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

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-21 / in Starts: 11-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 1

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	70	5	Apr 21	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	4	4	5	3	0	0	4.00	3.59	37	17	7	2	0	5	55			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.269	2.63	0.36%	0.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	71	10	Apr 26(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS-4	L(1-1)	4	3.1	10	5	5	2	1	1	0	6.57	4.70	22	6	3	0	1	10	19			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.296	1.70	-0.40%	-3.80	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
3	72	14	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	GS-8		3	8.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.87	3.92	30	15	7	3	0	6	62			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.02	0.217	1.51	0.19%	2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	73	22	May 10(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7		9	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.28	4.09	28	12	8	0	1	6	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.126	1.48	0.13%	1.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
5	74	24	May 15	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	10	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.33	4.06	34	10	9	3	1	9	48			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.347	1.87	-0.30%	0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
6	75	29	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,6-11	GS-2	L(1-3)	4	1.2	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	5.35	4.30	13	2	2	0	0	8	20			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.273	.77	-0.16%	-3.45	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d4
7	76	33	May 25	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	GS-4	L(1-4)	4	4.0	7	3	2	3	2	0	1	5.27	4.32	23	10	1	0	0	6	37			0	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.112	1.11	-0.06%	-0.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
8	77	36	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	8-GF		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.02	4.15	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.051	.24	0.02%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	78	39	May 30(2)	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-5)	1	7.0	8	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.86	4.29	30	15	8	5	0	2	48			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.002	.30	0.00%	0.74	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	79	46	Jun 6	PIT		CIN	L,7-15	9-9	L(1-6)	6	0.2	3	6	6	3	0	0	0	5.86	4.45	8	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.483	.19	-0.04%	-3.92	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 12- 2 out d4
11	80	48	Jun 7(2)	PIT		CIN	L,6-11	4-4		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.82	4.44	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.013	.02	0.00%	0.46	4t 12- 2 out d5	4t 3 out d5
12	81	51	Jun 10	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-7)	2	5.0	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.95	4.29	23	6	6	0	0	9	33			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	-0.145	.04	0.00%	-1.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
13	82	58	Jun 15	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	CG	W(2-7)	4	10.0	5	2	1	1	6	0	0	5.18	3.90	35						81						33					0
14	83	62	Jun 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-8	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.10	3.97	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.55	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
15	84	64	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-	L(2-8)	1	7.0	4	2	2	2	2	1	0	4.86	4.04	28						61						24					0
16	85	69	Jun 25	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	4	2	3	2	0	0	4.73	3.99	26	11	5	0	0	5	49			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	2	.78	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
17	86	74	Jun 28(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	3-7		2	5.0	8	6	6	1	0	1	0	5.08	4.10	24	7	8	0	0	8		0	0	2	0	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-3.30	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	87	78	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	W(3-8)	5	9.0	7	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.79	4.09	40	19	11	5	0	0	67			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.05	0.256	.00	0.00%	3.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	88	84	Jul 8	PIT		NYG	L,7-10	GS-7		3	7.0	9	5	5	3	6	0	0	4.90	3.96	34	10	6	0	2	9	42			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-1.27	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
20	89	89	Jul 12(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	3-3		3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.94	3.98	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.46	3b --- 0 out d2	3b 3 out d3
21	90	90	Jul 16	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	W(4-8)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.70	3.88	36						63						34					0
22	91	95	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GS-6	L(4-9)	3	6.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	1	4.85	3.95	29	8	6	2	2	9	35			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-1.80	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	92	130	Aug 23(2)	PIT		BRO	L,7-9	GS-4	L(4-10)	33	3.1	8	7	3	1	2	1	0	4.94	4.01	20	7	8	3	0	2	25			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.26	-0.383	.00	0.00%	-3.48	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d1
24	93	132	Aug 25(2)	PIT		CIN	L,8-9	5-7		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.82	3.93	11	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.60	5t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d5
25	94	133	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,9-10	GS-5		2	4.1	8	5	4	3	0	1	1	4.93	4.08	23	9	2	0	2	8	26			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-1.55	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
26	95	136	Aug 30(2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-11			1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.90	4.07	3												3					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	96	137	Sep 2	PIT		CHC	W,8-1	CG	W(5-10)	2	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	1	0	4.64	4.04	36						72						34					0
28	97	139	Sep 7(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-7	CG	W(6-10)	4	9.0	9	7	7	3	3	3	0	4.79	4.24	38	13	13	4	1	6	41			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.061	.00	0.00%	-2.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
29	98	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	GS-		4	1.0	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	5.06	4.31	8						24						7					0
30	99	146	Sep 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS-7	W(7-10)	2	7.0	7	4	3	0	2	0	0	5.00	4.20	28	11	8	1	1	7	51			0	0	0	27	3	3	0	1	0	1	.89	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
31	100	150	Sep 20	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	W(8-10)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.95	4.22	35	10	17	3	2	5	54			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	2	0	1	.82	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
32	101	152	Sep 25	PIT		NYG	L,2-6	GS-	L(8-11)	4	7.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.90	4.25	28						53						25					0
							11-21		W-L:8-11	3.1	170.2	193	103	93	57	66	18	3	4.90	4.25	747	1.48		9%	4%	128	47	2	0%	7	1	1	676	19	7	1	16	0	12	.94	-1.934	.58	-0.26%	-15.19

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