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	15-20 / in Starts: 15-20
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 85 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	62 (35-16-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 85 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	50 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
D Clendenon	1
B Mazeroski	1

Most Driven In By
M Mota	1
B Virdon	1

1964 Batting Game Log

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1964 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	500	3 (2)	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.52	-0.099	3.24	-0.13%	-0.87	P
2	501	8 (4)	Apr 24	PIT		NYM	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.74	-0.050	1.67	-0.07%	-1.44	P
3	502	12 (3)	Apr 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-9	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						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
4	503	15 (2)	May 2	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	.67	-0.033	1.40	-0.04%	-0.26	P
5	504	19 (3)	May 6	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	1.85	-0.140	4.64	-0.21%	-0.88	P
6	505	23 (3)	May 10 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,5-11	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	.95	-0.035	2.34	-0.05%	-0.22	P
7	506	27 (3)	May 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,0-6	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	9	2.35	-0.113	5.43	-0.16%	-0.92	P
8	507	32 (4)	May 19	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	9	.62	0.015	1.45	0.02%	0.15	P
9	508	36 (3)	May 23	PIT	@	SFG	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	.29	-0.017	.70	-0.02%	-0.15	P
10	509	40 (3)	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	1.34	-0.064	4.76	-0.14%	-0.48	P
11	510	44 (3)	May 31	PIT		LAD	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.172	.111	.284	9	1.19	-0.029	3.06	-0.04%	-0.63	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
12	511	48 (3)	Jun 5	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.103	.161	.103	.265	9	1.63	-0.130	3.91	-0.19%	-0.93	P
13	512	53 (4)	Jun 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.188	.103	.291	9	1.04	0.044	3.31	0.08%	0.37	P
14	513	58 (4)	Jun 17	PIT		NYM	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.171	.094	.265	9	.72	-0.050	1.59	-0.07%	-0.80	P
15	514	64 (5)	Jun 24	PIT	@	NYM	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.179	.111	.291	9	.53	-0.031	1.20	-0.04%	-0.59	P
16	515	69 (4)	Jun 28 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.179	.111	.291	9						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
17	516	74 (4)	Jul 4	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.179	.111	.291	9	1.43	-0.021	2.48	-0.02%	-0.17	P
18	517	78 (3)	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.190	.128	.319	9	.71	0.054	1.15	0.05%	-0.11	P
19	518	83 (4)	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.182	.122	.304	9	.55	-0.026	1.04	-0.03%	-0.53	P
20	519	86 (2)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.178	.119	.297	9	.60	-0.015	1.12	-0.02%	-0.15	P
21	520	91 (4)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.170	.114	.284	9	1.03	-0.050	2.27	-0.07%	-0.37	P
22	521	95 (3)	Jul 29	PIT		HOU	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.106	.160	.106	.266	9	.29	-0.022	.64	-0.03%	-0.79	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
23	522	100 (4)	Aug 2	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.102	.154	.102	.256	9	1.62	-0.072	5.49	-0.15%	-0.46	P
24	523	105 (4)	Aug 6	PIT		LAD	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.094	.143	.094	.237	9	.96	-0.093	1.84	-0.11%	-1.31	P
25	524	110 (4)	Aug 11	PIT		NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.138	.091	.229	9	1.29	-0.067	2.14	-0.07%	-0.55	P
26	525	115 (4)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.088	.133	.088	.221	9	.72	-0.036	.76	-0.02%	-0.32	P
27	526	120 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.085	.129	.085	.214	9	1.37	-0.039	1.46	-0.03%	-0.15	P
28	527	125 (4)	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.125	.082	.207	9	1.33	-0.079	.15	-0.01%	-0.67	P
29	528	129 (3)	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	L,8-10	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.082	.125	.082	.207	9						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
30	529	131 (1)	Sep 1	PIT		LAD	W,5-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.079	.121	.079	.201	9	1.30	-0.092	.04	0.00%	-1.04	P
31	530	134 (2)	Sep 5	PIT		HOU	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.076	.116	.076	.192	9	.83	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.48	P
32	531	139 (4)	Sep 10	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.113	.074	.186	9	1.17	-0.058	.02	0.00%	-0.50	P
33	532	144 (4)	Sep 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.113	.074	.186	9	1.87	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.17	P
34	533	147 (2)	Sep 19	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-13	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.074	.113	.074	.186	9						P
35	534	156 (8)	Sep 29	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.070	.108	.070	.179	9	1.42	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.88	P
							15-20		85	71	2	5	0	0	0	2	3	0	26	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	.070	.108	.070	.179		1.03	-1.508	1.83	-1.54%	-16.28

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