Warren Spahn
Pitcher, Baseball Player
1921 – 2003
Who was Warren Spahn?
Warren Edward Spahn was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games or more in 13 seasons, including a 23–7 record when he was age 42. Spahn was the 1957 Cy Young Award winner, and was the runner-up three times, all during the period when just one award was given. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, with 83% of the total vote.
Spahn won 363 games, more than any other left-handed pitcher in history, and more than any other pitcher who played his entire career in the post-1920 live-ball era. He is acknowledged as one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball history. The Warren Spahn Award, given to the major leagues' best left-handed pitcher, is named after him.
Regarded as a "thinking man's" pitcher who liked to outwit batters, Spahn once described his approach on the mound: "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing."
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- Born
- Apr 23, 1921
Buffalo - Also known as
- Warren Edward Spahn
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- South Park High School
- Lived in
- Buffalo
- Boston
- Died
- Nov 24, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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