Warren Spahn

Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 – November 24, 2003) was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games each in 13 seasons, including a 23-7 record when he was age 42. Spahn was the 1957 Cy Young Award winner, and was the runner-up three times, all during the period when just one award was given. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, with 83% of the total vote. (His eligibility was delayed, under the rules of the time, by 2 years of token minor league play.)

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Filmography

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Selected Warren Spahn film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

Himself

2002

The Tim McCarver Show (TV Show)

Himself - Guest

2002

2002 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - Ceremonial 1st Pitch

1981

1981 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Honorary Captain

1958

1958 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Milwaukee Braves Pitcher

1958

1958 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1957

1957 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Milwaukee Braves Pitcher

1956

1956 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1954

1954 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1953

1953 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1949

The Kid from Cleveland

Warren Spahn - Boston Braves Pitcher

1949

1949 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Show)

Himself

1948

1948 World Series (TV Show)

Himself - Boston Braves Pitcher

Self

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Quotes

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List of Warren Spahn quotes.

What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1942	BSN	0-0	5.74	4	2	1	0	0	15	25	15	10	11	7
1946	BSN	8-5	2.94	24	16	8	0	1	125	107	46	41	36	67
1947	BSN	21-10	2.33	40	35	22	7	3	289	245	87	75	84	123
1948	BSN	15-12	3.71	36	35	16	3	1	257	237	115	106	77	114
1949	BSN	21-14	3.07	38	38	25	4	0	302	283	125	103	86	151
1950	BSN	21-17	3.16	41	39	25	1	1	293	248	123	103	111	191
1951	BSN	22-14	2.98	39	36	26	7	0	310	278	111	103	109	164
1952	BSN	14-19	2.98	40	35	19	5	3	290	263	109	96	73	183
1953	MLN	23-7	2.10	35	32	24	5	3	265	211	75	62	70	148
1954	MLN	21-12	3.14	39	34	23	1	3	283	262	107	99	86	136
1955	MLN	17-14	3.26	39	32	16	1	1	245	249	99	89	65	110
1956	MLN	20-11	2.78	39	35	20	3	3	281	249	92	87	52	128
1957	MLN	21-11	2.69	39	35	18	4	3	271	241	94	81	78	111
1958	MLN	22-11	3.07	38	36	23	2	1	290	257	106	99	76	150
1959	MLN	21-15	2.96	40	36	21	4	0	292	282	106	96	70	143
1960	MLN	21-10	3.50	40	33	18	4	2	267	254	114	104	74	154
1961	MLN	21-13	3.02	38	34	21	4	0	262	236	96	88	64	115
1962	MLN	18-14	3.04	34	34	22	0	0	269	248	97	91	55	118
1963	MLN	23-7	2.60	33	33	22	7	0	259	241	85	75	49	102
1964	MLN	6-13	5.29	38	25	4	1	4	173	204	110	102	52	78
1965	NYM	4-12	4.36	20	19	5	0	0	126	140	70	61	35	56
1965	SFG	3-4	3.39	16	11	3	0	0	71	70	34	27	21	34
Career		363-245	-	750	665	382	63	29	-	4830	2016	1798	1434	2583

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Warren Spahn.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1942	BSN	4		-	1	2	0	0	1.000
1946	BSN	24		-	2	16	2	0	0.900
1947	BSN	41		-	5	48	1	1	0.981
1948	BSN	37		-	4	52	1	3	0.982
1949	BSN	40		-	14	41	4	2	0.932
1950	BSN	41		-	9	55	8	3	0.889
1951	BSN	42		-	7	50	3	1	0.950
1952	BSN	52		-	18	56	5	4	0.937
1953	MLN	38		-	12	53	4	7	0.942
1954	MLN	41	34	283	12	57	4	4	0.945
1955	MLN	40	32	245	13	44	3	4	0.950
1956	MLN	39	35	281	16	41	1	7	0.983
1957	MLN	39	35	271	18	47	0	4	1.000
1958	MLN	41	36	290	11	67	2	7	0.975
1959	MLN	40	36	292	14	45	3	4	0.952
1960	MLN	40	33	267	14	59	3	7	0.961
1961	MLN	39	34	262	16	63	2	7	0.975
1962	MLN	36	34	269	13	55	1	5	0.986
1963	MLN	33	33	259	11	71	3	8	0.965
1964	MLN	39	25	173	4	36	6	2	0.870
1965	NYM	21	19	126	4	25	1	1	0.967
1965	SFG	16	11	71	4	16	1	1	0.952
Career		783	397	-	222	999	58	82	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Warren Spahn.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1942	BSN	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.167	0.167	0.167
1946	BSN	24	43	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	14	0.163	0.200	0.186
1947	BSN	41	98	6	16	2	1	0	6	0	6	29	0.163	0.212	0.204
1948	BSN	37	90	10	15	3	0	1	7	0	6	24	0.167	0.219	0.233
1949	BSN	40	111	11	18	0	0	2	10	1	4	27	0.162	0.191	0.216
1950	BSN	41	106	7	23	0	0	1	13	1	6	33	0.217	0.265	0.245
1951	BSN	42	116	8	22	6	1	1	18	0	6	27	0.190	0.230	0.284
1952	BSN	52	112	10	18	2	1	2	9	1	4	23	0.161	0.190	0.250
1953	MLN	38	105	6	23	5	0	2	12	0	1	22	0.219	0.226	0.324
1954	MLN	41	101	4	21	6	0	1	10	0	7	17	0.208	0.266	0.297
1955	MLN	40	81	7	17	1	1	4	14	0	4	20	0.210	0.247	0.395
1956	MLN	39	105	8	22	3	0	3	10	1	4	32	0.210	0.239	0.324
1957	MLN	39	94	3	13	2	1	2	8	0	4	25	0.138	0.170	0.245
1958	MLN	41	108	10	36	6	1	2	15	0	7	24	0.333	0.381	0.463
1959	MLN	40	104	11	24	1	0	2	8	0	3	28	0.231	0.243	0.298
1960	MLN	40	95	10	14	2	0	3	7	0	5	26	0.147	0.186	0.263
1961	MLN	39	94	13	21	7	0	4	15	0	7	33	0.223	0.279	0.426
1962	MLN	36	98	3	18	3	0	2	9	0	5	30	0.184	0.223	0.276
1963	MLN	33	90	7	16	4	0	2	6	0	5	24	0.178	0.219	0.289
1964	MLN	39	59	2	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	10	0.186	0.183	0.271
1965	NYM	21	35	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	7	12	0.114	0.279	0.143
1965	SFG	16	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0.143	0.208	0.143
Career		783	1872	141	363	57	6	35	189	4	94	487	-	-	-

First Name	Warren
Middle Name	Edward
Last Name	Spahn
Full Name at Birth	Warren Edward Spahn
Age	82 (age at death)
Date of Birth	April 23, 1921
Birthplace	Buffalo, NY
Date of Death	November 24, 2003
Location of Death	Broken Arrow, OK
Buried	Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, OK
Height	6' (183 cm)
Weight	172 lbs (78.0 kg)
Star Sign	Taurus
Nationality	American
High School	South Park (Buffalo, NY)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Left
Throws	Left
MLB Debut	19 April 1942
Last MLB Game	1 October 1965
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1973 (316/380 ballots).