Ken Forsch vs. Clay Holmes — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Clay Holmes
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Holmes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Holmes led in home run suppression (HR9+ 200 vs 92), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 119 vs 97), and strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 81). Ken Forsch held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 128 vs 100). Role difference aside, Clay Holmes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ken Forsch and Clay Holmes

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.2
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
6.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
114
0.48
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.64
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.54
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.22
50.22
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.55
54.55
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.3
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.22
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
3.65
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1509
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2071
8.76
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
7.8
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.8
7.8
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.61
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
3.92
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
8.75
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.59
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.77
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2168
38.79
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
0.75
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.76
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
4.2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
0.69
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.72
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.302
1.302
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8073
34.15
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1891
33.83
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Clay Holmes

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521
2.21
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
6.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.63
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1509
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
503
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
1.29
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.15
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
2.09
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.843
0.843
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Clay Holmes

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
521
713.7
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
344
17200
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
71.23
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
63.01
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.58
13.13
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
79.45
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
93.15
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.322
0.322
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
2.82
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.27
-63.73
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
163
223.29
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
350
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.71
1.71
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Clay Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Clay Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA