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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-23 / in Starts: 21-19
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	50 (25-16-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (36-21-11)

Most Driven In
R Clemente	2
D Hall	1
G Freese	1
D Kravitz	1
J Shepard	1
D Groat	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Long	1
Self	1
D Groat	1
L Walls	1
B Virdon	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	181	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.62	0.135	4.14	0.21%	0.42	P
2	182	5 (3)	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.26	-0.092	2.68	-0.12%	-0.91	P
3	183	7 (1)	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.31	-0.008	.65	-0.01%	-0.10	P
4	184	10 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.35	0.021	.73	0.03%	-0.46	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	185	14 (3)	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.29	-0.030	.70	-0.04%	-0.93	P
6	186	18 (3)	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9						P
7	187	19	May 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.59	-0.029	1.47	-0.04%	-0.24	P
8	188	21 (1)	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.09	0.059	2.29	0.08%	-0.07	P
9	189	24 (2)	May 16	PIT		CIN	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.87	0.071	2.13	0.11%	-0.15	P
10	190	28 (3)	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9						P
11	191	31 (2)	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.200	.172	.372	9	.76	0.001	1.96	0.00%	-0.14	P
12	192	34 (2)	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.161	.349	9	.98	0.008	3.12	0.02%	0.23	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	193	39 (4)	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.147	.318	9	1.80	-0.127	6.62	-0.28%	-0.69	P
14	194	43 (3)	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.171	.194	.171	.366	9						P
15	195	46 (2)	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.175	.154	.329	9	1.94	-0.250	8.01	-0.62%	-1.17	P
16	196	50 (3)	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.171	.150	.321	9	.84	-0.021	3.81	-0.06%	-0.24	P
17	197	52 (1)	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG(7)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.163	.143	.306	9	.28	-0.014	1.33	-0.04%	-0.19	P
18	198	56 (3)	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	.136	.156	.136	.292	9						P
19	199	59 (2)	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	.136	.156	.136	.292	9						P
20	200	63 (3)	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.149	.130	.279	9	.94	-0.046	2.05	-0.06%	-0.37	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	201	67 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.125	.143	.125	.268	9						P
22	202	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.143	.125	.268	1						P
23	203	72 (3)	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.137	.120	.257	9	1.42	-0.058	1.14	-0.03%	-0.51	P
24	204	77 (4)	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.151	.167	.208	.374	9	1.16	0.250	1.11	0.14%	1.49	P
25	205	83 (5)	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.175	.214	.390	9	1.07	-0.014	.24	0.00%	0.07	P
26	206	86 (2)	Jul 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.169	.207	.376	9	1.36	-0.070	.28	-0.01%	-0.62	P
27	207	91 (4)	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GS-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.164	.177	.213	.391	9						P
28	208	95 (3)	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.172	.206	.378	9	1.29	-0.069	.09	0.00%	-0.45	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	209	100 (4)	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.169	.203	.372	9	2.73	0.004	.02	0.00%	-0.11	P
30	210	104 (3)	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	.154	.167	.200	.367	9						P
31	211	108 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.174	.206	.380	9	.93	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
32	212	112 (3)	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.181	.225	.406	9	.75	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.24	P
33	213	117 (4)	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.187	.230	.416	7	.72	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.56	P
34	214	119 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.187	.230	.416	7						P
35	215	121 (1)	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.182	.224	.406	7	.66	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
36	216	126 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.173	.213	.385	7	.71	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
37	217	127	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.173	.213	.385	7						P
38	218	130 (2)	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	T,1-1	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.190	.241	.431	7	.91	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	219	135 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.176	.186	.235	.421	7	1.62	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.00	P
40	220	136	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.186	.235	.421	7						P
41	221	138 (1)	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.186	.235	.421	9						P
42	222	141 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.182	.230	.412	9	1.22	-0.088	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
43	223	145 (3)	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.178	.225	.402	9	.65	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
44	224	149 (3)	Sep 20	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.174	.220	.394	9	1.47	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
45	225	151 (1)	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.174	.220	.394	9						P
46	226	153 (1)	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.168	.177	.221	.398	9	1.18	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-1.31	P
47	227	155 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.173	.216	.390	9	1.24	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.49	P
48	228	156	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.173	.216	.390	9						P
49	229	157	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.173	.216	.390	3						P
							24-23		109	97	7	16	2	0	1	8	1	0	19	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	.165	.173	.216	.390		1.04	-0.907	1.43	-0.74%	-9.96

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