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: 24-23 / in Starts: 21-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 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	181	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	5	4	2	4	4	1	0	2.25	4.50	34	10	11	1	2	5	60			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	1	1	1.29	-0.260	3.29	-0.40%	-0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	182	5	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	3	1	1	2	3	1	0	1.59	4.13	33	20	8	3	0	0	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.457	2.40	0.58%	3.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	183	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-4		3	4.0	6	5	4	4	0	1	0	3.00	4.99	21	8	3	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.24	-0.416	2.62	-0.53%	-3.13	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
4	184	10	Apr 29(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	4	7	1	0	2.40	4.57	33	9	11	5	0	2	74			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.90	0.323	1.88	0.41%	3.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
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	185	14	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.08	4.32	36	13	9	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.262	1.83	0.39%	3.50	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
6	186	18	May 6(2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	GS-1		2	1.0	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.70	4.55	6	2	0	0	0	3	36			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.244	2.07	-0.33%	-2.53	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
7	187	19	May 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	GS-7	L(3-2)	1	7.0	6	5	5	2	4	3	0	3.26	5.01	29	13	4	0	2	6	47			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.136	1.43	-0.21%	-1.87	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
8	188	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-9	W(4-2)	3	8.0	10	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.44	4.55	35	11	9	1	0	8	49			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.20	-0.066	2.52	-0.08%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
9	189	24	May 16	PIT		CIN	W,9-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.23	4.15	38	7	14	0	0	9	65			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.080	1.98	0.12%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
10	190	28	May 20(1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	9	3	2	1	8	1	0	3.08	3.93	36						66						34			0		0
11	191	31	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-2)	2	9.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.74	3.71	35	17	5	0	1	6	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	0	.83	0.337	2.14	0.52%	4.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	192	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	2	2	2	6	3	1	0	2.67	3.85	32	15	7	2	0	1	72			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.36	0.470	4.31	0.89%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
13	193	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	GS-7	W(9-2)	3	7.0	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.57	3.61	26	5	7	0	0	5	70			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.174	3.61	0.38%	2.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
14	194	43	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-	L(9-3)	3	3.0	8	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.94	3.60	18						23						16			1		0
15	195	46	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	SHO(11)	W(10-3)	2	11.0	6	0	0	4	9	0	0	2.65	3.42	42	16	8	0	3	5	90			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	0.884	6.78	2.19%	5.19	1b start tie	11b 3 out a2
16	196	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-4		3	4.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.79	3.38	17	5	5	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.160	2.63	-0.44%	-1.00	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
17	197	52	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	SHO(7)	W(11-3)	3	7.0	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.63	3.31	31	9	11	0	4	8	62			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.385	7.47	1.12%	3.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
18	198	56	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS-	L(11-4)	2	7.0	5	4	4	5	1	0	0	2.77	3.36	32						47						24			1		2
19	199	59	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS-		3	9.0	10	5	4	1	3	1	0	2.85	3.37	38						51						35			1		0
20	200	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	GS-8	L(11-5)	3	7.1	10	9	5	2	7	0	0	3.01	3.27	35	11	5	0	0	10	35			0	0	0	33	1	1	2	1	0	2	1.59	-0.477	3.44	-0.62%	-3.83	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d4
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
21	201	67	Jul 1(1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS-	L(11-6)	3	8.0	10	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.03	3.29	34						52						32			0		0
22	202	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	3.28	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.034	.50	0.02%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
23	203	72	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(11-7)	5	8.0	9	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.03	3.31	33	7	13	2	1	7	54			1	0	1	31	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.56	-0.104	1.24	-0.05%	0.78	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
24	204	77	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-7	L(11-8)	5	7.0	15	7	7	0	2	0	0	3.28	3.24	33	3	13	1	0	15	21			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.711	1.25	-0.41%	-3.70	1b start a 3	7b 3 out d1
25	205	83	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(12-8)	3	9.0	4	2	2	4	4	0	1	3.21	3.24	34	14	7	1	1	4	71			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.411	.30	0.06%	2.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
26	206	86	Jul 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.24	3.19	27	10	6	1	0	7	53			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	2	0	0	.88	-0.057	.18	-0.01%	0.50	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
27	207	91	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GS-		3	7.1	8	4	4	0	9	0	0	3.30	3.07	31						55						31			0		0
28	208	95	Jul 29(1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	GS-7	L(12-9)	3	6.1	9	6	5	3	3	0	0	3.42	3.06	32	9	8	0	0	9	33			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.08	-0.218	.07	-0.01%	-3.64	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d5
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
29	209	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	GS-4	L(12-10)	3	4.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.53	3.02	19	5	4	0	3	7	35			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.282	.01	0.00%	-2.15	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
30	210	104	Aug 5(2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	GS-	L(12-11)	2	4.1	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	3.67	3.06	22						28						20			0		0
31	211	108	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(13-11)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.60	3.09	34	14	12	0	3	5	70			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	1	1.09	0.333	.00	0.00%	2.16	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
32	212	112	Aug 14(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(13-12)	3	8.0	9	3	3	0	5	1	0	3.59	3.08	31	11	7	2	0	8	57			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.062	.00	0.00%	0.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
33	213	117	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	W(14-12)	3	9.0	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.50	3.05	35	14	7	0	3	9	66			1	0	1	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.236	.00	0.00%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
34	214	119	Aug 19(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3			0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.47	3.04	8												8			0		0
35	215	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-5	L(14-13)	2	5.0	5	6	2	0	2	1	0	3.47	3.07	23	12	6	0	1	3	43			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	3	.84	-0.345	.00	0.00%	-3.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
36	216	126	Aug 26(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-13)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.34	3.03	32	13	8	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.42	0.633	.00	0.00%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	217	127	Aug 26(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1		S(1)	-1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	3.02	4												4			0		0
38	218	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	T,1-1	CG(8)		3	8.0	6	1	0	3	3	0	1	3.22	3.02	34	12	9	0	0	6	68			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	2	1.57	0.388	.00	0.00%	2.58	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
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
39	219	135	Sep 3(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(15-14)	3	8.0	10	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.26	3.02	36	11	15	7	0	5	45			0	0	0	31	4	0	2	1	0	0	1.33	-0.280	.00	0.00%	0.16	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
40	220	136	Sep 3(2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	8-GF	S(2)	-1	1.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.24	3.02	7	1	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	0.406	.00	0.00%	1.22	8b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
41	221	138	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-2	L(15-15)	3	2.0	4	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.35	3.02	12	2	1	0	0	4	33			1	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.14	-0.275	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
42	222	141	Sep 9(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-5		1	5.0	9	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.39	3.04	23	6	6	0	1	9	37			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.33	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.67	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
43	223	145	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	L(15-16)	5	7.0	12	6	6	2	2	2	0	3.49	3.12	34	11	7	0	1	12	29			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.312	.00	0.00%	-2.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
44	224	149	Sep 20	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(16-16)	4	10.0	4	1	0	3	3	0	0	3.38	3.11	37	12	17	3	7	2	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	2	0	0	1	1.87	0.457	.00	0.00%	3.62	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
45	225	151	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.36	3.09	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.065	.00	0.00%	1.44	9t 12- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
46	226	153	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	CG	W(17-16)	1	9.0	10	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.41	3.10	38	14	13	4	0	4	50			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	2	1	1	1.46	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.84	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
47	227	155	Sep 29(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-7	L(17-17)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	2	0	3.45	3.15	29	7	11	3	0	4	46			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	3	0	0	.77	-0.111	.00	0.00%	-0.36	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
48	228	156	Sep 29(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.43	3.14	7	1	4	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.028	.00	0.00%	1.04	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
49	229	157	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.44	3.18	10	5	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.033	.00	0.00%	0.04	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							24-23		W-L:17-17,Sv:3	2.5	314.1	310	137	120	85	166	25	2	3.44	3.18	1313	1.24		6%	5%	212	54	3	0%	5	3	2	1199	32	7	18	31	7	21	1.15	1.551	1.54	3.60%	19.88

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