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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	8-26 / in Starts: 6-17
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	30 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 62 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	28 (16-11-1)
Avg. MLBer w/ 62 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	39 (20-12-6)

Most Driven In
D Groat	0

Most Driven In By
G Bell	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	35	4 (3)	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.57	-0.043	1.34	-0.06%	-0.55	P
2	36	9 (4)	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-13	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	37	12 (2)	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.55	-0.039	1.79	-0.03%	-0.42	P
4	38	14 (1)	Apr 29	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.37	-0.009	.28	0.00%	-0.10	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	39	18 (3)	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	40	20 (1)	May 5	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.77	0.031	.26	0.01%	0.25	P
7	41	25 (4)	May 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1			0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9						P
8	42	29 (3)	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	9	.78	-0.034	.08	0.00%	-0.47	P
9	43	31 (1)	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	3-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	9	.49	-0.014	.03	0.00%	-0.22	P
10	44	34 (2)	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9						P
11	45	37 (2)	May 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.176	.125	.301	9	.79	0.055	.01	0.00%	0.23	P
12	46	41 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.211	.167	.377	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	47	47 (5)	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	9	.84	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.22	P
14	48	52 (4)	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	1.19	-0.045	.01	0.00%	-0.34	P
15	49	56 (3)	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	9	.49	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
16	50	61 (4)	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.130	.297	9	.46	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
17	51	65 (3)	Jun 23	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-9	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	.74	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
18	52	71 (5)	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9	.63	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.48	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	53	76 (4)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.103	.133	.103	.237	9	2.00	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.29	P
20	54	80 (3)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.129	.100	.229	9	.49	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
21	55	83 (2)	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.094	.121	.094	.215	9	.83	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
22	56	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.088	.114	.088	.203	9	.87	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
23	57	90 (5)	Jul 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.083	.108	.083	.191	9	1.33	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.50	P
24	58	95 (4)	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.079	.103	.079	.182	9	.91	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.37	P
25	59	99 (3)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	9-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.079	.103	.079	.182	9						P
26	60	101 (1)	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.077	.100	.077	.177	9	4.62	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
27	61	102	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.077	.100	.077	.177	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	62	104 (1)	Aug 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	3-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.075	.098	.075	.173	9	.13	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.15	P
29	63	109 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.071	.114	.071	.185	9						P
30	64	114 (4)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.071	.114	.071	.185	9						P
31	65	115	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.114	.071	.185	9						P
32	66	120 (4)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.067	.106	.067	.173	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	67	144 (23)	Sep 12 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.061	.098	.061	.159	9	.32	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.79	P
34	68	151 (6)	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.059	.094	.059	.153	9	1.75	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.84	P
35	69	154 (2)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.058	.093	.058	.150	9	1.09	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.58	P
							8-26		62	52	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	20	0	7		0	1	0	0	.058	.093	.058	.150		.99	-0.947	.14	-0.09%	-10.06

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