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Warren Spahn

Birthdate:

4/23/1921

Died:

11/24/2003

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Buffalo, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Warren Spahn won 363 lifetime games and only lost 245 and had a career ERA of 3.09. Spahn won 20 or more games in 13 different years. Led the league in strike outs from 1949-52. Won the Cy Young in 1957 when the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series over the New York Yankees. In 1947, Warren won 21 games and led the league in ERA . In 1948, Spahn and Johnny Sain's clutch pitching in Sept.'s pennant drive inspired the verse 'Spahn and Sain/ pray for rain'. The Boston Braves won their first pennant in 34 years, they each won one game in the world series but the Cleveland Indians won the series 4 games to 2. Spahn hit 35 career homers as a pitcher; still a NL record. He pitched on 3 pennant winning teams. This Hall of Famer spent 3 1/2 years in the army World War II and received a Bronze Star as well as a Purple Heart. In 1960, Warren Spahn no-hit the Phillies and in 1961, at age 40, he threw another no-hitter against the S.F. Giants. Spahn's 63 lifetime shutouts are still a NL record for left handed pitchers. 'A pitcher needs two pitches; one they are looking for and one to cross them up', Warren Spahn.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1942	BSN (NL)	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	15.2	25	15	10	0	11	0	7	0	0	0	5.74
1946	BSN (NL)	24	16	8	5	1	8	0	125.2	107	46	41	6	36	0	67	4	1	0	2.94
1947	BSN (NL)	40	35	21	10	3	22	7	289.2	245	87	75	15	84	0	123	5	1	0	2.33
1948	BSN (NL)	36	35	15	12	1	16	3	257.0	237	115	106	19	77	0	114	4	1	0	3.71
1949	BSN (NL)	38	38	21	14	0	25	4	302.1	283	125	103	27	86	0	151	4	3	0	3.07
1950	BSN (NL)	41	39	21	17	1	25	1	293.0	248	123	103	22	111	0	191	8	1	0	3.16
1951	BSN (NL)	39	36	22	14	0	26	7	310.2	278	111	103	20	109	0	164	7	1	1	2.98
1952	BSN (NL)	40	35	14	19	3	19	5	290.0	263	109	96	19	73	0	183	5	6	0	2.98
1953	MLN (NL)	35	32	23	7	3	24	5	265.2	211	75	62	14	70	0	148	3	1	2	2.10
1954	MLN (NL)	39	34	21	12	3	23	1	283.1	262	107	99	24	86	0	136	3	1	1	3.14
1955	MLN (NL)	39	32	17	14	1	16	1	245.2	249	99	89	25	65	4	110	4	2	0	3.26
1956	MLN (NL)	39	35	20	11	3	20	3	281.1	249	92	87	25	52	12	128	7	3	0	2.78
1957	MLN (NL)	39	35	21	11	3	18	4	271.0	241	94	81	23	78	4	111	2	2	0	2.69
1958	MLN (NL)	38	36	22	11	1	23	2	290.0	257	106	99	29	76	7	150	2	2	1	3.07
1959	MLN (NL)	40	36	21	15	0	21	4	292.0	282	106	96	21	70	9	143	2	1	0	2.96
1960	MLN (NL)	40	33	21	10	2	18	4	267.2	254	114	104	24	74	9	154	1	4	0	3.50
1961	MLN (NL)	38	34	21	13	0	21	4	262.2	236	96	88	24	64	1	115	4	4	0	3.02
1962	MLN (NL)	34	34	18	14	0	22	0	269.1	248	97	91	25	55	4	118	4	3	0	3.04
1963	MLN (NL)	33	33	23	7	0	22	7	259.2	241	85	75	23	49	4	102	4	0	0	2.60
1964	MLN (NL)	38	25	6	13	4	4	1	173.2	204	110	102	23	52	4	78	6	2	0	5.29
1965	NYM (NL)	20	19	4	12	0	5	0	126.0	140	70	61	18	35	1	56	1	2	0	4.36
1965	SFG (NL)	16	11	3	4	0	3	0	71.2	70	34	27	8	21	1	34	1	1	0	3.39
22 years		750	665	363	245	29	382	63	5243.2	4830	2016	1798	434	1434	60	2583	81	42	5	3.09

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1942	BSN (NL)	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	SLG
1946	BSN (NL)	24	43	3	7	1	0	0	4	1	14	0	0	0	1	2	0	.163	.200	SLG
1947	BSN (NL)	41	98	6	16	2	1	0	6	6	29	0	0	0	0	8	0	.163	.212	SLG
1948	BSN (NL)	37	90	10	15	3	0	1	7	6	24	0	0	0	0	7	0	.167	.219	SLG
1949	BSN (NL)	40	111	11	18	0	0	2	10	4	27	1	0	0	0	5	0	.162	.191	SLG
1950	BSN (NL)	41	106	7	23	0	0	1	13	6	33	1	0	0	1	5	0	.217	.265	SLG
1951	BSN (NL)	42	116	8	22	6	1	1	18	6	27	0	0	0	0	4	0	.190	.230	SLG
1952	BSN (NL)	52	112	10	18	2	1	2	9	4	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	.161	.190	SLG
1953	MLN (NL)	38	105	6	23	5	0	2	12	1	22	0	0	0	0	5	0	.219	.226	SLG
1954	MLN (NL)	41	101	4	21	6	0	1	10	7	17	0	0	0	1	3	0	.208	.266	SLG
1955	MLN (NL)	40	81	7	17	1	1	4	14	4	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	.210	.247	SLG
1956	MLN (NL)	39	105	8	22	3	0	3	10	4	32	1	0	0	0	2	0	.210	.239	SLG
1957	MLN (NL)	39	94	3	13	2	1	2	8	4	25	0	0	0	0	3	2	.138	.170	SLG
1958	MLN (NL)	41	108	10	36	6	1	2	15	7	24	0	0	0	2	4	1	.333	.381	SLG
1959	MLN (NL)	40	104	11	24	1	0	2	8	3	28	0	0	0	0	1	4	.231	.243	SLG
1960	MLN (NL)	40	95	10	14	2	0	3	7	5	26	0	0	0	0	2	2	.147	.186	SLG
1961	MLN (NL)	39	94	13	21	7	0	4	15	7	33	0	0	0	1	2	2	.223	.279	SLG
1962	MLN (NL)	36	98	3	18	3	0	2	9	5	30	0	0	0	0	3	0	.184	.223	SLG
1963	MLN (NL)	33	90	7	16	4	0	2	6	5	24	0	0	0	0	4	1	.178	.219	SLG
1964	MLN (NL)	39	59	2	11	2	0	1	5	0	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	.186	.183	SLG
1965	NYM (NL)	21	35	0	4	1	0	0	2	7	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	.114	.279	SLG
1965	SFG (NL)	16	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.208	SLG
22 years		783	1872	141	363	57	6	35	189	94	487	4	2	0	7	68	14	.194	.234	.SLG

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