Brian Anderson vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Brian Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Ken Forsch a clear advantage over Brian Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Ken Forsch led in home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 71), strikeout rate (K%+ 81 vs 66), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 94). Brian Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 186 vs 128). Ken Forsch was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brian Anderson and Ken Forsch

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.48
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.48
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.7
49.7
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
814
4.74
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1743
10.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
1.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
1.96
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
2.48
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.21
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.685
0.685
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.13
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.18
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6532
38
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
5.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.35
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.24
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.69
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.345
1.345
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6063
35.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
38
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Brian Anderson and Ken Forsch

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
1.69
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4641
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1547
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.44
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.57
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.82
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.1
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.37
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
2.26
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.58
95.58
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.19
84.19
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Anderson and Ken Forsch

Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
308
641.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
288
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
255
531.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
72.92
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
54.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
10.42
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18.75
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.25
17.19
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
102.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
89.58
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
31.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
20.83
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
5.7
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14.58
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
118.75
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.05
5.05
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
45.83
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
10.42
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.11
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Brian Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100