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Historical player · 1974–1989

Bob Forsch

B/T R/R · HT 76 · WT 200 · Born 1/13/1950 · From Sacramento, CA USA · Debut 1974-07-07 · Final 1989-09-25

Career · batting

509

893

190

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.213 · 0.556

Career · pitching

498

422

2,794.7

W-L

168-136

1,133

ERA

3.76

WHIP

1.29

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1974–1988

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#215 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Eckstein

↓ 1 M. Wieters

Hits

185

#286 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Carbo

↓ 2 B. Whitehead

RBI

#282 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Sherdel

↓ 1 J. Farrell

#479 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 M. Adams

↓ 1 R. Arozarena

Runs

#317 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 B. Moss

↓ 1 Z. Beck

#444 on the Cardinals

↑ 1 D. Buckley

↓ 1 C. Campau

Career with the Houston Astros · 1988–1989

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Hits

#509 on the Astros

↑ 1 T. Afenir

↓ 1 T. Wiedenbauer

RBI

#407 on the Astros

↑ 1 S. Bergman

↓ 1 D. Sutton

Runs

#556 on the Astros

↑ 1 L. Andersen

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#3,965 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Aaron

↓ 1 E. Young

Hits

190

#4,790 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Abner

↓ 1 B. Wilson

RBI

#4,722 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Binder

↓ 1 R. Waddell

#6,409 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Adams

↓ 1 T. Abreu

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1974	Cardinals	NL	20	29	1	7	1	0	0	1	1	2	11	0.241	0.290	0.276
1975	Cardinals	NL	35	78	9	24	3	3	1	5	0	3	20	0.308	0.341	0.462
1976	Cardinals	NL	35	62	6	11	2	0	1	5	0	1	17	0.177	0.190	0.258
1977	Cardinals	NL	35	72	6	12	4	0	0	4	0	2	29	0.167	0.189	0.222
1978	Cardinals	NL	34	83	2	15	7	0	1	8	0	1	26	0.181	0.190	0.301
1979	Cardinals	NL	33	73	7	8	2	2	0	5	0	5	17	0.110	0.163	0.192
1980	Cardinals	NL	32	78	11	23	5	0	3	10	1	2	18	0.295	0.313	0.474
1981	Cardinals	NL	20	41	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	10	0.122	0.143	0.146
1982	Cardinals	NL	36	73	7	15	3	1	0	3	0	3	20	0.205	0.237	0.274
1983	Cardinals	NL	37	54	4	13	3	0	1	6	0	3	14	0.241	0.271	0.352
1984	Cardinals	NL	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	0.250	0.250	0.313
1985	Cardinals	NL	34	45	3	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	10	0.244	0.244	0.400
1986	Cardinals	NL	34	76	7	13	4	1	2	12	0	0	24	0.171	0.169	0.329
1987	Cardinals	NL	34	57	9	17	6	0	2	8	0	3	17	0.298	0.333	0.509
1988	Cardinals	NL	31	25	3	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	0.280	0.308	0.280
1988	Astros	NL	6	7	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.143	0.143	0.286
1989	Astros	NL	37	24	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0.167	0.167	0.167
Career			509	893	77	190	45	8	12	84	3	27	249	0.213	0.235	0.321

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1974	Cardinals	NL	7	4	19	14	0	100.0	84	33	34	39	2.97	1.18
1975	Cardinals	NL	15	10	34	34	0	230.0	213	73	70	108	2.86	1.23
1976	Cardinals	NL	8	10	33	32	0	194.0	209	85	71	76	3.94	1.44
1977	Cardinals	NL	20	7	35	35	0	217.3	210	84	69	95	3.48	1.28
1978	Cardinals	NL	11	17	34	34	0	233.7	205	96	97	114	3.70	1.29
1979	Cardinals	NL	11	11	33	32	0	218.7	215	93	52	92	3.83	1.22
1980	Cardinals	NL	11	10	31	31	0	214.7	225	90	33	87	3.77	1.20
1981	Cardinals	NL	10	5	20	20	0	124.3	106	44	29	41	3.18	1.09
1982	Cardinals	NL	15	9	36	34	1	233.0	238	90	54	69	3.48	1.25
1983	Cardinals	NL	10	12	34	30	0	187.0	190	89	54	56	4.28	1.30
1984	Cardinals	NL	2	5	16	11	0	52.3	64	35	19	21	6.02	1.59
1985	Cardinals	NL	9	6	34	19	2	136.0	132	59	47	48	3.90	1.32
1986	Cardinals	NL	14	10	33	33	0	230.0	211	83	68	104	3.25	1.21
1987	Cardinals	NL	11	7	33	30	0	179.0	189	86	45	89	4.32	1.31
1988	Cardinals	NL	9	4	30	12	0	108.7	111	45	38	40	3.73	1.37
1988	Astros	NL	1	4	6	6	0	27.7	42	20	6	14	6.51	1.73
1989	Astros	NL	4	5	37	15	0	108.3	133	64	46	40	5.32	1.65
Career			168	136	498	422	3	2,794.7	2,777	1,169	832	1,133	3.76	1.29

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	498	422	2,794.7	234	405	18	35

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1995	BBWAA	2	345	Ballot