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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Team Record in Appearances: 8-26 / in Starts: 6-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 7

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	35	4	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	4	6	0	0	0.00	2.39	36	17	4	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.476	2.90	0.67%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
2	36	9	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-13	GS-	L(1-1)	3	3.1	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.65	3.61	17						28						15			0		0
3	37	12	Apr 27(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS-3	L(1-2)	4	2.1	5	6	6	2	2	0	0	6.75	3.55	14	5	1	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.344	1.46	-0.24%	-3.48	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d3
4	38	14	Apr 29	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-3)	1	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	0	1	6.86	3.51	23	8	3	0	0	7	37			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.195	.59	-0.09%	-1.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	39	18	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	8-8		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.53	3.36	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.049	.68	0.02%	0.48	8t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
6	40	20	May 5	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	GS-5	L(1-4)	1	5.0	7	5	5	3	2	2	0	7.01	4.38	24	11	4	2	0	4	32			0	0	0	20	1	1	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.237	.26	-0.05%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
7	41	25	May 11(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	W(2-4)	5	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	5.71	3.95	38						63						35			0		0
8	42	29	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS-2		4	1.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	6.44	3.90	12	2	7	5	0	1	27			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.330	.16	-0.02%	-3.47	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out tie
9	43	31	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	3-7		2	5.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.88	3.87	20	9	7	0	5	2		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	0	0	1	.33	0.012	.02	0.00%	1.36	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
10	44	34	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GS-		3	7.1	4	5	4	4	4	0	0	5.73	3.73	30						52						26			0		0
11	45	37	May 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	6-GF	BW(3-4)	2	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.33	3.56	14	5	5	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.139	.01	0.00%	1.35	6t --3 1 out a1	9t end a 3
12	46	41	May 30(1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS-	L(3-5)	3	6.1	9	3	3	5	1	0	0	5.22	3.65	31						39						25			0		0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	47	47	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	GS-5	L(3-6)	4	5.0	9	5	4	6	2	1	0	5.37	3.98	27	7	10	6	0	2	27			0	2	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
14	48	52	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(3-7)	4	7.0	6	3	3	5	1	0	1	5.22	4.05	32	11	9	3	0	5	49			1	0	0	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	-0.069	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
15	49	56	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-8)	4	7.0	8	4	3	3	5	0	0	5.10	3.88	33	7	10	1	0	8	49			2	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.145	.00	0.00%	-0.76	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
16	50	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-9)	3	5.0	7	5	5	3	3	3	0	5.33	4.30	25	3	9	0	1	7	33			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.217	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
17	51	65	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	GS-8	L(3-10)	4	7.0	7	6	4	7	4	1	0	5.32	4.44	35	9	8	1	0	7	40			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.10	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-1.80	1b start a 3	8b 12- 0 out d1
18	52	71	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(3-11)	6	8.0	7	5	1	2	4	1	1	4.98	4.42	36	19	5	1	1	5	58			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.457	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	53	76	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(4-11)	3	9.0	6	2	2	7	6	1	0	4.73	4.45	39	10	10	1	0	6	66			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	0.230	.00	0.00%	2.17	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
20	54	80	Jul 6(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	3-6	L(4-12)	1	3.2	3	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.81	4.56	15	5	6	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-0.07	3b 123 1 out a1	6b 3 out d1
21	55	83	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(4-13)	5	4.2	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.93	4.51	24	9	4	0	0	6	35			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.45	-0.271	.00	0.00%	-1.93	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d3
22	56	84	Jul 13(1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	2-8		0	6.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.67	4.39	24	8	10	0	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	.35	0.055	.00	0.00%	2.61	2t 123 2 out d3	8t 3 out d4
23	57	90	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	GS-8	L(4-14)	4	8.0	10	6	5	5	2	0	0	4.73	4.35	40	22	10	6	0	1	37			0	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	3	.86	-0.234	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
24	58	95	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-15)	4	6.0	10	4	4	4	1	1	0	4.79	4.44	31	11	5	1	2	10	33			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.150	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
25	59	99	Jul 27(2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	9-GF(11)		3	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.68	4.44	11	7	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.04	0.458	.00	0.00%	1.73	9b 1-- 0 out tie	11b end tie
26	60	101	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	L(4-16)	2	1.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.70	4.42	6	3	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.98	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-0.24	9b 1-- 1 out tie	10b end d 1
27	61	102	Jul 31(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	9-9	BS(2)	0	0.1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.82	4.46	5	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.89	-0.618	.00	0.00%	-2.41	9b --- 0 out a2	9b 12- 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	62	104	Aug 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	3-6		0	4.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.75	4.40	14	8	3	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	.09	0.015	.00	0.00%	1.26	3b 1-- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d7
29	63	109	Aug 6(1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	GS-		4	8.0	11	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.62	4.34	33						55						33			0		0
30	64	114	Aug 10(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4			3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.56	4.29	8												8			0		0
31	65	115	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	1-2		0	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.57	4.29	7	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.72	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t 12- 1 out d3	2t 3 out d4
32	66	120	Aug 17(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(5-16)	5	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.43	4.15	35						70						35			0		0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	67	144	Sep 12(1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	W(6-16)	25	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	4.25	4.10	35	7	15	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.105	.00	0.00%	3.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
34	68	151	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-9	L(6-17)	6	8.1	6	4	4	0	3	1	0	4.25	4.06	31	16	6	2	0	6	58			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.031	.00	0.00%	0.13	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out tie
35	69	154	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	7-GF	W(7-17)	7	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.18	4.05	11	4	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	0.256	.00	0.00%	1.39	7b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 3
							8-26		W-L:7-17,BSv:2	3.1	185.0	185	96	86	84	75	15	3	4.18	4.05	820	1.42		8%	3%	106	46	12	17%	7	5	0	720	14	6	4	9	0	12	1.04	-2.465	.24	0.30%	-7.74

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