On April 11, 1963, At County Stadium, 26,000 fans witnessed, Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves becoming 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. Fellow future Hall of Famer Hank Aaron homered and drove in 3 runs.

Spahn scatters 5 hits while going the distance and except for Duke Snider’s home run, no Mets get past second base.

“I always feel good when I win the first one, but this is even better,” Spahn said happily. “I felt just as strong at the end as the start. I had a little trouble gripping the ball because of the cold but even that wasn’t much of a problem.”  Spahn also is now tied with John Clarkson for 8th place in all-time wins and has set the record for a pitcher for seasons with the same club, 19 with the Braves (Boston & Milwaukee), previously shared with Babe Adams of Pittsburgh and Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals.

“Records are nice, but I can only afford to have only one goal 20 or better,” Spahn said. “My biggest job is to win 20. There are no concessions because of age. I’m the same as everybody else. I have to show the team I can pitch. This is a game of what you can do, not what you did do. And I feel I can still win 20.”

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Milwaukee Braves 6, New York Mets 1

Game Played on Thursday, April 11, 1963 (D) at County Stadium

NY  N    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
MIL N    0  0  2    0  3  0    1  0  x  -   6 11  0

BOX+PBP
WP: Spahn (1-0)
LP: Hook (0-1)
HR: Snider (1), H. Aaron (1)

Play by Play

METS 1ST: Burright singled to left; Neal grounded out (second to
first) [Burright to second]; Cook was called out on strikes;
Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Cline lined to left; Bolling popped to first; H.
Aaron lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 0.

METS 2ND: Snider homered; Throneberry struck out; Sherry singled
to second; Moran lined into a double play (second to first)
[Sherry out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Mathews flied out to center; Larker walked; Jones
flied out to left [Larker to second]; Torre was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

METS 3RD: Hook grounded out (pitcher to first); Burright was
called out on strikes; Neal singled to left; Cook flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: McMillan grounded out (pitcher to first); Spahn
struck out; Cline singled to pitcher; Bolling tripled to right
[Cline scored]; Hook threw a wild pitch [Bolling scored]; H.
Aaron grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Mets 1, Braves 2.

METS 4TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Snider
grounded out (pitcher to first); Throneberry grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Mathews popped to catcher in foul territory; Larker
grounded out (pitcher to first); Jones flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 2.

METS 5TH: Sherry grounded out (third to first); Moran flied out
to right; Hook singled to center; Burright grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Torre doubled to right; McMillan singled to
shortstop [Torre stayed at second]; Spahn struck out; Cline
doubled to right [Torre scored, McMillan to third]; Bolling
struck out; H. Aaron singled to left [McMillan scored, Cline
scored]; Mathews walked [H. Aaron to second]; Larker flied out
to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 5.

METS 6TH: T. AARON REPLACED LARKER (PLAYING 1B); Neal grounded
out (third to first); Cook was called out on strikes; Thomas
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
1, Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Torre singled
to center; McMillan singled to left [Torre to second]; Spahn
flied out to right [Torre to third]; Cline flied out to center;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 5.

METS 7TH: Snider popped to second; Throneberry popped to second;
Sherry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Mets 1, Braves 5.

BRAVES 7TH: ROWE REPLACED HOOK (PITCHING); Bolling grounded out
(third to first); H. Aaron homered; Mathews singled to right; T.
Aaron grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Mathews out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 6.

METS 8TH: Moran grounded out (shortstop to first); KANEHL BATTED
FOR ROWE; Kanehl flied out to center; Burright struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 6.

BRAVES 8TH: WILLEY REPLACED KANEHL (PITCHING); Jones walked;
Jones was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second);
Torre flied out to left; McMillan singled to center; Spahn
walked [McMillan to second]; Cline forced Spahn (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 6.

METS 9TH: Neal made an out to second; Cook singled to center;
Thomas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cook out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1,
Braves 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Mets             1   6   0    3
 Braves           6  11   0    7

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