Ken Forsch
Born: September 8, 1946, Sacramento, CAHeight: 6'4" Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: Oregon State
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Pitching Statistics Hide 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 1970 Houston NL 23 1 2 5.62 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 24.0 28 99 15 15 1 5 0 0 13 1971 Houston NL 24 8 8 2.53 33 23 7 6 4 0 2 188.1 162 771 60 53 8 48 5 4 131 1972 Houston NL 25 6 8 3.91 30 24 1 3 3 0 0 156.1 163 671 75 68 19 61 1 0 113 1973 Houston NL 26 9 12 4.20 46 26 5 11 9 4 0 201.1 197 861 101 94 18 67 7 4 149 1974 Houston NL 27 8 7 2.79 70 0 0 30 40 10 0 103.1 98 435 38 32 3 24 13 4 48 1975 Houston NL 28 4 8 3.22 34 9 2 13 12 2 0 109.0 114 451 42 39 9 27 3 2 54 1976 Houston NL 29 4 3 2.15 52 0 0 6 46 19 0 92.0 76 372 23 22 5 19 7 2 49 1977 Houston NL 30 5 8 2.72 42 5 0 9 28 8 0 86.0 80 364 32 26 2 22 6 2 45 1978 Houston NL 31 10 6 2.70 52 6 4 18 28 7 2 133.1 136 563 44 40 2 24 13 1 71 1979 Houston NL 32 11 6 3.04 26 24 10 1 1 0 2 177.2 155 700 67 60 14 33 2 0 58 1980 Houston NL 33 12 13 3.20 32 32 6 0 0 0 3 222.1 230 926 90 79 15 40 1 7 84 1981 California AL 34 11 7 2.88 20 20 10 0 0 0 4 153.0 143 616 54 49 7 25 2 4 55 1982 California AL 35 13 11 3.87 37 35 12 0 2 0 4 228.0 225 955 108 98 25 55 2 11 73 1983 California AL 36 11 12 4.06 31 31 11 0 0 0 1 219.1 226 921 107 99 21 55 6 4 81 1984 California AL 37 1 1 2.20 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 16.1 14 62 4 4 2 3 0 0 10 1986 California AL 39 0 1 9.53 10 0 0 6 4 1 0 17.0 24 85 21 18 4 10 0 2 13 TOTALS 114 113 3.37 521 241 70 103 177 51 18 2127.1 2071 8852 881 796 155 518 68 47 1047
| 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 1970 Houston NL 4 94 15 28 35 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 13 4 .298 .372 .333 1971 Houston NL 33 704 60 162 214 24 2 8 8 2 14 6 48 5 4 131 17 .230 .304 .287 1972 Houston NL 30 598 75 163 252 22 5 19 8 3 14 4 61 1 0 113 18 .273 .421 .339 1973 Houston NL 46 767 101 197 285 26 4 18 10 6 11 4 67 7 4 149 17 .257 .372 .323 1974 Houston NL 70 385 38 98 128 13 4 3 3 6 3 1 24 13 4 48 12 .255 .332 .322 1975 Houston NL 34 411 42 114 158 17 0 9 2 6 9 5 27 3 2 54 12 .277 .384 .325 1976 Houston NL 52 336 23 76 103 8 2 5 6 2 2 4 19 7 2 49 9 .226 .307 .284 1977 Houston NL 42 325 32 80 101 15 0 2 7 2 4 7 22 6 2 45 10 .246 .311 .308 1978 Houston NL 52 508 44 136 160 10 4 2 11 6 8 3 24 13 1 71 8 .268 .315 .315 1979 Houston NL 26 657 67 155 231 24 5 14 5 3 8 4 33 2 0 58 16 .236 .352 .273 1980 Houston NL 32 865 90 230 308 29 2 15 9 4 21 5 40 1 7 84 17 .266 .356 .303 1981 California AL 20 572 54 143 191 23 2 7 8 5 11 5 25 2 4 55 19 .250 .334 .286 1982 California AL 37 873 108 225 345 35 5 25 8 6 9 11 55 2 11 73 16 .258 .395 .309 1983 California AL 31 849 107 226 339 40 5 21 4 3 17 10 55 6 4 81 23 .266 .399 .317 1984 California AL 2 59 4 14 21 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 10 1 .237 .356 .274 1986 California AL 10 70 21 24 44 6 1 4 1 2 2 1 10 0 2 13 2 .343 .629 .429
| 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 Hide 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 1970 Houston NL 23 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 Houston NL 24 33 59 2 8 9 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 0 .136 .153 .150 1972 Houston NL 25 30 41 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 1 .146 .146 .167 1973 Houston NL 26 46 62 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 26 0 .065 .081 .094 1974 Houston NL 27 70 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .000 .000 .125 1975 Houston NL 28 34 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 .045 .045 .192 1976 Houston NL 29 52 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .091 .091 .167 1977 Houston NL 30 42 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .077 .077 .143 1978 Houston NL 31 52 27 1 5 5 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 .185 .185 .185 1979 Houston NL 32 26 58 4 8 9 1 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 22 1 .138 .155 .194 1980 Houston NL 33 32 77 3 18 21 3 0 0 8 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 33 0 .234 .273 .244 1981 California AL 34 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 California AL 35 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 California AL 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 California AL 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1986 California AL 39 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 521 383 16 52 58 6 0 0 17 39 0 1 0 16 0 0 163 3 .136 .151 .170
| 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 1970 Houston NL P 24.0 4 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.50 0 0 0 1971 Houston NL P 188.1 23 33 8 19 2 1 .931 1.29 14 6 1 1972 Houston NL P 156.1 24 30 9 9 2 1 .900 1.04 14 4 1 1973 Houston NL P 201.0 26 46 15 16 0 1 1.000 1.39 11 4 0 1974 Houston NL P 103.1 0 70 9 14 2 1 .920 2.00 3 1 0 1975 Houston NL P 109.0 9 34 6 14 2 3 .909 1.65 9 5 1 1976 Houston NL P 92.0 0 52 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.05 2 4 0 1977 Houston NL P 86.0 5 42 10 15 1 1 .962 2.62 4 7 0 1978 Houston NL P 133.1 6 52 9 24 2 0 .943 2.23 8 3 1 1979 Houston NL P 177.2 24 26 10 37 1 5 .979 2.38 8 4 0 1980 Houston NL P 222.1 32 32 11 45 3 2 .949 2.27 21 5 1 1981 California AL P 153.0 20 20 18 24 2 2 .955 2.47 11 5 0 1982 California AL P 228.0 35 37 13 29 5 2 .894 1.66 9 11 0 1983 California AL P 219.1 31 31 9 31 3 2 .930 1.64 17 10 0 1984 California AL P 16.1 2 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 3.86 1 1 0 1986 California AL P 17.0 0 10 0 3 1 1 .750 1.59 2 1 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 California Angels in the 9th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 18th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros (July 31, 1975)
- Activated by Houston Astros (September 22, 1975)
- Placed on disabled list by Houston Astros (May 23, 1979)
- Activated by Houston Astros (June 26, 1979)
- Traded by Houston Astros to California Angels in exchange for Dickie Thon (April 1, 1981).
- Released by California Angels (December 20, 1985).
- Signed by California Angels (March 18, 1986).
- Released by California Angels (May 25, 1986).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (July 12, 1986).
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