Robert Bartmess Friend (November 24, 1930 – February 3, 2019) 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 is the first man to lead the league in ERA while pitching for a last place team.
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Nice collar on the uni there…surprised this trend didn’t catch on. Also, “Pitts. Pirates” ha and like lots of room for full name.
Good card but probably more in the “friend zone” category for me.
Bobby Bartmess. I sometimes wonder if people out there who appear in the stands and in the background on cards ever find out they are on a baseball card.
I can imagine seeing an animated silent “cartoon” using the graphic style of the back image of Friend firing one in.
This looks like one of your top ‘condition’ ’62s.
There is a famous basketball card with these two brothers sitting courtside who murdered their parents and inherited the money/or insurance money and were caught later…but the card is obviously from when they went on spending spree before caught. Bonkers.