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Name	Team	Age
Bob Forsch	Retired (1964, Age 35)	Died (2016, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 25, Pick 392 (1950)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Billy Hamilton League	0	8 years (141 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B+	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	1/13/1929
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (SS)
B+ (74.2 %)	C  (42.5 %)	F  (0.1 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1951

Majors

0.00

3 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 0

8 / 0

1952

Majors

0.00

4 / 5

3 / 5

4 / 7

4 / 7

6 / 8

5 / 9

12 / 12

38 / 0

1953

Majors

0.00

2 / 3

3 / 8

0 / 4

4 / 10

6 / 8

4 / 9

1 / 6

20 / 0

1954

Majors

0.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 3

3 / 5

6 / 0

1955

Majors

0.00

1 / 1

1 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 5

3 / 7

1 / 6

6 / 0

1956

Majors

0.00

0 / 5

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 4

1 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 6

4 / 0

1957

Majors

0.00

1 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 5

3 / 0

1958

Majors

0.00

2 / 9

1 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 6

4 / 0

1959

Majors

0.00

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 0

1960

Majors

0.00

2 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 3

4 / 0

1961

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

1962

Majors

0.00

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1963

Majors

15.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 15

1964

Majors

8.00

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 8

Total

0

0

0

16 / 45

9 / 35

7 / 46

10 / 47

16 / 51

18 / 66

18 / 55

94 / 345

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1964-11-01	Bob Forsch has retired from the Boston Braves
1964-10-03	The Boston Braves have promoted Bob Forsch to the major league team. The Boston Braves have sent Jerry Jerzembeck to the minors.
1964-09-11	The Boston Braves have promoted Dale Smith to the major league team. The Boston Braves have designated Bob Forsch for assignment.
1964-03-03	The Boston Braves have promoted Bob Forsch to the major league team. The Boston Braves have sent Nakema Cano to the minors.
1964-03-03	The Boston Braves have acquired Bob Forsch from the waiver wire.
1955-04-04	The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Reggie McDougald to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Hi Jackson to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Bob Forsch to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Roy Robertson to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have promoted Ray Kreutzer to the major league team. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Alex Hazewood to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Shawn Thesenga to the minors. The Cleveland Road Kill have sent Brad Lombardi to the minors.
1955-03-01	A trade has been completed between the Chicago Brawlers and the Cleveland Road Kill. The Cleveland Road Kill receive Bob Forsch, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (CHA) from the Chicago Brawlers in exchange for Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (CLE).
1954-05-07	The Chicago Brawlers have promoted Bob Forsch to the major league team. The Chicago Brawlers have sent Reggie Grevell to the minors.
1951-09-09	The Pittsburgh Black Cats have promoted Bob Forsch to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Black Cats have sent Clint Robinson to the minors.
1951-04-01	The Pittsburgh Black Cats have acquired Bob Forsch from the waiver wire.
1951-04-01	The Chicago Cubbies have waived Bob Forsch.