SS Vern Friend #20
Philadelphia Quakers MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
07/07/1975
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SS VERN FRIEND #20 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
81 241 69 10 1 4 32 27 35 .286 .362 .386 4 2.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 45 45 45 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 80 50
Errors: - 60 45
Arm: 20 60 55
Turn DP: - 60 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 65
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 35 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 35
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 65
Stealing Aggressiveness: 60
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 40
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/06/1975 NYK Win, 8-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/05/1975 NYK Loss, 3-6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
07/04/1975 NYK Loss, 2-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/1975 NYK Loss, 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/03/1975 WAS Loss, 0-6 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
07/02/1975 WAS Win, 8-0 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0
07/01/1975 WAS Win, 3-1 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/29/1975 @ BRO Win, 7-5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
06/28/1975 @ BRO Win, 5-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/27/1975 @ BRO Win, 7-4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Friend is difficult at best, toxic at worst.
Personality Class: Disruptive
High: Financial Ambition, Baseball IQ
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Work Ethic
Birthday:03/11/1949
Born in:Annandale, VA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$82,460
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 73 Days
Service This Yr:90 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 22nd Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 81 241 69 10 1 4 32 31 27 35 .286 .362 .386 .748 .329 .100 109
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 81 277 2 5 0 2 6 1 93 15 4 2 66.7 35.6 5.26 2.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   100 29 6 1 2 14 13 12 12 1 3 1 .290 .368 .430 .798
Versus Right   141 40 4 0 2 18 18 15 23 0 3 1 .284 .357 .355 .711
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 8 1 0 1 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 .400 .455 .600 1.055
April   61 15 1 1 1 8 8 4 7 1 1 0 .246 .288 .344 .632
May   73 28 6 0 2 16 7 9 7 0 2 2 .384 .464 .548 1.012
June   87 18 2 0 0 6 11 12 19 0 2 0 .207 .303 .230 .533
July   20 8 1 0 1 2 5 2 2 0 1 0 .400 .455 .600 1.055
Spring Training   59 11 3 0 0 0 6 6 9 0 0 0 .186 .262 .237 .499
Last Year   383 87 15 4 7 48 40 33 65 2 6 2 .227 .290 .342 .633
2 Years Ago   410 100 5 9 5 41 32 32 61 6 6 6 .244 .304 .337 .641
Career   1116 269 31 14 18 128 109 98 174 9 20 10 .241 .306 .342 .648
Home   121 41 7 1 3 23 20 11 16 0 3 2 .339 .403 .488 .891
Road   120 28 3 0 1 9 11 16 19 1 3 0 .233 .321 .283 .605
Grass   241 69 10 1 4 32 31 27 35 1 6 2 .286 .362 .386 .748
Day   153 40 6 1 2 23 18 15 21 1 3 2 .261 .333 .353 .686
Night   88 29 4 0 2 9 13 12 14 0 3 0 .330 .410 .443 .853
As Starter   241 69 10 1 4 32 31 27 35 1 6 2 .286 .362 .386 .748
Close/Late   37 11 2 0 1 5 9 5 6 1 2 0 .297 .372 .432 .805
Inning 1-3   87 27 5 0 0 11 9 8 11 0 3 0 .310 .368 .368 .736
Inning 4-6   95 27 2 1 3 13 12 13 13 0 1 2 .284 .382 .421 .803
Inning 7-9   57 15 3 0 1 8 10 5 11 1 1 0 .263 .317 .368 .686
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
0 Outs   76 20 5 0 1 7 16 8 12 1 3 0 .263 .329 .368 .698
1 Outs   85 28 1 1 3 9 10 5 15 0 3 2 .329 .380 .471 .851
2 Outs   80 21 4 0 0 16 5 14 8 0 0 0 .263 .372 .312 .685
Scoring Position   69 21 2 1 1 26 9 12 11 1 6 0 .304 .402 .406 .808
Bases Empty   126 33 5 0 1 1 17 12 17 0 0 2 .262 .336 .325 .661
Runner on 1st   46 15 3 0 2 5 5 3 7 0 0 0 .326 .367 .522 .889
Runner on 2nd   25 5 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 0 4 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   23 9 1 1 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 0 .391 .440 .652 1.092
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 3 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 1 1 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Bases Loaded   8 2 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Two Strikes   81 14 3 0 2 8 12 8 35 1 0 1 .173 .253 .284 .537
First Pitch   53 21 1 1 1 14 3 5 0 0 2 0 .396 .448 .509 .958
Count 0-1   27 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .185 .185 .222 .407
Count 0-2   15 4 1 0 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 1 .267 .312 .533 .846
Count 1-0   31 14 4 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 .452 .452 .677 1.129
Count 1-1   25 8 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 .320 .346 .360 .706
Count 1-2   23 2 0 0 1 3 2 0 12 1 0 0 .087 .083 .217 .301
Count 2-0   9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Count 2-1   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 2-2   28 8 2 0 0 2 4 0 10 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 2 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0 0 0 .667 .917 .667 1.583
Full Count   15 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 9 0 0 0 .000 .348 .000 .348
Behind in Count   65 11 2 0 2 5 7 0 16 1 1 1 .169 .179 .292 .471
Ahead in Count   55 21 4 0 1 7 10 14 0 0 2 0 .382 .507 .509 1.016
Batting Leadoff   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Batting 2nd   15 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 .067 .125 .133 .258
Batting 5th   20 8 0 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 1 1 .400 .429 .550 .979
Batting 6th   28 10 1 0 1 4 4 1 4 0 2 0 .357 .379 .500 .879
Batting 7th   51 13 1 0 1 5 11 8 10 0 1 1 .255 .367 .333 .700
Batting 8th   125 37 7 1 1 17 12 16 18 1 1 0 .296 .373 .392 .765
Low Leverage   104 26 3 0 2 8 11 9 17 0 0 0 .250 .310 .337 .646
Medium Leverage   105 32 6 0 1 9 12 9 15 0 3 2 .305 .371 .390 .761
High Leverage   32 11 1 1 1 15 8 9 3 1 3 0 .344 .476 .531 1.007
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Philadelphia - MLB 21 7 15 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .267 .267 .467 .733 99 100 -0.0
1971 Philadelphia - MLB 22 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -114 -0.1
1972 Philadelphia - MLB 23 36 62 9 1 0 1 5 5 6 0 0 8 0 1 .145 .221 .210 .430 28 24 0.3
1973 Philadelphia - MLB 24 134 410 100 5 9 5 41 32 32 6 6 61 2 1 .244 .304 .337 .641 80 75 3.2
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 25 123 383 87 15 4 7 48 40 33 2 2 65 3 2 .227 .290 .342 .633 83 83 2.4
1975 Philadelphia - MLB 26 81 241 69 10 1 4 32 31 27 2 1 35 4 2 .286 .362 .386 .748 106 109 2.4
Total MLB 387 1116 269 31 14 18 128 109 98 10 9 174 9 6 .241 .306 .342 .648 83 82 8.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Total - 21 55 248 70 13 5 7 39 49 23 3 0 28 6 5 .282 .350 .460 .810 100 100 1.4
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 25 4 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 8 13 1.9
Total MLB 4 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368 8 13
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Philadelphia - MLB SS 7 5 7 17 4 26 2 .923 44.0 4.91 -0.9 .925
1971 Philadelphia - MLB SS 5 1 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 12.1 4.38 +0.2 1.027
1972 Philadelphia - MLB 2B 4 4 7 12 2 19 0 1.000 33.0 5.18 +0.5 .989
1972 Philadelphia - MLB 3B 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.1 .000
1972 Philadelphia - MLB SS 30 11 23 61 8 85 1 .988 129.0 5.86 +4.8 1.149
1972 Philadelphia - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Philadelphia - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Philadelphia - MLB SS 132 123 195 459 51 676 22 .967 1044.1 5.64 +24.5 1.078
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.2 13.50 +0.3 1.030
1974 Philadelphia - MLB 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.2 0.00 -0.1 .000
1974 Philadelphia - MLB SS 119 117 165 399 77 585 21 .964 967.1 5.25 +12.5 1.048
1975 Philadelphia - MLB SS 81 81 124 266 43 406 16 .961 644.1 5.45 +8.3 1.084
TOTAL 2B 5 4 7 13 2 20 0 1.000 33.2 5.35 +0.7 .992
TOTAL 3B 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 11.2 1.54 -0.2 .000
TOTAL SS 374 338 516 1206 183 1784 62 .965 2841.1 5.45 +49.4 1.070
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 22, 78th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Quakers, out of college Florida State
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 35 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
03/01/1971 Injured (sprained elbow),day-to-day for 4 weeks.
03/17/1971 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 3-4 weeks.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
11/06/1973 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
03/04/1974 Outstandingly completed training to generate gap power at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
04/07/1974 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
05/15/1974 Injured (sprained thumb),out for 5 weeks.
09/01/1974 Injured (whiplash),day-to-day for 2 days.
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $82,460.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
03/04/1975 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
04/07/1975 Successfully completed training to work on his bunting at the Philadelphia Quakers development complex.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
1973 9 5
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