How Bob Friend's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Bob Friend posted a career Equivalent Average of .371, well below the league average of .745 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1954, posting .746, near the league average of .771 that year. The lowest point came in 1965 at .173, well below the league average of .719 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .300 in 1964 to .173 in 1965 and .208 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .173 to .746 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Bob Friend Lifetime Equivalent Average
Stats similar to Equivalent Average for Bob Friend
| Bob Friend
Equivalent Average |
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| Career | 0.371 |
| Season Avg. | 0.371 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.371 |
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Bob Friend Equivalent Average Per Season
Bob Friend's Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average by Team
Bob Friend's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Friend's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Bob Friend Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Equivalent Average 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 Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Equivalent Average 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.
