Ken Forsch vs. Larry McKeon — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Larry McKeon
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry McKeon 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 3.71 and 1.210 for Larry McKeon. By the career numbers, Ken Forsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Forsch and Larry McKeon

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.07
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.42
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.59
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.14
99.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
3.71
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2937
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
979
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
2.48
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.89
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
4.36
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.31
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4183
38.45
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
5.91
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.249
1.249
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3943
36.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Larry McKeon

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3195
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1065
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.12
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.77
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.23
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
3.12
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.89
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.631
2.631
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Larry McKeon

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
125
164.47
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
438
600
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
600
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
455
598.68
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
121.05
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
97.37
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.11
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.58
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
23.68
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.59
29.73
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
151.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
122.37
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.051
0.051
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
68.42
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
22.37
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
90.79
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.95
30.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.63
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
228
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA