Ken Forsch | Major Leaguer 1970-1986

Full Name: Kenneth Roth Forsch
Born: September 8,1946 in Sacramento, California
Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Johnson (Sacramento,CA)
College: Oregon State University

Brother of Bob Forsch

Baseball Lists: No-Hitters and Perfect Games ... Complete Game Shutout - No Strikeouts

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Drafted: Selected by California Angels in 9th Round (168th overall) of 1966 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Chicago Cubs in 4th Round (62nd overall) of 1967 amateur entry draft (June-Sec) ... Selected by Houston Astros in 18th Round (399th overall) of 1968 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Apr 1,1981] - Traded by Astros to Angels for Dickie Thon. [Dec 20,1985] - Released by Angels. [Mar 18,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [May 25,1986] - Released by Angels. [Jul 12,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners.

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%
1968	Wllmsport	NYPL	21	Hou	A-	1	2	1.38	4						26.0	14	6	4		9	40			4.85	---	3.12	13.85	0.88	--
	Greensboro	Caro	21	Hou	A+	0	0	3.00	3						6.0	6	2	2		3	6			9.00	---	4.50	9.00	1.50	--
1969	Peninsula	Caro	22	Hou	A+	6	5	3.16	17						94.0	67	40	33		53	100			6.41	---	5.07	9.57	1.28	--
1970	Columbus	Sou	23	Hou	AA	13	8	2.05	22						167.0	135	48	38		39	152			7.28	---	2.10	8.19	1.04	--
	Okla City	Amer	23	Hou	AAA	4	0	1.58	5						40.0	25	7	7		10	37			5.63	---	2.25	8.33	0.88	--
	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	1	2	5.63	4	4	1	0	0	0	24.0	28	15	15	1	5	13	1	0	10.50	0.38	1.88	4.88	1.38	36%
1971	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	8	8	2.53	33	23	7	2	4	0	188.1	162	60	53	8	53	131	8	0	7.74	0.38	2.53	6.26	1.14	52%
1972	Houston	NL	25	Hou	MLB	6	8	3.91	30	24	1	0	3	0	156.1	163	75	68	19	62	113	9	0	9.38	1.09	3.57	6.51	1.44	59%
1973	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	9	12	4.20	46	26	5	0	9	4	201.1	197	101	94	18	74	149	5	1	8.81	0.80	3.31	6.66	1.35	47%
1974	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	8	7	2.79	70	0	0	0	40	10	103.1	98	38	32	3	37	48	4	1	8.54	0.26	3.22	4.18	1.31	68%
1975	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	4	8	3.22	34	9	2	0	12	2	109.0	114	42	39	9	30	54	1	0	9.41	0.74	2.48	4.46	1.32	52%
1976	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	4	3	2.15	52	0	0	0	46	19	92.0	76	23	22	5	26	49	2	1	7.43	0.49	2.54	4.79	1.11	54%
1977	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	5	8	2.72	42	5	0	0	28	8	86.0	80	32	26	2	28	45	3	0	8.37	0.21	2.93	4.71	1.26	62%
1978	Houston	NL	31	Hou	MLB	10	6	2.70	52	6	4	2	28	7	133.1	136	44	40	2	37	71	2	0	9.18	0.14	2.50	4.79	1.30	58%
1979	Houston	NL	32	Hou	MLB	11	6	3.04	26	24	10	2	1	0	177.2	155	67	60	14	35	58	0	1	7.85	0.71	1.77	2.94	1.07	54%
1980	Houston	NL	33	Hou	MLB	12	13	3.20	32	32	6	3	0	0	222.1	230	90	79	15	41	84	1	3	9.31	0.61	1.66	3.40	1.22	56%
1981	California	AL	34	Cal	MLB	11	7	2.88	20	20	10	4	0	0	153.0	143	54	49	7	27	55	0	0	8.41	0.41	1.59	3.24	1.11	52%
1982	California	AL	35	Cal	MLB	13	11	3.87	37	35	12	4	2	0	228.0	225	108	98	25	57	73	1	0	8.88	0.99	2.25	2.88	1.24	56%
1983	California	AL	36	Cal	MLB	11	12	4.06	31	31	11	1	0	0	219.1	226	107	99	21	61	81	6	0	9.27	0.86	2.50	3.32	1.31	54%
1984	California	AL	37	Cal	MLB	1	1	2.20	2	2	1	0	0	0	16.1	14	4	4	2	3	10	0	0	7.72	1.10	1.65	5.51	1.04	58%
1986	Calgary	PCL	39	Sea	AAA	4	3	4.91	13	7	2	0	2	0	55.0	67	31	30	8	23	23	1		10.96	1.31	3.76	3.76	1.64	--
	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	0	1	9.53	10	0	0	0	4	1	17.0	24	21	18	4	10	13	0	0	12.71	2.12	5.29	6.88	2.00	31%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						114	113	3.37	521	241	70	18	177	51	2,127.1	2071	881	796	155	586	1047	43	7	8.76	0.66	2.48	4.43	1.25	55%
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						28	18	2.64	64						388.0	314	134	114		137	358			7.28	---	3.18	8.30	1.16	--

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%
1970	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	p	9	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	57%
1971	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	p	9	33	59	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	0	0	3	0	0	.136	.150	.153	303	54%
1972	Houston	NL	25	Hou	MLB	p	9	30	41	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	0	0	7	0	1	.146	.167	.146	313	81%
1973	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	p	9	46	62	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	26	0	0	5	0	0	.065	.094	.081	175	50%
1974	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	p	9	70	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	125	33%
1975	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	p	9	34	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	3	0	0	.045	.192	.045	237	67%
1976	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	p	9	52	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.167	.091	258	50%
1977	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	p	9	42	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.143	.077	220	71%
1978	Houston	NL	31	Hou	MLB	p	9	52	27	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	2	0	0	.185	.185	.185	370	67%
1979	Houston	NL	32	Hou	MLB	p	9	26	58	4	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	22	0	0	6	0	1	.138	.194	.155	349	72%
1980	Houston	NL	33	Hou	MLB	p	9	32	77	3	18	3	0	0	8	1	0	1	33	0	0	6	0	0	.234	.244	.273	517	62%
1981	California	AL	34	Cal	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	California	AL	35	Cal	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	California	AL	36	Cal	MLB	p	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	California	AL	37	Cal	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								521	383	16	52	6	0	0	17	1	0	16	163	0	0	39	0	3	.136	.170	.151	321	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%
1980	Houston	NL	33		Ch	0	1	4.16	2		1			0	8.2	10		4		1	6			10.39	---	1.04	6.24	1.27	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	1	4.15	2		1			0	8.2	10		4		1	6			10.38	---	1.04	6.23	1.27	--

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%
1980	Houston	NL	33	Hou	Ch	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1970	Houston	NL	23	Hou	MLB	P	4		24	2	2	0	4	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.50

1971	Houston	NL	24	Hou	MLB	P	33		188.1	8	19	2	29	1	-	-	-	.931	1.29

1972	Houston	NL	25	Hou	MLB	P	30		156.1	9	9	2	20	1	-	-	-	.900	1.04

1973	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	P	46		201.1	15	16	0	31	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.39

1974	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	P	70		103.1	9	14	2	25	1	-	-	-	.920	2.00

1975	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	34		109	6	14	2	22	3	-	-	-	.909	1.65

1976	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	P	52		92	4	17	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.05

1977	Houston	NL	30	Hou	MLB	P	42		86	10	15	1	26	1	-	-	-	.962	2.62

1978	Houston	NL	31	Hou	MLB	P	52		133.1	9	24	2	35	0	-	-	-	.943	2.23

1979	Houston	NL	32	Hou	MLB	P	26		177.2	10	37	1	48	5	-	-	-	.979	2.38

1980	Houston	NL	33	Hou	MLB	P	32		222.1	11	45	3	59	2	-	-	-	.949	2.27

1981	California	AL	34	Cal	MLB	P	20		153	18	24	2	44	2	-	-	-	.955	2.47

1982	California	AL	35	Cal	MLB	P	37		228	13	29	5	47	2	-	-	-	.894	1.66

1983	California	AL	36	Cal	MLB	P	31		219.1	9	31	3	43	2	-	-	-	.930	1.64

1984	California	AL	37	Cal	MLB	P	2		16.1	1	6	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.86

1986	Calgary	PCL	39	Sea	AAA	P	13			4	5	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	California	AL	39	Cal	MLB	P	10		17	0	3	1	4	1	-	-	-	.750	1.59

Awards

[1976] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1981] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1992] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (0 votes - 0%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	633,333		299,108	17
1986	100,000		325,466	60

Career:	$733,333	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Brother of Bob Forsch....Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1976, 1981)

Jobs in Baseball

Year(s)	Team	Position
1994	California Angels [MLB]	Director of Minor League Operations
1995-1996	California Angels [MLB]	Director of Player Development
1997	Anaheim Angels [MLB]	Director of Player Development
1998-2004	Anaheim Angels [MLB]	Assistant General Manager
2005-2008	Los Angeles Angels [MLB]	Assistant General Manager