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: 11-23 / in Starts: 9-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 5

1966 Pitching Game Log

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1966 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	569	3	Apr 14(2)	NYY		DET	L,2-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	7	4	3	3	4	1	0	6.75	6.05	22	5	3	1	0	7	35			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	-0.409	2.19	-0.47%	-3.68	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d2
2	570	8	Apr 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7		5	6.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.48	3.52	24	9	8	1	0	5	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.255	1.57	0.20%	2.19	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out a2
3	571	11	Apr 25	NYY		BOS	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.1	7	6	6	2	3	0	0	6.14	3.24	21	4	5	1	0	7	26			0	1	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.479	.94	-0.22%	-3.55	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
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
4	572	19	May 5	NYY		CLE	L,0-4	GS-7	L(0-3)	9	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.57	2.83	27	11	8	0	0	6	63			2	0	0	26	0	2	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.152	.63	0.05%	1.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
5	573	24	May 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	6-7		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.18	2.72	7	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.084	.34	0.02%	0.93	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
6	574	28	May 15(2)	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	GS-7	W(1-3)	2	6.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.60	2.52	24	7	6	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.192	.67	0.06%	1.48	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 1 out a2
7	575	32	May 21	NYY		MIN	W,4-2	GS-5		5	4.1	8	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.67	2.85	20	5	6	1	0	8	40			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.136	.69	-0.06%	-1.04	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d2
8	576	35	May 24	NYY		CAL	L,2-4	8-GF		2	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	2.77	8	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.033	.29	0.02%	0.82	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	577	39	May 29	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	GS-4	L(1-4)	4	3.1	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.63	2.91	16	4	5	0	0	5	40			0	1	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.183	.99	-0.10%	-1.66	1t start tie	4t -23 1 out d2
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
10	578	44	Jun 2	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-3	GS-3		3	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.10	2.84	11	2	3	2	0	5	35			1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.303	.73	-0.13%	-2.55	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d2
11	579	50	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	5-6		7	2.0	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.53	2.81	11	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	.36	-0.131	.28	-0.06%	-2.11	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d5
12	580	52	Jun 12(1)	NYY	@	DET	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.84	2.76	6	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.042	.14	-0.02%	-1.55	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
				Player went from New York Yankees to New York Mets
13	581	58	Jun 18	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-5		5	4.1	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.78	2.72	20	6	6	0	3	5	44			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.18	-0.131	.23	-0.02%	-0.68	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d1
14	582	64	Jun 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-4)	5	6.1	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	4.23	2.72	27	15	5	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.14	0.075	.11	0.00%	0.73	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a1
15	583	68	Jun 28	NYM		PHI	L,0-1	GS-8	L(2-5)	3	8.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	3.84	2.74	26	15	6	5	1	0	79			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.220	.13	0.02%	2.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
16	584	74	Jul 3(2)	NYM		PIT	W,9-8	GS-4		4	3.1	6	5	4	0	2	2	0	4.19	3.06	17	7	2	0	1	6	32			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.444	.02	-0.01%	-3.47	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d2
17	585	79	Jul 7	NYM	@	PHI	W,9-6	GS-5		3	5.0	7	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.40	3.29	22	9	5	0	1	6	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.077	.05	0.00%	-1.72	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a2
18	586	83	Jul 10	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	3.26	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.35	8b -23 1 out d5	8b end d 5
19	587	88	Jul 17(2)	NYM		HOU	W,7-5	CG	W(3-5)	6	9.0	11	5	3	1	5	1	0	4.20	3.25	39	14	10	1	3	9	53			1	0	0	38	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.30	0.018	.00	0.00%	-1.02	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
20	588	93	Jul 22	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-5)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.79	3.12	34	17	7	1	4	7	74			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.533	.02	0.01%	3.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
21	589	99	Jul 27	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-5)	4	7.0	5	2	1	0	2	1	0	3.61	3.17	27	14	7	2	0	4	63			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.22	0.198	.02	0.00%	0.96	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
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
22	590	103	Aug 1	NYM		SFG	L,2-4	GS-5	L(5-6)	4	5.0	9	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.69	3.13	24	11	3	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.281	.03	-0.01%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
23	591	108	Aug 6	NYM		STL	L,8-10	GS-4		4	3.1	8	5	5	0	1	1	0	4.00	3.22	18	4	6	2	2	7	25			2	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.398	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out tie
24	592	115	Aug 13	NYM	@	STL	L,6-9	GS-2	L(5-7)	6	2.0	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	4.35	3.33	12	3	1	0	0	6	24			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.353	.00	0.00%	-4.09	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
25	593	118	Aug 16	NYM		PIT	L,0-3	7-GF(7)		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.35	3.36	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.45	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.11	7t -2- 2 out d3	7t end d 3
26	594	119	Aug 17	NYM		PIT	W,8-7	7-GF	S(1)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.23	3.30	11	5	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.01	0.353	.00	0.00%	1.33	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
27	595	121	Aug 19	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	L(5-8)	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.28	3.42	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.372	.00	0.00%	-0.64	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
28	596	125	Aug 22	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-8	4-4		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.26	3.39	3	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.36	4b 1-- 0 out d2	4b 1-3 2 out d2
29	597	127	Aug 24	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	8-GF	BL(5-9)	1	0.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.39	3.44	7	3	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	4.53	-0.618	.00	0.00%	-2.32	8b 123 2 out a1	9b end d 1
30	598	133	Aug 30	NYM		LAD	W,10-4	2-GF	W(6-9)	5	7.2	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.19	3.52	27	17	6	2	0	3		2	0	0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.176	.00	0.00%	1.94	2t 12- 1 out d2	9t end a 6
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	599	138	Sep 4	NYM		PHI	L,0-5	6-7		4	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.12	3.55	8	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	.42	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.88	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
32	600	140	Sep 5(2)	NYM		CIN	L,5-8	8-GF(10)	L(6-10)	0	3.0	6	4	3	0	1	0	1	4.24	3.54	16	6	3	1	1	5		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-2.68	8t --- 0 out d1	10t end d 4
33	601	146	Sep 13	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-8	GS-5	L(6-11)	7	4.1	9	6	5	1	1	1	0	4.44	3.61	23	7	6	0	0	8	23			0	1	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.386	.00	0.00%	-2.73	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d2
34	602	155	Sep 24	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	8-GF(8)	L(6-12)	10	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.55	3.65	7	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.87	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
							11-23		W-L:6-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.8	130.2	162	77	66	25	52	13	1	4.55	3.65	570	1.77		6%	5%	144	45	9	0%	13	9	0	535	18	7	7	9	2	15	1.13	-3.030	.35	-0.71%	-22.09

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