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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-21 / in Starts: 13-17
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 66 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	44 (19-13-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 66 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (19-13-6)

Most Driven In
O Smith	1
K Oberkfell	1
D Porter	1
T Herr	1
M Ramsey	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
L Smith	1
Self	1
T Herr	0

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	281	1	Apr 5	STL		PIT	L,1-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.99	-0.025	1.49	-0.02%	-0.22	P
2	282	5 (3)	Apr 14	STL		NYM	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	9	.09	0.048	.15	0.05%	0.92	P
3	283	9 (3)	Apr 22	STL		SDP	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	9	.80	-0.040	1.29	-0.04%	-0.37	P
4	284	14 (4)	Apr 27	STL		LAD	W,7-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.444	.667	9	.52	0.012	.83	0.01%	0.00	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	285	18 (3)	May 3	STL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727	9	.86	0.000	1.52	0.00%	-0.01	P
6	286	22 (3)	May 7	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.462	.769	9	.91	0.000	1.45	0.00%	0.03	P
7	287	26 (3)	May 12	STL		MON	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	1.29	-0.108	2.62	-0.13%	-1.23	P
8	288	30 (3)	May 17	STL		HOU	W,8-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.263	.250	.368	.618	9	.62	0.023	1.20	0.03%	0.79	P
9	289	34 (3)	May 22	STL		ATL	L,5-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.250	.368	.618	9						P
10	290	38 (3)	May 26	STL	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.238	.350	.588	9	.34	-0.008	.70	-0.01%	-0.20	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	291	45 (6)	Jun 2	STL	@	ATL	L,1-8	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.261	.333	.594	9	.97	0.021	2.29	0.03%	0.22	P
12	292	49 (3)	Jun 7	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.240	.304	.544	9	.90	-0.043	2.52	-0.07%	-0.49	P
13	293	50	Jun 8	STL	@	PHI	L,4-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.240	.304	.544	9						PR
14	294	54 (3)	Jun 12	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.231	.292	.522	9	.97	-0.024	2.60	-0.04%	-0.23	P
15	295	58 (3)	Jun 17	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.192	.207	.269	.476	9	.57	-0.047	1.61	-0.08%	-0.73	P
16	296	64 (5)	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.200	.259	.459	9	.32	-0.008	.80	-0.01%	-0.09	P
17	297	71 (6)	Jun 28 (1)	STL		NYM	L,1-10	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.194	.250	.444	9	.48	-0.012	.81	-0.01%	-0.10	P
18	298	73 (1)	Jun 29	STL		NYM	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.188	.241	.429	9	1.13	-0.027	1.75	-0.03%	-0.15	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	299	77 (3)	Jul 3	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.206	.258	.464	9	.88	0.001	1.91	0.00%	0.03	P
20	300	83 (5)	Jul 11	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS-8	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.243	.273	.516	9	2.00	0.274	4.65	0.38%	1.56	P
21	301	88 (4)	Jul 16	STL	@	SFG	W,9-3	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.237	.265	.502	9	1.30	-0.039	3.29	-0.06%	-0.32	P
22	302	93 (4)	Jul 22	STL		LAD	L,4-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.250	.278	.528	9	.77	0.071	1.77	0.10%	0.44	P
23	303	100 (6)	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	MON	W,10-1	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.273	.308	.580	9	.14	0.026	.47	0.05%	-0.17	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	304	105 (4)	Aug 3	STL		CHC	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.304	.341	.646	9	1.14	0.098	2.70	0.14%	0.75	P
25	305	107 (1)	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,7-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.304	.341	.646	7						P
26	306	110 (2)	Aug 9	STL	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.304	.341	.646	9						P
27	307	115 (4)	Aug 14	STL	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.298	.333	.631	9	1.90	-0.051	2.72	-0.04%	-0.47	P
28	308	123 (7)	Aug 24	STL		ATL	L,3-11	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.298	.333	.631	9						P
29	309	124	Aug 25	STL		ATL	W,2-1	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.298	.333	.631	9						PR
30	310	125	Aug 26	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.298	.333	.631	1						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	311	131 (5)	Sep 1	STL	@	ATL	W,8-3	5-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.313	.349	.661	9	.04	0.002	.10	0.00%	0.26	P
32	312	136 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.327	.432	.758	9	.75	0.116	3.09	0.29%	0.82	P
33	313	140 (3)	Sep 10	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.308	.404	.712	9	.76	-0.059	2.76	-0.13%	-0.87	P
34	314	145 (4)	Sep 15	STL	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.302	.396	.698	9	.30	-0.008	.87	-0.01%	-0.09	P
35	315	151 (5)	Sep 20	STL	@	MON	L,1-10	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.302	.396	.698	9	1.34	-0.019	.09	0.00%	-0.18	P
36	316	157 (5)	Sep 26	STL		MON	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.286	.373	.658	9	.80	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
37	317	161 (3)	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.271	.352	.623	9	1.16	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
							16-21		66	54	4	13	3	0	1	6	3	0	14	0	7	2	0	0	0	1	.241	.271	.352	.623		.84	0.030	1.69	0.39%	-1.63

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