Philip Abner vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Philip Abner
Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Forsch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.281 compared to 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Ken Forsch

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.48
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.18
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Ken Forsch

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.29
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.97
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Ken Forsch

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
438
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
524.66
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
13.13
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
79.45
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100