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Warren Spahn
Warren Spahn
Full name Warren Edward Spahn
Born April 23, 1921, Buffalo, New York
Died November 24, 2003, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, Oklahoma
First Game: April 19, 1942 ; Final Game: October 1, 1965
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 172
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1973
Named Major League Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1957)
Named NL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1953, 1957 to 1958 and 1961)
Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1953, 1957 to 1958 and 1960)
Named pitcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1961)
Ejections as player: 1962 (1), 1964 (1). Total: 2 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies
Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1942 BOS N Daily Splits 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0.0 1942 BOS N
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 24 43 3 7 1 0 0 4 1 0 14 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 .163 .200 .186 0.0 1946 BOS N
1947 BOS N Daily Splits 41 98 6 16 2 1 0 6 6 0 29 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 .163 .212 .204 0.0 1947 BOS N
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 37 90 10 15 3 0 1 7 6 0 24 0 7 0 3 2 0 0 .167 .219 .233 0.0 1948 BOS N
1949 BOS N Daily Splits 40 111 11 18 0 0 2 10 4 0 27 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 .162 .191 .216 0.0 1949 BOS N
1950 BOS N Daily Splits 41 106 7 23 0 0 1 13 6 0 33 1 5 0 3 1 1 0 .217 .265 .245 0.0 1950 BOS N
1951 BOS N Daily Splits 42 116 8 22 6 1 1 18 6 0 27 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .190 .230 .284 0.0 1951 BOS N
1952 BOS N Daily Splits 52 112 10 18 2 1 2 9 4 0 23 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 .161 .190 .250 0.0 1952 BOS N
1953 MIL N Daily Splits 38 105 6 23 5 0 2 12 1 0 22 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 .219 .226 .324 0.0 1953 MIL N
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 41 101 4 21 6 0 1 10 7 0 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .208 .266 .297 0.0 1954 MIL N
1955 MIL N Daily Splits 40 81 7 17 1 1 4 14 4 0 20 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .210 .247 .395 0.0 1955 MIL N
1956 MIL N Daily Splits 39 105 8 22 3 0 3 10 4 0 32 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 .210 .239 .324 0.0 1956 MIL N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 39 94 3 13 2 1 2 8 4 0 25 0 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 .138 .170 .245 0.0 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 41 108 10 36 6 1 2 15 7 0 24 2 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .381 .463 0.0 1958 MIL N
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 40 104 11 24 1 0 2 8 3 0 28 0 1 4 0 4 2 0 0 .231 .243 .298 0.0 1959 MIL N
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 40 95 10 14 2 0 3 7 5 0 26 0 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 .147 .186 .263 0.0 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 39 94 13 21 7 0 4 15 7 0 33 1 2 2 0 4 1 0 0 .223 .279 .426 0.0 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 36 98 3 18 3 0 2 9 5 0 30 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .184 .223 .276 0.0 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 33 90 7 16 4 0 2 6 5 0 24 0 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 .178 .219 .289 0.0 1963 MIL N
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 39 59 2 11 2 0 1 5 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 .186 .183 .271 0.0 1964 MIL N
1965 NY N Daily Splits 21 35 0 4 1 0 0 2 7 0 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .114 .279 .143 0.0 1965 NY N
1965 SF N Daily Splits 16 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .208 .143 0.0 1965 SF N
1965 TOT N 37 56 1 7 1 0 0 3 9 0 17 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .254 .143 0.0 1965 TOT N
Total (21 Years) Splits 783 1872 141 363 57 6 35 189 94 0 487 7 68 14 0 45 23 4 2 .194 .234 .287 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1948 BOS N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 3 12 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1958 MIL N
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 8 20 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .238 .200 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1947 NL
1949 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1949 NL
1953 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1953 NL
1954 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1954 NL
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1956 NL
1958 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 1958 NL
1961 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1961 NL
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1942 BOS N Daily Splits 4 2 1 0 0 0 15.2 25 79 0 15 10 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 0 0 5.74 5.00 -0.3 1942 BOS N
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 24 16 8 0 7 1 125.2 107 514 6 46 41 36 2 67 8 4 1 0 17 6 4 12 8 5 2.94 4.19 0.6 1946 BOS N
1947 BOS N Daily Splits 40 35 22 7 4 3 289.2 245 1174 15 87 75 84 4 123 7 5 1 0 32 10 20 20 21 10 2.33 4.00 5.3 1947 BOS N
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 36 35 16 3 1 1 257 237 1064 19 115 106 77 4 114 8 4 1 0 43 10 15 15 15 12 3.71 4.89 0.7 1948 BOS N
1949 BOS N Daily Splits 38 38 25 4 0 0 302.1 283 1258 27 125 103 86 6 151 12 4 3 0 52 5 26 18 21 14 3.07 4.71 2.3 1949 BOS N
1950 BOS N Daily Splits 41 39 25 1 2 1 293 248 1217 22 123 103 111 5 191 14 8 1 0 39 6 27 26 21 17 3.16 4.69 3.1 1950 BOS N
1951 BOS N Daily Splits 39 36 26 7 3 0 310.2 278 1289 20 111 103 109 6 164 11 7 1 1 36 7 20 13 22 14 2.98 5.17 3.6 1951 BOS N
1952 BOS N Daily Splits 40 35 19 5 5 3 290 263 1190 19 109 96 73 10 183 15 5 6 0 40 5 17 17 14 19 2.98 3.80 2.6 1952 BOS N
1953 MIL N Daily Splits 35 32 24 5 3 3 265.2 211 1055 14 75 62 70 6 148 12 3 1 2 26 4 18 18 23 7 2.10 4.88 7.0 1953 MIL N
1954 MIL N Daily Splits 39 34 23 1 2 2 283.1 262 1175 24 107 99 86 9 136 11 7 3 1 1 35 5 18 12 21 12 3.14 4.29 3.2 1954 MIL N
1955 MIL N Daily Splits 39 32 16 1 7 1 245.2 249 1025 25 99 89 65 4 110 11 7 4 2 0 30 6 26 15 17 14 3.26 4.69 2.3 1955 MIL N
1956 MIL N Daily Splits 39 35 20 3 3 3 281.1 249 1113 25 92 87 52 12 128 7 5 7 3 0 32 8 33 14 20 11 2.78 4.26 3.7 1956 MIL N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 39 35 18 4 4 3 271 241 1111 23 94 81 78 4 111 9 6 2 2 0 33 5 24 14 21 11 2.69 4.94 3.1 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 38 36 23 2 1 1 290 257 1176 29 106 99 76 7 150 9 4 2 2 1 36 11 29 16 22 11 3.07 4.44 4.1 1958 MIL N
1959 MIL N Daily Splits 40 36 21 4 3 0 292 282 1203 21 106 96 70 9 143 13 4 2 1 0 45 8 20 14 21 15 2.96 4.47 3.4 1959 MIL N
1960 MIL N Daily Splits 40 33 18 4 5 2 267.2 254 1110 24 114 104 74 9 154 10 4 1 4 0 39 4 25 18 21 10 3.50 4.73 0.4 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 38 34 21 4 3 0 262.2 236 1064 24 96 88 64 1 115 20 6 4 4 0 36 8 30 16 21 13 3.02 4.24 4.1 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 34 34 22 0 0 0 269.1 248 1088 25 97 91 55 4 118 11 10 4 3 0 33 7 18 11 18 14 3.04 4.03 3.5 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 33 33 22 7 0 0 259.2 241 1037 23 85 75 49 4 102 10 5 4 0 0 25 10 36 15 23 7 2.60 4.36 3.0 1963 MIL N
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 38 25 4 1 11 4 173.2 204 759 23 110 102 52 4 78 11 7 6 2 0 31 9 18 12 6 13 5.29 4.60 -3.2 1964 MIL N
1965 NY N Daily Splits 20 19 5 0 1 0 126 140 543 18 70 61 35 1 56 5 3 1 2 0 17 5 8 5 4 12 4.36 3.05 -1.2 1965 NY N
1965 SF N Daily Splits 16 11 3 0 2 0 71.2 70 303 8 34 27 21 1 34 4 4 1 1 0 11 4 6 9 3 4 3.39 4.73 0.1 1965 SF N
1965 TOT N 36 30 8 0 3 0 197.2 210 846 26 104 88 56 2 90 9 7 2 3 0 28 9 14 14 7 16 4.01 3.67 -1.1 1965 TOT N
Total (21 Years) Splits 750 665 382 63 67 28 5243.2 4830 21547 434 2016 1798 1434 112 2583 218 72 81 42 5 691 144 441 312 363 245 3.09 4.47 51.4 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
World Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 2 0 12 10 48 0 4 4 3 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 3.00 1.00 1948 BOS N
1957 MIL N Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 15.1 18 63 1 8 8 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 1 1 4.70 4.00 1957 MIL N
1958 MIL N Daily Splits 3 3 2 1 0 0 28.2 19 113 4 7 7 8 0 18 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 2.20 3.33 1958 MIL N
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 8 6 3 1 2 0 56 47 224 5 19 19 13 1 32 1 1 1 0 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 3.05 3.17 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1947 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 - 1947 NL
1949 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 4 12 0 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 7.00 1949 NL
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 - 1953 NL
1954 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 - 1954 NL
1956 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 - 1956 NL
1958 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3.00 3.00 1958 NL
1961 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 1961 NL
Total ( 7 Years) Splits 7 3 0 0 1 0 14 17 65 2 10 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 3.21 5.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1942 BOS N Daily Splits P 4 2 1 15.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.000
1946 BOS N Daily Splits P 24 16 8 125.2 2 16 2 0 0 1 3 5 3 .900
1947 BOS N Daily Splits P 40 35 22 289.2 5 48 1 1 0 0 8 5 7 .981
1948 BOS N Daily Splits P 36 35 16 257 4 52 1 3 0 1 9 7 6 .982
1949 BOS N Daily Splits P 38 38 25 302.1 14 41 4 2 0 0 6 3 4 .932
1950 BOS N Daily Splits P 41 39 25 293 9 55 8 3 0 1 13 6 4 .889
1951 BOS N Daily Splits P 39 36 26 310.2 7 50 3 1 0 1 14 7 6 .950
1952 BOS N Daily Splits P 40 35 19 290 18 56 5 4 0 5 4 3 7 .937
1953 MIL N Daily Splits P 35 32 24 265.2 12 53 4 7 0 0 2 4 4 .942
1954 MIL N Daily Splits P 39 34 23 283.1 12 57 4 4 0 2 5 1 7 .945
1955 MIL N Daily Splits P 39 32 16 245.2 13 44 3 4 0 0 3 5 5 .950
1956 MIL N Daily Splits P 39 35 20 281.1 16 41 1 7 0 1 3 2 1 .983
1957 MIL N Daily Splits P 39 35 18 271 18 47 0 4 0 0 5 5 3 1.000
1958 MIL N Daily Splits P 38 36 23 290 11 67 2 7 0 1 1 6 3 .975
1959 MIL N Daily Splits P 40 36 21 292 14 45 3 4 0 1 1 2 1 .952
1960 MIL N Daily Splits P 40 33 18 267.2 14 59 3 7 0 2 3 2 4 .961
1961 MIL N Daily Splits P 38 34 21 262.2 16 63 2 7 0 1 2 4 3 .975
1962 MIL N Daily Splits P 34 34 22 269.1 13 55 1 5 0 2 4 3 5 .986
1963 MIL N Daily Splits P 33 33 22 259.2 11 71 3 8 0 0 4 2 2 .965
1964 MIL N Daily Splits P 38 25 4 173.2 4 36 6 2 0 1 1 7 2 .870
1965 NY N Daily Splits P 20 19 5 126 4 25 1 1 0 0 6 2 2 .967
1965 SF N Daily Splits P 16 11 3 71.2 4 16 1 1 0 2 3 1 2 .952
1965 TOT N P 36 30 8 197.2 8 41 2 2 0 2 9 3 4 .961
Total (21 Years) Splits P 750 665 382 5243.2 222 999 58 82 0 22 101 82 83 .955
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1948 BOS N Daily Splits P 3 1 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000
1957 MIL N Daily Splits P 2 2 1 15.1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 MIL N Daily Splits P 3 3 2 28.2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 8 6 3 56 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1947 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1949 NL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
1953 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1954 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1956 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1958 NL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 NL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 7 Years) Splits P 7 3 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
1965 NY N Pitching 4-12 7-13
1972 CLE A Coach 4-15 10- 3
1973 CLE A Coach 4- 7 9-29
Total ( 3 Years)
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
6- 3-1962 BOX MIL N Stan Landes Bench jockeying
5-13-1964 BOX MIL N Ed Vargo Bench jockeying
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Bees (June 4, 1940 ).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to New York Mets (November 23, 1964 ).
Released by New York Mets (July 17, 1965 ).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (July 19, 1965 ).
Released by San Francisco Giants (October 15, 1965 ).
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