Bob Friend vs. Brian Meadows — Career Comparison

Bob Friend
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Brian Meadows
Gen XAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Friend and Brian Meadows are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 84 for Bob Friend and 85 for Brian Meadows, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 90 and 88 respectively. If forced to pick, Bob Friend gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Bob Friend and Brian Meadows

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
1.5
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.15
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
1.24
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.14
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.49
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.44
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
0.57
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
0.58
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.14
46.14
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.12
43.12
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.56
82.56
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.31
36.31
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.41
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.09
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
3.58
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
5.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10833
27
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
2882
27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3611
9
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
960.2
9
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3772
9.4
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1146
10.74
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.4
9.4
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.74
10.74
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
0.71
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.3
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
894
2.23
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
259
2.43
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
0.29
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
0.41
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1734
4.32
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
4.25
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.728
0.728
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.742
0.742
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.12
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15214
37.92
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4208
39.42
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.14
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.58
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1652
4.12
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
582
5.45
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.49
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.37
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.86
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.463
1.463
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14274
35.58
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3838
35.96
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.92
37.92
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42

Fielding Stats for Bob Friend and Brian Meadows

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
1.74
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.15
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.24
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.14
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9315
27
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
2882
27
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3105
9
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
960.2
9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.66
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.62
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
1.83
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.18
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.08
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
2.57
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
1.89
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
858
2.49
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
1.8
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.95
96.95
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.05
95.05
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.425
1.425
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.1
71.1
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.31
36.31
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.12
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.08
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Friend and Brian Meadows

Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
602
278.49
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
336
964.59
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1297
600
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
209
600
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1137
525.98
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
180
516.75
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.121
0.121
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.373
0.373
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
63.84
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
21
60.29
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
54.59
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
18
51.67
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
7.4
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.61
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.93
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
9.25
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.61
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.81
11.02
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
9.56
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
75.87
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
24
68.9
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
176
81.42
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
83.25
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
25.91
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
34.45
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
27.76
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.97
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
52.74
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
57.42
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-7.22
-3.34
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-1.8
-5.18
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
17.58
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
22.97
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
375
173.48
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
218.18
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.46
3.46
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bob Friend
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
55.51
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
19
54.55
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.93
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.74
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
6.48
Brian Meadows
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.61
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Friend
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Meadows
Career
Per 600 PA