Bob Friend
Retired
Bob Friend
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Nickname:
Warrior
Birthdate:
Nov. 24, 1930 (106 y, 0 m, 2 d)
Born In:
Lafayette, LA, USA
Nationality:
American
Position:
P
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
6'0"/190
Entry:
Unknown
Contract:
Free Agent
ML Service Time:
None
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Player Awards
Award Date Team
All-Star 1960 None (MLB)
1958 None (MLB)
1956 None (MLB)
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score HoF
Pos Avg		 HoF
All Avg
Black Ink 20 41.1 26.0
Grey Ink 151 193.0 144.0
HoF Standard 23 49.1 43.8
WAR 55.9 69.7 58.8
WAR7 41.8 46.5 37.6
JAWS 48.8 58.1 48.2
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Player Score
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Doyle Alexander R 883
Joe Niekro R 874
Tom Zachary R 868
Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
Year SH Rank
1956 11 8
1958 10 4
1959 12 2
1960 11 4
1961 9 10
1963 10 9
1964 11 6
Year G Rank
1956 49 7
Year GS Rank
1956 42 1
1957 38 1
1958 38 1
1959 35 7
1960 37 2
1961 35 4
1962 36 8
1963 38 5
1964 35 7
Year W Rank
1955 14 5
1956 17 8
1958 22 1
1960 18 5
1961 14 10
1962 18 7
1963 17 9
Year L Rank
1952 17 3
1956 17 3
1957 18 2
1958 14 3
1959 19 1
1961 19 1
1962 14 10
1963 16 8
1964 18 3
Year Win % Rank
1955 0.609 6
1958 0.611 3
1960 0.600 7
Year IP Rank
1956 314.1 1
1957 277.0 1
1958 274.0 3
1959 234.2 10
1960 275.2 2
1961 236.0 10
1962 261.2 9
1963 268.2 7
1964 240.1 10
Year BF Rank
1956 1315 1
1957 1148 1
1958 1146 2
1959 1015 9
1960 1118 2
1962 1096 8
1963 1080 8
1964 1004 9
Year HR Rank
1956 25 10
1957 28 3
1958 25 7
Year BB Rank
1952 84 9
1956 85 6
1957 68 10
Year K Rank
1956 166 3
1957 143 6
1958 135 5
1960 183 5
Year WP Rank
1952 7 2
Year ERA Rank
1955 2.830 1
1957 3.379 7
1960 3.004 5
1962 3.061 9
1963 2.345 3
Year BABIP Rank
1955 0.250 7
Year WHIP Rank
1955 1.148 3
1957 1.231 9
1958 1.314 9
1960 1.128 3
1963 1.042 5
Year H/9 Rank
1955 7.997 6
Year BB/9 Rank
1954 3.065 10
1955 2.336 4
1957 2.209 10
1958 2.004 6
1959 1.994 7
1960 1.469 4
1961 1.716 2
1962 1.823 2
1963 1.474 1
1964 1.872 9
1965 1.905 7
Year CG Rank
1956 19 3
1957 17 2
1958 16 5
1960 16 4
1962 13 9
1964 13 9
Year SHO Rank
1955 2 7
1956 4 4
1957 3 5
1960 4 3
1962 5 1
1963 4 10
1964 3 10
Year BB (Low) Rank
1953 57 10
1954 58 4
1955 52 3
1959 52 8
1960 45 6
1961 45 2
1962 53 4
1963 44 6
1965 47 5
Year Hits Rank
1956 310 2
1957 273 1
1958 299 1
1959 267 4
1960 266 3
1961 271 2
1962 280 2
1963 236 8
1964 253 4
Year Hits (Low) Rank
1952 186 10
1953 193 10
1954 204 7
1955 178 4
Year HR (Low) Rank
1952 15 10
1954 16 4
1955 18 2
1959 19 8
1960 18 10
1961 16 3
1963 13 8
1964 10 4
1965 17 5
Year WAR Rank
1955 4.0 7
1956 7.8 1
1957 5.0 3
1958 5.8 2
1959 4.6 9
1960 8.3 1
1961 5.7 3
1962 5.5 7
1963 6.5 7
1964 5.8 10
Year W (Low) Rank
1952 7 1
1953 8 4
1954 7 1
1959 8 2
1965 8 4
Year L (Low) Rank
1955 9 4
1960 12 10
Year rWAR Rank
1955 4.4 8
1956 5.4 6
1957 5.0 6
1958 5.2 7
1960 7.5 1
1962 7.0 4
1963 6.9 4