Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn
Born: April 23, 1921
Buffalo, NY USA
Deceased: 2003
Broken Arrow, OK USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 172
Career: 1942-1965
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
Minor League Statistics
Warren Spahn compiled a career record of 363 wins and 245 losses in his 783-game career with the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. He began playing during the 1942 season and last took the field during the 1965 campaign. Spahn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1942 | NL | Boston Braves | 0 | 0 | 5.74 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | |
1946 | NL | Boston Braves | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.94 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 125.7 | 107 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 514 |
1947 | NL | Boston Braves | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.33 | 40 | 35 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 289.7 | 245 | 87 | 75 | 15 | 84 | 0 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1174 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.71 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 257.0 | 237 | 115 | 106 | 19 | 77 | 0 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1064 |
1949 | NL | Boston Braves | 21 | 14 | .600 | 3.07 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 302.3 | 283 | 125 | 103 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1258 |
1950 | NL | Boston Braves | 21 | 17 | .553 | 3.16 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 293.0 | 248 | 123 | 103 | 22 | 111 | 0 | 191 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1217 |
1951 | NL | Boston Braves | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2.98 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 310.7 | 278 | 111 | 103 | 20 | 109 | 0 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1289 |
1952 | NL | Boston Braves | 14 | 19 | .424 | 2.98 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 290.0 | 263 | 109 | 96 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 183 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1190 |
1953 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 23 | 7 | .767 | 2.10 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 265.7 | 211 | 75 | 62 | 14 | 70 | 0 | 148 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1055 |
1954 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.14 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 283.3 | 262 | 107 | 99 | 24 | 86 | 0 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1175 |
1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 17 | 14 | .548 | 3.26 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 245.7 | 249 | 99 | 89 | 25 | 65 | 4 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1025 |
1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 20 | 11 | .645 | 2.78 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 281.3 | 249 | 92 | 87 | 25 | 52 | 12 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1113 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2.69 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 271.0 | 241 | 94 | 81 | 23 | 78 | 4 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1111 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 22 | 11 | .667 | 3.07 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 290.0 | 257 | 106 | 99 | 29 | 76 | 7 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1176 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 15 | .583 | 2.96 | 40 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 292.0 | 282 | 106 | 96 | 21 | 70 | 9 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1203 |
1960 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 10 | .677 | 3.50 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 267.7 | 254 | 114 | 104 | 24 | 74 | 9 | 154 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1110 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 21 | 13 | .618 | 3.02 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 262.7 | 236 | 96 | 88 | 24 | 64 | 1 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1064 |
1962 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 18 | 14 | .563 | 3.04 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 269.3 | 248 | 97 | 91 | 25 | 55 | 4 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1088 |
1963 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 23 | 7 | .767 | 2.60 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 259.7 | 241 | 85 | 75 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1037 |
1964 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 6 | 13 | .316 | 5.29 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 173.7 | 204 | 110 | 102 | 23 | 52 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 759 |
1965 | NL | New York Mets | 4 | 12 | .250 | 4.36 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 140 | 70 | 61 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 543 |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.39 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 70 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 303 |
Totals | 363 | 245 | .597 | 3.09 | 750 | 665 | 68 | 382 | 63 | 29 | 5243.7 | 4830 | 2016 | 1798 | 434 | 1434 | 60 | 2583 | 42 | 5 | 81 | 21547 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1942 | NL | Boston Braves | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | Boston Braves | 24 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .163 | .200 | .186 | .386 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | Boston Braves | 41 | 112 | 98 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .163 | .212 | .204 | .416 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | 37 | 103 | 90 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .167 | .219 | .233 | .452 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | Boston Braves | 40 | 120 | 111 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .162 | .191 | .216 | .408 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | Boston Braves | 41 | 118 | 106 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .217 | .265 | .245 | .511 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | Boston Braves | 42 | 126 | 116 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | .190 | .230 | .284 | .514 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Boston Braves | 52 | 118 | 112 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .161 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 38 | 111 | 105 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .219 | .226 | .324 | .550 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 41 | 112 | 101 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .208 | .266 | .297 | .563 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 40 | 88 | 81 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .210 | .247 | .395 | .642 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 111 | 105 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .210 | .239 | .324 | .562 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 103 | 94 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .138 | .170 | .245 | .415 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 41 | 122 | 108 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .333 | .381 | .463 | .844 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 40 | 112 | 104 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .231 | .243 | .298 | .541 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
1960 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 40 | 104 | 95 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .147 | .186 | .263 | .449 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 106 | 94 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33 | .223 | .279 | .426 | .704 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1962 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 36 | 106 | 98 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .184 | .223 | .276 | .499 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1963 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 33 | 100 | 90 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .178 | .219 | .289 | .508 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
1964 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 39 | 61 | 59 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .186 | .183 | .271 | .455 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
1965 | NL | New York Mets | 21 | 45 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .114 | .279 | .143 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 16 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .208 | .143 | .351 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 783 | 2055 | 1872 | 141 | 363 | 57 | 6 | 35 | 189 | 4 | 2 | 94 | 487 | .194 | .234 | .287 | .520 | 537 | 23 | 7 | 68 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1942 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | |
1946 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .750 | |
1947 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.325 | |
1948 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.556 | |
1949 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 41 | 4 | 2 | .932 | 1.447 | |
1950 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 55 | 8 | 3 | .889 | 1.561 | |
1951 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 50 | 3 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | |
1952 | NL | Boston Braves | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 56 | 5 | 4 | .937 | 1.850 | |
1953 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 7 | .942 | 1.857 | |
1954 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 39 | 34 | 283.3 | 12 | 57 | 4 | 4 | .945 | 2.192 | 1.769 |
1955 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 39 | 32 | 245.7 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 4 | .950 | 2.088 | 1.462 |
1956 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 39 | 35 | 281.3 | 16 | 41 | 1 | 7 | .983 | 1.823 | 1.462 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 39 | 35 | 271.0 | 18 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.159 | 1.667 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 38 | 36 | 290.0 | 11 | 67 | 2 | 7 | .975 | 2.421 | 2.053 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 40 | 36 | 292.0 | 14 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .952 | 1.818 | 1.475 |
1960 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 40 | 33 | 267.7 | 14 | 59 | 3 | 7 | .961 | 2.455 | 1.825 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 38 | 34 | 262.7 | 16 | 63 | 2 | 7 | .975 | 2.707 | 2.079 |
1962 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 34 | 34 | 269.3 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 5 | .986 | 2.272 | 2.000 |
1963 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 33 | 33 | 259.7 | 11 | 71 | 3 | 8 | .965 | 2.842 | 2.485 |
1964 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | P | 38 | 25 | 173.7 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 2 | .870 | 2.073 | 1.053 |
1965 | NL | New York Mets | P | 20 | 19 | 126.0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.071 | 1.450 |
1965 | NL | San Francisco Giants | P | 16 | 11 | 71.7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 2.512 | 1.250 |
Totals | 750 | 397 | 3094.0 | 222 | 999 | 58 | 82 | .955 | 3.552 | 1.628 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.7 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 113 |
Totals | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.05 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 47 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 224 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 8 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1948 | NL | Boston Braves | WS | P | 3 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
1957 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.348 | 2.000 |
1958 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 28.7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.512 | 2.667 |
Totals | 8 | 6 | 56.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.411 | 1.875 |
Awards
1947 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1949 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1950 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1953 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1957 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1958 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1961 - NL TSN All-Star P
1961 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License