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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-14 / in Starts: 24-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	83 (44-25-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (35-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Mazeroski	3
R Clemente	1
F Thomas	1
D Groat	1

Most Driven In By
D Groat	3

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	270	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.26	-0.066	3.16	-0.10%	-0.52	P
2	271	5 (3)	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.22	-0.123	2.58	-0.16%	-1.34	P
3	272	8 (2)	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.27	-0.030	.53	-0.04%	-1.17	P
4	273	11 (2)	Apr 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.92	-0.002	2.25	0.00%	-0.37	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	274	15 (3)	May 3	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9	.61	-0.020	1.76	-0.04%	-0.01	P
6	275	20 (4)	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	1.78	0.091	6.29	0.19%	0.90	P
7	276	23 (2)	May 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	.34	-0.017	1.17	-0.03%	-0.70	P
8	277	27 (3)	May 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.087	.000	.087	9	1.22	-0.095	5.10	-0.24%	-0.70	P
9	278	32 (4)	May 20	PIT		CHC	W,12-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.111	.040	.151	9	.34	0.059	.95	0.10%	0.65	P
10	279	35 (2)	May 24	PIT		STL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.129	.069	.198	9	1.47	-0.046	4.58	-0.09%	-0.01	P
11	280	39 (3)	May 28	PIT		LAD	L,1-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	9	.72	-0.018	2.01	-0.03%	-0.15	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	281	43 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	CG(8)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.063	.114	.063	.177	9	.78	-0.013	2.43	-0.03%	-0.68	P
13	282	47 (3)	Jun 5	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.132	.114	.246	9	1.38	-0.046	2.91	-0.06%	-0.26	P
14	283	51 (3)	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.119	.103	.222	9	.76	-0.080	1.71	-0.11%	-0.99	P
15	284	55 (3)	Jun 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.114	.098	.211	9	.48	-0.024	1.22	-0.04%	-0.27	P
16	285	58 (2)	Jun 18	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.106	.091	.197	9	.96	-0.075	2.95	-0.14%	-0.55	P
17	286	62 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.104	.089	.193	9	.77	-0.019	2.42	-0.04%	-0.15	P
18	287	68 (5)	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.120	.106	.226	9	1.00	-0.001	1.65	0.00%	-0.02	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	288	72 (3)	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.085	.120	.106	.226	9						P
20	289	76 (3)	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.151	.140	.291	9	1.14	0.040	1.77	0.04%	0.34	P
21	290	80 (3)	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.145	.135	.280	9	.88	-0.047	1.24	-0.04%	-0.40	P
22	291	84 (3)	Jul 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS-8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.172	.148	.321	9	.32	0.023	.62	0.03%	0.19	P
23	292	88 (3)	Jul 20	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.172	.148	.321	9						P
24	293	90 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.167	.143	.310	9	.45	-0.030	.42	-0.02%	-0.74	P
25	294	96 (5)	Jul 29	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.167	.143	.310	9	1.82	-0.022	3.29	-0.02%	-0.20	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	295	101 (4)	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.159	.136	.294	9	.91	-0.068	2.27	-0.10%	-1.14	P
27	296	106 (4)	Aug 7	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.154	.131	.285	9	.89	-0.044	3.87	-0.11%	-0.43	P
28	297	111 (4)	Aug 11	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.159	.138	.298	9	.72	-0.013	3.78	-0.04%	-0.65	P
29	298	115 (3)	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.169	.149	.318	9	1.30	0.012	3.97	0.02%	0.27	P
30	299	120 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG(5)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.178	.174	.352	9	.73	0.001	2.38	0.00%	-0.01	P
31	300	124 (3)	Aug 24 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.173	.169	.342	9	.37	-0.025	1.38	-0.06%	-0.70	P
32	301	129 (4)	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	.133	.165	.160	.325	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	302	134 (4)	Sep 2	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.159	.154	.312	9	.75	-0.056	.96	-0.04%	-0.61	P
34	303	137 (2)	Sep 6	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.167	.152	.319	9	1.05	-0.043	1.58	-0.04%	-0.64	P
35	304	142 (4)	Sep 10	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.159	.145	.304	9	1.53	-0.164	1.41	-0.09%	-1.22	P
36	305	146 (3)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.152	.138	.290	9	.39	-0.047	.08	-0.01%	-2.18	P
37	306	148 (1)	Sep 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.110	.146	.132	.278	9	.50	-0.049	.03	0.00%	-0.97	P
38	307	152 (3)	Sep 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.141	.128	.269	9	2.17	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.27	P
							24-14		109	94	3	10	2	0	0	6	4	0	28	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	.106	.141	.128	.269		.88	-1.219	2.00	-1.32%	-16.69

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