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Name Team Age
Duke Forsythe Retired (1974, Age 37) Died (2003, Age 66)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 46
(1955)		 RP R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Sandberg Yingling League 0 7 years (56 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  D  D+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
D- D- C-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
D- F  D-
Endurance Velocity Control
C  C+ A-
Leadership   Mentor Value  
A- A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 4/30/1937
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1960 PIT 3 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.2 36 16 15 0 9 25 1.11 3.32
1961 PIT 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 30.2 52 30 29 0 14 19 2.15 8.51
1962 PIT 3 2 37 0 0 0 1 0 73.1 65 28 23 1 19 43 1.15 2.82
1963 PIT 7 7 57 1 0 0 0 0 77.0 92 42 37 3 24 48 1.51 4.32
1964 PIT 4 6 53 2 0 0 2 0 101.0 101 48 44 0 31 61 1.31 3.92
1965 PIT-CIN 12 4 44 5 0 0 2 0 70.2 64 27 25 1 13 39 1.09 3.18
1966 CIN 10 0 52 10 0 0 4 0 101.2 82 30 30 2 23 71 1.03 2.66
1967 CIN 9 4 63 12 0 0 2 0 117.1 102 41 31 1 30 84 1.13 2.38
1968 CIN-CHA 5 3 37 9 0 0 0 0 86.2 70 19 17 0 14 52 0.97 1.77
1969 CHA 8 1 48 0 0 0 0 0 65.2 54 16 16 0 14 41 1.04 2.19
1970 CHA 10 4 44 0 0 0 1 0 53.0 48 23 23 0 13 31 1.15 3.91
1971 CHA 5 6 55 0 0 0 0 0 88.2 88 31 29 2 26 60 1.29 2.94
1972 CHA-PIT 7 2 40 0 0 0 2 0 64.1 51 18 14 0 19 42 1.09 1.96
1973 PIT 10 2 60 0 0 0 0 0 70.1 87 34 33 2 19 49 1.51 4.22
1974 PIT 9 6 95 0 0 0 0 0 110.0 142 84 80 1 58 68 1.82 6.55
2322 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total 102 50 705 45 0 0 14 0 1149.2 1134 487 446 13 326 733 1.27 3.49
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Duke Forsythe has retired from the Pittsburgh Cougars
1972-05-20A trade has been completed between the Chicago Blast and the Pittsburgh Cougars. The Pittsburgh Cougars receive Roy Stahl, Al Foster, Duke Forsythe, Mark Baumgartner from the Chicago Blast in exchange for Freddie Sherid, Terry Donnelly, Spencer Tillman, Rick Prentiss, Ray Wellman, Draft Pick - 1973 Round 2 (PIT).
1968-05-22A trade has been completed between the Chicago Blast and the Cincinnati Redlegs. The Cincinnati Redlegs receive Casey Kelly from the Chicago Blast in exchange for Wally Day, Duke Forsythe, Rowdy Newell.
1967-06-10The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Rowdy Newell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Xavier Steele to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Henry Law to the minors.
1967-06-08The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Xavier Steele to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Charlie Farmer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Jeff Miller to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Bob Goodwin to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Rowdy Newell to the minors.
1966-09-14The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Mike Mitchell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Bud Sims to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted John McCarthy to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Rod Bray to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Jack Garcia to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Lew Miljus to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Norm Loudell to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Dots Rothel to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Bill Bautista to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Jeff Stevens to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Rowdy Newell to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Xavier Steele to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Jim Bentley to the minors.
1966-09-08The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Rowdy Newell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1966-07-08The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Charlie Farmer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Jeff Miller to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Rowdy Newell to the minors.
1966-07-01The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Charlie Farmer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Cliff Darr to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Jeff Miller to the minors.
1966-04-01The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Jeff Miller to the minors.
1965-10-13The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Xavier Steele to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1965-09-07The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Russ Kahler to the minors.
1965-09-02The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Charlie Farmer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1965-08-21The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Henry Law to the minors.
1965-08-17The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Xavier Steele to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Tom Crews to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Ira Tonneman to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1965-07-27The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Russ Kahler to the minors.
1965-07-25The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Russ Kahler to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1965-07-24The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Russ Kahler to the minors.
1965-07-15The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Xavier Steele to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1965-07-03The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Bill Black to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Xavier Steele to the minors. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Charlie Farmer to the minors.
1965-06-28The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Russ Kahler to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Duke Forsythe to the minors.
1965-06-27The Cincinnati Redlegs have promoted Duke Forsythe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Redlegs have sent Russ Kahler to the minors.
1965-06-24A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Cougars and the Cincinnati Redlegs. The Cincinnati Redlegs receive Duke Forsythe, Greg Andrus, Draft Pick - 1966 Round 4 (PIT) from the Pittsburgh Cougars in exchange for Mike Mitchell.
1964-04-30The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have renamed Spook Forsythe to Duke Forsythe.
1963-08-19The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Spook Forsythe to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Roy Blocker to the minors.
1963-08-19The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Dots Rothel to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Spook Forsythe to the minors.
1963-06-22The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Leroy Browning to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Spook Forsythe to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Ted Hooper to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Dick Staehle to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Hap Abreu to the minors. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Pete Richardson to the minors. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent John Berman to the minors. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Frank Collins to the minors.
1963-06-21The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Roy Blocker to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Hap Abreu to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Spook Forsythe to the minors. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Leroy Browning to the minors.
1963-06-08The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Spook Forsythe to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Leroy Browning to the minors.
1963-05-27The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Pete Richardson to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Spook Forsythe to the minors.
1963-05-09The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Leroy Browning to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Spook Forsythe to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Hap Abreu to the minors. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Buck Tolson to the minors.
1963-05-08The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have promoted Hap Abreu to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Orange Crush have sent Spook Forsythe to the minors.
1960-09-02The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Spook Forsythe to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Jackie Shanks to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Lee McLean to the minors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have sent Junior Walsh to the minors.
1955-06-01A trade has been completed between the Boston Barracudas and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh Pirates receive Crash Davis, Spook Forsythe, Lee Ens from the Boston Barracudas in exchange for Jim Pruitt.