Ken Forsch vs Wilbur Wood

Ken ForschWilbur Wood

Ken Forsch and Wilbur Wood compared on their MLB careers: Ken Forsch played 16 seasons, 1970 to 1986, Wilbur Wood 17 seasons, 1961 to 1978. Ken Forsch has 114 wins to Wilbur Wood's 164.

Who has the better career numbers?

Ken Forsch and Wilbur Wood career totals
521GP651
114W164
113L156
3.4ERA3.2
2127.1IP2,684
1,047K1,411
586BB724
1.3WHIP1.2
51SV57

Where each stands all time

Ken Forsch and Wilbur Wood all-time places
—Strikeouts (pitching)274th (1,411)
—Wins (pitching)207th (164)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Ken Forsch: 0 championships; none on file
  • Wilbur Wood: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ken Forsch and Wilbur Wood season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1970125.631961005.54
2nd1971882.531962003.52
3rd1972683.911963053.76
4th19739124.201964027.04
5th1974872.791965113.16
6th1975483.221967422.45
7th1976432.15196813121.87
8th1977582.72196910113.01
9th19781062.7019709132.81
10th19791163.04197122131.91
11th198012133.20197224172.51
12th19811172.88197324203.46
13th198213113.87197420193.60
14th198311124.06197516204.11
15th1984112.201976432.24
16th1986019.531977784.99
17th————197810105.20

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA