Ken Forsch vs. Pete Meegan — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pete Meegan
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaNorth AmericaRichmond VirginiansAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Ken Forsch built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Meegan 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 3.9 and 1.200 for Pete Meegan. 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 Pete Meegan

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.05
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.55
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.18
41.18
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
3.37
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
3.9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
975
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2071
8.76
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
8.94
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.94
8.94
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
2.48
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.86
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1047
4.43
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
4.54
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.768
0.768
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.66
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1403
38.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
6.09
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.249
1.249
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8073
34.15
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1312
36.33
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Pete Meegan

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
1.02
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.62
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.83
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.11
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.52
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.97
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
2.45
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.41
94.41
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.5
82.5
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.26
46.26
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.1
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Pete Meegan

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
42
171.43
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
579.59
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
102.04
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
85.71
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
8.22
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.41
26.16
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
126.53
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
122.45
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.73
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.21
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.04
24.65
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
20.41
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.69
2.69
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Pete Meegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Pete Meegan
Career
Per 600 PA