Date of Birth
23 April 1921,
Buffalo, New York, USA
Date of Death
24 November 2003, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA
Birth Name
Warren Edward Spahn
Nickname
Spahnie
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Spouse
| Lorene Southard |
(10 August 1946 - 1978) (her death) 1 child |
Trivia
During WWII, he earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1973.
Holds the National League record for most home runs by a pitcher with 35.
Holds the National League record for most innings pitched for his career.
Along with Johnny Sain, he was immortalized by the saying "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" because of the lack of quality pitching on the Braves other than the two stars.
Pitched two no-hitters and won the Cy Young Award in 1957.
Pitcher for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1942, 1946-1964) New York Mets (1965) and San Francisco Giants (1965).
Most successful left-hander in history with 363 victories.
Atlanta Braves Career Wins Leader (356).
Atlanta Braves Career Games Started Leader (635).
Atlanta Braves Career Shutouts Leader (63).
Atlanta Braves Career Innings Pitched Leader (5046).
1957 Major League Cy Young Award Winner.
Member of 1948 National League Champion Boston Braves team. Member of 1957 World Series Champion Milwaukee Braves team. Member of 1958 National League Champion Milwaukee Braves team.
Named to 14 National League All Star Teams (1947, 1949-54, 1956-59, 1961-63).
Personal Quotes
"When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two."
"After what I went through overseas, I never thought of anything I was told to do in baseball as hard work. You get over feeling like that when you spend days on end sleeping in frozen tank tracks in enemy threatened territory. The Army taught me something about challenges and about what's important and what isn't. Everything I tackle in baseball and in life I take as a challenge rather than work."
"Hitting is timing.
Warren Spahn speaks about Randy ...
Warren Spahn, RIP. AABC038.jpg
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