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	22-16 / in Starts: 21-16
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 105 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	75 (41-23-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 105 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	65 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
B Mazeroski	1
D Hoak	1
D Schofield	1

Most Driven In By
D Hoak	2
B Virdon	1
R Clemente	1
D Groat	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 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	343	1	Apr 12	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.99	-0.035	2.65	-0.06%	-0.26	P
2	344	4 (2)	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.16	-0.013	.43	-0.02%	-0.35	P
3	345	9 (4)	Apr 22	PIT		MLN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.40	-0.041	1.20	-0.07%	-0.83	P
4	346	13 (3)	Apr 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	9	.56	-0.024	2.08	-0.05%	-0.77	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	347	17 (3)	May 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.90	-0.045	3.86	-0.12%	-0.32	P
6	348	22 (4)	May 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	9	.79	-0.039	3.23	-0.10%	-0.32	P
7	349	25 (2)	May 13	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	9	1.07	-0.217	4.40	-0.53%	-2.21	P
8	350	29 (3)	May 17	PIT		CHC	W,11-6	GS-9	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.37	0.084	1.67	0.23%	0.96	P
9	351	33 (3)	May 21	PIT		SFG	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	1.38	-0.093	8.52	-0.35%	-0.73	P
10	352	38 (4)	May 28	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.138	.074	.212	9	1.18	-0.080	4.88	-0.20%	-1.16	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
11	353	42 (3)	Jun 1	PIT		CIN	W,5-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.161	.103	.265	9	.34	0.017	1.96	0.06%	-0.04	P
12	354	44 (1)	Jun 5 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.097	.152	.097	.248	9	1.16	-0.058	5.66	-0.17%	-0.44	P
13	355	48 (3)	Jun 9	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.088	.139	.088	.227	9	.44	-0.046	2.25	-0.14%	-1.19	P
14	356	53 (4)	Jun 14	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-3	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	.99	-0.018	6.59	-0.07%	-0.78	P
15	357	57 (3)	Jun 18	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.079	.146	.079	.225	9	1.46	-0.113	7.78	-0.36%	-1.07	P
16	358	60 (2)	Jun 22	PIT		STL	W,5-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.178	.075	.253	9	.63	-0.026	3.59	-0.09%	0.12	P
17	359	64 (3)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.174	.073	.247	9	.72	-0.020	3.58	-0.06%	-0.22	P
18	360	67 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,0-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.170	.071	.242	9	.37	-0.009	2.46	-0.04%	-0.10	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	361	72 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.160	.067	.227	9	1.00	-0.074	8.03	-0.36%	-0.90	P
20	362	74 (1)	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.067	.160	.067	.227	9						P
21	363	78 (3)	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.167	.082	.248	9	.77	-0.034	4.36	-0.11%	-0.25	P
22	364	82 (3)	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.078	.161	.078	.239	9	1.05	0.029	6.08	0.10%	0.16	P
23	365	86 (3)	Jul 19	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.169	.075	.245	9	.63	-0.024	4.46	-0.10%	-0.34	P
24	366	92 (5)	Jul 25	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.161	.071	.233	9	1.29	-0.125	9.74	-0.57%	-1.19	P
25	367	96 (3)	Jul 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.156	.069	.225	9	.52	-0.026	3.30	-0.10%	-0.24	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
26	368	99 (2)	Aug 3	PIT		LAD	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.152	.067	.218	9	.50	-0.025	3.86	-0.12%	-0.25	P
27	369	103 (3)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.147	.065	.212	9	.94	-0.057	6.27	-0.23%	-0.70	P
28	370	107 (3)	Aug 11	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG(12)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.062	.141	.062	.202	9	1.10	-0.087	9.53	-0.45%	-0.49	P
29	371	113 (5)	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.137	.060	.197	9	.15	-0.016	.80	-0.05%	-0.80	P
30	372	119 (5)	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.058	.133	.058	.191	9	.94	-0.050	3.02	-0.10%	-0.47	P
31	373	123 (3)	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.128	.056	.184	9	1.61	-0.153	6.43	-0.37%	-1.14	P
32	374	127 (3)	Aug 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.136	.067	.202	9	.90	0.070	4.21	0.20%	0.50	P
Sep/Oct		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
33	375	132 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,9-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.066	.134	.066	.200	9	2.23	-0.050	11.14	-0.15%	-0.46	P
34	376	137 (4)	Sep 10	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.129	.063	.193	9	.37	-0.028	.98	-0.05%	-0.69	P
35	377	141 (3)	Sep 15	PIT		LAD	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.061	.125	.061	.186	9	.92	-0.094	2.71	-0.17%	-1.04	P
36	378	145 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.071	.132	.082	.214	9	.54	0.018	.76	0.02%	0.88	P
37	379	150 (4)	Sep 24	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.132	.082	.214	9						P
38	380	154 (3)	Oct 1	PIT		MLN	W,7-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.128	.080	.207	9	1.36	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-1.38	P
							22-16		105	88	5	6	1	0	0	3	6	0	31	0	11	0	2	3	0	0	.068	.128	.080	.207		.82	-1.616	4.09	-4.74%	-18.48

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