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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	P
2	9 (4)	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-13	GS	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	12 (2)	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS	14	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	14 (1)	Apr 29	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (3)	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	20 (1)	May 5	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
7	25 (4)	May 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
8	29 (3)	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	31 (1)	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4		20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	34 (2)	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GS	0	7.1	1	0	0	1	0
11	37 (2)	May 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	GF	14	3.2	0	4	0	4	0	P
12	41 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS	0	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	47 (5)	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	GS	27	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	52 (4)	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
15	56 (3)	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
16	61 (4)	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	65 (3)	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
18	71 (5)	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	80 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6		15	3.2	0	1	0	1	1
21	83 (2)	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	GS	24	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4		24	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	90 (5)	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	95 (4)	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS	31	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
25	99 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
26	101 (1)	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	102	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7		5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	104 (1)	Aug 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7		14	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
29	109 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	GS	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	114 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	115	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-10		7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	120 (4)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	144 (23)	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	151 (6)	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	31	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
35	154 (2)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
							35gm		185.0	10	37	2	49	3