Sonny Dixon vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Sonny Dixon
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Sonny Dixon 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 4.17 and 1.414 for Sonny Dixon. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sonny Dixon and Ken Forsch

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
3.49
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.38
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.93
37.93
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
4.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
789
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
263
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
10.13
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.86
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
2.57
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
3.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.627
0.627
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.18
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1146
39.22
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.78
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.75
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
4.83
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.411
1.411
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1066
36.48
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Sonny Dixon and Ken Forsch

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
6.38
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.13
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
5.69
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
5.63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.9
98.9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sonny Dixon and Ken Forsch

Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
886.96
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
69
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
530.43
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
95.65
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
69.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.92
34.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
147.83
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
43.48
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
32.62
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
182.61
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
3.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.39
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Sonny Dixon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100