# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-friend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:44:34.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-friend"
name: "Bob Friend"
slug: "bob-friend"
description: "Robert Bartmess Friend was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between 1951 and 1966, most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A four-time All-Star, Friend was an integral member of the Pirates team that defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series. He played for the New York Yankees and New York Mets in his final season of 1966. As of 2019, he still held Pirates records for career innings pitched and strikeouts. He was the first man to lead the league in ERA while pitching for a last place team."
tagline: "American baseball player (1930-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Friend_1953.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1930-11-24"
deathDate: "2019-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.362745333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AE%91%E4%BC%AF%C2%B7%E5%BC%97%E8%98%AD%E5%BE%B7"
    title: "鮑伯·弗蘭德"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A9)"
    title: "بوب فريند (لاعب كرة قاعدة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "بوب فريند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Friend"
    title: "Bob Friend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Френд, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Friend"
    title: "Bob Friend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Friend"
    title: "Bob Friend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4932472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump