Ken Forsch Stats

Ken Forsch was born on Sunday, September 8, 1946, in Sacramento, California. Forsch was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 1970, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ken Forsch baseball stats page.
"Our father was everything to us. He was our coach the whole time we were growing up. He always took the time to play with us. I don't know where he found the energy to do it." - Ken Forsch

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Ken Forsch

Ken Forsch Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#181)

Ken Forsch Autograph on a 1978 Topps (#181)
 

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Birth Name:   Kenneth Roth Forsch
Nickname:   None
Born On:   09-08-1946  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Sacramento, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Hiram Johnson High School (Sacramento, CA)
College:   Oregon State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   09-07-1970 (Age 23)
Last Game:   05-23-1986
Draft:   1968 : 18th Round (399th)
Ken Forsch

Ken Forsch Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1970 24 Astros 4 4 0 1 2 .333 5.63 1 0 0 24.0 99 28 15 15 1 5 0 13 1 0 0 -
1971 25 Astros 33 23 4 8 8 .500 2.53 7 2 0 188.1 771 162 53 60 8 53 5 131 8 4 0 -
1972 26 Astros 30 24 3 6 8 .429 3.91 1 0 0 156.1 671 163 68 75 19 62 1 113 9 0 0 -
1973 27 Astros 46 26 9 9 12 .429 4.20 5 0 4 201.1 861 197 94 101 18 74 7 149 5 4 1 -
1974 28 Astros 70 0 40 8 7 .533 2.79 0 0 10 103.1 435 98 32 38 3 37 13 48 4 4 1 -
1975 29 Astros 34 9 12 4 8 .333 3.22 2 0 2 109.0 451 114 39 42 9 30 3 54 1 2 0 -
1976 30 Astros 52 0 46 4 3 .571 2.15 0 0 19 92.0 372 76 22 23 5 26 7 49 2 2 1 -
1977 31 Astros 42 5 28 5 8 .385 2.72 0 0 8 86.0 364 80 26 32 2 28 6 45 3 2 0 -
1978 32 Astros 52 6 28 10 6 .625 2.70 4 2 7 133.1 563 136 40 44 2 37 13 71 2 1 0 -
1979 33 Astros 26 24 1 11 6 .647 3.04 10 2 0 177.2 700 155 60 67 14 35 2 58 0 0 1 -
1980 34 Astros 32 32 0 12 13 .480 3.20 6 3 0 222.1 926 230 79 90 15 41 1 84 1 7 3 -
1981 35 Angels 20 20 0 11 7 .611 2.88 10 4 0 153.0 616 143 49 54 7 27 2 55 0 4 0 -
1982 36 Angels 37 35 2 13 11 .542 3.87 12 4 0 228.0 955 225 98 108 25 57 2 73 1 11 0 -
1983 37 Angels 31 31 0 11 12 .478 4.06 11 1 0 219.1 921 226 99 107 21 61 6 81 6 4 0 -
1984 38 Angels 2 2 0 1 1 .500 2.20 1 0 0 16.1 62 14 4 4 2 3 0 10 0 0 0 -
1986 40 Angels 10 0 4 0 1 .000 9.53 0 0 1 17.0 85 24 18 21 4 10 0 13 0 2 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
16 Years 521 241 177 114 113 .502 3.37 70 18 51 2,127.1 8,852 2,071 796 881 155 586 68 1,047 43 47 7 -
Ken Forsch

Ken Forsch Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1970 24 Astros 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1971 25 Astros 33 59 2 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 30 3 0 0 0 .136 .150 .153
1972 26 Astros 30 41 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 7 0 0 1 .146 .167 .146
1973 27 Astros 46 62 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 26 5 0 0 0 .065 .094 .081
1974 28 Astros 70 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000
1975 29 Astros 34 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 3 0 0 0 .045 .192 .045
1976 30 Astros 52 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 .091 .167 .091
1977 31 Astros 42 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 .077 .143 .077
1978 32 Astros 52 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185
1979 33 Astros 26 58 4 8 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 22 6 0 0 1 .138 .194 .155
1980 34 Astros 32 77 3 18 3 0 0 0 8 1 0 33 6 0 0 0 .234 .244 .273
1981 35 Angels 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 36 Angels 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1983 37 Angels 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 38 Angels 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1986 40 Angels 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 521 383 16 52 6 0 0 0 17 16 0 163 39 0 0 3 .136 .170 .151
Ken Forsch

Ken Forsch Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1970 Astros P 4 4 72 4 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1971 Astros P 33 23 565 29 0.9 27 8 19 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.29
1972 Astros P 30 24 469 20 0.7 18 9 9 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.04
1973 Astros P 46 26 604 31 0.7 31 15 16 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.39
1974 Astros P 70 0 310 25 0.4 23 9 14 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .920 2.00
1975 Astros P 34 9 327 22 0.6 20 6 14 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .909 1.65
1976 Astros P 52 0 276 21 0.4 21 4 17 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1977 Astros P 42 5 258 26 0.6 25 10 15 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.62
1978 Astros P 52 6 400 35 0.7 33 9 24 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .943 2.23
1979 Astros P 26 24 533 48 1.8 47 10 37 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.38
1980 Astros P 32 32 667 59 1.8 56 11 45 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.27
1981 Angels P 20 20 459 44 2.2 42 18 24 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.47
1982 Angels P 37 35 684 47 1.3 42 13 29 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .894 1.66
1983 Angels P 31 31 658 43 1.4 40 9 31 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .930 1.64
1984 Angels P 2 2 49 7 3.5 7 1 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
1986 Angels P 10 0 51 4 0.4 3 0 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.59
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 521 241 6,382 465 0.9 439 134 305 26 24 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.86
16 Years 521 241 6,382 465 0.9 439 134 305 26 24 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.86
Ken Forsch

Ken Forsch Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1970 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 2.60 4.88 1.88
1971 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 59.0 2.47 6.26 2.53
1972 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.82 6.51 3.57
1973 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 62.0 2.01 6.66 3.31
1974 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.30 4.18 3.22
1975 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.1 0.0 1.80 4.46 2.48
1976 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 11.0 1.88 4.79 2.54
1977 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 1.61 4.71 2.93
1978 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 9.0 1.92 4.79 2.50
1979 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 19.3 1.66 2.94 1.77
1980 Astros 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 9.6 2.05 3.40 1.66
1981 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.04 3.24 1.59
1982 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.28 2.88 2.25
1983 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.33 3.32 2.50
1984 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.33 5.51 1.65
1986 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.30 6.88 5.29
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 2.3 22.5 1.79 4.43 2.48
Ken Forsch

Ken Forsch Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1970 Houston Astros 43 $12,000.00 - -
1971 Houston Astros 43 $12,750.00 - -
1972 Houston Astros 43 $13,500.00 - -
1973 Houston Astros 43 Undetermined - -
1974 Houston Astros 43 Undetermined - -
1975 Houston Astros 43 Undetermined - -
1976 Houston Astros 43 $76,120.00 Stats -
1977 Houston Astros 43 $76,120.00 - -
1978 Houston Astros 43 Undetermined - -
1979 Houston Astros 43 Undetermined - -
1980 Houston Astros 43 Undetermined - -
1981 California Angels 43 Undetermined Stats -
1982 California Angels 43 Undetermined - -
1983 California Angels 43 Undetermined - -
1984 California Angels 43 Undetermined - -
1986 California Angels 43 $100,000.00 - -




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