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	14-21 / in Starts: 14-21
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	70 (40-16-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (28-16-8)

Most Driven In
D Hoak	2
B Virdon	1
D Groat	1
B Skinner	1
B Mazeroski	1
D Schofield	1

Most Driven In By
B Skinner	2
R MejÃas	1
R Clemente	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	308	2 (1)	Apr 10	PIT		MLN	L,0-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.59	-0.090	3.63	-0.12%	-0.90	P
2	309	5 (2)	Apr 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.030	1.05	-0.03%	-0.27	P
3	310	8 (2)	Apr 22	PIT		CIN	W,9-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
4	311	13 (4)	Apr 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-10	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.20	-0.039	2.74	-0.05%	-0.31	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	312	16 (2)	May 1	PIT		STL	L,6-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.07	0.063	2.15	0.08%	0.51	P
6	313	21 (4)	May 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.50	-0.014	3.44	-0.02%	-0.12	P
7	314	26 (4)	May 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.94	-0.036	1.83	-0.04%	-0.42	P
8	315	31 (4)	May 14	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-6	GS-8	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	9	.46	0.046	1.09	0.07%	-0.02	P
9	316	36 (4)	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,1-11	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	9	.39	-0.010	.74	-0.01%	-0.11	P
10	317	41 (4)	May 24 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	9	1.48	0.131	4.03	0.22%	0.91	P
11	318	44 (2)	May 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.318	.286	.604	9	1.07	-0.109	3.01	-0.19%	-1.38	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
12	319	50 (5)	Jun 3	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.304	.638	9	1.12	-0.028	3.61	-0.05%	-0.23	P
13	320	55 (4)	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.346	.292	.638	9	1.74	0.018	5.70	0.04%	0.12	P
14	321	59 (3)	Jun 11	PIT		SFG	W,12-9	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.345	.296	.641	9	1.77	-0.016	4.87	-0.03%	-0.05	P
15	322	64 (4)	Jun 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.333	.290	.624	9	1.26	-0.063	4.60	-0.14%	1.05	P
16	323	68 (3)	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.273	.587	9	1.82	-0.089	7.16	-0.21%	-0.94	P
17	324	73 (4)	Jun 24	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.297	.257	.554	9	1.17	-0.063	4.97	-0.16%	-0.47	P
18	325	77 (3)	Jun 28	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.250	.539	9	.99	-0.026	3.54	-0.06%	-0.25	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
19	326	82 (4)	Jul 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.237	.512	9	.85	-0.058	2.09	-0.09%	-0.65	P
20	327	86 (3)	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.231	.499	9	1.40	-0.046	4.55	-0.09%	-0.35	P
21	328	91 (4)	Jul 15	PIT		LAD	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.256	.220	.475	9	1.54	-0.078	6.55	-0.20%	-0.53	P
22	329	95 (3)	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.244	.209	.454	9	1.07	-0.053	3.24	-0.10%	-0.38	P
23	330	99 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.234	.200	.434	9	.97	-0.051	1.85	-0.06%	-0.42	P
24	331	104 (4)	Jul 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.224	.191	.416	9	.89	-0.049	.72	-0.02%	-0.77	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
25	332	109 (4)	Aug 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.220	.188	.408	9	1.79	-0.103	.57	-0.02%	-0.80	P
26	333	114 (4)	Aug 11	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.212	.180	.392	9	1.42	-0.090	.36	-0.01%	-0.77	P
27	334	118 (3)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.204	.173	.377	9	.74	-0.097	.27	-0.02%	-1.52	P
28	335	122 (3)	Aug 20	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.190	.161	.350	9	.78	-0.084	.55	-0.04%	-1.33	P
29	336	127 (4)	Aug 24	PIT		SFG	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.177	.150	.327	9	.45	-0.047	.38	-0.02%	-1.08	P
30	337	131 (3)	Aug 29	PIT		PHI	W,11-1	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.188	.177	.365	9	.28	-0.015	.26	-0.01%	1.81	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
31	338	135 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.179	.169	.348	9	1.74	-0.135	3.68	-0.17%	-0.99	P
32	339	139 (3)	Sep 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-5	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.176	.167	.343	9	.97	-0.024	.93	-0.01%	-0.21	P
33	340	143 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.183	.174	.357	9	1.30	0.039	.05	0.00%	-0.04	P
34	341	147 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.176	.167	.342	9	.79	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
35	342	151 (3)	Sep 21	PIT		MLN	L,6-8	GS-5	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.187	.192	.378	9	.45	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
							14-21		87	73	4	12	2	0	0	7	2	0	25	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.187	.192	.378		1.09	-1.283	2.40	-1.58%	-11.18

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