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Historical player · 1951–1966

Bob Friend

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 190 · Born 11/24/1930 · From Lafayette, IN USA · Debut 1951-04-28 · Final 1966-09-24

Career · batting

602

1,137

138

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.121 · 0.294

Career · pitching

602

497

3,611.0

W-L

197-230

1,734

ERA

3.58

WHIP

1.29

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1951–1965

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#492 on the Pirates

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 E. Yde

Hits

137

#317 on the Pirates

↑ 1 J. Bart

↓ 1 C. Eden

RBI

#316 on the Pirates

↑ 1 D. Coles

↓ 1 E. Morris

Runs

#353 on the Pirates

↑ 1 A. Anderson

↓ 1 V. Campbell

#366 on the Pirates

↑ 1 M. Benjamin

↓ 1 W. Barbeau

Career with the New York Mets · 1966–1966

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Hits

#759 on the Mets

↑ 1 C. Aguila

RBI

#628 on the Mets

↑ 1 A. Altherr

Runs

#681 on the Mets

↑ 1 E. Alvarez

Career with the New York Yankees · 1966–1966

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,726 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 J. Zimmermann

Hits

138

#5,494 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Bissant

↓ 1 W. Woods

RBI

#5,393 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Bliss

↓ 1 E. Valdez

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1951	Pirates	NL	34	44	1	4	2	0	0	2	2	19	0.091	—	0.136
1952	Pirates	NL	35	52	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	20	0.058	—	0.058
1953	Pirates	NL	32	52	4	7	1	0	0	1	1	16	0.135	—	0.154
1954	Pirates	NL	35	51	6	14	1	1	1	7	5	8	0.275	0.339	0.392
1955	Pirates	NL	44	61	3	10	1	0	0	4	3	15	0.164	0.203	0.180
1956	Pirates	NL	49	97	7	16	2	0	1	8	1	19	0.165	0.173	0.216
1957	Pirates	NL	40	87	5	16	2	0	0	4	6	22	0.184	0.234	0.207
1958	Pirates	NL	38	94	3	10	2	0	0	6	4	28	0.106	0.141	0.128
1959	Pirates	NL	35	73	4	12	2	0	0	7	2	25	0.164	0.187	0.192
1960	Pirates	NL	38	88	5	6	1	0	0	3	6	31	0.068	0.128	0.080
1961	Pirates	NL	41	79	6	11	0	1	0	7	1	36	0.139	0.150	0.165
1962	Pirates	NL	39	91	3	11	2	0	0	5	0	31	0.121	0.121	0.143
1963	Pirates	NL	39	86	2	9	0	0	0	2	1	31	0.105	0.115	0.105
1964	Pirates	NL	35	71	2	5	0	0	0	2	3	26	0.070	0.108	0.070
1965	Pirates	NL	34	71	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	26	0.042	0.056	0.042
1966	Yankees	AL	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.000	0.000	0.000
1966	Mets	NL	22	29	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	0.034	0.034	0.034
Career			602	1,137	56	138	16	2	2	60	38	375	0.121	0.150	0.144

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1951	Pirates	NL	6	10	34	22	0	149.7	173	71	68	41	4.27	1.61
1952	Pirates	NL	7	17	35	23	0	185.0	186	86	84	75	4.18	1.46
1953	Pirates	NL	8	11	32	24	0	170.7	193	93	57	66	4.90	1.46
1954	Pirates	NL	7	12	35	20	2	170.3	204	96	58	73	5.07	1.54
1955	Pirates	NL	14	9	44	20	2	200.3	178	63	52	98	2.83	1.15
1956	Pirates	NL	17	17	49	42	3	314.3	310	121	85	166	3.46	1.26
1957	Pirates	NL	14	18	40	38	0	277.0	273	104	68	143	3.38	1.23
1958	Pirates	NL	22	14	38	38	0	274.0	299	112	61	135	3.68	1.31
1959	Pirates	NL	8	19	35	35	0	234.7	267	105	52	104	4.03	1.36
1960	Pirates	NL	18	12	38	37	1	275.7	266	92	45	183	3.00	1.13
1961	Pirates	NL	14	19	41	35	1	236.0	271	101	45	108	3.85	1.34
1962	Pirates	NL	18	14	39	36	1	261.7	280	89	53	144	3.06	1.27
1963	Pirates	NL	17	16	39	38	0	268.7	236	70	44	144	2.34	1.04
1964	Pirates	NL	13	18	35	35	0	240.3	253	89	50	128	3.33	1.26
1965	Pirates	NL	8	12	34	34	0	222.0	221	80	47	74	3.24	1.21
1966	Yankees	AL	1	4	12	8	0	44.7	61	24	9	22	4.84	1.57
1966	Mets	NL	5	8	22	12	1	86.0	101	42	16	30	4.40	1.36
Career			197	230	602	497	11	3,611.0	3,772	1,438	894	1,734	3.58	1.29

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	602	428	3,105.0	228	630	27	40