Bill Friel
1901–1903 · bats L / throws R · MLA, St. Louis Browns
283G
.245AVG
.292OBP
.331SLG
More career statistics
244H
6HR
80RBI
23SB
4.0IP
0K
4.50ERA
0GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 994 | 989 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,088 | 1,092 |
| Batting · Walks | 60 | 67 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 15 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | 1,088 | 994 | 123 | 244 | 33 | 17 | 6 | 80 | 60 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 329 | .245 | .292 | .331 | .623 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1.000 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1903-05-30 to 1903-06-09
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1901-07-13 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1903-05-10 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1901-08-31 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 160 | 592 | 130 | 3 | 43 | 40 | 12 | .243 | .287 | .331 |
| Away | 123 | 500 | 114 | 3 | 37 | 27 | 36 | .251 | .282 | .334 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 |
| May | 36 | 123 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | .252 | .293 | .306 |
| June | 39 | 159 | 41 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | .283 | .314 | .400 |
| July | 71 | 281 | 63 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 17 | .252 | .288 | .368 |
| August | 66 | 256 | 55 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 14 | .229 | .258 | .275 |
| September | 66 | 256 | 54 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 7 | .239 | .293 | .336 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 180 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | .298 | .350 | .373 |
| chicago-white-sox | 45 | 174 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 16 | .212 | .236 | .288 |
| boston-red-sox | 38 | 138 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | .271 | .283 | .364 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 38 | 149 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .220 | .262 | .386 |
| cleveland-guardians | 37 | 143 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 4 | .200 | .266 | .216 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 36 | 138 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 10 | .192 | .232 | .246 |
| baltimore-orioles-1901-02 | 33 | 133 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .322 | .353 | .430 |
| new-york-yankees | 10 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .324 | .429 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | MLA | 106 | 371 | 100 | 4 | 35 | 15 | .270 | – | – |
| 1902 |  St. Louis Browns | 80 | 267 | 64 | 2 | 20 | 4 | .240 | 4 | – |
| 1903 | St. Louis Browns | 97 | 351 | 80 | – | 25 | 4 | .228 | – | – |