Ken Forsch vs. Bill Powell — Career Comparison

Ken Forsch
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Powell
Lost GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ken Forsch and Bill Powell are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Powell posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.87 vs 3.37) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.66). Ken Forsch had the advantage in WHIP (1.281 vs 1.406). By the career numbers, Bill Powell had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ken Forsch and Bill Powell

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.2
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.81
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.17
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.48
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.48
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.85
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.22
50.22
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.71
64.71
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.3
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
796
3.37
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.87
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6382
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2127.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.2
9
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2071
8.76
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
8.08
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
0.66
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
2.48
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.57
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.29
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
4.43
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.803
0.803
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.18
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.2
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8852
37.45
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
37.52
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.75
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
881
3.73
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
4.46
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.38
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.24
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.69
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.406
1.406
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8073
34.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
32.31
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.45
37.45
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Ken Forsch and Bill Powell

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
2.21
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
241
1.02
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.1
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6379
27
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
27
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2126.1
9
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
0.57
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
1.29
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.29
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.11
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
1.97
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
4.06
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.86
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.95
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.41
94.41
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.3
97.3
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.118
2.118
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.26
46.26
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Forsch and Bill Powell

Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
713.7
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
17
364.29
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
438
600
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
524.66
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
557.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.397
0.397
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
71.23
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
150
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
63.01
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
128.57
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
8.22
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.58
13.13
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.33
49.94
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
79.45
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
93.15
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
171.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
21.92
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
23.29
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
45.21
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.06
2.82
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.78
59.63
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.92
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
163
223.29
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.69
2.69
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.6
5.6
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
53.42
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.11
Bill Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.37
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Forsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bill Powell
Career
Per 600 PA