Warren Spahn Position: PitcherBats: Left • Throws: Left6-0, 172lb (183cm, 78kg)Born: April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, NYDied: November 24, 2003 in Broken Arrow, OKBuried: Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, OKHigh School: South Park HS (Buffalo, NY)Debut: April 19, 1942 (9,245th in major league history)vs. NYG 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ERLast Game: October 1, 1965vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ERHall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1973. (Voted…
On April 11, 1963, Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves becomes the all-time winningest left-hander in major league history. Spahn’s 6-1 victory over the New York Mets gives him 328 career wins, moving him ahead of Eddie Plank on the all-time list…
Milwaukee’s Warren Spahn sets a modern National League record—his 601st start surpassing Grover Alexander—while going all the way to defeat the Dodgers for his 343rd career win, but only after spending the better part of the day in Los Angeles filming what will prove to be the first and last performance of his acting career, on the popular World-War-II-set TV series, Combat. Spahn, himself a decorated WW II veteran and avowed fan of the series, appears in an uncredited but heavily publicized bit part as a German patrol. As one refreshingly frank TV critic will warn us prior to the November 5 air date, “This is Warren Spahn’s much-heralded appearance as a German soldier. If the National League saw as little of him as you will, he probably never would have won a game.”
On September 14, 1948, in the midst of a pennant race, the Boston Post publishes a four-line poem by Gerry Hern calling on pitchers Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain to bear the pitching burden, resting on off days and – if luck is with the Braves – when it rains. The rhyme is shortened by…
St. Louis Cardinals 4, New York Mets 3 Game Played on Tuesday, May 11, 1965 (N) at Shea Stadium STL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 – 4 9 0 NY N 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 – 3 10 0 WP: Gibson (6-0) LP: Spahn (2-3)…
On June 14, 1952, Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves strikes out 18 Chicago Cubs in a 15-inning game. The future Hall of Famer allows only six hits in pitching the marathon. At the plate, Spahn hits a home run, but his efforts don’t prevent the Braves from losing the game, 3-1, on Hal…
Warren Spahn is born in Buffalo, New York. The future Hall of Fame southpaw, a mainstay with the Braves in the 1950’s, is named after Warren Harding, a right-hander who was recently sworn in as the president of the United States.
Bob Hazle, hitting .526 since being recalled from Wichita, hits two 2-run homers, as the Braves beat the Phillies, 7 – 3, for Warren Spahn’s 219th career win, moving him to a 6th on the career list. Spahn also hits his 18th career home run, also good for sixth (tie with Schoolboy Rowe) on the career list for pitchers.
The Boston Braves increase their lead to 4 games as Warren Spahn lasts 14 innings to beat Da Bums‚ 2 – 1. Spahn twice picks off Jackie Robinson in his 5-hitter. In the 7-inning nitecap‚ Johnny Sain wins‚ 4 – 0. Bill Salkeldand Mike McCormick bat out of turn 3 times in game 2 and not till the latter’s single in the 5th is the irregularity noticed. The umps then rule he’s out of turn and he loses his hit; Salkeld’s two earlier hits stand. The crowd of 40‚000 pushes the Braves attendance over the 1.3 million mark‚ a new high. Spahn and Sain will start 11 of the next 16 games.
1964 – The New York Mets purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. In addition to serving on the club’s coaching staff, Spahn will post a 4-12 record in twenty appearances before being released. Spahn will then sign with the San Francisco Giants, his last major league team.