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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,3-4		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 17 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (2)	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-8		27	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	14 (5)	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GF	5	1.2	0	2	0	2	1	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	19 (4)	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,5-4	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	22 (2)	May 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-11		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	25 (2)	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-6	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	29 (3)	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	32 (2)	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5		18	4.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
10	35 (2)	May 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	37 (1)	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	GF	13	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
12	39 (1)	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5		32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	45 (5)	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	50 (4)	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
15	55 (4)	Jun 11	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
16	59 (3)	Jun 15	PIT	@	STL	L,3-7	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	63 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
18	68 (4)	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	GS	13	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
19	71 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	72	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5		13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	75 (2)	Jul 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	78 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	79	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5		0	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	83 (3)	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	86 (2)	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
26	88 (1)	Jul 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-19		19	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
27	91 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,8-9		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	93 (1)	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	95 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	97 (1)	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	104 (6)	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	P
32	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	110 (4)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5		11	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	113 (2)	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	117 (3)	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	P
36	120 (2)	Aug 16	PIT		PHI	L,3-12	GS	23	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
37	127 (6)	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	135 (7)	Sep 3	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	137 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	139 (1)	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	144 (4)	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	146 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
43	150 (3)	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-7		19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	153 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	P
							44gm		200.1	7	50	2	59	6