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.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 15	PIT	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
3	9 (4)	Apr 21	PIT		NYM	W,8-4	GS	32	6.1	2	3	0	5	0	P
4	13 (3)	Apr 25	PIT		SFG	L,3-8	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	16 (2)	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	22 (5)	May 4	PIT		LAD	W,5-4	GS	32	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	24 (1)	May 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS	25	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	28 (3)	May 13	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
9	31 (2)	May 17	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
10	35 (3)	May 22	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	39 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	HOU	L,0-2	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
12	44 (4)	May 31	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	50 (5)	Jun 5 susp	PIT		LAD	L,3-8	GS	32	6.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	55 (4)	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,12-8	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
15	60 (4)	Jun 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
16	64 (3)	Jun 18 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	GS	32	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	69 (4)	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	GS	36	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
18	71 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	74 (2)	Jun 27	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	78 (3)	Jul 2	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	34	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	83 (4)	Jul 6	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	GS	31	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	88 (4)	Jul 13	PIT		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	93 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
24	98 (4)	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-3	GS	24	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	103 (4)	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	GS	26	6.0	0	3	1	4	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	106 (2)	Aug 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
27	110 (3)	Aug 5	PIT	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	113 (2)	Aug 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	24	5.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
29	117 (3)	Aug 15	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	GS	37	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
30	122 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	128 (5)	Aug 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	P
32	133 (4)	Aug 29	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	137 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	P
34	144 (6)	Sep 9	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS	20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	146 (1)	Sep 11	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	148 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		SFG	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	152 (3)	Sep 19	PIT		CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
38	156 (3)	Sep 23	PIT		MLN	L,3-10	GS	21	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
39	158 (1)	Sep 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		261.2	18	43	1	62	3