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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
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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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