What is Bob Friend?
[[File:Bob Friend 1953.jpg|right|200px]] '''Robert Bartmess Friend''' (November 24, 1930 – February 3, 2019) was an American right-handed [[starting pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He pitched mainly for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] from 1951 to 1965. He also played for the [[New York Yankees]] and [[New York Mets]] in his final season of 1966. He is the first man ever to have led the league in ERA while pitching for a last place team. Friend was born in [[Lafayette, Indiana]]. He studied at [[Purdue University]]. Friend died suddenly in his sleep at his home in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] on February 3, 2019 from [[cardiac arrest]] at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former longtime Pirates pitcher Friend dies at 88|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25917999/bob-friend-pirates-leader-innings-starts-ks-dies-88|access-date=February 4, 2019 |work=ESPN.com|date=February 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2019/02/03/bob-friend-death-pirates-pitcher-obit/stories/201902030203|title=Bob Friend, Pirates pitching legend, dies at 88|publisher=The Pittsburgh Gazette|access-date=February 4, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Baseballstats|mlb=114442|br=f/frienbo01}} *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Pfrieb102.htm Retrosheet] * Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331151653/http://www.indbaseballhalloffame.org/inductees/inductee_detail.cfm?induc_id=11] {{DEFAULTSORT:Friend, Bob}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players]] [[Category:New York Yankees players]] [[Category:New York Mets players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Indiana]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}