How Bob Friend's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players

Bob Friend posted a career Range Factor of 1.43, well below the league average of 3.19 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Range Factor season came in 1964, posting 1.91, well below the league average of 3.37 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .853, well below the league average of 3.22 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.91 in 1964 to 1.77 in 1965 and .853 in 1966. 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 below league norms across 16 seasons.

Bob Friend Lifetime Range Factor

Stats similar to Range Factor for Bob Friend
Bob Friend
Range Factor
Career1.425
Season Avg.1.425
162 Game Avg.1.425
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Bob Friend Range Factor Per Season

Bob Friend's Range Factor 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 Range Factor per season line chart

Bob Friend Range Factor by Team

Bob Friend's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Friend career Range Factor by team bar chart

Bob Friend Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Friend's career Range Factor 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 Range Factor year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Friend Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Friend's seasonal Range Factor 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 Range Factor distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Friend Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Friend's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
Bob Friend Range Factor season-by-season breakdown table