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: 22-16 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	343	1	Apr 12	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-7		99	7.0	7	2	2	2	7	1	0	2.57	3.24	30	10	6	1	1	5	60			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.058	2.15	0.09%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	344	4	Apr 17(1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	1.13	2.65	34	10	11	1	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.59	0.294	1.56	0.47%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	345	9	Apr 22	PIT		MLN	W,6-2	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	8	1	0	1.44	2.61	35	9	10	0	3	7	72			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.79	0.111	2.34	0.20%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
4	346	13	Apr 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(3-0)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	11	0	0	1.06	2.03	33	10	7	2	0	4	89			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.80	0.446	2.97	1.00%	4.21	1b start tie	9b 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	347	17	May 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-1)	5	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.32	1.89	27	11	4	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.028	4.62	0.07%	1.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	348	22	May 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-7	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	2	1	5	0	0	1.50	1.84	29	14	9	5	0	0	59			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.039	2.96	-0.10%	0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
7	349	25	May 13	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	6	1	0	1.58	1.97	32	11	10	2	1	5	75			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.003	2.09	-0.01%	1.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
8	350	29	May 17	PIT		CHC	W,11-6	GS-8	W(5-1)	3	8.0	11	6	6	0	4	1	0	2.22	2.11	34	12	7	0	0	11	40			0	0	0	34	3	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.094	2.34	-0.25%	-2.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
9	351	33	May 21	PIT		SFG	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-2)	3	8.0	6	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.34	2.32	31	13	9	0	0	6	59			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	.61	0.006	3.78	0.02%	0.81	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
10	352	38	May 28	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	GS-9		6	8.0	10	2	2	1	6	0	0	2.33	2.23	34	18	4	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.50	-0.091	6.21	-0.23%	0.83	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out tie
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	353	42	Jun 1	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.10	2.16	31	16	5	1	0	3	86			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.284	3.57	0.99%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
12	354	44	Jun 5(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-6	L(6-3)	3	6.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.16	2.13	24	14	2	1	0	3	57			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	1	.95	0.031	4.62	0.09%	0.81	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
13	355	48	Jun 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS-7	W(7-3)	3	7.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	2.27	2.20	28	11	4	2	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.114	4.50	0.35%	0.24	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
14	356	53	Jun 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	W(8-3)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.33	2.17	35	14	7	0	1	6	65			0	0	0	33	0	2	0	3	0	2	1.18	0.141	7.82	0.56%	1.00	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
15	357	57	Jun 18	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	11	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.42	2.11	31	13	12	5	0	1	48			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	.98	-0.015	5.21	-0.05%	0.51	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
16	358	60	Jun 22	PIT		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-3)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.25	2.06	31	12	6	0	0	8	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.87	0.472	4.99	1.63%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
17	359	64	Jun 26(1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS-5	L(9-4)	3	4.2	10	6	6	2	3	0	0	2.58	2.07	24	4	6	3	1	9	21			0	0	0	21	2	0	2	2	1	0	1.60	-0.448	7.95	-1.34%	-3.93	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
18	360	67	Jun 30(1)	PIT		SFG	L,0-11	GS-4	L(9-5)	3	3.1	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	2.91	2.20	18	3	4	0	0	7	22			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.250	5.66	-1.00%	-2.98	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 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	361	72	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-7	GS-8		3	7.2	6	5	4	1	6	1	0	3.01	2.24	31	12	6	2	0	6	54			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	1	1	.80	0.098	6.43	0.47%	-1.62	1b start tie	8b --- 2 out a1
20	362	74	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	S(1)	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	2.24	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	0.105	19.46	0.51%	-0.38	10b -2- 1 out a2	10b end a 1
21	363	78	Jul 8(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(10-5)	2	9.0	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	2.99	2.20	35	13	9	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	.66	0.176	3.74	0.60%	1.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
22	364	82	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(10-6)	6	7.0	9	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.98	2.15	29	8	7	2	0	9	56			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	0	.76	0.057	4.41	0.20%	1.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
23	365	86	Jul 19	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.1	10	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.08	2.13	28	10	15	8	0	0	40			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.012	8.28	-0.05%	-0.02	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 1 out a1
24	366	92	Jul 25	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(11-6)	5	8.2	9	2	2	1	8	1	0	3.03	2.15	35	15	3	1	0	8	65			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.43	0.205	10.76	0.93%	2.09	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a2
25	367	96	Jul 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-6	L(11-7)	4	6.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.03	2.12	25	7	7	2	0	5	56			0	0	0	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.028	8.65	-0.11%	0.78	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
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	368	99	Aug 3	PIT		LAD	L,1-3	CG(7)	L(11-8)	3	7.0	6	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.06	2.23	29	17	9	2	0	0	52			0	0	0	26	0	1	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.068	5.79	-0.32%	0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
27	369	103	Aug 7(1)	PIT		SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.96	2.28	35	8	12	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	0.372	6.69	1.48%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
28	370	107	Aug 11	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(12-9)	3	12.0	7	3	3	1	9	1	0	2.92	2.28	43	11	15	5	0	7	84			0	0	0	42	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.280	12.59	1.45%	2.72	1t start tie	12t 3 out d2
29	371	113	Aug 16(1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-2	CG	W(13-9)	4	9.0	7	2	1	1	5	0	0	2.84	2.26	36	8	15	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.039	1.70	0.13%	2.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
30	372	119	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-5	L(13-10)	4	4.0	8	6	4	2	0	2	0	2.96	2.41	22	8	4	1	1	8	24			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.289	3.09	-0.56%	-3.55	1b start a 1	5b -23 0 out d3
31	373	123	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(13-11)	4	8.0	11	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.97	2.49	39	10	10	0	0	11	48			0	0	0	35	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.18	-0.038	4.70	-0.09%	1.08	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
32	374	127	Aug 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-8	W(14-11)	3	7.1	9	2	2	3	6	0	0	2.95	2.48	32	9	12	7	0	2	55			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.209	4.68	0.59%	1.82	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a3
Sep/Oct				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	375	132	Sep 5(1)	PIT		MLN	W,9-7	GS-4		5	3.0	6	4	4	1	0	1	0	3.07	2.54	16	5	4	0	1	6	30			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.285	3.22	-0.85%	-2.95	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
34	376	137	Sep 10	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.99	2.51	33	11	6	0	4	9	70			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	5	0	0	.98	0.346	2.62	0.56%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	377	141	Sep 15	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.92	2.48	33	15	10	5	0	2	75			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.525	3.91	0.93%	3.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
36	378	145	Sep 20(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(17-11)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	1	0	2.86	2.49	34	8	13	2	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.65	0.347	.92	0.29%	3.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
37	379	150	Sep 24	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-1	L(17-12)	3	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.98	2.55	7	3	1	1	0	2	30			1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.321	.01	0.00%	-3.57	1b start tie	1b 3 out d4
38	380	154	Oct 1	PIT		MLN	W,7-3	GS-7	W(18-12)	6	7.0	9	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.00	2.54	31	11	6	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	.79	0.106	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
							22-16		W-L:18-12,Sv:1	3.6	275.2	266	97	92	45	183	18	0	3.00	2.54	1117	1.38		9%	2%	206	58	1	100%	6	2	0	1060	29	15	10	25	6	13	.92	2.869	4.69	8.66%	34.15

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