Bob Friend

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 24, 1930 in Lafayette, IN us

Died: February 3, 2019 in O'Hara Township, PA

High School: West Lafayette HS (West Lafayette, IN)

School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

Debut: April 28, 1951 (Age 20-155d, 10,800th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1966 (Age 35-304d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Robert Bartmess Friend

Nicknames: Warrior

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

40.8

197

230

ERA

3.58

602

497

3611.0

1734

WHIP

1.292

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	10 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (3)	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	18 (3)	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	GS	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	19	May 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	21 (1)	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
9	24 (2)	May 16	PIT		CIN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
10	28 (3)	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	31 (2)	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	34 (2)	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	39 (4)	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
14	43 (3)	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	46 (2)	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	42	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	50 (3)	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	17	4.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
17	52 (1)	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	56 (3)	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS	0	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	59 (2)	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
20	63 (3)	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	GS	35	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	67 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	72 (3)	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	77 (4)	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	83 (5)	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	86 (2)	Jul 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
27	91 (4)	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GS	0	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	GS	32	6.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	100 (4)	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	GS	19	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
30	104 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	GS	0	4.1	0	2	0	2	0
31	108 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
32	112 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
33	117 (4)	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
34	119 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	121 (1)	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	126 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
37	127	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	130 (2)	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	T,1-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	135 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
40	136	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	138 (1)	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	141 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	145 (3)	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
44	149 (3)	Sep 20	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	151 (1)	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	153 (1)	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
47	155 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	156	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	157	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							49gm		314.1	14	49	2	65	1