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: 15-20 / in Starts: 15-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	500	3	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	1	3.00	2.16	37	18	12	3	0	0	65			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.223	2.49	0.28%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	501	8	Apr 24	PIT		NYM	W,9-4	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	8	4	3	0	5	0	0	3.00	1.83	35	17	13	4	0	0	62			1	0	0	35	4	0	0	1	0	1	.79	-0.035	1.80	-0.05%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	502	12	Apr 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-9	GS-		3	5.0	5	4	4	4	5	1	0	3.91	2.65	24						42						19		0	0		1
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	503	15	May 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-6		3	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	4.34	2.92	28	14	1	1	0	8	43			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.06	-0.233	2.22	-0.29%	-1.07	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
5	504	19	May 6	PIT		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.32	2.89	33	17	6	0	1	6	75			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.647	3.54	0.97%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
6	505	23	May 10(1)	PIT		MLN	L,5-11	GS-7	L(3-1)	3	6.1	10	6	6	2	4	2	0	4.06	3.39	31	11	4	0	0	10	31			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.409	2.40	-0.60%	-2.37	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
7	506	27	May 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	4.1	8	6	4	4	2	0	0	4.44	3.49	25	10	7	2	0	2	25			0	1	0	20	0	0	1	0	1	1	.91	-0.261	2.10	-0.36%	-4.73	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d6
8	507	32	May 19	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	6.0	7	3	2	0	5	1	0	4.28	3.45	25	11	2	0	0	7	53			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.095	2.32	-0.13%	-0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
9	508	36	May 23	PIT	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.96	3.36	35	17	13	3	0	1	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.118	1.73	0.17%	2.12	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
10	509	40	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	L(4-4)	3	8.0	6	2	2	1	7	0	0	3.77	3.12	31	12	5	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.053	2.49	0.11%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	510	44	May 31	PIT		LAD	L,4-6	GS-8	L(4-5)	3	7.1	9	6	3	2	2	0	0	3.76	3.10	31	13	14	10	1	0	42			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.366	3.21	-0.57%	-2.58	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
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
12	511	48	Jun 5	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	1	3.77	3.04	29	8	8	1	0	7	54			0	0	0	27	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.08	-0.107	2.58	-0.15%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
13	512	53	Jun 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	4.0	4	4	3	2	5	1	0	3.90	3.12	18	6	1	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	2	0	2	1.11	-0.268	3.55	-0.51%	-2.22	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
14	513	58	Jun 17	PIT		NYM	W,3-2	CG	W(5-6)	6	9.0	8	2	1	2	6	0	0	3.64	3.01	37	17	12	3	0	0	69			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.97	0.465	4.33	0.61%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	514	64	Jun 24	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS-9	W(6-6)	6	8.1	10	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.44	3.05	33	16	12	5	0	0	62			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.365	2.42	0.50%	2.41	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 1 out a2
16	515	69	Jun 28(2)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-3	L(6-7)	3	3.0	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	3.75	3.01	18	1	4	0	0	9	23			1	1	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.388	4.05	-0.70%	-3.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
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
17	516	74	Jul 4	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-5	L(6-8)	5	5.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.82	3.08	20	8	3	1	0	5	47			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	.70	-0.143	1.21	-0.15%	-0.89	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
18	517	78	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.62	3.04	34	17	8	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	2	.71	0.258	1.16	0.25%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	518	83	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-8)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.38	2.97	33	12	9	0	3	7	76			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.394	1.89	0.45%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	519	86	Jul 19(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-6	GS-5	L(8-9)	3	4.2	8	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.59	3.01	24	8	4	1	0	8	26			1	0	0	20	3	0	2	1	0	0	1.22	-0.270	2.28	-0.30%	-2.04	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d3
21	520	91	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-10)	4	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.54	2.96	29	11	7	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	0.053	2.21	0.07%	1.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	521	95	Jul 29	PIT		HOU	W,5-2	CG	W(9-10)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	5	0	1	3.45	2.91	36	12	9	2	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.272	2.12	0.36%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	522	100	Aug 2	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	GS-9	L(9-11)	3	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.39	2.88	32	17	11	4	0	0	60			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.16	-0.074	3.93	-0.15%	0.59	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out d1
24	523	105	Aug 6	PIT		LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	9	1	1	0	8	0	0	3.26	2.77	34	13	11	6	0	2	73			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	.99	0.295	1.89	0.34%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
25	524	110	Aug 11	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-12)	4	7.0	8	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.29	2.80	29	19	6	3	0	1	52			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.064	2.01	-0.06%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
26	525	115	Aug 16(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	8	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.31	2.84	33	11	6	0	0	8	47			0	1	0	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.129	1.08	-0.08%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
27	526	120	Aug 20(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	L(10-13)	3	8.1	6	2	2	2	5	1	0	3.26	2.88	33	15	5	1	2	6	66			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.147	1.30	0.09%	1.76	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d2
28	527	125	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-6	L(10-14)	3	6.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.25	2.86	24	8	5	0	0	5	56			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.16	0.024	.13	0.00%	0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
29	528	129	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	GS-2	L(10-15)	4	1.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.40	2.86	12	3	4	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.307	.10	-0.01%	-3.32	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d4
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
30	529	131	Sep 1	PIT		LAD	W,5-2	CG	W(11-15)	2	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.34	2.81	33	12	8	3	1	7	69			2	1	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.244	.03	0.00%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
31	530	134	Sep 5	PIT		HOU	W,4-1	CG	W(12-15)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.25	2.77	33	15	4	0	0	8	71			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	0	.97	0.479	.01	0.00%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	531	139	Sep 10	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	L(12-16)	4	8.0	7	3	3	0	4	0	1	3.25	2.75	32	12	8	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.066	.01	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
33	532	144	Sep 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-4	L(12-17)	4	3.2	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.36	2.74	21	7	2	0	0	9	28			2	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1b start tie	4b -23 2 out d4
34	533	147	Sep 19	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-13	GS-1	L(12-18)	3	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.46	2.75	7	3	3	2	0	0	31			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.274	.00	0.00%	-3.01	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d3
35	534	156	Sep 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-18)	9	9.0	11	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.33	2.75	38	11	12	0	0	11	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.53	0.613	.00	0.00%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							15-20		W-L:13-18	3.9	240.1	253	98	89	50	128	10	4	3.33	2.75	1007	1.68		9%	1%	169	54		---%	10	6	0	938	45	6	12	26	4	15	1.08	0.924	1.89	0.10%	10.39

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