With an eight-inning 12-hit effort in the Braves’ 8-6 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, lefty Warren Spahn earns his 20th victory for the fourth consecutive season and for the tenth time in his career. The southpaw will compile 13 seasons with twenty or more wins during his 21-year Hall of Fame tenure in the major leagues.

With an eight-inning 12-hit effort in the Braves’ 8-6 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, lefty Warren Spahn earns his 20th victory for the fourth consecutive season and for the tenth time in his career. The southpaw will compile 13 seasons with twenty or more wins during his 21-year Hall of Fame tenure in the major leagues.

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With an eight-inning 12-hit effort in the Braves’ 8-6 victory over Pittsburgh at Forbes Field, lefty Warren Spahn earns his 20th victory for the fourth consecutive season and for the tenth time in his career. The southpaw will compile 13 seasons with twenty or more wins during his 21-year Hall of Fame tenure in the major leagues.

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New York Yankees pitcher Bob Turley, wins the 1958 Cy Young Award winner

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1958 – New York Yankees pitcher Bob Turley, who had 21 wins and 19 complete games, is named the Cy Young Award winner. With only one award given for the two leagues, Turley gathers five votes to four for last year’s winner, the Milwaukee Braves’ Warren Spahn.

Warren Spahn Shuts Down New York in Game 4 of World Series

Warren Spahn Shuts Down New York in Game 4 of World Series

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  October 5, 1958 World Series Game 4 at Yankee Stadium Warren Spahn was at his much-needed best, winning Game 4 3–0 on a two-hit shutout over Yankee ace Whitey Ford. New York left-fielder Norm Siebern (playing for the injured Elston Howard), had trouble fielding with the afternoon sun blazing, losing fly balls in the…

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The Braves’ Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to win 20 or more games nine times, as he beats St. Louis, 8 – 2

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1958 – The Braves’ Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to win 20 or more games nine times, as he beats St. Louis, 8 – 2. Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won 20 games eight times.

Game 7 1957 World Series Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship
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Game 7 1957 World Series Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship

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Starting Game 7 on just two days rest, Lew Burdette pitches the Braves to a World Championship as he blanks the Bronx Bombers at Yankee Stadium, 5-0. The 30 year-old right-hander, named the Series MVP, tosses 24 consecutive scoreless innings and posts a 0.64 ERA in his three Fall classic victories.

Game 4 of the '57 World Series Henry Aaron sends Yankees Tom Sturdivant to the early showers with his 3-run blast in the 4th inning, driving in Logan and Mathews ahead of him. This game featured the famous shoeshine incident with Nippy Jones getting on first base before Eddie hit a 2-run homer off Bob Grim to win the game 7-5 in ten innings. Warren Spahn pitched all ten innings for the Braves!
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Game 4 of 1957 world series Eddie Mathews’ hits walk off homerun in game 4 of world series

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In Game 4, Eddie Mathews’ two-run shot off Bob Grim with one out in the bottom of the tenth inning at County Stadium gives the Braves a 7-5 victory and knots the Fall Classic at two games apiece. The Milwaukee third baseman becomes the third major leaguer, joining Tommy Henrich (1949) and Dusty Rhodes (1954), to end a World Series game with a walk-off home run.

Braves left-hander Warren Spahn sets a National League mark for shutouts thrown by a southpaw

Braves left-hander Warren Spahn sets a National League mark for shutouts thrown by a southpaw

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Braves left-hander Warren Spahn, with his 8-0 blanking of the Cubs at Wrigley Field, sets a National League mark for shutouts thrown by a southpaw. The future Hall of Famer has now held his opponents scoreless 41 times, breaking the record previously shared by Eppa Rixey and Larry French.