#87 Bob Friend, Starting Pitcher, 24 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Monday, 10/2/1955 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bob Friend
11/24/1930 24 USA,IN,LAFAYETTE 6"0 190
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good GREAT Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1955 (Automatic) 5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 0 Days (860 total Days) 4 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 7 | 8 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 5 | 7 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
Talent | 6 | 8 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 52 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .981 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/12 | CLE | L 4-7 | * | 9 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | L | | | | |
8/16 | @DET | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
8/21 | KC | L 2-4 | * | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | L | | | | |
8/26 | WS1 | L 5-7 | * | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | L | | | | |
8/30 | @BOS | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/3 | WS1 | W 5-3 | * | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
9/8 | CLE | W 12-5 | * | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | W | | | | |
9/13 | BOS | W 8-4 | * | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | W | | | | |
9/17 | @DET | W 5-3 | * | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
9/22 | NYY | L 0-3 | * | 8.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 35 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3.25 | 299.0 | 286 | 116 | 108 | 120 | 137 | 20 | 57.1 | 3 | 23 | 65.7 |
Projected | 37 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3.25 | 314.0 | 301 | 122 | 114 | 126 | 144 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.45 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 446 | 113 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 48 | 64 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .335 | .323 | .657 |
vs. RHB | 677 | 173 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 68 | 56 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .307 | .359 | .666 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3.71 | 160.0 | 168 | 70 | 66 | 58 | 77 |
Road | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2.72 | 139.0 | 118 | 46 | 42 | 62 | 60 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 25.0 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
May | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 53.0 | 50 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 23 |
June | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.95 | 58.0 | 47 | 20 | 19 | 31 | 28 |
July | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.67 | 56.1 | 57 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 28 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.06 | 62.0 | 62 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 26 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.22 | 44.2 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 23 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1951 | 38 | 38 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 4.37 | 296.1 | 338 | 162 | 144 | 18 | 88 | 89 | 12 | 2 | 1.44 | .300 | SLA |
1952 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 4.27 | 303.1 | 336 | 157 | 144 | 15 | 96 | 101 | 15 | 3 | 1.42 | .299 | SLA |
1953 | 38 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3.35 | 304.0 | 317 | 119 | 113 | 11 | 99 | 123 | 15 | 2 | 1.37 | .296 | SLA,AL |
1954 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3.95 | 253.0 | 247 | 119 | 111 | 16 | 98 | 120 | 16 | 3 | 1.36 | .282 | SLA |
1955 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3.25 | 299.0 | 286 | 116 | 108 | 17 | 120 | 137 | 20 | 3 | 1.36 | .278 | BAL,AL |
Total | 182 | 182 | 94 | 57 | 0 | 3.83 | 1455.2 | 1524 | 673 | 620 | 77 | 501 | 570 | 78 | 13 | 1.39 | .292 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1951 | 38 | 100 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .115 | .120 | .235 | SLA |
1952 | 39 | 109 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .138 | .152 | .183 | .335 | SLA |
1953 | 38 | 116 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .110 | .103 | .214 | SLA,AL |
1954 | 32 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .146 | .165 | .157 | .322 | SLA |
1955 | 35 | 99 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .101 | .118 | .152 | .269 | BAL,AL |
Total | 182 | 513 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 164 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .131 | .142 | .273 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 35 | 35 | 28 | 61 | 5 | 91 | 2 | .978 | 299.0 | 2.74 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1951... Milestones Had first career hit on 4/7/1951, off Ted Gray (DET)... Earned first career win on 4/7/1951... Hit first career homerun on 6/11/1952, off Mike Garcia (CLE)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1953, going 5-1, 2.75... Injured on 6/30/1953 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1953, going 7-0, 1.85... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1953, going 4-0, 1.76... Won Cy Young Award in 1953, going 27-7, 3.35 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1954, going 5-0, 2.16... Injured on 3/21/1955 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1952 - 4.27 - 8th 1953 - 3.35 - 3rd 1954 - 3.95 - 6th
| WHIP 1951 - 1.44 - 9th 1952 - 1.42 - 9th 1953 - 1.37 - 8th 1954 - 1.36 - 6th
| Wins 1953 - 27 - 1st
| Losses 1951 - 18 - 4th 1952 - 15 - 10th
| IP 1951 - 296.1 - 5th 1952 - 303.1 - 6th 1953 - 304.0 - 6th
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CG 1952 - 15 - 6th 1953 - 15 - 9th
| SHO 1951 - 2 - 10th 1952 - 3 - 5th 1953 - 2 - 9th 1954 - 3 - 8th
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