Warren Spahn

Full Name: Warren Edward Spahn	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/172	First Game: April 19, 1942
Birthdate: April 23, 1921	Final Game: October 1, 1965
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York	MLB Experience: 21 years
Died: November 24, 2003
Deathplace: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973

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[edit] Biography

Born on April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, New York, Warren Spahn (Warren Edward Spahn) played for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets over the course of his 21 year career. Spahn broke into the bigs on April 19, 1942 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 2.94 ERA in 125.2 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Warren Spahn's best season was 1953, when he posted a 2.10 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 148 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1942	BOS	N	4	2	0	0	5.74	7	15	10	1	0	0	15.2	25	0	11	0	0	0
1946	BOS	N	24	16	8	5	2.94	67	46	41	8	0	1	125.2	107	6	36	0	4	1
1947	BOS	N	40	35	21	10	2.33	123	87	75	22	7	3	289.2	245	15	84	0	5	1
1948	BOS	N	36	35	15	12	3.71	114	115	106	16	3	1	257	237	19	77	0	4	1
1949	BOS	N	38	38	21	14	3.07	151	125	103	25	4	0	302.1	283	27	86	0	4	3
1950	BOS	N	41	39	21	17	3.16	191	123	103	25	1	1	293	248	22	111	0	8	1
1951	BOS	N	39	36	22	14	2.98	164	111	103	26	7	0	310.2	278	20	109	0	7	1
1952	BOS	N	40	35	14	19	2.98	183	109	96	19	5	3	290	263	19	73	0	5	6
1953	MIL	N	35	32	23	7	2.10	148	75	62	24	5	3	265.2	211	14	70	0	3	1
1954	MIL	N	39	34	21	12	3.14	136	107	99	23	1	3	283.1	262	24	86	8	3	1
1955	MIL	N	39	32	17	14	3.26	110	99	89	16	1	1	245.2	249	25	65	4	4	2
1956	MIL	N	39	35	20	11	2.78	128	92	87	20	3	3	281.1	249	25	52	12	7	3
1957	MIL	N	39	35	21	11	2.69	111	94	81	18	4	3	271	241	23	78	4	2	2
1958	MIL	N	38	36	22	11	3.07	150	106	99	23	2	1	290	257	29	76	7	2	2
1959	MIL	N	40	36	21	15	2.96	143	106	96	21	4	0	292	282	21	70	9	2	1
1960	MIL	N	40	33	21	10	3.50	154	114	104	18	4	2	267.2	254	24	74	9	1	4
1961	MIL	N	38	34	21	13	3.02	115	96	88	21	4	0	262.2	236	24	64	1	4	4
1962	MIL	N	34	34	18	14	3.04	118	97	91	22	0	0	269.1	248	25	55	4	4	3
1963	MIL	N	33	33	23	7	2.60	102	85	75	22	7	0	259.2	241	23	49	4	4	0
1964	MIL	N	38	25	6	13	5.29	78	110	102	4	1	4	173.2	204	23	52	4	6	2
1965	SF	N	16	11	3	4	3.39	34	34	27	3	0	0	71.2	70	8	21	1	1	1
1965	NY	N	20	19	4	12	4.36	56	70	61	5	0	0	126	140	18	35	1	1	2
1965	TOT	N	36	30	7	16	4.01	90	104	88	8	0	0	197.2	210	26	56	2	2	3
Total			750	665	363	245	3.09	2583	2016	1798	382	63	29	5243.2	4830	434	1434	68	81	42

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	BOS	N	P	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	BOS	N	P	24	0	0	2	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1947	BOS	N	P	40	0	0	5	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	.981
1948	BOS	N	P	36	0	0	4	52	1	3	0	0	0	0	.982
1949	BOS	N	P	38	0	0	14	41	4	2	0	0	0	0	.932
1950	BOS	N	P	41	0	0	9	55	8	3	0	0	0	0	.889
1951	BOS	N	P	39	0	0	7	50	3	1	0	0	0	0	.950
1952	BOS	N	P	40	0	0	18	56	5	4	0	0	0	0	.937
1953	MIL	N	P	35	0	0	12	53	4	7	0	0	0	0	.942
1954	MIL	N	P	39	34	283.1	12	57	4	4	2	3	1	6	.945
1955	MIL	N	P	39	0	0	13	44	3	4	0	0	0	0	.950
1956	MIL	N	P	39	0	0	16	41	1	7	0	0	0	0	.983
1957	MIL	N	P	39	35	271	18	47	0	4	0	5	5	3	1.000
1958	MIL	N	P	38	36	290	11	67	2	7	1	1	6	3	.975
1959	MIL	N	P	40	36	292	14	45	3	4	1	1	2	1	.952
1960	MIL	N	P	40	33	267.2	14	59	3	7	2	3	2	4	.961
1961	MIL	N	P	38	34	262.2	16	63	2	7	1	2	4	3	.975
1962	MIL	N	P	34	34	269.1	13	55	1	5	2	4	3	5	.986
1963	MIL	N	P	33	33	259.2	11	71	3	8	0	4	2	2	.965
1964	MIL	N	P	38	25	173.2	4	36	6	2	1	1	7	2	.870
1965	SF	N	P	16	11	71.2	4	16	1	1	2	3	1	2	.952
1965	NY	N	P	20	19	126	4	25	1	1	0	6	2	2	.967
1965	TOT	N	P	36	30	197.2	8	41	2	2	2	9	3	4	.961
Total			P	750	330	2567	222	999	58	82	12	33	35	33	.955

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1942	BOS	N	4	6	1	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1946	BOS	N	24	43	3	7	0	4	.163	.200	.186	1	0	1	14	1	2	0	1
1947	BOS	N	41	98	6	16	0	6	.163	.212	.204	2	1	6	29	0	8	0	0
1948	BOS	N	36	90	10	15	1	7	.167	.219	.233	3	0	6	24	0	7	0	2
1949	BOS	N	40	111	11	18	2	10	.162	.191	.216	0	0	4	27	0	5	1	1
1950	BOS	N	41	106	7	23	1	13	.217	.265	.245	0	0	6	33	1	5	1	1
1951	BOS	N	42	116	8	22	1	18	.190	.230	.284	6	1	6	27	0	4	0	0
1952	BOS	N	52	112	10	18	2	9	.161	.190	.250	2	1	4	23	0	2	1	0
1953	MIL	N	38	105	6	23	2	12	.219	.226	.324	5	0	1	22	0	5	0	1
1954	MIL	N	41	101	4	21	1	10	.208	.266	.297	6	0	7	17	1	3	0	2
1955	MIL	N	40	81	7	17	4	14	.210	.247	.395	1	1	4	20	0	3	0	1
1956	MIL	N	39	105	8	22	3	10	.210	.239	.324	3	0	4	32	0	2	1	3
1957	MIL	N	39	94	3	13	2	8	.138	.170	.245	2	1	4	25	0	3	0	3
1958	MIL	N	41	108	10	36	2	15	.333	.381	.463	6	1	7	24	2	4	0	0
1959	MIL	N	40	104	11	24	2	8	.231	.243	.298	1	0	3	28	0	1	0	2
1960	MIL	N	40	95	10	14	3	7	.147	.186	.263	2	0	5	26	0	2	0	3
1961	MIL	N	39	94	13	21	4	15	.223	.279	.426	7	0	7	33	1	2	0	1
1962	MIL	N	36	98	3	18	2	9	.184	.223	.276	3	0	5	30	0	3	0	1
1963	MIL	N	33	90	7	16	2	6	.178	.219	.289	4	0	5	24	0	4	0	0
1964	MIL	N	39	59	2	11	1	5	.186	.183	.271	2	0	0	10	0	1	0	1
1965	SF	N	16	21	1	3	0	1	.143	.208	.143	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0
1965	NY	N	21	35	0	4	0	2	.114	.279	.143	1	0	7	12	1	2	0	0
1965	TOT	N	37	56	1	7	0	3	.125	.254	.143	1	0	9	17	1	2	0	0
Total			782	1872	141	363	35	189	.194	.234	.287	57	6	94	487	7	68	4	23

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Bees (1940).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to New York Mets (November 23, 1964).
Released by New York Mets (July 22, 1965).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (July 22, 1965).
Released by San Francisco Giants (October 15, 1965).

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