How Bob Friend's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Bob Friend totaled 15,214 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1956, posting 1,315, well above the starting pitcher average of 517.7 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at 570, above the starting pitcher average of 516.8 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 1,004 in 1964 to 917 in 1965 and 570 in 1966, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 16 seasons.
Bob Friend Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Bob Friend
| Bob Friend
Batters Faced | Bob Friend
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 15214 | 37.92 |
| Season Avg. | 950.88 | 37.92 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4094.13 | 37.92 |
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Bob Friend Batters Faced Per Season
Bob Friend's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bob Friend Batters Faced by Team
Bob Friend's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Bob Friend's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Bob Friend Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Bob Friend Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
