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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	9 (8)	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-4		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	20 (10)	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	16	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	22 (1)	May 11	PIT		CHC	L,4-10		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	27 (4)	May 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	28	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,12-7		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	29	May 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	GF	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
7	31 (1)	May 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-17		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	33 (1)	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	GS	38	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	40 (6)	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	44 (3)	Jun 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	GS	27	6.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
11	47 (2)	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	49 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	P
13	53 (3)	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	56 (2)	Jun 17 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
15	58 (1)	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	63 (4)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	65 (1)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	25	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	71 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	GS	32	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
19	76 (4)	Jul 8 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-2	GS	0	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	81 (4)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	GS	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	82	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	87 (4)	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	90 (2)	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	91	Jul 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	GF	12	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	99 (3)	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	GS	24	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
27	102 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	GS	22	4.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
28	104 (1)	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	109 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	114 (4)	Aug 15	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	120 (5)	Aug 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
32	125 (4)	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	37	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
33	130 (4)	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	GS	21	3.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	149 (18)	Sep 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-9	GS	31	6.1	1	0	0	1	0
							34gm		149.2	10	29	1	40	1