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: 19-22 / in Starts: 16-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 2

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	381	1	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	GS-5		99	4.2	7	6	6	2	2	2	0	11.57	8.57	23	10	2	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.420	2.31	-0.63%	-3.66	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d3
2	382	5	Apr 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.61	4.77	34	16	14	7	1	0	67			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	3	0	1	1.07	0.469	2.77	0.73%	3.89	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
3	383	8	Apr 19	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	3	1	1	3	7	1	0	3.18	4.25	33	12	8	0	1	3	81			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.442	2.23	0.72%	3.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	384	11	Apr 24	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.2	7	6	4	3	3	0	0	3.45	3.88	36	11	12	1	2	7	50			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	2	2	1.31	-0.062	3.48	-0.10%	-1.80	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
5	385	14	Apr 30(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS-9	W(4-0)	5	8.0	10	3	2	2	4	0	0	3.20	3.57	34	13	5	0	0	10	54			1	0	0	32	2	1	1	2	0	0	1.01	-0.057	3.21	-0.11%	-0.38	1b start tie	9b -23 0 out a3
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
6	386	18	May 5	PIT		LAD	L,0-10	GS-4	L(4-1)	4	3.2	8	7	3	2	2	0	0	3.56	3.53	22	9	7	3	0	2	25			0	0	0	19	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.05	-0.306	3.56	-0.62%	-4.60	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d6
7	387	22	May 10	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	6.0	3	3	2	1	5	0	0	3.49	3.27	22	10	4	0	2	2	60			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.074	2.91	-0.16%	0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
8	388	25	May 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	3	7.0	7	3	3	0	8	1	0	3.54	3.13	29	10	5	2	1	6	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.003	3.04	-0.01%	0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
9	389	28	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-6	L(4-4)	4	6.0	5	3	2	2	2	1	0	3.48	3.32	27	15	3	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.08	-0.115	3.06	-0.20%	-0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
10	390	30	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-11	8-GF	W(5-4)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.38	3.23	7	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.195	3.93	0.34%	0.98	8b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 2
11	391	34	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,2-12	GS-3	L(5-5)	4	2.0	7	7	4	0	0	1	0	3.82	3.41	13	4	3	0	1	6	20			1	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.392	3.79	-0.92%	-4.74	1b start a 1	3b 123 0 out d2
12	392	38	May 30(2)	PIT		CHC	L,0-10	GS-4	L(5-6)	3	4.0	10	6	6	0	2	0	0	4.37	3.30	22	5	5	0	1	10	20			1	0	0	21	0	2	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.294	1.82	-0.46%	-3.99	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
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	393	41	Jun 2	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	GS-3	L(5-7)	2	2.1	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.73	3.22	13	5	0	0	0	6	29			1	1	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.268	2.82	-0.41%	-3.18	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d4
14	394	43	Jun 4	PIT		PHI	L,0-5	2-5		1	3.2	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	4.62	3.27	15	7	3	2	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	13	1	0	1	1	0	0	.52	-0.072	1.42	-0.12%	-0.09	2t -23 1 out d2	5t 3 out d5
15	395	47	Jun 8	PIT	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-7)	3	7.1	7	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.43	3.35	29	17	9	6	0	0	57			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	.97	0.127	2.86	0.23%	1.39	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a2
16	396	50	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-4	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.33	3.28	16	6	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.143	1.93	0.20%	1.33	6b 1-- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
17	397	52	Jun 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		2	6.0	6	3	2	2	1	0	1	4.24	3.31	27	6	11	0	2	6	49			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.35	-0.044	4.36	-0.08%	0.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
18	398	56	Jun 18(1)	PIT		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(7-7)	3	7.1	11	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.20	3.41	32	9	8	1	1	11	44			0	0	0	30	4	0	1	2	0	0	1.23	-0.043	2.42	-0.05%	-0.17	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a1
19	399	59	Jun 22	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	W(8-7)	3	9.0	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	3.86	3.26	37	14	8	2	0	8	74			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	2	.63	0.328	1.10	0.35%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	400	64	Jun 27	PIT		LAD	L,5-9	GS-3	L(8-8)	4	2.1	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	4.26	3.23	15	10	4	2	0	0	18			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.362	2.42	-0.44%	-4.18	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d4
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
21	401	68	Jul 1	PIT		SFG	L,3-4	GS-8	L(8-9)	3	7.0	7	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.31	3.30	30	11	7	0	3	7	48			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.275	2.80	-0.35%	-1.11	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out d1
22	402	73	Jul 6(1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-3	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	4.22	3.23	39	13	9	1	3	11	55			0	0	0	37	3	0	2	1	0	0	.75	0.252	.78	0.16%	1.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
23	403	77	Jul 9	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	7-9	H(1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.15	3.20	8	1	4	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.33	0.107	3.24	0.09%	0.56	7b --- 0 out a1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
24	404	78	Jul 13	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-8	L(9-10)	3	7.1	11	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.06	3.21	33	13	5	0	1	11	52			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.021	2.66	-0.02%	1.39	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out d1
25	405	82	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-11)	3	6.0	6	6	6	3	1	1	0	4.27	3.32	26	11	11	5	0	0	34			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.83	-0.342	1.09	-0.27%	-3.24	1b start tie	7b -23 0 out d3
26	406	84	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(9-12)	3	7.0	6	5	4	1	3	2	0	4.31	3.44	27	11	7	0	3	5	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.185	.87	-0.16%	-1.49	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
27	407	87	Jul 23(2)	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	6-7	L(9-13)	1	2.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.31	3.43	7	1	5	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.115	1.09	-0.07%	0.00	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d1
28	408	89	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	W,8-3	CG	W(10-13)	2	9.0	12	3	3	0	5	0	0	4.24	3.32	37	12	8	0	1	12	56			1	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.128	.36	0.03%	1.52	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
29	409	94	Aug 2	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GS-5		6	4.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.17	3.30	19	11	4	1	0	2	52			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.92	0.161	.04	0.00%	1.52	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out tie
30	410	100	Aug 7	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.01	3.21	30	15	6	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.11	0.491	.01	0.00%	3.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
31	411	105	Aug 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	SHO(7)	W(12-13)	3	6.1	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.87	3.17	24	10	6	1	3	4	65			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.60	0.150	.01	0.00%	3.25	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a6
32	412	110	Aug 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS-6	L(12-14)	4	6.0	4	2	1	1	3	1	0	3.80	3.20	22	9	5	1	1	4	60			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	1	.68	-0.003	.01	0.00%	0.80	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
33	413	115	Aug 20	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(12-15)	3	10.2	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.64	3.19	41	16	11	2	2	8	74			0	0	0	38	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.69	0.470	.02	0.00%	4.15	1b start tie	11b 12- 2 out d1
34	414	118	Aug 24	PIT		MLN	L,1-6	GS-6	L(12-16)	3	6.0	13	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.79	3.22	30	8	6	1	1	12	24			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.265	.01	0.00%	-2.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
35	415	124	Aug 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-3	GS-7	L(12-17)	4	7.0	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.67	3.20	28	8	10	0	2	8	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.229	.00	0.00%	2.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
36	416	128	Sep 3	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	W(13-17)	4	9.0	11	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.56	3.14	36	12	9	0	3	11	65			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	.34	0.124	.00	0.00%	3.98	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
37	417	133	Sep 8	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(14-17)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	3.46	3.09	37	9	12	1	5	8	71			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	0.648	.00	0.00%	3.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
38	418	138	Sep 13	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-2	GS-1		4	1.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.08	7	2	3	2	0	1	38			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
39	419	143	Sep 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-10	GS-4	L(14-18)	5	3.2	8	7	7	1	0	1	1	3.74	3.15	20	6	6	3	1	6	16			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.229	.00	0.00%	-3.39	1b start tie	4b 12- 2 out d5
40	420	148	Sep 26(1)	PIT		LAD	L,3-5	GS-2	L(14-19)	6	1.1	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	3.87	3.15	12	6	3	1	0	1	24			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.40	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-4.52	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d5
41	421	151	Sep 28	PIT		SFG	L,4-7	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	3.15	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
							19-22		W-L:14-19,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.3	236.0	271	119	101	45	108	16	3	3.85	3.15	1002	1.49		8%	7%	215	49	3	67%	8	2	0	938	52	11	10	28	7	14	1.05	0.036	1.63	-2.33%	-1.55

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