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: 17-23 / in Starts: 17-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 2

1957 Pitching Game Log

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1957 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	230	1	Apr 16	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.00	2.34	40	10	16	4	3	6	61			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.302	3.59	0.46%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
2	231	3	Apr 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	7.0	4	2	2	0	1	2	0	2.25	3.89	25	9	13	1	0	2	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.061	1.62	0.10%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	232	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-6	L(1-2)	3	6.0	7	7	7	1	3	1	1	4.50	4.09	27	11	6	2	2	5	32			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.458	2.44	-0.51%	-4.19	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
4	233	11	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.19	3.88	38	21	9	2	0	2	71			0	0	0	33	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.40	0.545	2.40	0.56%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	234	15	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GS-6		4	5.2	10	7	4	2	5	1	0	3.68	3.90	29	7	5	0	1	10	30			0	0	0	26	2	2	1	1	0	1	1.06	-0.321	1.38	-0.25%	-4.29	1t start tie	6t --- 2 out d6
6	235	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	GS-5		3	5.0	6	5	5	1	6	1	0	4.32	3.82	22	7	4	0	0	4	40			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.260	.52	-0.12%	-2.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
7	236	22	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	GS-5	L(2-3)	3	5.0	11	6	6	1	1	1	0	5.01	3.98	23	8	5	0	1	8	21			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.64	-0.367	.30	-0.10%	-3.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
8	237	26	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	4.37	3.91	35	17	9	0	2	5	71			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.55	0.602	.75	0.17%	3.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
9	238	30	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-4)	7	7.0	7	6	6	2	5	3	0	4.74	4.31	30	7	11	5	3	5	42			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.455	.27	-0.07%	-2.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
10	239	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	11	2	2	4	1	1	0	4.46	4.42	36	16	11	6	0	4	49			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	0.071	.24	0.01%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
11	240	39	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	L(3-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	0	0	4.29	4.15	37						62						34	2	0	0		0
12	241	44	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-6)	3	7.0	6	4	2	1	7	0	0	4.15	3.89	28	5	9	2	0	6	59			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	.58	-0.223	.08	-0.02%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
13	242	47	Jun 9(1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(3-7)	3	11.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.87	3.80	41	15	13	0	2	5	83			1	0	0	39	1	0	2	1	0	2	1.41	0.295	.07	0.01%	3.16	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
14	243	52	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	6	2	2	1	7	2	0	3.71	3.82	34	11	9	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.400	.20	0.03%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
15	244	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS-5		3	5.0	8	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.71	3.71	21	5	5	0	2	8	44			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.140	.06	-0.01%	-0.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
16	245	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-6		3	6.0	3	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.67	3.71	21	6	9	2	0	3	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.033	.05	0.00%	1.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
17	246	66	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-8)	3	6.0	9	5	5	0	3	3	0	3.86	3.91	26	7	7	0	1	9	37			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.284	.03	-0.01%	-2.13	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d3
18	247	70	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-5	L(4-9)	2	5.0	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	3.92	3.96	21	10	4	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	1	.72	-0.211	.03	-0.01%	-1.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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	248	75	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(5-9)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	3.73	3.81	35	15	14	8	0	0	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.325	.00	0.00%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	249	80	Jul 7(2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	W(6-9)	2	9.0	4	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.56	3.79	34	11	9	0	1	4	79			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.255	.00	0.00%	3.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
21	250	82	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	GS-7	L(6-10)	3	7.0	9	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.63	3.80	30	8	10	0	1	9	44			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	1	1	.85	-0.177	.01	0.00%	-0.72	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	251	85	Jul 14(1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	7-7	BL(6-11)	2	0.1	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.80	6	0	1	0	0	5		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.09	-0.679	.00	0.00%	-4.89	7t 123 1 out a3	7t 12- 2 out d3
23	252	87	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	W(7-11)	1	9.0	9	3	3	4	5	0	0	3.75	3.74	37	7	14	0	3	7	58			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.234	.00	0.00%	1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
24	253	91	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GS-3	L(7-12)	3	2.1	7	5	3	0	2	1	0	3.86	3.77	14	2	3	3	0	7	29			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.407	.00	0.00%	-3.84	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d3
25	254	92	Jul 21(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.90	3.78	5	1	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	-0.402	.00	0.00%	-3.12	10t 12- 1 out tie	10t end d 4
26	255	95	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(7-13)	2	8.0	6	2	1	2	1	0	0	3.78	3.74	33	11	13	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	.66	0.062	.00	0.00%	2.10	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
27	256	100	Jul 28(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	GS-5		3	5.0	12	5	4	3	2	1	0	3.87	3.80	29	9	3	1	0	12	24			0	0	0	26	1	0	2	1	0	1	1.28	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
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
28	257	105	Aug 4(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-6	L(7-14)	6	5.2	7	5	4	1	4	0	0	3.95	3.73	26	12	2	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	1	.74	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-2.72	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d5
29	258	109	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	GS-8	L(7-15)	4	8.0	10	4	3	4	4	1	0	3.92	3.77	36	12	15	6	0	1	48			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.06	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
30	259	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(8-15)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.75	3.69	28	11	9	2	1	1	86			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	.67	0.386	.00	0.00%	4.22	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
31	260	117	Aug 18(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-16)	4	7.0	2	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.71	3.66	23	10	7	1	0	1	70			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	261	120	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	W(9-16)	3	9.0	9	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.68	3.64	38	16	8	0	0	9	56			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.203	.00	0.00%	1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
33	262	125	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(10-16)	4	9.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	3.53	3.59	36	12	14	0	1	5	76			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.22	0.562	.00	0.00%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	263	128	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-2	L(10-17)	3	2.0	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.70	3.63	12	2	2	0	1	5	27			1	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	.78	-0.373	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
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
35	264	134	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-17)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.56	3.58	34	13	10	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.533	.00	0.00%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
36	265	138	Sep 8(1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GS-8		3	7.0	7	3	2	3	4	1	0	3.53	3.60	28	13	3	2	1	5	54			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	4	0	2	1.28	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
37	266	142	Sep 13(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(12-17)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.44	3.57	36	20	6	0	0	4	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.410	.00	0.00%	3.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
38	267	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	GS-6	L(12-18)	3	5.1	7	6	5	4	6	1	0	3.54	3.60	29	7	5	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	2	2	1.58	-0.335	.00	0.00%	-3.20	1b start a 1	6b --- 1 out d4
39	268	152	Sep 22	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(13-18)	4	9.0	9	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.46	3.54	37						69						35	2	0	0		0
40	269	155	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	W(14-18)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.38	3.48	31	12	8	3	0	6	74			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	1	0	.46	0.115	.00	0.00%	3.35	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
							17-23		W-L:14-18,BSv:1	3.3	277.0	273	121	104	68	143	28	1	3.38	3.48	1151	1.25		8%	4%	203	55	5	100%	3	3	0	1064	39	7	9	27	5	22	1.04	-0.264	.42	0.25%	2.73

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