#87 Bob Friend, Starting Pitcher, 23 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Thursday, 10/5/1954 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bob Friend
11/24/1930 23 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 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 2 / 6 (Fair) Good GREAT Normal 4.5 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 1954 (Automatic) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 3 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 6 | 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 | | | | |
8/14 | BOS | W 6-1 | * | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
8/18 | NYY | L 0-9 | * | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | L | | | | |
8/23 | @PHA | L 9-10 | * | 7 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
8/27 | CHA | L 5-9 | * | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/1 | DET | W 5-4 | * | 8.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
9/6 | @PHA | W 6-3 | * | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | W | | | | |
9/10 | DET | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | W | PoG | | | |
9/15 | BOS | W 8-2 | * | 7.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | W | | | | |
9/20 | CLE | W 11-2 | * | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | W | | | | |
9/24 | @NYY | W 7-0 | * | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 32 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3.95 | 253.0 | 247 | 119 | 111 | 98 | 120 | 16 | 50.0 | 3 | 17 | 53.1 |
Projected | 34 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3.95 | 266.0 | 260 | 125 | 117 | 103 | 126 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.3 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.56 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 390 | 115 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 58 | 62 | 42 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 | .353 | .459 | .812 |
vs. RHB | 564 | 132 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 55 | 57 | 56 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 | .298 | .326 | .624 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 18 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4.57 | 136.0 | 145 | 72 | 69 | 57 | 66 |
Road | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.23 | 117.0 | 102 | 47 | 42 | 41 | 54 |
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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 14.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
May | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.30 | 30.0 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 15 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.51 | 59.0 | 57 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 39 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.42 | 50.0 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 28 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.76 | 50.0 | 58 | 32 | 32 | 19 | 14 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.16 | 50.0 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 19 | 18 |
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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 |
Total | 147 | 147 | 74 | 48 | 0 | 3.98 | 1156.2 | 1238 | 557 | 512 | 60 | 381 | 433 | 58 | 10 | 1.40 | .295 | |
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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 |
Total | 147 | 414 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 130 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .134 | .140 | .274 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 32 | 32 | 17 | 50 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 1.000 | 253.0 | 2.38 | | | | |
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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...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1952 - 4.27 - 8th 1953 - 3.35 - 3rd
| WHIP 1951 - 1.44 - 9th 1952 - 1.42 - 9th 1953 - 1.37 - 8th
| 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
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