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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-20 / in Starts: 13-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	54	2	Apr 10	STL		CHC	L,3-4	GS-5		99	5.0	5	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.60	4.63	22	7	7	1	4	3	46			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	.82	-0.028	1.32	-0.03%	0.24	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
2	55	6	Apr 17	STL		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		6	7.0	3	3	2	0	2	1	1	3.00	4.47	26	10	10	0	2	3	63			2	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.090	.97	-0.06%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	56	10	Apr 21	STL		NYM	W,7-4	GS-5		3	4.0	8	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.94	4.07	20	6	4	0	0	8	32			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.344	1.87	-0.26%	-2.55	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
4	57	14	Apr 26	STL	@	SFG	W,15-7	GS-1		4	0.2	7	7	6	1	0	1	0	7.02	4.97	9	1	0	0	0	7	11			1	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.480	1.14	-0.32%	-5.85	1b start a 1	1b -2- 2 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	58	19	May 1	STL	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.0	4	2	2	4	1	0	0	6.23	4.89	22	9	4	0	0	4	48			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.34	-0.217	1.52	-0.15%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 1-3 0 out tie
6	59	24	May 7	STL		HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-1)	5	7.0	7	3	3	4	6	0	0	5.65	4.34	30	8	5	0	0	7	53			1	1	0	24	2	0	2	0	1	0	.80	-0.095	.84	-0.06%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
7	60	29	May 12	STL		LAD	L,3-6	GS-3		4	2.2	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	6.03	4.74	15	3	4	0	1	5	35			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.255	.74	-0.12%	-2.39	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
8	61	34	May 18	STL		PIT	L,1-4	GS-7		5	6.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.21	4.32	24	13	7	0	1	3	65			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.157	.89	0.07%	1.83	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
9	62	39	May 23	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	8	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.50	3.98	33	11	8	0	1	8	62			0	0	1	29	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.47	0.268	.97	0.11%	1.65	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
10	63	44	May 29	STL	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-6		5	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.33	4.06	23	11	4	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.042	.43	-0.01%	0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	64	48	Jun 3	STL		PHI	W,7-1	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	7	1	0	5	8	0	0	3.75	3.85	35	9	6	1	0	7	69			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.61	0.181	.33	0.06%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
12	65	53	Jun 8	STL	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.41	3.66	23	10	4	0	0	4	65			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.19	0.101	.42	0.02%	1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
13	66	58	Jun 13(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,12-9	GS-7	W(2-2)	4	6.1	6	4	4	3	2	2	0	3.61	4.00	28	9	8	0	0	6	44			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.126	.05	0.01%	-1.08	1b start a 3	7b --- 1 out a8
14	67	64	Jun 20	STL		SDP	L,4-5	GS-7		6	7.0	8	4	2	2	3	1	0	3.52	4.04	31	14	5	0	0	7	50			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.186	.13	-0.02%	-0.87	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	68	69	Jun 26	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.44	3.93	27	9	9	2	0	4	60			0	0	0	25	3	0	1	1	0	0	.88	0.077	.11	0.01%	1.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	69	73	Jul 1	STL	@	NYM	L,0-13	GS-5	L(2-3)	4	4.2	5	4	2	1	3	0	0	3.46	3.83	21	8	4	1	1	5	44			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.177	.02	0.00%	-2.23	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d4
17	70	78	Jul 6	STL		SFG	W,13-7	GS-8	W(3-3)	4	7.1	10	7	5	3	2	0	0	3.66	3.79	36	9	12	1	3	10	33			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	2	.37	0.050	.01	0.00%	-1.93	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a9
18	71	82	Jul 11	STL		LAD	L,6-9	7-7	BL(3-4)	4	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.92	3.95	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.52	-0.436	.05	-0.01%	-2.57	7t -23 0 out a2	7t 1-- 1 out d2
19	72	83	Jul 15	STL	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS-9	W(4-4)	3	8.1	8	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.70	3.89	35	14	9	0	3	7	62			2	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.72	0.283	.03	0.00%	2.07	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out a1
20	73	88	Jul 19	STL	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-5)	3	5.1	10	5	4	5	4	0	0	3.85	3.90	29	6	4	0	0	10	29			0	1	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.25	-0.285	.03	0.00%	-3.43	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d4
21	74	93	Jul 24	STL		CHC	W,12-3	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	6.1	7	3	3	3	2	0	2	3.87	3.92	28	7	7	0	1	7	46			1	1	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.65	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a7
22	75	97	Jul 30	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-6	L(5-6)	5	5.1	6	6	5	1	2	2	0	4.06	4.07	24	8	7	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.04	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start a 2	6b -2- 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	76	103	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.0	5	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.85	4.07	30	10	10	0	1	5	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.59	0.231	.00	0.00%	2.14	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
24	77	108	Aug 9	STL		HOU	L,4-13	GS-8	L(5-7)	4	7.0	9	7	2	3	4	1	0	3.78	4.10	33	11	6	1	1	9	42			1	0	1	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.391	.00	0.00%	-3.24	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d4
25	78	113	Aug 15	STL	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-8)	5	6.0	6	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.75	4.07	25	8	6	0	0	6	51			0	1	1	21	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.04	0.040	.00	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	79	118	Aug 21	STL		ATL	L,2-6	GS-6	L(5-9)	5	5.2	9	5	4	1	4	0	0	3.85	3.98	27	7	6	2	1	9	36			0	1	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-2.52	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
27	80	123	Aug 28	STL	@	HOU	L,3-4	GS-4	L(5-10)	6	4.0	8	4	3	2	0	1	0	3.92	4.07	20	7	3	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.329	.00	0.00%	-2.39	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	81	128	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS-6		5	6.0	6	5	3	2	1	2	0	3.95	4.21	26	11	7	0	1	5	43			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-2.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
29	82	134	Sep 8(1)	STL		MON	L,5-7	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	3	0	3	0	0	3.99	4.12	22	8	4	0	1	7	42			0	0	0	22	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.168	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
30	83	140	Sep 13	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(6-10)	4	9.0	11	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.94	4.00	34	13	4	0	0	11	57			0	2	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.348	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	84	146	Sep 18(1)	STL	@	MON	W,4-1	GS-7	W(7-10)	4	6.1	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	3.80	3.97	24	8	9	2	1	3	65			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.095	.00	0.00%	1.11	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a3
32	85	153	Sep 24(1)	STL		PIT	W,10-6	CG	W(8-10)	5	9.0	6	6	6	3	0	2	0	3.90	4.09	35	16	10	2	0	6	48			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
33	86	159	Sep 29	STL		PHI	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.94	4.13	23	13	3	1	0	6	38			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	2	.90	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
							13-20		W-L:8-10,BSv:1	4.4	194.0	209	112	85	71	76	17	3	3.94	4.13	844	1.49		3%	5%	203	48	2	100%	12	9	4	755	36	6	8	22	6	20	1.02	-2.895	.31	-0.76%	-26.14

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