How Bob Friend's Starts Compares to Similar Players
Bob Friend totaled 497 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 1956, posting 42, well above the starting pitcher average of 15.5 that year. The lowest point came in 1954 at 20, well above the starting pitcher average of 16.1 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 35 in 1964 to 34 in 1965 and 20 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 Starts and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Starts for Bob Friend
| Bob Friend
Starts | Bob Friend
Games Started % |
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| Career | 497 | 82.56 |
| Season Avg. | 31.06 | 82.56 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 133.74 | 82.56 |
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Bob Friend Starts Per Season
Bob Friend's Starts 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 Starts by Team
Bob Friend's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend Cumulative Starts — Career Progression
A running total of Bob Friend's career Starts, 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 Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Starts 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 Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Starts 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.
