Owen Friend

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: March 21, 1927 in Granite City, IL us

Died: October 14, 2007 in Wichita, KS

Buried: Cremated

High School: Granite City HS (Granite City, IL)

Debut: October 2, 1949 (Age 22-195d, 10,661st in major league history)
vs. CHW 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 16, 1956 (Age 29-056d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Owen Lacey Friend

Nicknames: Red

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.7

598

136

.227

RBI

OBP

.295

SLG

.340

OPS

.634

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-41 / in Starts: 14-28
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 177 PAs	23
Actual Runners on Base	121 (65-35-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 177 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	114 (60-35-17)

Most Driven In
Self	5
A Smith	2
G Strickland	2
J Ginsberg	2
J Baumgartner	1
F Hatfield	1
H Majeski	1
E Wynn	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
H Kuenn	2
W Dropo	2
J Priddy	1
D Mitchell	1
B Ãvila	1
B Lemon	1
B Nieman	1

1953 Batting Game Log

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1953 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	122	1	Apr 14	DET	@	SLB	L,0-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.26	-0.026	.65	-0.04%	-0.72	2B
2	123	2	Apr 16	DET		CLE	L,8-11	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	2	1.39	0.087	3.19	0.12%	0.46	2B
3	124	3	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	2	1.59	-0.100	3.54	-0.13%	-1.66	2B
4	125	4	Apr 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,7-8	CG(11)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	1.45	-0.276	3.26	-0.37%	-2.73	2B
5	126	5	Apr 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	2	1.80	0.012	3.71	0.02%	0.14	2B
6	127	6	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,3-6	GS-11	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.185	.392	2	1.97	-0.238	3.77	-0.27%	-0.89	2B
7	128	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.258	.500	7	.89	0.002	1.42	0.00%	0.87	2B
8	129	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,7-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	8	.94	-0.069	1.34	-0.06%	-0.62	2B
9	130	9	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.189	.250	.243	.493	8	.28	-0.009	.36	-0.01%	-0.21	2B
10	131	10	Apr 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.227	.220	.447	8	.58	-0.063	.78	-0.05%	-0.87	2B
11	132	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.213	.205	.417	8	1.64	-0.136	2.04	-0.10%	-1.33	2B
12	133	12	Apr 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.170	.235	.234	.469	8	.94	-0.010	.97	-0.01%	0.01	2B
13	134	14 (1)	Apr 28	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.236	.220	.456	8	1.17	-0.068	.91	-0.03%	-0.41	2B
14	135	15	Apr 29	DET		BOS	L,4-10	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.232	.216	.448	9	.12	-0.003	.08	0.00%	-0.23	PH
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
15	136	23 (7)	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.233	.218	.452	8	.23	-0.024	.10	-0.01%	0.13	2B
16	137	24	May 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.153	.219	.203	.422	8	.99	-0.111	.34	-0.02%	-1.13	2B
17	138	31 (6)	May 18 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	7-7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.233	.464	9	.77	0.057	.30	0.01%	0.89	PH
18	139	35 (3)	May 23	DET		CHW	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.233	.464	9						PR
19	140	38 (2)	May 27	DET	@	CHW	T,2-2	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.233	.464	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
20	141	39	May 29	DET		SLB	L,5-11	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.233	.464	9						PR
21	142	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,1-13	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.261	.242	.503	8	.82	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.31	2B
22	143	42	May 31	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.250	.231	.481	8	1.22	-0.095	.06	0.00%	-1.18	2B
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
23	144	43	Jun 2	DET		PHA	T,7-7	GS-10	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.188	.263	.290	.553	8	1.96	0.219	.04	0.00%	0.87	2B
24	145	44	Jun 3	DET		PHA	L,7-10	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.284	.351	.635	2	.65	0.069	.01	0.00%	1.32	2B
25	146	45	Jun 4 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-11	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.274	.338	.611	8	.27	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.61	2B
26	147	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET		PHA	L,6-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.267	.329	.597	8	1.10	-0.061	.02	0.00%	-0.67	2B
27	148	48 (1)	Jun 6 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.195	.258	.317	.576	2	2.08	-0.145	.01	0.00%	-1.06	2B
28	149	49	Jun 7	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.250	.306	.556	8	1.73	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.14	2B
29	150	50	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.180	.240	.292	.532	8	.97	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-1.33	2B
30	151	51	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.174	.232	.283	.515	8	1.55	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.23	2B
31	152	52	Jun 10	DET		NYY	L,4-11	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.233	.313	.546	8	.89	0.255	.00	0.00%	1.93	2B
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians
32	153	54	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	12-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.233	.313	.546	9						PR
33	154	63 (8)	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.177	.233	.313	.546	2						SS
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
34	155	72 (8)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.231	.309	.540	7	.21	-0.005	.67	-0.01%	-0.29	SS
35	156	75 (2)	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.236	.313	.549	2	.21	0.002	.70	0.00%	-0.11	2B
36	157	76	Jul 7	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.175	.234	.301	.535	2	.83	0.038	2.18	0.06%	0.53	2B
37	158	77	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.171	.237	.295	.532	2	.86	-0.037	2.54	-0.07%	-0.40	2B
38	159	78	Jul 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.252	.318	.570	8	.73	0.159	1.78	0.24%	2.28	2B
39	160	79	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.254	.313	.567	8	1.59	-0.057	6.66	-0.14%	-0.22	2B
40	161	80	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.270	.322	.592	8	.87	0.086	3.61	0.22%	1.48	2B
41	162	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.195	.264	.314	.577	7	1.14	-0.109	4.02	-0.23%	-1.34	2B
42	163	82	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.256	.303	.559	8	.26	-0.029	.90	-0.06%	-0.95	2B
43	164	83	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.252	.298	.550	8	1.15	-0.085	3.06	-0.14%	-0.75	2B
44	165	92 (8)	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.252	.298	.550	8						PR
45	166	96 (3)	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.252	.298	.550	5						PR
46	167	99 (2)	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.257	.328	.585	2	.40	0.051	.35	0.03%	2.66	2B
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
47	168	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.257	.326	.583	8	.52	-0.044	.50	-0.03%	-0.47	2B
48	169	101	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.255	.321	.576	8	.24	-0.007	.36	-0.01%	-0.35	2B
49	170	102	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.196	.255	.319	.574	8	.58	0.026	.91	0.02%	-0.06	2B
50	171	103	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.191	.250	.312	.562	8	1.13	-0.085	1.86	-0.08%	-0.61	2B
51	172	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-11	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.250	.312	.562	8						2B
52	173	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.247	.308	.554	8	.91	-0.045	1.14	-0.03%	-0.38	2B
53	174	107 (1)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.247	.308	.554	9						PR
54	175	110 (2)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.247	.308	.554	9						PR
55	176	122 (11)	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.247	.327	.573	8	.22	-0.020	.01	0.00%	0.69	2B
56	177	124 (1)	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,9-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.244	.322	.566	1	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.39	PH 2B
57	178	129 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.244	.322	.566	4						3B
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
58	179	131 (1)	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.187	.242	.320	.562	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.29	2B
59	180	141 (9)	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-14	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.247	.325	.571	7	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.39	SS
60	181	142	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.247	.325	.571	5						SS
61	182	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.247	.325	.571	7						SS
62	183	144	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.247	.325	.571	9						PR
63	184	153 (8)	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.257	.340	.597	7	.79	0.208	.00	0.00%	1.95	SS
64	185	154	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.256	.331	.587	7	.14	0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.10	SS
65	186	155	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.201	.256	.329	.585	7	.61	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-1.10	SS
							22-41		177	164	17	33	6	0	5	23	11	0	25	1	1		1	7	0	1	.201	.256	.329	.585		.92	-1.146	1.28	-1.19%	-8.95

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