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: 19-25 / in Starts: 12-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 9

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	137	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	2-3		99	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	4.50	4.37	9	2	2	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.027	2.17	-0.04%	-0.08	2t --3 0 out tie	3t 3 out d2
2	138	5	Apr 17(2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.37	7	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.28	0.035	.46	0.04%	1.00	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
3	139	8	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-8	1-7		5	6.1	7	3	1	1	3	1	0	1.74	3.72	27	12	4	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.08	-0.024	.08	-0.01%	0.09	1b --- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d8
4	140	14	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	8-GF	W(1-0)	6	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	3.37	5	3	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.03	0.246	1.95	0.10%	1.02	8t 1-- 1 out tie	9t end tie
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
5	141	19	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	3.31	3	1	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.53	0.162	4.43	0.10%	-0.09	9t 12- 1 out a2	9t end a 1
6	142	22	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-11			2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	3.25	3												3			0		0
7	143	25	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-6		S(2)	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.72	3.84	8												8			0		0
8	144	29	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.62	3.93	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.13	-0.012	.09	-0.01%	-0.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
9	145	32	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	3-7		2	4.2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.27	3.54	18	9	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	3	0	2	.30	0.057	.12	0.01%	2.58	3b -23 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
10	146	35	May 22(1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-5			3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	3.49	3												3			0		0
11	147	37	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	5-GF	W(2-0)	1	4.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	3.15	13	4	7	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.100	.06	0.01%	2.76	5t 123 2 out a2	9t end a14
12	148	39	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	2-10	L(2-1)	2	7.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	0	2.10	3.30	32	15	3	1	0	8		1	0	1	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.59	-0.207	.21	-0.02%	0.12	2t -2- 2 out a1	10t 1-3 1 out d1
13	149	45	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	9	2	0	2.28	3.50	39	12	13	8	0	2	63			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	0.179	.05	0.01%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
14	150	50	Jun 5(1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	GS-7		4	7.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.50	3.42	30	9	9	1	3	9	46			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	2	1	1	.96	-0.039	.02	0.00%	0.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	151	55	Jun 11	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	L(3-2)	5	9.0	11	7	4	1	6	3	0	2.73	3.77	39	17	5	1	0	10	48			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.365	.01	0.00%	-2.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
16	152	59	Jun 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	GS-	L(3-3)	3	7.0	4	4	4	3	1	2	0	2.98	4.12	26						51						22			0		1
17	153	63	Jun 19(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.87	4.05	35	14	8	3	1	7	67			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.422	.00	0.00%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
18	154	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	GS-3	L(4-4)	4	2.2	6	5	5	0	2	1	0	3.35	4.11	13	5	2	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.344	.00	0.00%	-3.58	1b start tie	3b --- 2 out d4
19	155	71	Jun 26(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.30	4.06	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
20	156	72	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	8-10	W(5-4)	1	2.2	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.42	4.00	13	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.298	.00	0.00%	-1.11	8b --- 0 out tie	10b -23 2 out a2
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
21	157	75	Jul 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS-1		3	0.2	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.83	4.21	7	0	5	2	0	0	28			2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.250	.00	0.00%	-2.92	1b start tie	1b 12- 2 out d3
22	158	78	Jul 4(1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	GS-		1	5.0	6	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.81	4.26	23						46						21			0		0
23	159	79	Jul 4(2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5			-1	4.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.65	4.11	17												17			0		0
24	160	83	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.57	4.05	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.18	0.023	.00	0.00%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
25	161	86	Jul 10(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-5)	2	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.59	4.05	27	13	4	0	0	7	52			0	0	1	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
26	162	88	Jul 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-19	5-8		3	3.0	3	6	1	6	2	0	0	3.57	4.14	19	3	5	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	1	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-4.51	5t 123 2 out d10	8t 123 2 out d16
27	163	91	Jul 17(1)	PIT		STL	L,8-9			2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	4.11	1												1			0		0
28	164	93	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	19-GF(19)	W(6-5)	1	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.60	4.12	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-0.50	19t --- 0 out tie	19t end d 1
29	165	95	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	4.10	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
30	166	97	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	W(7-5)	1	9.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.44	4.05	32	21	1	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	.40	0.187	.00	0.00%	2.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
31	167	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(7-6)	6	7.0	8	4	3	1	1	0	0	3.47	3.97	28	14	4	0	0	8	47			0	1	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
32	168	105	Jul 31(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	3.98	4	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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
33	169	110	Aug 3(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	3-6		2	3.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.34	3.94	11	6	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.106	.00	0.00%	2.44	3b 12- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d3
34	170	113	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-6)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	1	3.12	3.79	34	16	6	0	1	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.713	.00	0.00%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
35	171	117	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(9-6)	3	10.0	9	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.03	3.68	42	14	8	1	1	9	69			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.605	.00	0.00%	2.98	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
36	172	120	Aug 16	PIT		PHI	L,3-12	GS-5	L(9-7)	5	4.0	8	5	4	2	1	0	0	3.19	3.67	23	7	5	0	3	8	27			1	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.313	.00	0.00%	-4.50	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out d4
37	173	127	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	GS-5	L(9-8)	9	5.0	8	5	3	1	3	0	0	3.26	3.61	25	9	4	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	1	.97	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-2.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
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
38	174	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS-7	L(9-9)	7	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.23	3.51	24	11	9	5	0	0	63			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
39	175	137	Sep 5(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	9-10	W(10-9)	1	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.22	3.54	4	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.18	9b 1-- 2 out tie	10b 12- 1 out a3
40	176	139	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-9)	1	9.0	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	3.05	3.38	28	16	3	0	0	1	93			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.701	.00	0.00%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
41	177	144	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	W(12-9)	5	9.0	7	2	1	2	4	1	0	2.94	3.39	36	16	7	2	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.425	.00	0.00%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
42	178	146	Sep 18(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-7	W(13-9)	4	6.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.95	3.38	25	11	7	2	0	4	53			1	0	0	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
43	179	150	Sep 21(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-7	3-7		2	5.0	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.92	3.42	19	6	6	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.57	3b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d5
44	180	153	Sep 24(2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	W(14-9)	2	9.0	8	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.83	3.37	36	15	13	6	0	0	69			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.302	.00	0.00%	3.48	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
							19-25		W-L:14-9,Sv:2	2.8	200.1	178	80	63	52	98	18	2	2.83	3.37	812	1.91		8%	2%	131	55	16	19%	10	2	1	734	16	10	3	23	8	15	1.03	1.842	.08	0.18%	18.76

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