Bob Forsch

Full Name: Robert Herbert Forsch	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/200	First Game: July 7, 1974
Birthdate: January 13, 1950	Final Game: September 25, 1989
Birthplace: Sacramento, California	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, California, Bob Forsch (Robert Herbert Forsch) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros over the course of his 16 year career. Forsch broke into the bigs on July 7, 1974 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.97 ERA in 100 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bob Forsch's best season was 1977, when he posted a 3.48 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 95 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	STL	N	19	14	7	4	2.97	39	38	33	5	2	0	100	84	5	34	4	6	1
1975	STL	N	34	34	15	10	2.86	108	89	73	7	4	0	230	213	14	70	8	10	3
1976	STL	N	33	32	8	10	3.94	76	112	85	2	0	0	194	209	17	71	8	9	3
1977	STL	N	35	35	20	7	3.48	95	97	84	8	2	0	217.1	210	20	69	2	9	3
1978	STL	N	34	34	11	17	3.70	114	110	96	7	3	0	233.2	205	15	97	9	8	5
1979	STL	N	33	32	11	11	3.83	92	102	93	7	1	0	218.2	215	16	52	1	6	3
1980	STL	N	31	31	11	10	3.77	87	102	90	8	0	0	214.2	225	12	33	6	7	4
1981	STL	N	20	20	10	5	3.18	41	47	44	1	0	0	124.1	106	7	29	3	3	4
1982	STL	N	36	34	15	9	3.48	69	95	90	6	2	1	233	238	16	54	7	6	4
1983	STL	N	34	30	10	12	4.28	56	104	89	6	2	0	187	190	23	54	2	4	3
1984	STL	N	16	11	2	5	6.02	21	38	35	1	0	0	52.1	64	6	19	0	5	0
1985	STL	N	34	19	9	6	3.90	48	63	59	3	1	2	136	132	11	47	4	4	2
1986	STL	N	33	33	14	10	3.25	104	91	83	3	0	0	230	211	19	68	11	7	2
1987	STL	N	33	30	11	7	4.32	89	90	86	2	1	0	179	189	15	45	4	2	4
1988	STL	N	30	12	9	4	3.73	40	51	45	1	1	0	108.2	111	8	38	8	2	1
1988	HOU	N	6	6	1	4	6.51	14	22	20	0	0	0	27.2	42	2	6	1	1	2
1988	TOT	N	36	18	10	8	4.29	54	73	65	1	1	0	136.1	153	10	44	9	3	3
1989	HOU	N	37	15	4	5	5.32	40	68	64	0	0	0	108.1	133	10	46	6	4	1
Total			498	422	168	136	3.76	1133	1319	1169	67	19	3	2794.2	2777	216	832	84	93	45

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	STL	N	P	19	14	100	10	13	0	0	3	8	4	0	1.000
1975	STL	N	P	34	34	230	18	37	1	7	5	13	0	1	.982
1976	STL	N	P	33	32	194	24	28	4	2	3	12	9	4	.929
1977	STL	N	P	35	35	217.1	12	29	2	2	2	15	6	2	.953
1978	STL	N	P	34	34	233.2	18	37	0	4	4	28	10	3	1.000
1979	STL	N	P	33	32	218.2	25	31	1	3	3	19	11	1	.982
1980	STL	N	P	31	31	214.2	11	44	2	5	1	15	6	1	.965
1981	STL	N	P	20	20	124.1	14	20	0	1	1	13	3	2	1.000
1982	STL	N	P	36	34	233	21	30	2	1	0	20	17	5	.962
1983	STL	N	P	34	30	187	14	29	1	1	3	14	9	5	.977
1984	STL	N	P	16	11	52.1	8	8	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1985	STL	N	P	34	19	136	12	20	1	0	1	10	3	0	.970
1986	STL	N	P	33	33	230	17	32	0	5	2	13	7	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	P	33	30	179	9	25	0	2	2	11	7	0	1.000
1988	STL	N	P	30	12	108.2	7	10	3	1	0	6	5	0	.850
1988	HOU	N	P	6	6	27.2	1	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	1.000
1988	TOT	N	P	36	18	136.1	8	13	3	1	0	13	6	0	.875
1989	HOU	N	P	37	15	108.1	13	9	1	1	1	12	4	0	.957
Total			P	498	422	2794.2	234	405	18	35	31	218	104	24	.973

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1974	STL	N	20	29	1	7	0	1	.241	.290	.276	1	0	2	11	0	6	1	0
1975	STL	N	35	78	9	24	1	5	.308	.341	.462	3	3	3	20	1	6	0	0
1976	STL	N	35	62	6	11	1	5	.177	.190	.258	2	0	1	17	0	9	0	3
1977	STL	N	35	72	6	12	0	4	.167	.189	.222	4	0	2	29	0	12	0	0
1978	STL	N	34	83	2	15	1	8	.181	.190	.301	7	0	1	26	0	5	0	3
1979	STL	N	33	73	7	8	0	5	.110	.162	.192	2	2	5	17	0	4	0	1
1980	STL	N	32	78	11	23	3	10	.295	.313	.474	5	0	2	18	0	9	1	1
1981	STL	N	20	41	0	5	0	3	.122	.143	.146	1	0	1	10	0	6	0	2
1982	STL	N	36	73	7	15	0	3	.205	.237	.274	3	1	3	20	0	14	0	1
1983	STL	N	37	54	4	13	1	6	.241	.271	.352	3	0	3	14	0	7	0	0
1984	STL	N	16	16	1	4	0	3	.250	.250	.313	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	1
1985	STL	N	34	45	3	11	1	4	.244	.244	.400	2	1	0	10	0	2	0	0
1986	STL	N	34	76	7	13	2	12	.171	.169	.329	4	1	0	24	0	11	0	1
1987	STL	N	34	57	9	17	2	8	.298	.333	.509	6	0	3	17	0	11	0	1
1988	STL	N	31	25	3	7	0	2	.280	.308	.280	0	0	1	6	0	5	1	0
1988	HOU	N	6	7	0	1	0	3	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1988	TOT	N	37	32	3	8	0	5	.250	.273	.281	1	0	1	7	0	6	1	0
1989	HOU	N	37	24	1	4	0	2	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0
Total			509	893	77	190	12	84	.213	.235	.321	45	8	27	249	1	115	3	14

[edit] Transactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 26th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1968).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 19, 1986).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (December 21, 1987).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 27, 1988).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Houston Astros in exchange for Denny Walling (August 31, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
Signed by Houston Astros (December 21, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

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