How Bob Friend's Runs Allowed Per Game Compares to Similar Players
Bob Friend posted a career Runs Allowed Per Game of 2.74, above the starting pitcher average of 2.48 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Runs Allowed Per Game season came in 1955, posting 1.82, below the starting pitcher average of 2.26 that year. The highest point came in 1959 at 3.69, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.25 that year. The Runs Allowed Per Game trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.8 in 1964 to 2.62 in 1965 and 2.26 in 1966. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 16 seasons.
Bob Friend Lifetime Runs Allowed Per Game
Stats similar to Runs Allowed Per Game for Bob Friend
| Bob Friend
Runs Allowed Per Game |
|---|
| Career | 2.74 |
| Season Avg. | 2.74 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.74 |
| More Info | See More |
Bob Friend Runs Allowed Per Game Per Season
Bob Friend's Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game by Team
Bob Friend's career Runs Allowed Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend Runs Allowed Per Game Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Friend's career Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Runs Allowed Per Game 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 Runs Allowed Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Runs Allowed Per Game 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.
