Bob Forsch
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1950 – 2011
Who was Bob Forsch?
Robert Herbert Forsch was an American right-handed starting pitcher who spent most of his sixteen years in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals before finishing his playing career with the Houston Astros. He was a member of the 1982 World Series Champions and National League 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. Along with Ken Forsch, they are the only brothers to have each performed the feat in the majors.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1950
Sacramento - Siblings
- Profession
- Education
- Hiram W. Johnson High School
- Sacramento City College
- Lived in
- Sacramento
- Died
- Nov 3, 2011
Tampa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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