How Bob Friend's Innings Pitched Compares to Similar Players
Bob Friend totaled 3,611 career Innings Pitched, well above the starting pitcher average of 772.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Innings Pitched season came in 1956, posting 314, well above the starting pitcher average of 120.6 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at 130, near the starting pitcher average of 123.6 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Innings Pitched total went from 240 in 1964 to 222 in 1965 and 130 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 Innings Pitched and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Innings Pitched for Bob Friend
| Bob Friend
Innings Pitched | Bob Friend
Pitched Outs |
|---|
| Career | 3611 | 10833 |
| Season Avg. | 225.7 | 677.06 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 971.7 | 2915.19 |
| More Info | See More | See More |
Bob Friend Innings Pitched Per Season
Bob Friend's Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched by Team
Bob Friend's career Innings Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend Cumulative Innings Pitched — Career Progression
A running total of Bob Friend's career Innings Pitched, 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 Innings Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Innings Pitched 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.
