Herb Cobb vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Herb Cobb 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 36 and 4.000 for Herb Cobb. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Ken Forsch

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.48
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.18
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Ken Forsch

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

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Ken Forsch

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