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Bob Forsch | Major Leaguer 1974-1989

Full Name: Robert Herbert Forsch
Born: January 13,1950 in Sacramento, California
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Johnson (Sacramento,CA)
College: Sacramento City College

Brother of Ken Forsch

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Debut: July 7,1974

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Drafted: Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in 26th Round (594th overall) of 1968 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Nov 12,1986] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 19,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Dec 21,1987] - Released by Cardinals. [Jan 27,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Aug 31,1988] - Traded by Cardinals to Astros for Denny Walling. [Nov 4,1988] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 21,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Astros. [Nov 13,1989] - Granted Free Agency.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1970	Lewiston	Nwest	20	Stl	A-	2	3	4.18	7		0			0	28.0	32	22	13		17	15			10.29	---	5.46	4.82	1.75	--
	Cedar Rpds	Midw	20	Stl	A	0	0	12.00	1		0			0	3.0	6	4	4		2	1			18.00	---	6.00	3.00	2.67	--
1971	Cedar Rpds	Midw	21	Stl	A	11	7	3.13	23		7			0	158.0	140	74	55		41	134			7.97	---	2.34	7.63	1.15	--
1972	Arkansas	Tex	22	Stl	AA	8	10	4.35	24		7			0	153.0	158	85	74		47	109			9.29	---	2.76	6.41	1.34	--
1973	Tulsa	PCL	23	Stl	AAA	12	12	4.39	27		9			0	166.0	169	91	81		66	124			9.16	---	3.58	6.72	1.42	--
1974	Tulsa	PCL	24	Stl	AAA	8	5	3.67	15		7			0	103.0	95	49	42		33	71			8.30	---	2.88	6.20	1.24	--
	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	7	4	2.97	19	14	5	2	0	0	100.0	84	38	33	5	34	39	6	0	7.56	0.45	3.06	3.51	1.18	51%
1975	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	15	10	2.86	34	34	7	4	0	0	230.0	213	89	73	14	70	108	10	1	8.33	0.55	2.74	4.23	1.23	59%
1976	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	8	10	3.94	33	32	2	0	0	0	194.0	209	112	85	17	71	76	9	0	9.70	0.79	3.29	3.53	1.44	57%
1977	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	20	7	3.48	35	35	8	2	0	0	217.1	210	97	84	20	69	95	9	1	8.70	0.83	2.86	3.93	1.28	62%
1978	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	11	17	3.70	34	34	7	3	0	0	233.2	205	110	96	15	97	114	8	3	7.90	0.58	3.74	4.39	1.29	59%
1979	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	11	11	3.83	33	32	7	1	0	0	218.2	215	102	93	16	52	92	6	0	8.85	0.66	2.14	3.79	1.22	57%
1980	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	11	10	3.77	31	31	8	0	0	0	214.2	225	102	90	12	33	87	7	0	9.43	0.50	1.38	3.65	1.20	62%
1981	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	10	5	3.19	20	20	1	0	0	0	124.1	106	47	44	7	29	41	3	1	7.67	0.51	2.10	2.97	1.09	63%
1982	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	15	9	3.48	36	34	6	2	1	1	233.0	238	95	90	16	54	69	6	2	9.19	0.62	2.09	2.67	1.25	54%
1983	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	10	12	4.28	34	30	6	2	3	0	187.0	190	104	89	23	54	56	4	1	9.14	1.11	2.60	2.70	1.30	49%
1984	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	2	5	6.02	16	11	1	0	2	0	52.1	64	38	35	6	19	21	5	0	11.01	1.03	3.27	3.61	1.59	60%
1985	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	9	6	3.90	34	19	3	1	4	2	136.0	132	63	59	11	47	48	4	0	8.74	0.73	3.11	3.18	1.32	51%
1986	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	14	10	3.25	33	33	3	0	0	0	230.0	211	91	83	19	68	104	7	0	8.26	0.74	2.66	4.07	1.21	54%
1987	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	11	7	4.32	33	30	2	1	1	0	179.0	189	90	86	15	45	89	2	1	9.50	0.75	2.26	4.47	1.31	47%
1988	Houston	NL	38	Hou	MLB	1	4	6.51	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	42	22	20	2	6	14	1	0	13.67	0.65	1.95	4.56	1.74	50%
	St. Louis	NL	38	Stl	MLB	9	4	3.73	30	12	1	1	3	0	108.2	111	51	45	8	38	40	2	3	9.19	0.66	3.15	3.31	1.37	46%
1989	Houston	NL	39	Hou	MLB	4	5	5.32	37	15	0	0	5	0	108.1	133	68	64	10	46	40	4	5	11.05	0.83	3.82	3.32	1.65	44%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						168	136	3.76	498	422	67	19	19	3	2,794.2	2777	1319	1169	216	832	1133	93	18	8.94	0.70	2.68	3.65	1.29	55%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)						41	37	3.96	97		30			0	611.0	600	325	269		206	454			8.84	---	3.03	6.69	1.32	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1974	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	p	9	20	29	1	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	11	0	0	6	0	0	.241	.290	.276	566	74%
1975	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	p	9	35	78	9	24	3	3	1	5	0	0	3	20	1	0	6	0	0	.308	.341	.462	803	55%
1976	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	p	9	35	62	6	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	17	0	0	9	0	3	.177	.190	.258	448	57%
1977	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	p	9	35	72	6	12	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	29	0	0	12	0	0	.167	.189	.222	411	71%
1978	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	p	9	34	83	2	15	7	0	1	8	0	0	1	26	0	0	5	0	3	.181	.190	.301	491	57%
1979	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p	9	33	73	7	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	5	17	0	0	4	2	1	.110	.163	.192	355	61%
1980	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	p	9	32	78	11	23	5	0	3	10	1	0	2	18	0	0	9	0	1	.295	.313	.474	787	69%
1981	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	p	9	20	41	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	6	0	2	.122	.143	.146	289	68%
1982	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	p	9	36	73	7	15	3	1	0	3	0	0	3	20	0	0	14	0	1	.205	.237	.274	511	67%
1983	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	p	9	37	54	4	13	3	0	1	6	0	1	3	14	0	0	7	2	0	.241	.271	.352	623	50%
1984	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	p	9	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.313	563	69%
1985	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	p	9	34	45	3	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	2	0	0	.244	.244	.400	644	65%
1986	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	p	9	34	76	7	13	4	1	2	12	0	0	0	24	0	0	11	1	1	.171	.169	.329	498	59%
1987	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	p	9	34	57	9	17	6	0	2	8	0	0	3	17	0	0	11	0	1	.298	.333	.509	842	59%
1988	Houston	NL	38	Hou	MLB	p	9	6	7	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.286	429	37%
	St. Louis	NL	38	Stl	MLB	p	9	31	25	3	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	6	0	0	5	0	0	.280	.308	.280	588	42%
1989	Houston	NL	39	Hou	MLB	p	9	37	24	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	76%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								509	893	77	190	45	8	12	84	3	1	27	249	1	0	115	5	14	.213	.235	.321	556	62%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1982	St. Louis	NL	32		Ch	1	0	0.00	1		1			0	9.0	3		0		0	6			3.00	---	0.00	6.00	0.33	--
	St. Louis	NL	32		Ws	0	2	4.98	2		0			0	12.2	18		7		3	4			12.80	---	2.13	2.84	1.66	--
1985	St. Louis	NL	35		Ch	0	0	5.41	1		0			0	3.1	3		2		2	0			8.11	---	5.41	0.00	1.50	--
	St. Louis	NL	35		Ws	0	1	12.00	2		0			0	3.0	6		4		1	3			18.00	---	3.00	9.00	2.33	--
1987	St. Louis	NL	37		Ch	1	1	12.00	3		0			0	3.0	4		4		1	3			12.00	---	3.00	9.00	1.67	--
	St. Louis	NL	37		Ws	1	0	9.95	3		0			0	6.1	8		7		5	3			11.37	---	7.11	4.27	2.05	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						3	4	5.79	12		1			0	37.1	42		24		12	19			10.13	---	2.89	4.58	1.45	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1982	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	Ch	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1334	--
	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	Ws	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						12	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	800	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1974	St. Louis	NL	24	Stl	MLB	P	19		100	10	13	0	23	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.07

1975	St. Louis	NL	25	Stl	MLB	P	34		230	18	37	1	56	7	-	-	-	.982	2.15

1976	St. Louis	NL	26	Stl	MLB	P	33		194	24	28	4	56	2	-	-	-	.929	2.41

1977	St. Louis	NL	27	Stl	MLB	P	35		217.1	12	29	2	43	2	-	-	-	.953	1.70

1978	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	P	34		233.2	18	37	0	55	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.12

1979	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	33		218.2	25	31	1	57	3	-	-	-	.982	2.30

1980	St. Louis	NL	30	Stl	MLB	P	31		214.2	11	44	2	57	5	-	-	-	.965	2.31

1981	St. Louis	NL	31	Stl	MLB	P	20		124.1	14	20	0	34	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.46

1982	St. Louis	NL	32	Stl	MLB	P	36		233	21	30	2	53	1	-	-	-	.962	1.97

1983	St. Louis	NL	33	Stl	MLB	P	34		187	14	29	1	44	1	-	-	-	.977	2.07

1984	St. Louis	NL	34	Stl	MLB	P	16		52.1	8	8	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.75

1985	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	P	34		136	12	20	1	33	0	-	-	-	.970	2.12

1986	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	P	33		230	17	32	0	49	5	-	-	-	1.000	1.92

1987	St. Louis	NL	37	Stl	MLB	P	33		179	9	25	0	34	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.71

1988	Houston	NL	38	Hou	MLB	P	6		27.2	1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.30
1988	St. Louis	NL	38	Stl	MLB	P	30		108.2	7	10	3	20	1	-	-	-	.850	1.41

1989	Houston	NL	39	Hou	MLB	P	37		108.1	13	9	1	23	1	-	-	-	.957	1.83

Awards

[1980] - NL Silver Slugger Award (P) [1987] - NL Silver Slugger Award (P) [1995] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (2 votes - 0.43%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	583,333		299,108	20
1986	527,235		325,466	27
1987	750,000		292,853	16
1988	400,000		325,305	31
1989	975,000		375,257	12

Career:	$3,235,568	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Brother of Ken Forsch....Member of the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1982.

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