Bill Fagan vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Bill Fagan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City CowboysAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Fagan 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 5.28 and 1.778 for Bill Fagan. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Fagan and Ken Forsch

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.72
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
5.28
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
562
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
187.1
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
11.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.24
11.24
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
4.76
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
2.93
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.854
0.854
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.77
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.2
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
42.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
8.74
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
37.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.57
42.57
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Bill Fagan and Ken Forsch

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.07
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.57
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
2.83
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
2.4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.85
84.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Fagan and Ken Forsch

Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
24
160
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
90
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
573.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
113.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
93.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
20
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
31.49
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
133.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
140
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
33.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
23.29
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
60
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.69
31.24
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
146.67
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.09
4.09
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Bill Fagan
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100