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 0 .167 .222 .189 1978 St. Louis NL 28 34 83 2 15 25 7 0 1 8 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 3 .181 .301 .190 1979 St. Louis NL 29 33 73 7 8 14 2 2 0 5 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 17 1 .110 .192 .163 1980 St. Louis NL 30 32 78 11 23 37 5 0 3 10 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 18 1 .295 .474 .313 1981 St. Louis NL 31 20 41 0 5 6 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 .122 .146 .143 1982 St. Louis NL 32 36 73 7 15 20 3 1 0 3 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 1 .205 .274 .237 1983 St. Louis NL 33 37 54 4 13 19 3 0 1 6 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 14 0 .241 .352 .271 1984 St. Louis NL 34 16 16 1 4 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .250 .313 .250 1985 St. Louis NL 35 34 45 3 11 18 2 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 .244 .400 .244 1986 St. Louis NL 36 34 76 7 13 25 4 1 2 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 .171 .329 .169 1987 St. Louis NL 37 34 57 9 17 29 6 0 2 8 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 1 .298 .509 .333 1988 2 Teams 38 37 32 3 8 9 1 0 0 5 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 .250 .281 .273 1989 Houston NL 39 37 24 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 .167 .167 .167 TOTALS 509 893 77 190 287 45 8 12 84 115 5 3 1 27 0 1 249 14 .213 .321 .235
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1974 St. Louis NL P 100.0 14 19 10 13 0 0 1.000 2.07 8 4 0 1975 St. Louis NL P 230.0 34 34 18 37 1 7 .982 2.15 13 0 1 1976 St. Louis NL P 194.0 32 33 24 28 4 2 .929 2.41 12 9 4 1977 St. Louis NL P 217.1 35 35 12 29 2 2 .953 1.70 15 6 2 1978 St. Louis NL P 233.2 34 34 18 37 0 4 1.000 2.12 28 10 3 1979 St. Louis NL P 218.2 32 33 25 31 1 3 .982 2.30 19 11 1 1980 St. Louis NL P 214.2 31 31 11 44 2 5 .965 2.31 15 6 1 1981 St. Louis NL P 124.1 20 20 14 20 0 1 1.000 2.46 13 3 2 1982 St. Louis NL P 233.0 34 36 21 30 2 1 .962 1.97 20 17 5 1983 St. Louis NL P 187.0 30 34 14 29 1 1 .977 2.07 14 9 5 1984 St. Louis NL P 52.1 11 16 8 8 0 0 1.000 2.75 2 2 0 1985 St. Louis NL P 136.0 19 34 12 20 1 0 .970 2.12 10 3 0 1986 St. Louis NL P 230.0 33 33 17 32 0 5 1.000 1.92 13 7 0 1987 St. Louis NL P 179.0 30 33 9 25 0 2 1.000 1.71 11 7 0 1988 St. Louis NL P 108.2 12 30 7 10 3 1 .850 1.41 6 5 0 1988 Houston NL P 27.2 6 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.30 7 1 0 1989 Houston NL P 108.1 15 37 13 9 1 1 .957 1.83 12 4 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 19, 1986).
- Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 21, 1987).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 27, 1988).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Houston Astros in exchange for Denny Walling (August 31, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
- Signed by Houston Astros (December 21, 1988).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
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