MLB / Players

Danny Friend

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 175 lb
BornApril 18, 1873 · Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB debutSeptember 10, 1895
Final gameMay 8, 1898
Seasons4 (1895–1898)

Chicago Colts 1895–1897; Chicago Orphans 1898

Percentile snapshot

1897 season — qualified pitchers

G
24
32.1
GS
24
41.5
W
12
45.3
L
11
43.4
SV
0
0
CG
23
47.2
SHO
0
0
H
244
60.4
ER
102
52.8
BB
86
30.2
SO
58
47.2
HR
5
45.3
IP
203.0
41.5
ERA
4.52
35.8
WHIP
1.626
20.8
K/9
2.57
67.9
FIP
4.59
26.4
FIP-
106.7
28.3
ERA+
95.1
37.7
sWAR
1.8
43.4

of 54 qualified 1897 pitchers (min 138 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.8
76.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1895519174400011100.235.278.235.51345.333.0.2530.2
1896371331261230331103520.238.256.333.58956.154.5.2741.9
1897259488122550095510.284.323.341.66377.375.1.3181.8
18982770210000000.286.286.429.71495.0103.6.333-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1895552205050241410541.05.271.5612.205.92124.190.60.2
18963633181402812981531398611290.74.741.5032.665.03115.492.01.9
189724241211023024410286585203.04.521.6262.574.59106.795.11.8
189822020202010104117.05.291.7652.125.00138.868.1-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
69
PA
253
AB
238
R
28
H
61
2B
9
3B
3
HR
1
RBI
20
BB
9
SO
11
SB
3
BA
.2563
OBP
.2834
SLG
.3319
OPS
.6153

Pitching

G (P)
67
GS
64
W
32
L
29
SV
0
CG
58
SHO
1
IP
552
SO (P)
158
BB allowed
249
ERA
4.715
WHIP
1.5607
K/9
2.58

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.