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: 20-19 / in Starts: 19-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1963 Pitching Game Log

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1963 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	461	2	Apr 9	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	GS-9		99	8.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	1	2.25	2.35	31	10	13	4	2	5	64			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.061	2.41	-0.07%	1.06	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a1
2	462	4	Apr 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,12-4	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	6	4	3	3	5	1	1	2.65	3.30	38	14	9	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	1	.72	0.149	1.67	0.21%	-0.07	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
3	463	9	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2.42	3.59	34	15	11	0	0	4	72			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.306	2.70	0.47%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	464	13	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-6	W(3-0)	3	6.0	8	4	3	2	2	1	0	2.81	3.85	27	10	5	2	0	8	42			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.09	-0.233	2.85	-0.37%	-1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out 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	465	17	May 1	PIT		SFG	L,1-5	GS-4	L(3-1)	6	4.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.25	3.62	19	5	4	0	0	6	40			1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.20	-0.215	4.17	-0.45%	-1.30	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
6	466	22	May 6	PIT		LAD	W,7-4	GS-4		4	3.2	11	4	4	0	2	1	0	3.86	3.74	19	10	3	3	0	4	25			2	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.337	3.48	-0.61%	-2.70	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d2
7	467	26	May 10	PIT		STL	L,0-1	CG	L(3-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.33	3.57	33	15	8	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	0.183	3.32	0.30%	2.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
8	468	30	May 14	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	7.0	4	2	2	5	8	0	0	3.23	3.41	29	6	6	1	1	4	64			0	0	0	22	0	0	2	1	1	0	1.14	0.012	3.37	0.02%	0.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
9	469	35	May 19	PIT	@	HOU	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.78	3.17	36	8	13	0	5	9	73			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.29	0.413	1.96	0.38%	3.59	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
10	470	39	May 24	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	2	1	0	2	1	0	2.57	3.21	33	19	7	0	2	5	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	1	1	.48	0.000	.91	0.00%	1.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
11	471	42	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	GS-5	L(5-4)	3	4.2	5	5	2	1	3	1	0	2.64	3.30	21	10	2	1	0	5	42			0	0	0	20	0	1	0	2	0	3	.98	-0.279	2.04	-0.35%	-2.21	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d3
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	472	46	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYM	W,10-1	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	2.37	3.03	30	10	10	2	2	2	89			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	.27	0.186	.46	0.19%	2.82	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a9
13	473	50	Jun 5(2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(7-4)	3	8.0	7	3	3	0	10	2	0	2.45	3.05	31	7	7	0	0	7	66			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.232	1.61	0.27%	0.39	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a1
14	474	55	Jun 9(1)	PIT		MLN	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-4)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.24	2.90	32	8	14	0	0	5	82			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.92	0.428	1.49	0.42%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	475	60	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.1	12	3	3	0	1	0	0	2.36	2.86	28	7	8	2	0	12	38			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.04	-0.265	1.24	-0.19%	-0.89	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out d1
16	476	64	Jun 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-7	GS-7		3	6.1	7	3	1	0	7	0	0	2.31	2.72	29	7	8	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	3	.80	-0.102	.77	-0.06%	-1.17	1b start a 3	7b 1-3 1 out a2
17	477	68	Jun 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(9-5)	3	9.0	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.14	2.65	37	15	16	6	3	0	73			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.417	.65	0.15%	4.05	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
18	478	71	Jun 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	GS-6	L(9-6)	3	6.0	7	3	2	0	2	1	0	2.18	2.71	25	14	5	2	0	4	50			0	0	0	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.133	.44	-0.05%	-0.46	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
19	479	75	Jun 30	PIT		NYM	W,3-0	GS-8	W(10-6)	3	8.0	2	0	0	1	7	0	1	2.06	2.64	27	12	4	0	3	2	84			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.540	.49	0.15%	3.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
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
20	480	79	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG(10)	L(10-7)	3	9.2	9	1	1	3	3	0	0	1.98	2.65	40	17	8	1	1	9	67			0	0	0	37	3	0	2	1	0	1	1.82	0.247	1.37	0.11%	2.81	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
21	481	84	Jul 10	PIT		HOU	L,0-2	CG	L(10-8)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	1.99	2.62	37	9	13	0	5	6	70			1	0	0	34	2	0	1	1	0	1	.66	0.048	.57	0.03%	1.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
22	482	88	Jul 15(1)	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	1.94	2.56	28	9	9	0	1	6	70			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.204	.98	0.11%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	483	94	Jul 19	PIT		CHC	W,9-4	GS-8	W(11-8)	3	8.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	0	2.01	2.53	31	15	10	2	4	1	61			0	0	0	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.25	0.156	.80	0.06%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
24	484	97	Jul 23	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS-6	L(11-9)	3	6.0	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	1.99	2.58	25	14	2	1	0	4	55			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.47	0.098	1.28	0.05%	1.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
25	485	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.97	2.55	25	10	7	1	0	5	66			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.01	0.206	.36	0.04%	1.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
26	486	105	Jul 31	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-3	GS-6	W(12-9)	3	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.04	2.54	25	10	6	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.124	.19	-0.01%	-0.61	1b start tie	6b 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
27	487	108	Aug 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-2	L(12-10)	3	1.1	4	5	2	2	2	0	0	2.12	2.55	11	2	2	0	1	3	32			1	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.01	-0.267	.24	-0.04%	-2.97	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d3
28	488	112	Aug 8	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	SHO	W(13-10)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.03	2.55	34	10	16	0	3	6	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.631	.16	0.05%	3.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
29	489	117	Aug 12	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	GS-9	W(14-10)	3	8.0	10	2	1	0	3	0	0	2.00	2.52	35	16	6	2	1	10	59			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	0.228	.32	0.04%	1.44	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
30	490	121	Aug 17	PIT		PHI	L,3-5	GS-5	L(14-11)	4	4.1	4	5	4	2	2	0	0	2.12	2.53	19	8	3	1	0	4	37			0	1	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.08	-0.383	.27	-0.06%	-2.76	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d1
31	491	125	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS-6	W(15-11)	4	6.0	10	3	3	2	4	0	1	2.19	2.53	29	15	7	5	2	0	42			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.028	.09	0.00%	-0.30	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
32	492	129	Aug 27	PIT		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	2.10	2.49	33	14	5	2	1	7	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.269	.11	0.02%	2.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	493	133	Aug 31	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	GS-5	L(16-12)	3	5.0	7	3	2	1	1	0	0	2.13	2.50	23	10	5	1	0	6	43			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	2	0	2	1.10	-0.148	.05	0.00%	-0.88	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
34	494	138	Sep 4	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(16-13)	3	7.0	3	1	1	3	3	1	0	2.11	2.56	27	11	7	0	1	3	67			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.159	.00	0.00%	1.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
35	495	143	Sep 8	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(16-14)	3	7.0	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.16	2.58	27	9	8	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
36	496	146	Sep 12	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	GS-3	L(16-15)	3	3.0	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	2.31	2.64	15	7	4	3	0	1	28			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.351	.00	0.00%	-3.73	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
37	497	147	Sep 13	PIT		SFG	W,5-4	13-GF(13)	W(17-15)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.30	2.64	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.42	13t --- 0 out tie	13t end tie
38	498	151	Sep 17(1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS-8	L(17-16)	3	8.0	6	3	3	2	7	0	0	2.33	2.61	31	11	10	5	1	1	63			0	0	0	27	1	2	1	1	0	0	.93	-0.027	.00	0.00%	0.39	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
39	499	155	Sep 21	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-7		3	6.1	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.34	2.59	23	10	10	4	0	1	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.116	.00	0.00%	0.94	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
							20-19		W-L:17-16	3.3	268.2	236	87	70	44	143	13	5	2.34	2.59	1080	1.42		8%	6%	185	59	0	---%	13	4	0	1011	28	9	9	29	7	28	1.04	2.323	1.15	0.79%	27.39

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