Bill Champion vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Bill Champion
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Ken Forsch a clear advantage over Bill Champion across the core pitching metrics. Ken Forsch led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 128 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 88). Bill Champion held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 107 vs 92). Ken Forsch was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Bill Champion and Ken Forsch

Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.26
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.14
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.38
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.56
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.48
40.48
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.5
50.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
4.69
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
2413
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
804.1
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
873
9.77
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.72
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
3.96
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.29
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
4.03
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.888
0.888
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3538
39.59
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.26
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
5.04
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.36
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.3
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.24
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.43
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3112
34.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.23
2.23
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Bill Champion and Ken Forsch

Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.26
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.14
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
2415
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
805
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.72
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.53
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
2.35
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
2.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.71
95.71
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.995
0.995
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.5
50.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Champion and Ken Forsch

Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
204
1122.94
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
109
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
544.95
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.404
0.404
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
77.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
11
60.55
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.51
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
18.42
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
104.59
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
16
88.07
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.52
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.52
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
23.29
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
49.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
4.49
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
214.68
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
2.79
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
8
44.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
5.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.11
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Bill Champion
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100