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Bob
Friend		  
Nickname: Warrior
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 24, 1930 in Usa, IN, LAFAYETTE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1951   
All-Star Selections 1953    1955    1956    1959    1963   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 8 8 8 7 8 7
1952 21 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 8 9 8 8 8 8
1953 22 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 9
1954 23 PIT NL $ 4,164,286 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 9
1955 24 PIT NL $ 4,164,286 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 8 9 8
1956 25 PIT NL $ 4,164,286 8 3 4 4 9 10 9 9 10 9
1957 26 PIT NL $ 5,740,000 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 9 10 9
1958 27 NYG NL $ 5,740,000 8 3 4 4 9 9 9 9 9 9
1959 28 NYG NL $ 5,740,000 8 3 4 3 9 9 9 8 9 9
1960 29 BRK NL $ 5,990,000 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 9 8
1961 30 BRK NL $ 5,990,000 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 9 8
1962 31 BRK NL $ 5,990,000 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 9 8
1963 32 BRK NL $ 5,990,000 8 3 3 3 9 9 9 8 9 8
1964 33 DET AL $ 7,700,000 8 2 3 2 8 9 8 7 7 7
1965 34 DET AL $ 7,700,000 8 1 2 2 8 8 8 6 7 6
1966 35 DET AL $ 7,700,000 8 1 2 1 8 8 8 5 5 5
1967 36 MON NL $ 7,700,000 7 1 1 1 7 8 7 5 5 5
1968 37 MON NL   6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,700,000 8 3 4 4 9 10 9 9 10 9
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 23 PIT NL $ 4,164,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 24 PIT NL $ 4,164,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 25 PIT NL $ 4,164,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1957 26 PIT NL $ 5,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1958 27 NYG NL $ 5,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 28 NYG NL $ 5,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 29 BRK NL $ 5,990,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 30 BRK NL $ 5,990,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 31 BRK NL $ 5,990,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 32 BRK NL $ 5,990,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 33 DET AL $ 7,700,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 34 DET AL $ 7,700,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 35 DET AL $ 7,700,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 36 MON NL $ 7,700,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 37 MON NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,700,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 20 PIT NL 25 10 .714 42 42 13 2 0 326.3 349 129 26 103 95 3.56 .275 .328 .387 .714 27.4
1952 21 PIT NL 22 11 .667 42 42 10 0 0 321.7 344 130 20 90 119 3.64 .273 .321 .373 .694 23.2
1953 22 PIT NL 22 15 .595 44 44 18 3 0 352.3 377 137 17 92 127 3.50 .274 .318 .366 .684 27.5
1954 23 PIT NL 21 16 .568 44 44 15 3 0 346.7 403 153 17 80 132 3.97 .291 .329 .384 .713 24.3
1955 24 PIT NL 27 14 .659 44 44 20 4 0 361.3 361 136 22 101 123 3.39 .261 .310 .374 .683 29.1
1956 25 PIT NL 31 8 .795 44 44 22 3 0 364.7 351 127 16 84 150 3.13 .254 .295 .341 .635 34.0
1957 26 PIT NL 22 16 .579 44 44 18 2 0 361.0 366 144 18 72 158 3.59 .263 .298 .364 .662 25.3
1958 27 PIT NL 6 12 .333 22 22 9 2 0 165.0 210 83 12 32 65 4.53 .311 .340 .432 .772 7.6
  NYG NL 13 6 .684 20 20 8 1 0 165.0 162 45 9 24 79 2.45 .258 .284 .358 .642 16.4
  TOT   19 18 .514 42 42 17 3 0 330.0 372 128 21 56 144 3.49 .285 .313 .396 .709 24.0
1959 28 NYG NL 23 13 .639 42 42 22 0 0 346.3 367 129 16 63 160 3.35 .272 .304 .376 .680 25.7
1960 29 NYG NL 12 6 .667 22 22 6 1 0 167.7 198 76 12 28 67 4.08 .289 .317 .398 .714 8.2
  BRK NL 7 4 .636 17 17 5 0 0 136.3 145 44 9 33 55 2.90 .269 .309 .370 .679 10.2
  TOT   19 10 .655 39 39 11 1 0 304.0 343 120 21 61 122 3.55 .280 .313 .386 .699 18.4
1961 30 BRK NL 20 16 .556 41 41 29 2 0 346.0 368 132 26 48 129 3.43 .274 .299 .385 .684 24.2
1962 31 BRK NL 18 12 .600 40 40 20 5 0 330.0 347 122 24 41 142 3.33 .272 .295 .374 .669 20.6
1963 32 BRK NL 20 17 .541 41 41 22 4 0 342.7 304 114 29 45 135 2.99 .237 .262 .337 .598 29.3
1964 33 DET AL 11 7 .611 22 22 8 1 0 163.7 175 58 6 27 58 3.19 .278 .305 .366 .671 14.0
1965 34 DET AL 15 17 .469 40 40 19 1 0 322.3 357 138 24 46 110 3.85 .283 .309 .399 .708 14.5
1966 35 DET AL 9 25 .265 42 42 12 0 0 322.0 413 186 37 80 107 5.20 .315 .352 .452 .804 3.2
1967 36 MON NL 2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 1 35.0 42 20 7 5 16 5.14 .296 .318 .500 .818 1.0
1968 37 MON NL 1 7 .125 19 9 0 0 2 71.3 81 39 10 33 26 4.92 .288 .362 .448 .810 0.1
18 Years Sim 327 234 .583 699 662 276 34 3 5347.3 5720 2142 357 1127 2053 3.61 .274 .310 .381 .691 365.6
Season Average 18 13 .581 38 36 15 1 0 297.1 317 119 19 62 114 3.61 .274 .310 .381 .691  
Career Highs 31 25 .795 44 44 29 5 2 364.7 413 186 37 103 160 5.20 .315 .362 .500 .818  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2848 1078 160 480 1166   .266 .297 .362 .659
vs LH   2872 1064 197 647 887   .284 .327 .400 .727
Home 163 118 .580 355 332 141 18 1 2747.3 2892 1053 196 564 1051 3.45 .272 .308 .381 .689
Away 164 116 .586 344 330 135 16 2 2599.9 2828 1089 161 563 1002 3.77 .277 .315 .380 .695
Mar/Apr 53 40 .570 122 112 45 5 1 910.3 966 356 45 185 321 3.52 .271 .307 .372 .680
May 49 43 .533 124 116 43 3 1 927.9 1059 411 70 183 375 3.99 .287 .321 .399 .720
June 58 36 .617 116 111 48 13 1 895.9 921 347 57 170 336 3.49 .267 .302 .367 .669
July 52 40 .565 114 107 49 3 0 868.3 885 347 72 220 345 3.60 .265 .310 .379 .689
August 54 41 .568 111 108 45 4 0 880.3 970 345 64 196 347 3.53 .280 .319 .397 .716
Sep/Oct 61 34 .642 112 108 52 7 0 864.3 919 336 49 173 329 3.50 .274 .310 .368 .678
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 20 PIT NL 42 119 3 13 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 42 .109 .109 .109 .218 -4.4 0.0
1952 21 PIT NL 42 107 5 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 43 .084 .101 .121 .222 -3.1 0.0
1953 22 PIT NL 44 122 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 37 .074 .089 .090 .179 -4.7 0.0
1954 23 PIT NL 44 122 7 16 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 39 .131 .131 .172 .303 -0.2 0.0
1955 24 PIT NL 44 130 8 12 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 41 .092 .092 .162 .253 -2.2 0.0
1956 25 PIT NL 44 131 4 15 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 47 .115 .134 .137 .272 -1.9 0.0
1957 26 PIT NL 44 120 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 55 .042 .080 .042 .122 -7.3 0.0
1958 27 PIT NL 22 49 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 23 .143 .157 .184 .341 0.9 0.0
  NYG NL 20 59 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 .102 .100 .119 .219 -1.4 0.0
  TOT   42 108 7 13 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 41 .120 .126 .148 .274 -0.5 0.0
1959 28 NYG NL 42 134 6 15 2 0 1 11 0 0 1 68 .112 .125 .149 .274 -1.7 0.0
1960 29 NYG NL 22 54 3 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .130 .130 .148 .278 -0.5 0.0
  BRK NL 17 43 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 21 .047 .068 .140 .208 -1.0 0.0
  TOT   39 97 5 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 41 .093 .102 .144 .246 -1.5 0.0
1961 30 BRK NL 41 124 6 21 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 47 .169 .195 .194 .389 3.3 0.0
1962 31 BRK NL 40 112 5 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 47 .116 .130 .125 .255 -1.3 0.0
1963 32 BRK NL 41 117 5 13 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 42 .111 .132 .145 .278 -0.7 0.0
1964 33 DET AL 22 58 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .138 .153 .155 .308 0.0 0.0
1965 34 DET AL 40 110 6 17 5 0 0 2 0 1 4 34 .155 .184 .200 .384 1.7 0.0
1966 35 DET AL 42 108 2 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 38 .120 .119 .148 .267 -1.3 0.0
1967 36 MON NL 27 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0
1968 37 MON NL 19 21 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .048 .048 .095 .143 -1.0 0.0
18 Years Sim 699 1846 79 203 39 2 4 88 0 1 28 697 .110 .124 .140 .264 -26.4 0.0
162 Game Average 427 18 47 9 0 0 20 0 0 6 161 .110 .124 .140 .264 -6.1  
Career Highs 44 134 8 21 5 2 1 11 0 1 5 68 .169 .195 .333 .500 3.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1136 45 131 25 0 3 57 0 1 11 403 .115 .125 .145 .270 -19.2
vs LH   710 34 72 14 2 1 31 0 0 17 294 .101 .122 .131 .253 -14.4
Home 355 905 41 95 19 2 2 48 0 1 12 340 .105 .118 .137 .255 -19.4
Away 344 941 38 108 20 0 2 40 0 0 16 357 .115 .129 .142 .272 -14.2
RISP   434 0 49 9 2 1 78 0 0 4 176 .113 .119 .150 .269 -7.1
Close/Late   169 6 19 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 70 .112 .121 .124 .246 -3.8
Mar/Apr 122 301 15 32 5 0 1 15 0 0 6 119 .106 .123 .133 .256 -5.7
May 121 314 11 33 9 0 1 15 0 0 6 118 .105 .125 .143 .268 -5.5
June 111 322 13 33 6 0 0 16 0 0 2 129 .102 .108 .121 .229 -9.2
July 114 310 7 29 3 0 0 11 0 1 4 135 .094 .105 .103 .208 -10.8
August 111 303 14 30 4 0 1 9 0 0 4 99 .099 .110 .122 .233 -8.0
Sep/Oct 111 296 19 46 12 2 1 22 0 0 6 97 .155 .174 .220 .393 5.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1951 20 PIT NL P 42 42 326.3 22 50 1 4 .986 1.99    
1952 21 PIT NL P 42 42 321.7 20 62 3 3 .965 2.29    
1953 22 PIT NL P 44 44 352.3 25 71 1 6 .990 2.45    
1954 23 PIT NL P 44 44 346.7 15 65 3 5 .964 2.08    
1955 24 PIT NL P 44 44 361.3 25 81 3 6 .972 2.64    
1956 25 PIT NL P 44 44 364.7 35 63 1 6 .990 2.42    
1957 26 PIT NL P 44 44 361.0 25 64 3 5 .967 2.22    
1958 27 PIT NL P 22 22 165.0 13 28 1 2 .976 2.24    
  NYG NL P 20 20 165.0 13 28 1 2 .976 2.24    
  TOT   P 42 42 330.0 26 56 2 4 .976 2.24    
1959 28 NYG NL P 42 42 346.3 27 58 1 5 .988 2.21    
1960 29 NYG NL P 22 22 167.7 14 26 1 0 .976 2.15    
  BRK NL P 17 17 136.3 12 21 1 0 .971 2.18    
  TOT   P 39 39 304.0 26 47 2 0 .973 2.16    
1961 30 BRK NL P 41 41 346.0 31 50 0 4 1.000 2.11    
1962 31 BRK NL P 40 40 330.0 19 50 1 2 .986 1.88    
1963 32 BRK NL P 41 41 342.7 24 61 1 11 .988 2.23    
1964 33 DET AL P 22 22 163.7 13 38 1 1 .981 2.80    
1965 34 DET AL P 40 40 322.3 31 50 2 3 .976 2.26    
1966 35 DET AL P 42 42 322.0 17 62 1 9 .988 2.21    
1967 36 MON NL P 27 0 35.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1968 37 MON NL P 19 9 71.3 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.89    
Career Totals   699 662 5347.3 388 941 26 75 .981 2.24    
Career Highs   44 44 364.7 35 81 3 11 1.000 2.80    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 21 PIT NL 2 1 .667 4 4 1 0 0 28.3 42 22 4 13 14 6.99 .365 .430 .530 .960
1954 23 PIT NL 0 1 .000 2 2 1 0 0 16.3 17 7 1 1 5 3.86 .250 .261 .353 .614
1955 24 PIT NL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 19 14 2 5 1 11.12 .373 .429 .608 1.036
1956 25 PIT NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 0 0 18.0 18 8 1 4 6 4.00 .265 .306 .441 .747
1958 27 NYG NL 3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 32.3 36 13 3 9 19 3.62 .279 .326 .372 .698
1959 28 NYG NL 1 1 .500 2 2 2 1 0 18.0 15 2 0 2 8 1.00 .231 .254 .246 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 7 .500 16 16 6 1 0 124.3 147 66 11 34 53 4.78 .296 .342 .423 .765
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 21 PIT NL 4 9 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .444 .778
1954 23 PIT NL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1955 24 PIT NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1956 25 PIT NL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
1958 27 NYG NL 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333
1959 28 NYG NL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 16 38 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .158 .158 .184 .342
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1951-6-3.56
1953-9-3.50
1955-5-3.39
1956-3-3.13
1957-10-3.59
1958-8-3.49
1959-7-3.35
1963-8-2.99
 Wins
1951-4-25
1952-6-22
1953-2-22
1954-1-21
1955-2-27
1956-1-31
1957-6-22
1958-5-19
1959-3-23
1961-7-20
1963-6-20
CAR-6-327
 Losses
1953-10-15
1954-7-16
1957-10-16
1958-5-18
1961-8-16
1963-7-17
1965-10-17
1966-1-25
CAR-8-234
 Winning Pct
1951-5-.714
1952-6-.667
1955-6-.659
1956-1-.795
1959-5-.639
1960-7-.655
 Games Pitched
CAR-32-699
 Games Started
1951-7-42
1952-7-42
1953-1-44
1954-1-44
1955-1-44
1956-1-44
1957-1-44
1958-10-42
1959-7-42
1961-9-41
1963-9-41
1966-5-42
CAR-6-662
Complete Games
1951-9-13
1953-2-18
1954-6-15
1955-2-20
1956-2-22
1957-4-18
1958-4-17
1959-2-22
1960-8-11
1961-1-29
1962-4-20
1963-2-22
1965-4-19
CAR-7-276
 Shutouts
1951-5-2
1953-3-3
1954-2-3
1955-3-4
1956-4-3
1957-6-2
1958-4-3
1960-10-1
1961-4-2
1962-3-5
1963-1-4
CAR-15-34
 Innings Pitched
1951-5-326.3
1952-6-321.7
1953-1-352.3
1954-1-346.7
1955-1-361.3
1956-2-364.7
1957-2-361.0
1958-5-330.0
1959-1-346.3
1960-8-304.0
1961-2-346.0
1962-9-330.0
1963-3-342.7
1965-7-322.3
1966-8-322.0
CAR-6-5347.3
 Hits Allowed
1951-3-349
1952-2-344
1953-1-377
1954-1-403
1955-1-361
1956-1-351
1957-1-366
1958-1-372
1959-2-367
1960-2-343
1961-1-368
1962-3-347
1963-6-304
1965-1-357
1966-1-413
CAR-2-5720
 Homeruns Allowed
1963-10-29
1966-4-37
CAR-39-357
 Walks per 9IP
1951-5-2.8
1952-5-2.5
1953-4-2.4
1954-4-2.1
1955-7-2.5
1956-2-2.1
1957-3-1.8
1958-3-1.5
1959-2-1.6
1960-2-1.8
1961-3-1.2
1962-2-1.1
1963-4-1.2
1964-2-1.5
1965-2-1.3
1966-6-2.2
WHiP
1951-10-1.39
1956-3-1.19
1957-9-1.21
1963-3-1.02
 OOBP
1951-9-.328
1956-3-.295
1957-7-.298
1963-4-.262
 OSLG
1953-9-.366
1956-4-.341
1957-10-.364
1959-7-.376
 OOPS
1951-10-.714
1955-9-.683
1956-3-.635
1957-8-.662
1959-9-.680
1963-7-.598
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 220    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 99    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1951
Had first career hit on 4/8/1951, off Warren Hacker (SEM)
Earned first career win on 4/12/1951
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1951, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Won Bronze Rookie in 1951, going 25-10, 3.56 ERA
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1954, off Howie Pollet (STL)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1954, going 5-2, 3.07
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1955, going 7-1, 1.44
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
4/2/1956: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,740,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1956, winning 2 games with a 2.65 ERA
Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1956, going 6-1, 2.12
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1956, going 6-0, 2.13
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1957, winning 2 games with a 1.65 ERA
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 7/1/1958 (Going to NYG: P Bob Friend. Going to PIT: RF Rocky Colavito, P Jim Owens)
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
4/2/1959: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $5,990,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Brooklyn on 7/1/1960 (Going to BRK: P Bob Friend, RF Harry Simpson. Going to NYG: RF Wally Post)
Injured on 9/14/1960 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1963, going 5-1, 1.83
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
10/3/1963: Signed a contract extension with Brooklyn, $7,700,000 per year, for 6 years
Traded from Brooklyn to Detroit on 2/21/1964 (Going to BRK: RF Wally Post, P Bob Grim. Going to DET: P Bob Friend, 2B Jerry Lumpe, P Orlando Pena)
Injured on 5/23/1964 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/13/1964 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/23/1965 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Montreal on 2/1/1967 (Going to MON: P Bob Friend, P Billy Muffett, SS Harvey Kuenn. Going to DET: P Tommie Sisk, P Herman Starrette, 3B Ken Hamlin)
Released by Montreal on 10/13/1968
 
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