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Bob Friend played 16 major-league seasons (1951-1966) as a P (602). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 21 | PIT | 34 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .091 | .267 | -26 |
| 1952 | 22 | PIT | 35 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .058 | .150 | -56 |
| 1953 | 23 | PIT | 32 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .135 | .305 | -18 |
| 1954 | 24 | PIT | 35 | 51 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .275 | .731 | 97 |
| 1955 | 25 | PIT | 44 | 61 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .164 | .383 | 6 |
| 1956 | 26 | PIT | 49 | 97 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .165 | .390 | 8 |
| 1957 | 27 | PIT | 40 | 87 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .184 | .441 | 24 |
| 1958 | 28 | PIT | 38 | 94 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .106 | .269 | -26 |
| 1959 | 29 | PIT | 35 | 73 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .164 | .378 | 5 |
| 1960 | 30 | PIT | 38 | 88 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .068 | .207 | -40 |
| 1961 | 31 | PIT | 41 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 36 | .139 | .315 | -14 |
| 1962 | 32 | PIT | 39 | 91 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .121 | .264 | -27 |
| 1963 | 33 | PIT | 39 | 86 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .105 | .220 | -34 |
| 1964 | 34 | PIT | 35 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .070 | .179 | -47 |
| 1965 | 35 | PIT | 34 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .042 | .098 | -71 |
| 1966 | 36 | NYA | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1966 | 36 | NYN | 22 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .034 | .069 | -80 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 21 | PIT | 34 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 149.2 | 41 | 68 | 4.27 | 93 |
| 1952 | 22 | PIT | 35 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 185 | 75 | 84 | 4.18 | 89 |
| 1953 | 23 | PIT | 32 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 170.2 | 66 | 57 | 4.90 | 87 |
| 1954 | 24 | PIT | 35 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 170.1 | 73 | 58 | 5.07 | 80 |
| 1955 | 25 | PIT | 44 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 200.1 | 98 | 52 | 2.83 | 143 |
| 1956 | 26 | PIT | 49 | 42 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 314.1 | 166 | 85 | 3.46 | 109 |
| 1957 | 27 | PIT | 40 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 277 | 143 | 68 | 3.38 | 115 |
| 1958 | 28 | PIT | 38 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 274 | 135 | 61 | 3.68 | 107 |
| 1959 | 29 | PIT | 35 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 234.2 | 104 | 52 | 4.03 | 98 |
| 1960 | 30 | PIT | 38 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 275.2 | 183 | 45 | 3.00 | 125 |
| 1961 | 31 | PIT | 41 | 35 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 236 | 108 | 45 | 3.85 | 105 |
| 1962 | 32 | PIT | 39 | 36 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 261.2 | 144 | 53 | 3.06 | 129 |
| 1963 | 33 | PIT | 39 | 38 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 268.2 | 144 | 44 | 2.34 | 140 |
| 1964 | 34 | PIT | 35 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 240.1 | 128 | 50 | 3.33 | 106 |
| 1965 | 35 | PIT | 34 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 222 | 74 | 47 | 3.24 | 109 |
| 1966 | 36 | NYA | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 44.2 | 22 | 9 | 4.84 | 71 |
| 1966 | 36 | NYN | 22 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 86 | 30 | 16 | 4.40 | 82 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | P | 34 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 1952 | P | 35 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 3 |
| 1953 | P | 32 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 2 |
| 1954 | P | 35 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 1955 | P | 44 | 20 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 6 |
| 1956 | P | 49 | 42 | 14 | 49 | 2 | 1 |
| 1957 | P | 40 | 38 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 3 |
| 1958 | P | 38 | 38 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 4 |
| 1959 | P | 35 | 35 | 24 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 1960 | P | 38 | 37 | 24 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
| 1961 | P | 41 | 35 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| 1962 | P | 39 | 36 | 18 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 1963 | P | 39 | 38 | 23 | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| 1964 | P | 35 | 35 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 3 |
| 1965 | P | 34 | 34 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 5 |
| 1966 | P | 34 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bob Friend won: TSN All-Star 1958 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1958, 1956, 1955.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 38 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Cy Young Award | ML | 4 | 3 / 16 | 3 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 98 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.