Ken Forsch
Kenneth Roth Forsch
Born: September 8, 1946
Sacramento, CA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 195
College: Oregon State University, Sacramento City College
Career: 1970-1986
Draft: Round 9 (1966 June Amateur Draft, California Angels)
Draft: Round 4 (1967 June Secondary Draft, Chicago Cubs)
Draft: Round 18 (1968 June Amateur Draft, Houston Astros)
School: Sacramento City College
Oregon State
Minor League Statistics
Ken Forsch compiled a career record of 114 wins and 113 losses in his 521-game career with the Houston Astros and California Angels. He began playing during the 1970 season and last took the field during the 1986 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1970 | NL | Houston Astros | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99 |
1971 | NL | Houston Astros | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.53 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 188.3 | 162 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 53 | 5 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 771 |
1972 | NL | Houston Astros | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.91 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 | 163 | 75 | 68 | 19 | 62 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 671 |
1973 | NL | Houston Astros | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.20 | 46 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 201.3 | 197 | 101 | 94 | 18 | 74 | 7 | 149 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 861 |
1974 | NL | Houston Astros | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.79 | 70 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 103.3 | 98 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 435 |
1975 | NL | Houston Astros | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.22 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 109.0 | 114 | 42 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 451 |
1976 | NL | Houston Astros | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.15 | 52 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 92.0 | 76 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 372 |
1977 | NL | Houston Astros | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.72 | 42 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 86.0 | 80 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 364 |
1978 | NL | Houston Astros | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.70 | 52 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 133.3 | 136 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 563 |
1979 | NL | Houston Astros | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.04 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 177.7 | 155 | 67 | 60 | 14 | 35 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 700 |
1980 | NL | Houston Astros | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.20 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 222.3 | 230 | 90 | 79 | 15 | 41 | 1 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 926 |
1981 | AL | California Angels | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.88 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 153.0 | 143 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 616 |
1982 | AL | California Angels | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.87 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 228.0 | 225 | 108 | 98 | 25 | 57 | 2 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 955 |
1983 | AL | California Angels | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.06 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 219.3 | 226 | 107 | 99 | 21 | 61 | 6 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 921 |
1984 | AL | California Angels | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
1986 | AL | California Angels | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.53 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
Totals | 114 | 113 | .502 | 3.37 | 521 | 241 | 177 | 70 | 18 | 51 | 2127.3 | 2071 | 881 | 796 | 155 | 586 | 68 | 1047 | 47 | 7 | 43 | 8852 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1970 | NL | Houston Astros | 4 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | NL | Houston Astros | 33 | 63 | 59 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | .136 | .150 | .153 | .303 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | NL | Houston Astros | 30 | 49 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .146 | .167 | .146 | .313 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | NL | Houston Astros | 46 | 69 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .065 | .094 | .081 | .174 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1974 | NL | Houston Astros | 70 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | NL | Houston Astros | 34 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .045 | .192 | .045 | .238 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Houston Astros | 52 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | NL | Houston Astros | 42 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | NL | Houston Astros | 52 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .185 | .185 | .185 | .370 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Houston Astros | 26 | 68 | 58 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .138 | .194 | .155 | .349 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1980 | NL | Houston Astros | 32 | 84 | 77 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | .234 | .244 | .273 | .516 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1981 | AL | California Angels | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1982 | AL | California Angels | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1983 | AL | California Angels | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1984 | AL | California Angels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1986 | AL | California Angels | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 521 | 438 | 383 | 16 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 163 | .136 | .170 | .151 | .322 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1970 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 4 | 4 | 24.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 |
1971 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 33 | 23 | 188.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.293 | .818 |
1972 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 30 | 24 | 156.0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.038 | .600 |
1973 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 46 | 26 | 201.0 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.388 | .674 |
1974 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 70 | 0 | 103.3 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 2.003 | .329 |
1975 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 34 | 9 | 109.0 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .909 | 1.651 | .588 |
1976 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 52 | 0 | 92.0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.054 | .404 |
1977 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 42 | 5 | 86.0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 2.616 | .595 |
1978 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 52 | 6 | 133.3 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 2.228 | .635 |
1979 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 26 | 24 | 177.7 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 5 | .979 | 2.381 | 1.808 |
1980 | NL | Houston Astros | P | 32 | 32 | 222.3 | 11 | 45 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 2.267 | 1.750 |
1981 | AL | California Angels | P | 20 | 20 | 153.0 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 2.471 | 2.100 |
1982 | AL | California Angels | P | 37 | 35 | 228.0 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 1.658 | 1.135 |
1983 | AL | California Angels | P | 31 | 31 | 219.3 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .930 | 1.641 | 1.290 |
1984 | AL | California Angels | P | 2 | 2 | 16.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.500 |
1986 | AL | California Angels | P | 10 | 0 | 17.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.588 | .300 |
Totals | 521 | 241 | 2126.3 | 134 | 305 | 26 | 24 | .944 | 1.858 | .843 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1980 | NL | Houston Astros | NLCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Totals | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1980 | NL | Houston Astros | NLCS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1980 | NL | Houston Astros | NLCS | P | 2 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | .500 |
Totals | 2 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | .500 |
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