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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Team Record in Appearances: 10-24 / in Starts: 9-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 3

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	9	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	5-6		99	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.48	7	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.034	.65	0.05%	1.02	5t --- 0 out d4	6t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	20	May 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-2		10	2.0	9	5	2	0	0	1	0	4.50	5.73	16	7	1	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.316	3.57	-0.63%	-4.03	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
3	3	22	May 11	PIT		CHC	L,4-10			1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.50	6.98	8												7			0		0
4	4	27	May 16	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	7-GF		4	3.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.00	6.03	11	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.148	2.80	0.26%	1.52	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
5	5	28	May 17	PIT		NYG	W,12-7	4-4	H(1)	0	0.2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.79	6.72	5	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.032	5.33	-0.06%	-0.27	4t --- 0 out a1	4t 123 2 out a1
6	6	29	May 18	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	5-GF		0	5.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.07	5.14	20	8	5	1	0	6		0	0	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.54	5t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
7	7	31	May 20(1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-17	7-7		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	5.02	3	1	1	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.42	7t 123 1 out d9	7t 3 out d11
8	8	33	May 22	PIT		BRO	L,8-17	GS-7	L(0-1)	1	6.2	14	11	8	5	2	2	0	5.32	5.93	38	18	7	3	0	6	5			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.03	-0.496	2.14	-0.62%	-5.89	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	40	Jun 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	5-6		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	5.69	6	2	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.10	0.009	.10	0.01%	0.77	5b --- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d5
10	10	44	Jun 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,12-4	GS-7	W(1-1)	2	6.1	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.80	5.51	27	9	6	0	1	8	45			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.54	0.071	.24	0.02%	0.02	1b start a 2	7b -23 1 out a4
11	11	47	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	5.41	4	0	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
12	12	49	Jun 10(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-2)	2	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.26	4.85	26	14	8	3	0	1	60			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	.88	0.109	.60	0.05%	1.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
13	13	53	Jun 15	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	GS-	L(1-3)	4	7.0	7	6	1	3	4	1	0	3.80	4.79	31						50						26			0		0
14	14	56	Jun 17 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7			1	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.97	4.84	3												2			0		0
15	15	58	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	L,0-1	GS-7	L(1-4)	2	7.0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.61	4.71	29	12	9	1	0	3	62			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.18	0.233	.15	0.02%	2.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
16	16	63	Jun 24(2)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	GS-4		3	4.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.83	4.73	18	7	4	1	0	3	42			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.132	.07	-0.01%	-0.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
17	17	65	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(1-5)	2	6.1	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.73	4.60	25	10	8	1	3	5	53			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.039	.12	0.00%	0.60	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	18	71	Jul 4(1)	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	GS-9	W(2-5)	6	8.1	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.42	4.55	32	16	6	1	0	8	63			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.319	.09	0.02%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a3
19	19	76	Jul 8(1)	PIT		STL	W,6-2	GS-	W(3-5)	3	7.0	9	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.35	4.43	31						50						28			0		0
20	20	81	Jul 15(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	GS-4		6	4.0	6	5	4	1	3	1	0	3.62	4.45	18	5	3	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.377	.01	0.00%	-2.99	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
21	21	82	Jul 15(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-8	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.58	4.47	4	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 5
22	22	87	Jul 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,6-11	GS-3		5	3.0	7	6	5	2	1	0	0	3.98	4.44	18	6	2	0	0	7	22			0	0	0	16	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.513	.01	0.00%	-4.61	1b start a 1	3b 3 out tie
23	23	90	Jul 23	PIT		BSN	L,14-15	GS-1		1	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.48	4.47	6	1	0	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.288	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
24	24	91	Jul 24	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	8-GF(10)	BL(3-6)	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.43	4.38	12	5	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.23	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.87	8t 1-3 0 out a1	10t end d 1
25	25	95	Jul 29(1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.21	4.25	34	19	5	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.331	.00	0.00%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	26	99	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	GS-4	L(4-7)	3	4.0	9	7	5	3	1	1	0	4.49	4.37	24	11	7	6	0	2	18			1	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	0	1	.80	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-4.97	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
27	27	102	Aug 5(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	GS-5	L(4-8)	2	4.1	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.64	4.29	22	10	4	1	1	5	32			1	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.37	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-1.99	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d4
28	28	104	Aug 7	PIT	@	STL	L,7-16	1-1		1	0.1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.63	4.31	4	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.147	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b 12- 1 out d2	1b 12- 2 out d5
29	29	109	Aug 11(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(5-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.34	4.14	32	14	9	3	0	5	75			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.728	.00	0.00%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	30	114	Aug 15	PIT		STL	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	8	3	0	0	4.03	4.17	34	10	13	0	6	0	78			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	.66	0.309	.00	0.00%	4.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	31	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS-6	L(6-9)	5	6.0	6	3	3	7	0	0	0	4.05	4.25	29	11	5	0	0	6	41			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
32	32	125	Aug 26(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.2	8	3	3	5	4	1	0	4.00	4.28	37	18	8	4	0	2	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.63	-0.070	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b start a 2	9b 12- 2 out tie
33	33	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-9	GS-4		3	3.2	7	7	3	4	1	1	0	4.08	4.40	21	5	4	0	0	7	24			0	1	0	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.367	.00	0.00%	-5.35	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	34	149	Sep 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-9	GS-7	L(6-10)	22	6.1	10	9	6	1	0	0	0	4.27	4.34	31	11	9	2	0	10	22			1	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-4.06	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d6
							10-24		W-L:6-10,BSv:1,Hld:1	2.6	149.2	173	94	71	68	41	12	0	4.27	4.34	666	1.64		7%	3%	121	43	7	71%	5	6	1	589	27	4	2	19	0	12	1.00	-1.307	.39	-0.91%	-17.07

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