Bob Forsch Baseball player

Robert Herbert Forsch (January 13, 1950 – November 3, 2011) was an American right-handed starting pitcher who spent most of his sixteen years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the St. Louis Cardinals (1974–1988) before finishing his playing career with the Houston Astros (1988–1989). He was a member of the 1982 World Series Champions and National League (NL) pennant winners in 1985 and 1987.A twenty-game winner in 1977, he is third amongst all Cardinals pitcher in victories with 163. He is also the only player in team history to pitch more than one no-hitter, achieving it twice in 1978 and 1983. He and Ken Forsch are the only brothers to have each performed the feat in the majors.

Personal facts

Bob Forsch
Birth dateJanuary 13, 1950
Date of deathNovember 03, 2011

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 07, 1974
Career endSeptember 25, 1989
batting sideRight
former teams
Houston Astros
St. Louis Cardinals
position
Pitcher
teams
Houston Astros
St. Louis Cardinals
throwing sideRight

Bob Forsch on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=forscbo01
  2. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/F/Forsch_Bob.stm