Bob Forsch
Robert Herbert Forsch
 
 
Born: January 13, 1950 in Sacramento, CA
Died: November 3, 2011 - 61 years old
Bats: R Throws: R Ht: 6'4" Wt: 200
(legend)
Links:
Player Pages
 
Biographical
  Photos
Baseball-Reference Baseball-Almanac Wikipedia SABR Baseball Index Google Photos / +baseball Getty / Corbis
Retrosheet The Baseball Page BR Bullpen SABR BioProject Yahoo Photos / +baseball Alta Vista / Imagery
Notes:
- Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1968 - (Round 26)
- High School: Hiram Johnson (Sacramento, CA)

All-Teammate Team
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
4
1982
1985
11.6
4
1985
1988
7.2
6
1974
1979
4.7
8
1977
1984
1.8
2
1988
1989
1.4

Center Field
7
1982
1988
22.6
4
1974
1977
10.0
6
1974
1979
5.6
2
1988
1989
4.6
5
1977
1981
4.0


Right Field
7
1978
1984
17.8
4
1983
1986
10.2
3
1974
1976
8.3
2
1988
1989
5.3
5
1981
1987
4.6
Shortstop
7
1982
1988
38.7
6
1976
1981
18.8
2
1976
1977
0.7
2
1988
1989
0.5
1
1984
1984
0.3
Second Base
10
1979
1988
18.9
2
1988
1989
4.7
3
1986
1988
4.0
6
1974
1979
2.8
2
1974
1975
1.0
Third Base
8
1977
1984
17.0
5
1984
1988
10.6
2
1988
1989
4.3
1
1978
1978
0.5
2
1981
1982
0.5
First Base
10
1974
1983
34.3
3
1985
1987
9.7
2
1988
1989
8.6
1
1974
1974
2.6
2
1975
1976
1.9
Manager
9
1980
1988
38.2
4
1974
1980
4.2
1
1989
1989
1.9
3
1978
1980
1.9
1
1988
1988
1.5
Catcher
7
1974
1980
31.4
5
1981
1985
11.6
2
1981
1982
3.6
2
1988
1989
3.0
2
1988
1989
1.7
Starting Pitcher
16
1974
1989
25.1
4
1985
1988
16.6
6
1981
1988
11.8
6
1974
1979
10.9
3
1974
1976
9.0
3
1978
1980
8.8
6
1983
1988
8.4
2
1987
1988
7.0
2
1988
1989
6.9
2
1988
1989
6.0
2
1979
1980
4.7
3
1986
1988
4.6
3
1974
1976
3.1
6
1975
1983
2.9
1
1975
1975
2.9
1
1989
1989
2.6
1
1988
1988
2.5
3
1982
1984
2.2
3
1980
1982
2.0
5
1981
1987
1.8
Swingman
4
1984
1987
6.9
2
1988
1989
3.8
2
1987
1988
2.9
2
1978
1979
1.5
4
1980
1983
1.3
Relief Pitcher
4
1985
1988
7.6
4
1981
1984
6.3
4
1974
1977
5.3
2
1988
1989
3.8
2
1974
1975
3.3
5
1982
1986
2.9
2
1988
1989
2.6
5
1984
1988
2.6
5
1978
1982
2.4
3
1977
1979
2.3
4
1981
1985
2.3
1
1977
1977
1.8
2
1983
1984
1.8
1
1974
1974
1.5
2
1983
1984
1.2
1
1988
1988
1.0
1
1977
1977
1.0
1
1974
1974
0.9
3
1985
1987
0.7
2
1983
1984
0.6
Any questions, comments, suggestions?? Please contact the webmaster at BaseballGauge@gmail.com

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from The Baseball Databank.

Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James