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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	P
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	8 (4)	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	11 (2)	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (3)	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	GS	29	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	19 (3)	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	22 (2)	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	26 (3)	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
9	30 (3)	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
10	34 (3)	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	39 (4)	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	44 (4)	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	47 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
14	52 (4)	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	57 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
16	62 (4)	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
17	66 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	70 (3)	Jun 28	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	75 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	80 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	82 (1)	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
22	85 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9		6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	87 (1)	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	91 (3)	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	95 (2)	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
27	100 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	GS	29	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	105 (4)	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	GS	26	5.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
29	109 (3)	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
30	113 (3)	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
31	117 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
32	120 (2)	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	125 (4)	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	128 (2)	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	134 (5)	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
36	138 (3)	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
37	142 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
38	148 (5)	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	GS	29	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	152 (3)	Sep 22	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	155 (2)	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
							40gm		277.0	18	38	1	57	3