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: 10-25 / in Starts: 7-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 5

1954 Pitching Game Log

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1954 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	102	1	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	GS-6		99	6.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.00	3.40	27	11	3	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.45	0.035	3.71	0.05%	1.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	103	4	Apr 18(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	4.0	5	5	4	0	2	1	0	5.40	3.90	18	10	2	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	-0.255	1.32	-0.37%	-2.96	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
3	104	10	Apr 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	3	3	8	3	1	0	4.76	5.10	31	8	11	4	0	1	50			3	0	0	21	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.24	-0.050	2.95	-0.07%	0.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	105	15	Apr 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-3	L(0-2)	4	2.1	7	6	5	1	1	0	0	6.52	4.83	14	1	4	0	0	7	21			1	0	0	12	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.30	-0.460	2.26	-0.48%	-4.14	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d1
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
5	106	19	May 2(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,18-10	GS-8	W(1-2)	3	7.2	14	10	10	5	6	4	0	8.00	6.18	42	9	8	0	2	14	12			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-6.32	1b start a 8	8b 12- 2 out a8
6	107	23	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	3-7		5	5.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	6.75	5.43	18	6	4	0	1	3		2	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.295	.92	0.18%	3.49	3t 12- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
7	108	29	May 16(1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-12	GS-	L(1-3)	7	5.0	9	7	7	1	0	1	0	7.54	5.45	25						20						24					0
8	109	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	3-8		1	5.2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	6.54	4.98	20	7	7	0	0	2		1	0	0	2	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	.65	0.221	.39	0.08%	3.18	3t -2- 1 out d4	8t 3 out d1
9	110	37	May 23(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	5.0	8	5	4	3	1	1	0	6.61	5.13	26	9	8	3	0	5	31			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.12	-0.300	.37	-0.06%	-2.35	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
10	111	45	May 30(2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-10	GS-5	L(1-5)	6	4.2	10	7	7	2	4	0	0	7.22	4.84	26	6	4	0	0	10	18			1	0	0	22	0	2	1	0	1	0	1.15	-0.516	.12	-0.03%	-4.94	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
11	112	46	May 31(1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-4	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.09	4.76	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
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
12	113	57	Jun 13(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5			12	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	6.83	4.62	8												7					0
13	114	63	Jun 20(2)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-5)	6	7.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	6.21	4.40	28	19	0	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.242	.01	0.00%	2.50	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
14	115	67	Jun 26	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	3	3	3	5	5	1	0	5.80	4.40	36	11	12	0	0	3	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.383	.00	0.00%	1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
15	116	72	Jul 2	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	GS-7	L(3-6)	5	6.2	12	9	5	0	0	1	0	5.88	4.40	33	11	11	1	4	11	22			1	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.766	.00	0.00%	-5.82	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d4
16	117	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	GS-	L(3-7)	3	6.0	14	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.79	4.27	32						32						30					0
17	118	81	Jul 11(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-13	3-3		4	0.2	6	6	6	0	0	1	1	6.38	4.44	9	2	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	.41	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-5.85	3b --- 0 out d3	3b --3 2 out d9
18	119	84	Jul 15(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	3-7		3	5.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	6.02	4.33	21	6	7	0	0	3		0	0	4	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	.46	0.103	.00	0.00%	2.58	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
19	120	89	Jul 18(2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	3-GF	W(4-7)	2	6.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.81	4.17	25	9	7	1	4	5		3	1	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.86	0.287	.00	0.00%	0.63	3b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 2
20	121	92	Jul 22	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3		L(4-8)	3	2.2	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.75	4.16	13												10					0
21	122	96	Jul 25(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(4-9)	2	7.0	9	3	3	0	5	0	0	5.62	3.95	30	8	8	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.090	.00	0.00%	0.64	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
22	123	99	Jul 29	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS-9		3	8.1	9	3	3	6	2	0	0	5.45	3.96	37	12	8	0	1	9	49			2	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	-0.124	.00	0.00%	0.59	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out tie
23	124	102	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	W,5-3		S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	3.95	4												4					0
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
24	125	105	Aug 3	PIT		CIN	L,2-7	GS-3	L(4-10)	2	3.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	5.57	3.94	16	3	5	1	0	5	32			2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-2.50	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
25	126	109	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,6-8	8-GF		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.55	3.91	7	4	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	.45	-0.032	.00	0.00%	0.00	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
26	127	113	Aug 13(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	W(5-10)	5	9.0	10	5	5	4	4	0	0	5.51	3.84	40	13	10	3	0	9	47			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.203	.00	0.00%	-0.41	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
27	128	130	Aug 29(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	7-GF(8)		15	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.43	3.80	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
28	129	132	Aug 31(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	5-7		1	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.37	3.74	11	3	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.55	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
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
29	130	134	Sep 3(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	GS-	L(5-11)	2	5.1	10	5	3	4	0	0	0	5.36	3.78	29						28						22					1
30	131	138	Sep 6(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-7	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.29	3.74	9	3	2	1	0	0		2	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.170	.00	0.00%	0.41	8b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 2
31	132	139	Sep 8	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	8-GF		1	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.27	3.72	8	3	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.48	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.00	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
32	133	142	Sep 12(1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-11	4-8		3	4.1	5	4	3	1	2	2	0	5.30	3.85	18	7	3	0	0	5		1	0	0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.04	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-1.77	4t 1-- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d9
33	134	146	Sep 14(2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(6-11)	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	5.00	3.70	31						82						31					0
34	135	148	Sep 19	PIT		BRO	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-11)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.73	3.59	32	10	15	3	0	4	78			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.742	.00	0.00%	4.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	136	153	Sep 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-10	GS-5	L(7-12)	5	4.1	9	9	9	0	0	3	0	5.08	3.79	23	8	11	3	0	4	9			2	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	2	1	.69	-0.492	.00	0.00%	-6.63	1b start a 2	5b --- 1 out d6
							10-25		W-L:7-12,Sv:2	3.3	170.0	204	106	96	58	74	16	1	5.08	3.79	758	1.28		6%	4%	139	40	9	33%	18	7	0	674	21	4	3	10	8	12	.96	-0.781	.47	-0.71%	-20.09

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