Darrel Akerfelds vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Darrel Akerfelds as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Forsch led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 128 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 74). Role difference aside, Ken Forsch holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Ken Forsch

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2071
8.76
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.29
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.75
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
5.62
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.38
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.58
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
33.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8073
34.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Ken Forsch

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.97
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.73
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.86
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Ken Forsch

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
8333.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
13.13
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
79.45
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
223.29
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100