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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseballβ†—

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. β–Ά Video β†—

Bob FriendWWikipedia↗

Bats: R Β· Throws: R Β· Born 1930-11-24 Β· Played 1951–1966 Β· Career WAR 40.8 (bWAR) Β·

IDsBBREF=frienbo01, LAHMAN=frienbo01, MLBAM=114442, RETROSHEET=frieb102

Photo: Bowman Gum, Public domain Β· Wikimedia Commons

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Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1951PITNL344414200200219.091.130.136.266-0.3
1952PITNL355223000000220.058.093.058.151-0.6
1953PITNL325247100100116.135.151.154.305-0.4
1954PITNL355161411170058.275.339.392.7310.5
1955PITNL4461310100400315.164.203.180.383-0.1
1956PITNL4997716201800119.165.173.216.389-0.3
1957PITNL4087516200400622.184.234.207.4410.1
1958PITNL3894310200600428.106.141.128.269-0.8
1959PITNL3573412200700225.164.187.192.379-0.2
1960PITNL388856100300631.068.128.080.208-0.7
1961PITNL4179611010700136.139.150.165.315-0.3
1962PITNL3991311200500031.121.121.143.264-0.4
1963PITNL398629000200131.105.115.105.220-0.5
1964PITNL357125000200326.070.108.070.178-0.5
1965PITNL347123000100126.042.056.042.098-0.7
1966NYAAL12110000000005.000.000.000.000-0.7
1966NYNNL222911000100017.034.034.034.068
Total6021137561381622600038375.121.150.144.294-5.9

Pitching

YearTeamLgWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHERHRBBSOERAWHIPWAR
1951PITNL6103422310149.2173711268414.271.6100.5
1952PITNL7173523610185.0186861584754.181.4591.7
1953PITNL8113224800170.2193931857664.901.4651.3
1954PITNL7123520422170.1204961658735.071.5380.5
1955PITNL1494420922200.1178631852982.831.1486.0
1956PITNL171749421943314.131012125851663.461.2575.6
1957PITNL141840381730277.027310428681433.381.2313.1
1958PITNL221438381610274.029911225611353.681.3142.6
1959PITNL8193535720234.226710519521044.031.3590.5
1960PITNL181238371641275.22669218451833.001.1285.6
1961PITNL141941351011236.027110116451083.851.3392.7
1962PITNL181439361351261.22808923531443.061.2735.8
1963PITNL171639381240268.22367013441442.341.0425.8
1964PITNL131835351330240.12538910501283.331.2613.5
1965PITNL8123434820222.0221801747743.241.2072.3
1966NYAAL1412800044.2612429224.841.567-0.8
1966NYNNL58221221186.0101421116304.401.360
Total19723060249716336113611.03772143828689417343.581.29246.7

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1951PITNLP34102911
1952PITNLP35103723
1953PITNLP3273632
1954PITNLP3520170.072711
1955PITNLP4420200.075026
1956PITNLP4942314.1144921
1957PITNLP4038277.0183813
1958PITNLP3838274.074714
1959PITNLP3535234.2243712
1960PITNLP3837275.2244311
1961PITNLP4135236.0193733
1962PITNLP3936261.2184313
1963PITNLP3938268.2234122
1964PITNLP3535240.1125523
1965PITNLP3434222.0213915
1966NYAALP12844.231300
1966NYNNLP221286.04930
Total6024283105.02286302740

Awards

YearAwardLg
1958TSN All-StarML

Ejections (2)

DateAsReason
1951-07-03PlayerCall at 1B
1958-06-22PlayerBalls and strikes