Ken Forsch vs. Clay Hensley — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clay Hensley
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Hensley as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Forsch led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 128 vs 80), run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 82), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 88). Clay Hensley held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 126 vs 92). Role difference aside, Ken Forsch holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Forsch and Clay Hensley

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.48
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.59
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.16
45.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2071
8.76
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
8.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
0.66
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
4.16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.29
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.37
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
6.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2225
38.73
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.75
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.04
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.39
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.38
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.69
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.99
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.373
1.373
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8073
34.15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1933
33.65
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Clay Hensley

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
4.72
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.38
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.95
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.413
0.413
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.08
18.08
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Clay Hensley

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
273
1621.78
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
101
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
524.66
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
87
516.83
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.345
0.345
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
47.52
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.88
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.88
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
13.13
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
9.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
79.45
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
10
59.41
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
71.29
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.88
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
23.29
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.64
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.73
-10.28
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.76
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
223.29
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
273.27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
2.2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
53.42
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
59.41
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Clay Hensley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.37
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.94
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Clay Hensley
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100