Ray Daviault vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Ray Daviault
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Daviault 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 6.22 and 1.741 for Ray Daviault. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Daviault and Ken Forsch

Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.56
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
6.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
10.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.56
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
5.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
41.89
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.56
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.75
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
7.11
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.728
1.728
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
36.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.89
41.89
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Ray Daviault and Ken Forsch

Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.29
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
1.97
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.86
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Daviault and Ken Forsch

Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
1350
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
4.95
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
13.13
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
79.45
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.073
0.073
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.59
-22.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
300
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
223.29
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Ray Daviault
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100