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	22-17 / in Starts: 21-15
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	60 (34-13-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (32-19-10)

Most Driven In
D Hoak	2
B Mazeroski	1
S Burgess	1
B Bailey	1
D Clendenon	0

Most Driven In By
D Groat	2
B Virdon	1

1962 Batting Game Log

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1962 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	422	1	Apr 10	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.27	-0.015	.59	-0.02%	0.09	P
2	423	4 (2)	Apr 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.46	-0.042	1.35	-0.08%	-1.08	P
3	424	9 (4)	Apr 21	PIT		NYM	W,8-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.72	-0.036	2.58	-0.08%	-0.40	P
4	425	13 (3)	Apr 25	PIT		SFG	L,3-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.63	0.092	7.48	0.25%	0.70	P
5	426	16 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.286	.500	9	.83	-0.052	3.17	-0.12%	-1.14	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
6	427	22 (5)	May 4	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	9	.57	-0.046	1.75	-0.09%	-0.97	P
7	428	24 (1)	May 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.211	.368	9	.72	-0.035	2.00	-0.06%	-0.31	P
8	429	28 (3)	May 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	9	.96	-0.049	2.01	-0.06%	-0.41	P
9	430	31 (2)	May 17	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.190	.333	9						P
10	431	35 (3)	May 22	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.182	.318	9	.72	-0.018	1.36	-0.02%	-0.16	P
11	432	39 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.167	.292	9	.84	-0.044	1.94	-0.06%	-0.37	P
12	433	44 (4)	May 31	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.185	.333	9	.75	0.092	1.73	0.13%	0.77	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
13	434	50 (5)	Jun 5 susp	PIT		LAD	L,3-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.172	.310	9	1.57	-0.107	3.28	-0.13%	-0.82	P
14	435	55 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,12-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.188	.344	9	.35	0.015	.38	0.01%	0.56	P
15	436	60 (4)	Jun 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.194	.222	.417	9	.58	0.003	1.09	0.00%	-0.01	P
16	437	64 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.211	.395	9	1.43	-0.077	3.74	-0.12%	-0.61	P
17	438	69 (4)	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.171	.195	.366	9	1.10	-0.118	2.56	-0.17%	-1.21	P
18	439	71 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.171	.195	.366	9						P
19	440	74 (2)	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.190	.357	9	1.55	0.082	4.12	0.13%	0.72	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
20	441	78 (3)	Jul 2	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.178	.333	9	.92	-0.068	2.30	-0.10%	-0.59	P
21	442	83 (4)	Jul 6	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.149	.170	.319	9	.79	-0.041	2.64	-0.08%	-0.35	P
22	443	88 (4)	Jul 13	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.140	.160	.300	9	.47	-0.052	1.45	-0.10%	-1.25	P
23	444	93 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.135	.154	.288	9	.47	-0.025	1.73	-0.06%	-0.69	P
24	445	98 (4)	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.148	.278	9	.56	-0.030	1.95	-0.06%	-0.22	P
25	446	103 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.127	.145	.273	9	1.12	-0.047	1.47	-0.04%	-0.42	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	447	106 (2)	Aug 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.119	.119	.136	.254	9	.30	-0.002	.48	0.00%	-0.14	P
27	448	110 (3)	Aug 5	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.113	.129	.242	9	.79	-0.060	.70	-0.03%	-0.42	P
28	449	113 (2)	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.108	.123	.231	9	.64	-0.050	.08	0.00%	-0.86	P
29	450	117 (3)	Aug 15	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.101	.101	.116	.217	9	.25	-0.026	.09	-0.01%	-0.99	P
30	451	122 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.097	.097	.111	.208	9	.97	-0.112	.21	-0.02%	-1.43	P
31	452	128 (5)	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.093	.107	.200	9	1.94	-0.077	1.17	-0.03%	-0.63	P
32	453	133 (4)	Aug 29	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.101	.101	.114	.215	9	.60	0.034	.18	0.01%	0.31	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	454	137 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.098	.110	.207	9	1.01	-0.087	.21	-0.01%	-0.96	P
34	455	144 (6)	Sep 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.107	.202	9	1.51	-0.079	.36	-0.01%	-0.70	P
35	456	146 (1)	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.095	.107	.202	9						P
36	457	148 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.138	.253	9	1.10	0.026	.00	0.00%	1.12	P
37	458	152 (3)	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.122	.144	.267	9	.83	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.05	P
38	459	156 (3)	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	L,3-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.121	.143	.264	9	.58	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
39	460	158 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.121	.121	.143	.264	9						P
							22-17		99	91	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	31	0	8	0	3	1	0	0	.121	.121	.143	.264		.82	-1.068	1.46	-1.01%	-13.07

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