Jack Fifield vs. Ken Forsch — Career Comparison

Jack Fifield
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fifield 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 4.59 and 1.551 for Jack Fifield. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fifield and Ken Forsch

Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.67
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.93
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.59
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1565
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
521.2
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
10.63
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.63
10.63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.19
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
3.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.541
0.541
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.57
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2336
40.3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
6.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.551
1.551
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2110
36.4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45

Fielding Stats for Jack Fifield and Ken Forsch

Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
1.19
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1572
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
524
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.57
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.96
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2.52
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
2.35
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.2
93.2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.986
1.986
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fifield and Ken Forsch

Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
69
188.18
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
220
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
196
534.55
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.561
0.561
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
103.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
81.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
13.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.45
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.82
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.21
41.48
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
139.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
155.45
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
49.09
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
38.18
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
23.29
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
81.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.89
43.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
51.82
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
65.45
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.17
9.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
0.79
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
5
13.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.73
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Jack Fifield
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100