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	19-22 / in Starts: 16-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 89 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	59 (32-17-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 89 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	55 (29-17-9)

Most Driven In
R Clemente	2
B Mazeroski	1
D Stuart	1
H Smith	1
D Hoak	1
D Groat	1

Most Driven In By
B Virdon	2
R Clemente	1
G Cimoli	1
D Groat	1
J Christopher	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 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	381	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.67	-0.033	1.67	-0.05%	-0.26	P
2	382	5 (3)	Apr 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.63	-0.069	1.62	-0.11%	-0.93	P
3	383	8 (2)	Apr 19	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.81	-0.018	2.19	-0.03%	0.28	P
4	384	11 (2)	Apr 24	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	1.20	0.165	3.19	0.26%	1.23	P
5	385	14 (2)	Apr 30 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471	9	.50	-0.021	1.58	-0.04%	-0.61	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
6	386	18 (3)	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,0-10	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556	9	.91	0.039	3.09	0.08%	0.39	P
7	387	22 (3)	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9	.47	-0.012	1.63	-0.03%	-0.11	P
8	388	25 (2)	May 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9	1.58	-0.084	5.38	-0.17%	-0.60	P
9	389	28 (2)	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.227	.455	9	2.03	-0.088	5.75	-0.15%	-0.78	P
10	390	30 (1)	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.217	.217	.435	9	.88	-0.022	2.54	-0.04%	-0.77	P
11	391	34 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.208	.417	9	1.28	-0.037	5.00	-0.09%	-0.38	P
12	392	38 (3)	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.59	-0.036	4.16	-0.06%	-0.36	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
13	393	41 (2)	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
14	394	43 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	2-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.192	.385	9	.57	-0.015	1.56	-0.02%	-0.24	P
15	395	47 (3)	Jun 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.172	.172	.345	9	.50	-0.039	1.47	-0.07%	-0.54	P
16	396	50 (2)	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.18	-0.005	.43	-0.01%	-0.16	P
17	397	52 (1)	Jun 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.156	.156	.313	9	.74	-0.038	2.38	-0.07%	-0.34	P
18	398	56 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.98	-0.019	1.94	-0.02%	-0.27	P
19	399	59 (2)	Jun 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.128	.128	.256	9	.38	-0.037	.66	-0.04%	-0.86	P
20	400	64 (4)	Jun 27	PIT		LAD	L,5-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.85	0.035	3.77	0.04%	0.33	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
21	401	68 (3)	Jul 1	PIT		SFG	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.119	.119	.238	9	1.13	-0.073	2.38	-0.09%	-0.75	P
22	402	73 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.149	.130	.279	9	.85	-0.114	.89	-0.07%	-0.74	P
23	403	77 (3)	Jul 9	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.146	.128	.273	9	.61	-0.015	.85	-0.01%	-0.22	P
24	404	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.140	.122	.262	9	1.33	-0.009	2.11	-0.01%	0.26	P
25	405	82 (3)	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.135	.118	.252	9	1.26	-0.060	1.66	-0.05%	-0.49	P
26	406	84 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.130	.113	.243	9	1.39	-0.096	2.04	-0.08%	-0.82	P
27	407	87 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.113	.130	.113	.243	9						P
28	408	89 (1)	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.155	.140	.296	9	1.95	0.153	.65	0.03%	1.59	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
29	409	94 (4)	Aug 2	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.150	.136	.286	9	1.05	-0.058	.05	0.00%	-0.51	P
30	410	100 (5)	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.143	.129	.272	9	.63	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
31	411	105 (4)	Aug 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG(7)	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.154	.141	.294	9	.26	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.62	P
32	412	110 (4)	Aug 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.149	.136	.286	9	1.19	-0.063	.03	0.00%	-0.53	P
33	413	115 (4)	Aug 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.157	.174	.331	9	1.34	-0.064	.02	0.00%	-0.29	P
34	414	118 (2)	Aug 24	PIT		MLN	L,1-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.155	.171	.326	9	1.90	-0.075	.02	0.00%	-0.68	P
35	415	124 (5)	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.151	.167	.317	9	.79	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.34	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
36	416	128 (3)	Sep 3	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.145	.160	.305	9	.26	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
37	417	133 (4)	Sep 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.152	.167	.319	9	.63	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.06	P
38	418	138 (4)	Sep 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-2	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.152	.167	.319	9						P
39	419	143 (4)	Sep 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.150	.165	.315	9	1.62	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
40	420	148 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.150	.165	.315	9						P
41	421	151 (2)	Sep 28	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.150	.165	.315	9						P
							19-22		89	79	6	11	0	1	0	7	1	0	36	0	9	0	2	0	0	0	.139	.150	.165	.315		.95	-0.873	1.45	-0.89%	-9.11

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