Owen Friend

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: March 21, 1927 in Granite City, IL us

Died: October 14, 2007 in Wichita, KS

Buried: Cremated

High School: Granite City HS (Granite City, IL)

Debut: October 2, 1949 (Age 22-195d, 10,661st in major league history)
vs. CHW 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 16, 1956 (Age 29-056d)
vs. NYG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1950 season

Full Name: Owen Lacey Friend

Nicknames: Red

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.7

598

136

.227

RBI

OBP

.295

SLG

.340

OPS

.634

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 19	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	3	2B
4	4	Apr 23 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,6-9	CG	46	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
5	5	Apr 23 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	7.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
6	6	Apr 25	SLB		DET	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 26	SLB		DET	L,6-8	CG	0	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
8	8	Apr 29	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
10	10	May 4	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	2	2	9	1	2B
11	11	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
12	12	May 7 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
13	13	May 7 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	26	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
14	14	May 9	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
15	15	May 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
16	16	May 11 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
17	17	May 13	SLB	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	40	10.2	0	7	0	7	1	2B
18	18	May 14	SLB	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	19	May 16	SLB		NYY	L,0-11	CG	49	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 17	SLB		NYY	L,9-11	GS	0	4.0	2	1	1	4	0
21	21	May 20	SLB		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
22	22	May 21 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	23	May 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,3-8	GS	0	5.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	24	May 23	SLB		PHA	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
25	25	May 24	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
26	26	May 25	SLB		BOS	L,12-15	CG	48	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
27	27	May 26	SLB		DET	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
28	28	May 27	SLB		DET	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
29	29	May 28 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	30	May 28 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	5	7	0	12	1
31	31	May 29	SLB		CHW	L,8-12	CG	50	9.0	7	1	1	9	1	2B
32	32	May 30 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-14	CG	56	9.0	4	6	2	12	1	2B
33	33	May 30 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,9-12	CG	53	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	34	Jun 1	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	12.0	4	6	0	10	0	2B
35	35	Jun 2 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
36	36	Jun 2 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
37	37	Jun 4 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
38	38	Jun 4 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
39	39	Jun 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
40	40	Jun 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-20	CG	52	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
41	41	Jun 8	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-29	CG	64	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
42	42	Jun 9	SLB	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
43	43	Jun 10	SLB	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
44	44	Jun 11 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
45	45	Jun 11 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
46	46	Jun 13 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
47	47	Jun 13 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
48	48	Jun 14	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
49	49	Jun 15	SLB		WSH	W,16-9	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
50	50	Jun 16	SLB		NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
51	51	Jun 17	SLB		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
52	52	Jun 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-15	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
53	53	Jun 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
54	54	Jun 20	SLB		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
55	55	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
56	56	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
57	57	Jun 23	SLB		BOS	L,9-12	GS	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	62 (4)	Jun 28	SLB		CLE	L,2-18	CG	53	9.0	6	3	1	10	2	2B
59	63	Jun 29	SLB		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
60	64	Jun 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	12.2	6	11	0	17	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	65	Jul 1	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
62	66	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
63	67	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	0	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
64	68	Jul 3	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
65	69	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	46	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B SS
66	70	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
67	71	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
68	72	Jul 7 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
69	73	Jul 7 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	7	3	0	10	0
70	74	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
71	75	Jul 8 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	76	Jul 9	SLB		CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
73	77	Jul 14 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	78	Jul 14 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	4
75	79	Jul 15	SLB	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	2	7	0	9	1	2B
76	80	Jul 16 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	GS	27	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
77	81	Jul 16 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,10-8	CG	50	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
78	82	Jul 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
79	83	Jul 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-12	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
80	84	Jul 19 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-16	CG	53	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
81	85	Jul 19 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	86	Jul 21	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
83	87	Jul 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	47	8.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
84	88	Jul 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
85	89	Jul 25	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
86	90	Jul 26	SLB		NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	98 (7)	Aug 4	SLB		PHA	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	99	Aug 5	SLB		PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
89	100	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
90	101	Aug 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
91	102	Aug 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
92	103	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B SS
93	104	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	10.0	3	3	1	7	1
94	105	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
95	106	Aug 16 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
96	107	Aug 16 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	108	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	54	11.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
98	109	Aug 19	SLB	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
99	110	Aug 20 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	111	Aug 20 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	112	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
102	113	Aug 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
103	114	Aug 23	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS	37	7.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
104	115	Aug 24	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	40	8.2	2	1	0	3	1	3B
105	116	Aug 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
106	117	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
107	118	Aug 27 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	119	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-10	GS	21	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
109	120	Aug 28	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	136 (15)	Sep 12	SLB		PHA	W,6-0	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	137	Sep 13	SLB		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
112	138	Sep 14	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
113	139	Sep 15	SLB		BOS	L,9-12	CG	49	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
114	141 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	GF	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	142	Sep 17 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
116	143	Sep 19	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	153 (9)	Oct 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	154	Oct 1 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	W,10-6	GF	0	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
							120gm		971.0	271	340	30	641	68