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: 18-15 / in Starts: 18-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	535	2	Apr 13	PIT		SFG	W,5-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	0	2.25	3.77	33	18	3	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	.84	0.228	1.87	0.30%	0.61	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
2	536	7	Apr 20	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	6	6.1	7	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.88	4.33	25	11	7	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.174	2.69	0.25%	1.36	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a2
3	537	12	Apr 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(2-1)	5	8.0	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.01	3.82	32	11	10	0	3	5	62			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	2	.93	0.029	1.90	0.04%	1.30	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
4	538	17	May 2(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	5	4.0	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.42	3.62	20	7	6	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.365	1.87	-0.30%	-2.53	1b start a 2	5b -23 0 out tie
5	539	22	May 7	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	7	2	1	0	4	0	1	2.97	3.24	29	6	12	0	0	6	61			1	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.05	0.009	.99	0.01%	1.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
6	540	26	May 12	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	GS-4		4	3.0	7	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.22	3.48	15	7	0	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.192	1.12	-0.11%	-1.27	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out tie
7	541	33	May 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-11	GS-1	L(2-3)	7	0.0	2	4	4	1	0	0	1	4.21	3.65	4	0	0	0	0	2	29			1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.299	.31	-0.04%	-3.62	1b start tie	1b -2- 0 out d3
8	542	38	May 25	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	GS-7		4	7.0	6	4	4	1	3	3	0	4.36	4.29	27	16	4	2	0	3	51			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.222	.37	-0.05%	-0.87	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	543	42	May 30(1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,9-1	CG	W(3-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.78	3.80	32	13	9	0	1	5	78			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.252	.65	0.11%	2.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
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
10	544	47	Jun 4	PIT		NYM	L,1-2	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	8.0	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.43	3.64	32	12	12	2	0	6	64			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.22	0.058	1.20	0.03%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	545	51	Jun 8	PIT		HOU	W,7-6	GS-9		3	8.1	10	5	5	0	4	0	0	3.67	3.39	35	14	7	1	0	10	47			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.16	-0.057	1.67	-0.05%	-0.32	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a2
12	546	55	Jun 12	PIT		SFG	L,0-4	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	7.0	7	3	2	1	3	1	0	3.57	3.44	28	9	8	0	0	7	55			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	.60	-0.054	1.24	-0.07%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
13	547	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	W,10-9	GS-2		3	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.09	3.47	11	3	2	1	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.247	2.30	-0.25%	-2.92	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d3
14	548	63	Jun 20(1)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-9		3	9.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.87	3.41	35	15	11	0	0	6	66			0	0	0	32	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.54	0.333	3.27	0.43%	2.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
15	549	68	Jun 25	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS-7	L(3-6)	4	7.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	1	3.97	3.37	32	10	9	1	2	9	44			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.234	2.25	-0.36%	-1.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
16	550	72	Jun 29(1)	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS-10		3	10.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.58	3.23	34	13	12	1	0	6	83			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.48	0.776	4.75	1.49%	4.47	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
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
17	551	77	Jul 3	PIT		MLN	W,9-5	GS-	W(4-6)	3	8.0	8	5	4	1	4	2	2	3.65	3.42	34						51						31			0		0
18	552	82	Jul 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-7)	3	8.0	8	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.48	3.42	29	12	8	1	1	6	65			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.166	2.37	0.23%	2.51	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
19	553	87	Jul 11(2)	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.50	3.36	29	6	11	1	0	9	48			1	1	0	25	1	2	0	0	1	0	1.30	-0.134	1.69	-0.11%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
20	554	91	Jul 18(1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-5	GS-6		6	6.0	8	4	4	2	3	2	0	3.61	3.52	27	8	6	0	0	8	41			0	1	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.211	.48	-0.09%	-1.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
21	555	96	Jul 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-7)	4	9.0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	3.38	3.49	31	12	14	2	1	0	84			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.313	.39	0.13%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
22	556	100	Jul 27(1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	GS-9	L(5-8)	3	8.2	9	3	3	4	6	0	0	3.37	3.43	37	13	6	1	4	8	56			0	0	1	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.91	0.213	1.73	0.12%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 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
23	557	111	Aug 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS-7	L(5-9)	9	6.2	9	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.45	3.48	29	8	9	2	3	7	41			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	-0.093	.95	-0.07%	-1.23	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out d4
24	558	116	Aug 12(1)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-6		5	5.1	6	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.51	3.59	21	9	5	1	0	6	45			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.180	.70	-0.08%	-0.48	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d2
25	559	121	Aug 16	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-3	GS-7	L(5-10)	3	7.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	2	3.52	3.61	29	11	8	2	1	5	54			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.088	.21	-0.02%	-0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
26	560	125	Aug 21	PIT		MLN	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-10)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.34	3.58	32	11	13	0	2	5	76			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.388	.23	0.06%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	561	129	Aug 25	PIT		SFG	T,3-3	CG		3	9.0	6	3	3	7	3	0	0	3.33	3.60	38	14	8	0	0	6	59			1	0	0	30	0	2	2	3	0	1	1.78	-0.083	1.58	-0.04%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
28	562	134	Aug 29	PIT		HOU	W,4-2	GS-6		3	5.0	9	2	0	4	0	0	0	3.24	3.64	28	8	7	2	2	9	41			0	1	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.38	-0.137	1.92	-0.11%	-0.73	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out tie
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
29	563	139	Sep 4	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	GS-1	L(6-11)	5	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.42	3.64	5	0	1	0	0	4	27			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.250	3.01	-0.27%	-2.41	1b start a 1	1b 12- 1 out d1
30	564	144	Sep 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	W(7-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	1	3.31	3.60	34	14	7	2	0	4	77			2	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	0.607	1.64	0.43%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
31	565	148	Sep 14	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-12)	5	7.0	8	3	0	1	2	0	0	3.20	3.56	29	12	6	0	0	8	56			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	-0.093	.35	-0.02%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
32	566	152	Sep 18	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	GS-3		3	3.0	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.28	3.62	16	5	4	0	1	4	36			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
33	567	156	Sep 22	PIT		NYM	W,6-2	CG	W(8-12)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.23	3.61	34	14	10	1	1	7	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.56	0.198	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
34	568	160	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-3		6	2.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.24	3.59	11	2	3	0	0	5	43			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-1.96	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d1
							18-15		W-L:8-12	4.1	222.0	221	89	80	47	74	17	8	3.24	3.59	917	1.36		4%	4%	199	53		---%	12	7	1	849	21	9	7	23	3	17	1.10	0.439	1.43	1.59%	13.23

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