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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-23 / in Starts: 17-21
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	29 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 100 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	61 (35-16-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 100 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (32-19-9)

Most Driven In
H Foiles	1
B Mazeroski	1
J Powers	1
R Clemente	1
G Baker	0
D Groat	0

Most Driven In By
B Virdon	2
B Mazeroski	1
D Long	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 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	230	1	Apr 16	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.85	-0.034	2.14	-0.05%	0.27	P
2	231	3 (1)	Apr 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.56	-0.074	4.16	-0.12%	-0.68	P
3	232	8 (4)	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	9	.82	0.054	1.50	0.06%	0.43	P
4	233	11 (2)	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	9	.63	-0.042	1.08	-0.04%	-0.65	P
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
5	234	15 (3)	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	9	.77	-0.019	1.00	-0.02%	-0.10	P
6	235	19 (3)	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.99	-0.025	.75	-0.01%	-0.22	P
7	236	22 (2)	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	.44	-0.012	.21	0.00%	-0.22	P
8	237	26 (3)	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.167	.377	9	.89	-0.066	.43	-0.02%	-0.77	P
9	238	30 (3)	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	9	1.69	-0.172	.43	-0.03%	-1.76	P
10	239	34 (3)	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	.90	-0.045	.17	-0.01%	-0.32	P
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
11	240	39 (4)	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9						P
12	241	44 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9	.49	-0.024	.07	0.00%	-0.32	P
13	242	47 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.129	.100	.229	9	1.64	-0.161	.09	-0.01%	-0.89	P
14	243	52 (4)	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.147	.152	.299	9	.75	0.046	.11	0.00%	0.09	P
15	244	57 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.143	.147	.290	9	.65	-0.016	.06	0.00%	-0.14	P
16	245	62 (4)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.139	.143	.282	9	1.07	-0.041	.06	0.00%	-0.45	P
17	246	66 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.132	.135	.267	9	.74	-0.036	.03	0.00%	-0.38	P
18	247	70 (3)	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.128	.132	.260	9	.32	-0.008	.01	0.00%	-0.09	P
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
19	248	75 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.140	.122	.261	9	.69	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
20	249	80 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.089	.128	.111	.239	9	.90	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.43	P
21	250	82 (1)	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.143	.128	.271	9	1.15	-0.060	.02	0.00%	-0.53	P
22	251	85 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.106	.143	.128	.271	9						P
23	252	87 (1)	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.135	.120	.255	9	.80	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.52	P
24	253	91 (3)	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.132	.118	.250	9	.85	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
25	254	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.098	.132	.118	.250	9						P
26	255	95 (2)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.130	.272	9	.58	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.14	P
27	256	100 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.109	.155	.127	.282	9	.98	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
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
28	257	105 (4)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS-6	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.183	.143	.326	9	.89	0.073	.00	0.00%	0.63	P
29	258	109 (3)	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.177	.138	.315	9	1.19	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
30	259	113 (3)	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.182	.131	.313	9	.35	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
31	260	117 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.176	.127	.303	9	1.21	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
32	261	120 (2)	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.123	.183	.138	.322	9	.56	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.07	P
33	262	125 (4)	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.189	.147	.336	9	1.25	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
34	263	128 (2)	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.187	.145	.332	9	.86	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
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
35	264	134 (5)	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.179	.139	.318	9	.54	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.66	P
36	265	138 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.185	.147	.332	9	1.20	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
37	266	142 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.202	.179	.382	9	1.34	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.62	P
38	267	148 (5)	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.209	.188	.397	9	.73	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	P
39	268	152 (3)	Sep 22	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	.157	.211	.181	.392	9						P
40	269	155 (2)	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.234	.207	.441	9	.54	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.17	P
							17-23		100	87	5	16	2	0	0	4	6	0	21	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	.184	.234	.207	.441		.90	-1.163	.34	-0.24%	-11.47

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