Bob Friend stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 602
- W
- 197
- L
- 230
- ERA
- 3.58
- IP
- 3611.0
- K
- 1,734
- BB
- 894
- WHIP
- 1.29
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | PIT | 34 | 6 | 10 | 4.27 | 149.2 | 41 | 68 | 1.61 |
| 1952 | PIT | 35 | 7 | 17 | 4.18 | 185.0 | 75 | 84 | 1.46 |
| 1953 | PIT | 32 | 8 | 11 | 4.90 | 170.2 | 66 | 57 | 1.46 |
| 1954 | PIT | 35 | 7 | 12 | 5.07 | 170.1 | 73 | 58 | 1.54 |
| 1955 | PIT | 44 | 14 | 9 | 2.83 | 200.1 | 98 | 52 | 1.15 |
| 1956 | PIT | 49 | 17 | 17 | 3.46 | 314.1 | 166 | 85 | 1.26 |
| 1957 | PIT | 40 | 14 | 18 | 3.38 | 277.0 | 143 | 68 | 1.23 |
| 1958 | PIT | 38 | 22 | 14 | 3.68 | 274.0 | 135 | 61 | 1.31 |
| 1959 | PIT | 35 | 8 | 19 | 4.03 | 234.2 | 104 | 52 | 1.36 |
| 1960 | PIT | 38 | 18 | 12 | 3.00 | 275.2 | 183 | 45 | 1.13 |
| 1961 | PIT | 41 | 14 | 19 | 3.85 | 236.0 | 108 | 45 | 1.34 |
| 1962 | PIT | 39 | 18 | 14 | 3.06 | 261.2 | 144 | 53 | 1.27 |
| 1963 | PIT | 39 | 17 | 16 | 2.34 | 268.2 | 144 | 44 | 1.04 |
| 1964 | PIT | 35 | 13 | 18 | 3.33 | 240.1 | 128 | 50 | 1.26 |
| 1965 | PIT | 34 | 8 | 12 | 3.24 | 222.0 | 74 | 47 | 1.21 |
| 1966 |  NYY/NYM | 34 | 6 | 12 | 4.55 | 130.2 | 52 | 25 | 1.43 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- W
- 0
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 13.50
- IP
- 6.0
- K
- 7
- BB
- 3
- WHIP
- 2.67
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 163
- SHO
- 36
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | PIT | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 0 | 19 | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | PIT | 0 | 13 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | PIT | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PIT | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | NYY/NYM | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob Friend's career stats?
Bob Friend played 16 seasons for the Pirates. He had 197 wins and 1,734 strikeouts with a 3.58 ERA over 3,611.0 innings. His best season was 1958: 22 wins, a 3.68 ERA and 135 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1951 to 1966
Championships
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
All-time career rank
- 144th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,734)
- 118th in wins (pitching) (197)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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