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: 24-14 / in Starts: 24-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	270	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	GS-6		99	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	2	0	3.00	6.64	22	10	4	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	.77	0.034	1.93	0.05%	0.71	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
2	271	5	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	11	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.00	4.74	41	10	17	0	0	11	50			1	0	0	35	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.81	-0.020	3.82	-0.03%	1.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	272	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	GS-9	W(2-0)	3	8.2	13	4	4	3	4	1	0	3.42	4.50	39	12	9	0	4	11	43			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	3	0	0	.45	0.161	.89	0.19%	0.16	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 2 out a3
4	273	11	Apr 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.76	4.22	32	12	12	1	0	1	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.341	1.91	0.50%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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	274	15	May 3	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	GS-7	W(4-0)	3	6.1	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	2.54	4.12	24	14	7	3	0	0	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.06	0.306	3.05	0.53%	2.31	1b start tie	7b --- 1 out a2
6	275	20	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-4	L(4-1)	3	3.0	7	6	6	2	1	1	0	3.64	4.40	18	6	2	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.366	4.52	-0.77%	-4.94	1b start tie	4b 1-- 0 out d5
7	276	23	May 11(1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	9	4	4	0	9	3	0	3.71	4.48	35	9	9	0	1	8	62			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	2	0	1	.28	-0.069	.96	-0.14%	0.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	277	27	May 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-9	GS-9	L(5-2)	3	8.0	10	7	7	2	6	1	0	4.27	4.32	34	8	8	0	0	10	38			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	-0.481	5.19	-1.21%	-2.77	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d2
9	278	32	May 20	PIT		CHC	W,12-3	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	11	3	1	1	5	0	0	3.84	3.98	39	10	15	3	2	8	61			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	1	0	1	.17	0.129	.48	0.22%	1.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
10	279	35	May 24	PIT		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	10	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.51	3.89	36	11	11	0	2	10	61			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.356	3.73	0.67%	3.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	280	39	May 28	PIT		LAD	L,1-7	GS-4	L(7-3)	3	4.0	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	3.89	3.81	19	5	10	7	0	1	27			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.98	-0.259	2.74	-0.43%	-3.08	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
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	281	43	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	CG(8)	W(8-3)	3	7.1	5	1	1	2	3	0	1	3.67	3.73	27	15	1	0	0	5	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	1	0	.95	0.267	2.97	0.50%	2.60	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a4
13	282	47	Jun 5	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(8-4)	3	8.0	7	4	2	1	3	0	0	3.55	3.60	33	13	10	2	0	6	58			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.064	1.29	-0.08%	0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	283	51	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	8	4	4	0	8	1	0	3.59	3.47	33	9	8	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	0.308	3.05	0.42%	0.33	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
15	284	55	Jun 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS-6	L(9-5)	3	6.0	3	4	4	3	3	1	0	3.72	3.56	25	11	8	3	0	0	50			2	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	.83	-0.159	2.12	-0.24%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
16	285	58	Jun 18	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(9-6)	3	10.0	9	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.56	3.43	40	17	5	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	37	3	0	1	3	0	1	1.95	0.249	5.99	0.46%	2.81	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
17	286	62	Jun 22(1)	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	GS-5	L(9-7)	3	4.2	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.57	3.45	23	9	9	3	0	1	40			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.037	2.68	-0.07%	-0.02	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d2
18	287	68	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(9-8)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.59	3.38	29	11	4	0	0	10	47			0	1	0	28	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.02	-0.046	1.69	-0.05%	0.37	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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
19	288	72	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-3	L(9-9)	3	2.1	6	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.79	3.46	13	6	1	0	0	6	29			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.312	1.17	-0.27%	-3.45	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d3
20	289	76	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	GS-9	W(10-9)	3	8.1	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.70	3.53	36	11	12	2	3	8	58			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.054	1.92	0.05%	0.72	1b start a 1	9b -23 1 out a2
21	290	80	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(10-10)	6	7.0	6	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.58	3.46	27	11	6	2	1	6	61			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	2	0	1	.89	0.104	1.26	0.09%	1.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	291	84	Jul 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS-8	W(11-10)	3	7.2	9	4	3	1	3	1	0	3.58	3.47	32	16	11	5	0	1	49			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.213	1.12	0.25%	-0.24	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a3
23	292	88	Jul 20	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-7	GS-1	L(11-11)	3	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.49	7	1	0	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	-0.372	1.75	-0.31%	-5.18	1b start tie	1b -2- 1 out d5
24	293	90	Jul 23(2)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	GS-9	W(12-11)	2	8.2	8	3	3	1	10	0	0	3.82	3.34	34	10	12	3	0	1	65			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	.79	0.129	.73	0.07%	0.90	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a3
25	294	96	Jul 29	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	GS-5	W(13-11)	5	5.0	7	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.92	3.34	21	10	2	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.238	1.56	-0.26%	-1.60	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
26	295	101	Aug 3(1)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-11)	4	9.0	9	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.72	3.31	36	16	7	1	2	9	69			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.31	0.569	3.28	0.85%	4.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	296	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(14-12)	3	7.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.73	3.34	25	7	9	2	1	6	54			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.12	-0.160	4.86	-0.42%	0.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
28	297	111	Aug 11	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	GS-9	W(15-12)	3	8.2	9	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.75	3.30	39	13	11	1	1	7	52			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	.66	0.292	3.47	0.93%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a4
29	298	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-4	GS-7	W(16-12)	4	7.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.79	3.31	31	11	7	0	0	8	48			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.093	4.38	-0.17%	-0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
30	299	120	Aug 20(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG(5)	L(16-13)	3	4.2	11	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.92	3.32	26	6	5	0	0	11	20			1	0	0	21	1	0	2	2	1	0	1.01	-0.253	3.28	-0.49%	-3.33	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d4
31	300	124	Aug 24(1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-4	GS-7	W(17-13)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.92	3.37	30	5	11	1	0	7	56			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.173	2.91	0.39%	0.61	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
32	301	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-	W(18-13)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	1	0	3.86	3.39	31						60						30	1	0	0		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
33	302	134	Sep 2	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	7	1	1	3.79	3.37	34	9	9	2	1	7	71			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.31	0.497	1.69	0.38%	2.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	303	137	Sep 6	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	GS-5		3	4.1	10	5	4	0	1	2	0	3.87	3.46	22	5	7	0	1	9	26			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.34	-0.427	2.01	-0.39%	-3.10	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d2
35	304	142	Sep 10	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	CG(10)	W(20-13)	3	10.0	12	4	3	3	6	1	1	3.83	3.47	45	10	13	1	0	12	57			1	0	0	40	0	1	1	1	1	1	1.54	0.366	1.41	0.20%	0.81	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
36	305	146	Sep 14(2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	W(21-13)	3	9.0	6	2	1	4	5	0	1	3.73	3.46	38	7	15	0	6	6	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.184	.14	0.02%	2.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	306	148	Sep 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	W(22-13)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.67	3.42	31	12	12	0	3	4	70			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.445	.05	0.01%	2.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
38	307	152	Sep 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(22-14)	6	9.0	11	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.65	3.39	39	15	10	1	1	9	54			1	0	0	36	4	0	1	1	0	1	.95	-0.014	.00	0.00%	1.33	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
							24-14		W-L:22-14	3.4	274.0	299	120	111	61	135	25	4	3.65	3.39	1146	1.21		6%	4%	237	52		---%	9	3	0	1067	43	5	11	39	6	15	1.01	1.807	2.31	1.45%	9.42

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