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: 21-15 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 1

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	240	1	Apr 6	STL	@	HOU	W,14-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	7	3	3	3	1	2	0	3.38	6.84	32	10	11	2	2	7	54			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	.21	0.041	.28	0.03%	0.33	1b start a 5	8b 3 out a11
2	241	5	Apr 11	STL		PIT	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	5	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.52	4.67	28	9	10	4	0	5	58			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.186	.96	0.15%	1.17	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
3	242	10	Apr 16	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	7.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	1	3.22	3.93	28	7	11	4	1	6	60			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.234	2.59	0.26%	1.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
4	243	15	Apr 23	STL	@	PHI	W,9-2	GS-8	W(3-0)	6	8.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.97	3.67	32	13	7	0	0	8	58			3	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	.84	0.089	1.89	0.12%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out a7
5	244	20	Apr 28	STL		HOU	W,5-4	GS-8	W(4-0)	4	7.0	8	4	4	6	2	0	1	3.38	3.95	34	13	4	2	0	8	41			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.26	-0.122	2.52	-0.15%	-0.41	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a2
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
6	245	25	May 3	STL		CHC	W,9-4	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.53	3.99	25	10	6	0	1	7	46			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.178	2.57	-0.24%	-1.26	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
7	246	29	May 8	STL		ATL	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.1	11	5	5	1	5	0	0	3.99	3.68	30	6	7	0	1	11	35			2	1	0	28	1	1	1	0	0	1	1.23	-0.391	2.82	-0.54%	-1.71	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out tie
8	247	33	May 13	STL	@	ATL	W,10-9	GS-4		4	3.2	7	5	5	0	1	1	0	4.56	3.82	18	8	2	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.163	2.21	-0.22%	-2.43	1b start a 2	4b -2- 2 out a2
9	248	35	May 15	STL	@	ATL	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	S(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	3.81	3	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	0.105	7.65	0.14%	0.25	10b --- 1 out a1	10b end a 1
10	249	37	May 18	STL	@	SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-0)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.86	3.64	31	18	5	0	0	5	78			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.562	2.51	0.74%	3.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	250	42	May 23	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS-6	L(5-1)	4	5.0	10	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.24	3.54	24	5	8	1	2	10	28			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	1	0	.52	-0.219	1.21	-0.31%	-2.39	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d4
12	251	46	May 28	STL		SDP	W,5-2	GS-8	W(6-1)	4	7.2	7	2	2	2	0	1	0	4.04	3.71	33	10	14	2	2	7	55			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.290	2.91	0.41%	1.45	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
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
13	252	52	Jun 4	STL		LAD	W,5-2	CG	W(7-1)	6	9.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.83	3.54	31	11	11	2	3	4	74			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.180	2.04	0.26%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	253	57	Jun 9	STL	@	MON	L,1-5	GS-6	L(7-2)	4	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.77	3.62	23	12	3	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	.99	0.009	3.17	0.02%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	254	60	Jun 14	STL		MON	W,2-1	GS-8	W(8-2)	4	7.0	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.59	3.70	27	9	9	4	0	7	59			0	1	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.065	4.53	-0.13%	0.38	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a1
16	255	65	Jun 19	STL		NYM	L,5-8	GS-7		4	6.2	10	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.71	3.80	33	11	9	0	1	10	37			0	0	0	28	4	1	0	1	2	1	1.41	-0.198	4.43	-0.37%	-1.10	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
17	256	70	Jun 24	STL		PHI	L,2-10	GS-8	L(8-3)	4	7.1	10	8	7	3	2	2	0	4.03	4.01	34	11	8	1	0	10	27			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.264	2.20	-0.48%	-3.70	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d4
18	257	77	Jun 30	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	GS-2	L(8-4)	5	1.2	6	4	4	1	2	0	1	4.29	4.01	12	0	2	0	0	6	28			0	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	-0.358	4.32	-0.80%	-3.81	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
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
19	258	81	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	0	1	1	4.26	4.11	30	11	9	3	1	7	49			4	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.035	2.65	0.05%	0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
20	259	86	Jul 10	STL	@	HOU	L,2-4	CG	L(8-5)	4	8.0	8	4	2	1	1	1	0	4.14	4.14	31	11	10	2	1	8	54			0	2	2	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.110	3.53	-0.19%	-0.67	1b start a 1	9b --- 0 out d2
21	260	90	Jul 17	STL		CIN	W,4-2	GS-7	W(9-5)	6	7.0	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	4.06	4.11	29	11	8	1	1	6	55			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	0.036	3.53	0.06%	1.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	261	96	Jul 24	STL		HOU	W,5-1	GS-8	W(10-5)	6	7.1	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.91	4.01	30	8	10	1	1	10	56			0	1	0	30	2	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.254	2.14	0.41%	2.17	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a4
23	262	100	Jul 29	STL	@	MON	L,3-4	GS-8		4	7.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.85	3.93	27	7	8	0	2	5	62			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.293	3.60	0.63%	2.26	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
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
24	263	105	Aug 3	STL		PIT	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	7.1	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.78	3.87	28	8	12	0	0	8	54			0	1	1	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.142	3.11	0.28%	1.17	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
25	264	110	Aug 8	STL		MON	L,1-2	CG	L(11-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.69	3.81	36	15	8	0	2	8	64			1	1	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	.91	0.140	3.18	0.29%	2.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	265	114	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-3	L(11-7)	4	3.0	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.83	3.86	15	3	3	1	0	6	32			0	1	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.306	4.69	-0.74%	-2.59	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
27	266	119	Aug 18	STL		SDP	W,2-1	GS-9	W(12-7)	4	8.0	7	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.71	3.81	31	8	11	2	5	7	65			2	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.351	4.16	0.75%	2.75	1t start tie	9t --3 0 out a2
28	267	124	Aug 23	STL		LAD	W,11-3	GS-8	W(13-7)	4	7.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.71	3.74	29	13	7	3	1	7	54			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.192	2.42	0.43%	1.17	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a3
29	268	128	Aug 29(1)	STL	@	SDP	L,4-9	GS-3	L(13-8)	5	2.1	8	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.91	3.75	16	6	1	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.305	4.25	-0.72%	-4.32	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d5
Sep/Oct				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
30	269	133	Sep 3	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.0	7	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.76	3.72	29	12	5	0	0	6	61			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.007	4.83	0.02%	1.17	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a1
31	270	138	Sep 8	STL		MON	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-8)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	3.67	34	11	14	4	1	8	72			1	1	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.713	8.60	2.43%	4.12	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	271	142	Sep 13	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(14-9)	4	8.0	3	2	2	4	0	1	0	3.55	3.75	30	14	9	1	0	3	64			0	0	1	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.63	0.048	5.22	0.24%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
33	272	147	Sep 18(1)	STL	@	NYM	W,2-0	GS-8	W(15-9)	4	7.1	5	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.43	3.70	28	6	8	3	0	5	71			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.367	7.05	1.07%	2.73	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a1
34	273	153	Sep 23	STL		PIT	L,3-5	GS-8		4	7.1	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.43	3.73	30	15	4	0	1	6	55			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.043	.77	-0.02%	0.75	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out tie
35	274	158	Sep 28	STL	@	MON	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	4	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.52	3.78	21	11	3	0	0	4	42			1	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-1.69	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
36	275	161	Oct 2	STL	@	CHC	L,4-8	5-7		3	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.48	3.76	10	5	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.44	-0.048	.00	0.00%	0.45	5b 123 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
							21-15		W-L:15-9,Sv:1	4.1	233.0	238	95	90	54	69	16	4	3.48	3.76	962	1.31		7%	5%	237	52	3	67%	20	17	5	889	47	8	7	18	7	5	1.03	1.325	3.12	3.89%	11.28

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