Bob Friend
Robert Bartmess Friend
Born: November 24, 1930
Lafayette, IN USA
Deceased: 2019
O'Hara Township, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190
Career: 1951-1966
Minor League Statistics
Bob Friend compiled a career record of 197 wins and 230 losses in his 602-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1951 season and last took the field during the 1966 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.27 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 149.7 | 173 | 94 | 71 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 666 |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 17 | .292 | 4.18 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 185.0 | 186 | 96 | 86 | 15 | 84 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 820 |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.90 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 170.7 | 193 | 103 | 93 | 18 | 57 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 747 |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 12 | .368 | 5.07 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 170.3 | 204 | 106 | 96 | 16 | 58 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 758 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.83 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 200.3 | 178 | 80 | 63 | 18 | 52 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 813 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 17 | .500 | 3.46 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 314.3 | 310 | 137 | 121 | 25 | 85 | 18 | 166 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1315 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 18 | .438 | 3.38 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 277.0 | 273 | 121 | 104 | 28 | 68 | 8 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1148 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 22 | 14 | .611 | 3.68 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 274.0 | 299 | 120 | 112 | 25 | 61 | 11 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1146 |
1959 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 19 | .296 | 4.03 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 234.7 | 267 | 129 | 105 | 19 | 52 | 9 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1015 |
1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.00 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 275.7 | 266 | 97 | 92 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1118 |
1961 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 14 | 19 | .424 | 3.85 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 236.0 | 271 | 119 | 101 | 16 | 45 | 10 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1001 |
1962 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 18 | 14 | .563 | 3.06 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 261.7 | 280 | 99 | 89 | 23 | 53 | 10 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1096 |
1963 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 16 | .515 | 2.34 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 268.7 | 236 | 87 | 70 | 13 | 44 | 9 | 144 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1080 |
1964 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 13 | 18 | .419 | 3.33 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 240.3 | 253 | 98 | 89 | 10 | 50 | 12 | 128 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1004 |
1965 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.24 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 222.0 | 221 | 89 | 80 | 17 | 47 | 7 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 917 |
1966 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.84 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 61 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 |
1966 | NL | New York Mets | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.40 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 86.0 | 101 | 52 | 42 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 373 |
Totals | 197 | 230 | .461 | 3.58 | 602 | 497 | 56 | 163 | 36 | 11 | 3611.0 | 3772 | 1652 | 1438 | 286 | 894 | 115 | 1734 | 46 | 13 | 50 | 15214 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 47 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .091 | .130 | .136 | .267 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 61 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .058 | .093 | .058 | .150 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .135 | .151 | .154 | .305 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .275 | .339 | .392 | .731 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 70 | 61 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .164 | .203 | .180 | .383 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 49 | 109 | 97 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .165 | .173 | .216 | .390 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 100 | 87 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .184 | .234 | .207 | .441 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 109 | 94 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .106 | .141 | .128 | .269 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 87 | 73 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .164 | .187 | .192 | .378 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 105 | 88 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .068 | .128 | .080 | .207 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 | 89 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | .139 | .150 | .165 | .315 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 99 | 91 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .121 | .121 | .143 | .264 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 97 | 86 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .105 | .115 | .105 | .220 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1964 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 85 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .070 | .108 | .070 | .179 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 34 | 78 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .042 | .056 | .042 | .098 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | AL | New York Yankees | 12 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1966 | NL | New York Mets | 22 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .034 | .034 | .034 | .069 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 602 | 1297 | 1137 | 56 | 138 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 375 | .121 | .150 | .144 | .294 | 164 | 14 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 1.147 | |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .959 | 1.343 | |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.344 | |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 20 | 170.0 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.800 | .971 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 44 | 20 | 200.0 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 2.565 | 1.295 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 49 | 42 | 314.3 | 14 | 49 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.804 | 1.286 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 40 | 38 | 277.0 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.819 | 1.400 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 38 | 38 | 274.0 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 1.774 | 1.421 |
1959 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 35 | 234.7 | 24 | 37 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 2.339 | 1.743 |
1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 38 | 37 | 275.7 | 24 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 2.187 | 1.763 |
1961 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 41 | 35 | 236.0 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .949 | 2.136 | 1.366 |
1962 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 39 | 36 | 261.7 | 18 | 43 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.098 | 1.564 |
1963 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 39 | 38 | 268.7 | 23 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 2.144 | 1.641 |
1964 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 35 | 35 | 240.3 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 3 | .971 | 2.509 | 1.914 |
1965 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | P | 34 | 34 | 222.0 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 2.432 | 1.765 |
1966 | NL | New York Mets | P | 22 | 12 | 86.0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .813 | 1.360 | .591 |
1966 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 12 | 8 | 44.7 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.224 | 1.333 |
Totals | 602 | 428 | 3105.0 | 228 | 630 | 27 | 40 | .969 | 2.487 | 1.425 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Totals | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1960 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | P | 3 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1.333 |
Totals | 3 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1.333 |
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