Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1974
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1974
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 498
- W
- 168
- L
- 136
- ERA
- 3.76
- IP
- 2794.2
- K
- 1,133
- BB
- 832
- WHIP
- 1.29
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | 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. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | STL | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2.97 | 100.0 | 39 | 34 | 1.18 |
| 1975 | STL | 34 | 15 | 10 | 2.86 | 230.0 | 108 | 70 | 1.23 |
| 1976 | STL | 33 | 8 | 10 | 3.94 | 194.0 | 76 | 71 | 1.44 |
| 1977 | STL | 35 | 20 | 7 | 3.48 | 217.1 | 95 | 69 | 1.28 |
| 1978 | STL | 34 | 11 | 17 | 3.70 | 233.2 | 114 | 97 | 1.29 |
| 1979 | STL | 33 | 11 | 11 | 3.83 | 218.2 | 92 | 52 | 1.22 |
| 1980 | STL | 31 | 11 | 10 | 3.77 | 214.2 | 87 | 33 | 1.20 |
| 1981 | STL | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3.18 | 124.1 | 41 | 29 | 1.09 |
| 1982 | STL | 36 | 15 | 9 | 3.48 | 233.0 | 69 | 54 | 1.25 |
| 1983 | STL | 34 | 10 | 12 | 4.28 | 187.0 | 56 | 54 | 1.30 |
| 1984 | STL | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6.02 | 52.1 | 21 | 19 | 1.59 |
| 1985 | STL | 34 | 9 | 6 | 3.90 | 136.0 | 48 | 47 | 1.32 |
| 1986 | STL | 33 | 14 | 10 | 3.25 | 230.0 | 104 | 68 | 1.21 |
| 1987 | STL | 33 | 11 | 7 | 4.32 | 179.0 | 89 | 45 | 1.31 |
| 1988 |  STL/HOU | 36 | 10 | 8 | 4.29 | 136.1 | 54 | 44 | 1.44 |
| 1989 | HOU | 37 | 4 | 5 | 5.32 | 108.1 | 40 | 46 | 1.65 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 12
- W
- 3
- L
- 4
- ERA
- 6.00
- IP
- 36.0
- K
- 19
- BB
- 12
- WHIP
- 1.50
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 67
- SHO
- 19
- K/9
- 3.6
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | STL | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | STL | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | STL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | STL | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | STL | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | STL | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | STL | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | STL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | STL | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | STL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | STL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL/HOU | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob Forsch's career stats?
Bob Forsch played 16 seasons for the Cardinals and the Astros. He had 168 wins and 1,133 strikeouts with a 3.76 ERA over 2,794.2 innings. His best season was 1977: 20 wins, a 3.48 ERA and 95 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1974 to 1989
Bob Forsch finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Championships
- 1982 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
Awards
- NL Silver Slugger ×2: 1980, 1987
All-time career rank
- 190th in wins (pitching) (168)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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