Bob Friend played baseball from 1951 to 1966. He was born in Indiana, Lafayette to be precise on 24th November, 1930. At the age of 20, Friend played his first major league match.

He was absorbed as a pitcher in Pittsburgh Pirates' team, and played the first game for the team on 28th April, 1951. Friend remained with this team till 1965. Over the years, he was nicknamed as Bob the warrior.

Friend was the starting pitcher for the Major League's teams. Becoming a player in Major League Baseball implies that the player is one of the best in the country as well as in Canada. The league conducts annual matches between the teams forming the National League, and American League.

In 1966, Friend got an opportunity to play for New York Yankees, as well as New York Mets. After playing for Mets, Friend hung his boots, and bid goodbye to a spectacular career.

Though Friend was a very consistent baseball player, his career best was in 1956. This year Friend played 49 games, and ranked 7th amongst top National League players of that year. His win to loss record is 197 out of 230, which is highly commendable. His era i.e., Earned run average during his professional career is 3.58. He achieved 1,734 strikeouts during that period.

He was selected to play All Star matches of Major leagues four times and was declared champion of the World Series in 1960. Friend studied in West Lafayette High School. He played for state level football and baseball teams while in school. He was also a good golf and basketball player.

He had to forego his football career because of a shoulder injury in high school. Friend is also a good piano player. He joined Purdue University and pursued his education during off season. In 1957, Friend became a graduate in economics.

Each year, several cards are printed with relevant statistics about the MLB players on them. These cards may at times have a time table of various games lined up so that the fans can decide which games they would attend.

Fans of baseball players collect such cards as these cards are not reprinted, and only limited numbers of such cards are available. 1956 Bob Friend Topps Card is one of those rare cards that is valued by Friend's fans.

Bob Friend played as a pitcher for the Pittsburg Pirates which is Major League Baseball club located in the Pittsburg city of Pennsylvania. He was a remarkably excellent player, and is well recognized for the fact that he leaded in the ERA league, while the team he was pitching for was at the last place.

He was also well recognized at the ending seasons of his career as he played for the New York Mets and the New York Yankees. He is a 1955 National League ERA Champion and the 1958 national League wins champion. He ended his Major League Baseball Career in the 1966 while playing for the New York Mets.

The fans of this magnificent player can buy the 1956 Bob Friend Topps Baseball Card. This is a special baseball player's collectible item. Since Bob Friend is now regarded as a classic player, the card is also called as the Classic 1956 Bob Friend Topps or the Vintage Bob Friend Topps. It is manufactured by the Topps Company Inc.

The 1956 Bob Friend Topps Card can be purchased in the form of a Topps card set called as the 1956 Bob Friend Topps Set. A Topps set consists of a number of cards each having a different picture of player and on the backside you can find the stats for different years, and also cumulative stats of the player over his whole career or stats of the player playing for a particular team. The ranking based on these stats is called 1956 Bob Friend Topps Value.

Many people prefer the used cards instead of a new set and they can look for the Used 1956 Bob Friend Topps. For finding a store selling used or new cards, you have to search on the internet by typing 1956 Bob Friend Topps Baseball Card for Sale.