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: 14-21 / in Starts: 14-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1959 Pitching Game Log

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1959 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	308	2	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	6	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.14	4.69	29	7	12	1	3	6	49			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.086	1.96	-0.12%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
2	309	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-10	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	5.1	11	6	6	0	1	1	0	7.30	4.65	27	9	6	0	0	11	23			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.350	2.04	-0.37%	-2.48	1b start a 3	6b 1-- 1 out tie
3	310	8	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	GS-3		6	2.0	6	6	6	0	0	0	1	10.05	4.57	13	3	3	0	0	6	20			0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.294	1.74	-0.31%	-3.87	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out d3
4	311	13	Apr 26(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-10	GS-7	L(0-3)	3	6.2	8	9	5	1	2	1	1	9.00	4.64	31	10	10	0	3	7	31			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.632	2.77	-0.86%	-4.74	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out d3
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	312	16	May 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	6.2	13	7	4	2	2	0	0	8.13	4.21	34	12	5	0	3	13	26			0	0	0	32	1	1	1	0	0	1	.95	-0.294	1.91	-0.35%	-3.97	1t start tie	7t --3 2 out d6
6	313	21	May 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	L(0-5)	3	7.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	0	7.53	4.24	28	11	6	0	0	6	50			0	0	1	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.177	2.17	-0.24%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	314	26	May 10(1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	GS-6	L(0-6)	4	5.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	7.71	4.18	23	14	3	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.299	2.69	-0.35%	-2.50	1t start tie	6t --3 0 out d3
8	315	31	May 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS-8		3	7.1	10	5	5	4	2	0	0	7.47	4.10	35	14	13	7	0	2	36			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	1	1	0	1.00	0.019	2.35	0.03%	0.02	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a3
9	316	36	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-11	GS-2	L(0-7)	5	1.1	5	6	4	1	0	0	0	8.01	4.12	11	4	1	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.381	2.10	-0.43%	-4.50	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 1 out d4
10	317	41	May 24(2)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8		3	8.0	8	4	4	2	5	0	0	7.51	3.82	34	13	6	0	1	8	53			0	0	0	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.106	3.28	-0.17%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
11	318	44	May 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	6.47	3.58	31	14	6	2	1	4	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	2	.93	0.429	2.61	0.73%	4.05	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	319	50	Jun 3	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(2-7)	5	8.0	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	6.14	3.58	34	15	6	2	2	7	54			0	0	0	29	2	1	2	1	0	0	1.22	-0.125	3.94	-0.24%	0.50	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
13	320	55	Jun 7(2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-8)	3	8.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	0	5.64	3.31	29	10	3	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.281	3.18	0.55%	2.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	321	59	Jun 11	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	GS-8		3	7.0	5	7	2	2	3	1	1	5.40	3.43	34	13	11	0	0	4	50			1	0	0	31	1	1	1	0	0	5	.83	-0.359	2.27	-0.59%	-2.95	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a2
15	322	64	Jun 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	W(3-8)	4	8.1	8	2	1	1	2	1	1	5.03	3.51	35	11	15	2	5	5	62			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	0.322	4.43	0.70%	1.46	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
16	323	68	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-9)	3	4.0	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	5.27	3.46	21	7	3	0	1	8	27			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.224	2.72	-0.53%	-3.91	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d5
17	324	73	Jun 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		3	6.0	9	3	3	0	3	1	0	5.23	3.47	25	10	3	0	0	9	45			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.084	4.93	-0.22%	-0.12	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	325	77	Jun 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS-4	L(3-10)	3	3.2	9	6	5	1	2	1	0	5.47	3.55	21	4	14	7	0	0	22			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.330	3.99	-0.71%	-4.22	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d5
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
19	326	82	Jul 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(4-10)	5	9.0	10	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.28	3.51	39	12	14	2	0	10	54			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.41	0.387	3.49	0.58%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	327	86	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	GS-8		5	8.0	4	3	1	1	5	0	0	5.02	3.39	29	11	8	0	4	4	70			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	.84	0.076	2.74	0.15%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	328	91	Jul 15	PIT		LAD	L,0-3	GS-8	L(4-11)	4	8.0	5	3	3	4	4	0	0	4.92	3.37	31	12	10	4	0	1	60			1	1	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.96	0.015	4.10	0.04%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
22	329	95	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(4-12)	5	8.0	8	4	3	1	4	1	1	4.83	3.40	35	16	8	2	1	5	55			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.070	2.53	-0.13%	-0.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
23	330	99	Jul 26(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-13)	4	7.0	5	4	2	2	1	1	0	4.73	3.47	29	12	9	1	1	5	54			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.61	-0.130	1.16	-0.15%	-0.85	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
24	331	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS-6		3	6.0	4	3	1	2	2	0	2	4.61	3.49	25	7	12	5	0	0	56			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.49	-0.004	1.19	0.00%	0.18	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
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
25	332	109	Aug 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	GS-7	L(4-14)	5	7.0	9	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.46	3.42	27	10	6	3	1	9	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	0.229	.29	0.04%	2.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
26	333	114	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-6	L(4-15)	5	6.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.52	3.57	24	13	4	0	0	4	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.03	-0.209	.26	-0.03%	-1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
27	334	118	Aug 16(1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	GS-9	W(5-15)	4	8.2	11	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.35	3.48	34	11	8	0	1	11	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.43	0.398	.53	0.09%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
28	335	122	Aug 20	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(6-15)	3	9.0	9	1	1	1	11	0	0	4.19	3.33	37	9	7	1	1	9	75			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.473	.92	0.20%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	336	127	Aug 24	PIT		SFG	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-15)	3	9.0	12	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.99	3.23	39	10	8	0	0	12	70			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.273	.61	0.14%	4.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
30	337	131	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	W,11-1	CG	W(8-15)	4	9.0	9	1	1	3	3	1	0	3.86	3.27	39	11	15	2	5	7	65			1	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	1	.54	0.207	.52	0.12%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
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
31	338	135	Sep 2(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(8-16)	3	8.0	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	3.76	3.24	30	10	11	3	0	8	61			0	1	1	30	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.029	2.39	0.04%	2.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
32	339	139	Sep 7(1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-3	L(8-17)	4	2.0	8	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.89	3.35	15	3	1	0	0	8	25			1	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.335	.88	-0.19%	-3.47	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d3
33	340	143	Sep 11(1)	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-8		3	7.1	8	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.89	3.44	32	13	13	4	0	1	51			1	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.041	.06	0.00%	0.68	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a1
34	341	147	Sep 16(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	L(8-18)	4	8.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.91	3.44	34	8	12	0	0	9	49			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.260	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d2
35	342	151	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8	GS-5	L(8-19)	4	4.1	8	5	5	0	2	1	0	4.03	3.46	21	9	2	1	0	8	29			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.378	.00	0.00%	-3.09	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d3
							14-21		W-L:8-19	3.8	234.2	267	129	105	52	104	19	7	4.03	3.46	1015	1.31		8%	5%	220	49		---%	10	5	2	943	49	12	9	21	5	21	1.06	-2.030	2.09	-2.60%	-11.64

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