How Bob Friend's Hits Compares to Similar Players
Bob Friend totaled 3,772 career Hits, well above the starting pitcher average of 770.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Hits season came in 1966, posting 162, well above the starting pitcher average of 116.1 that year. The highest point came in 1956 at 310, well above the starting pitcher average of 117.0 that year. The Hits trended upward through the final seasons. The Hits total went from 253 in 1964 to 221 in 1965 and 162 in 1966, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 16 seasons.
Bob Friend Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Hits for Bob Friend
| Bob Friend
Hits | Bob Friend
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 3772 | 9.4 |
| Season Avg. | 235.75 | 9.4 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1015.06 | 9.4 |
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Bob Friend Hits Per Season
Bob Friend's Hits 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 Hits by Team
Bob Friend's career Hits totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend Cumulative Hits — Career Progression
A running total of Bob Friend's career Hits, 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 Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Hits 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 Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Hits 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.
