After a 15-inning marathon where the Cubs beat the Braves 3-1 the lefty was understandably frustrated. Many thanks to him. John Buzhardt was on the mound for the Phils. As his fastball waned, Spahn adapted, and relied more on location, changing speeds and a good screwball. "The fastball was hopping out there," he told reporters. [4], He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1973 with 82.89% of the vote. I was a member of the Phillies [1940-42], and I can remember hearing that Connie Mack of the Philadelphia As would take three pitchers to Detroit for a weekend series, says Bragan, who still runs a youth foundation in his 90th year. Then he missed the next 18 days before returning on July 25 and losing to Burdette and the Cardinals, 3-1. ", Spahn threw his first no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 16, 1960, when he was 39. - Casey Stengel in Winningest Pitchers: Baseball's 300-game Winners (Rich Westcott, Temple Univ Publishing, July 2002, Page 108) [Warren Spahn Quotes], Warren Spahn Autograph on a 1991 Topps Archives Baseball Card (#147 | Checklist), Warren Spahn Miscellaneous Items of Interest. I'm only 25. A 17-time All-Star, Spahn led the NL in victories eight times and won the 1957 Cy Young Award. He finished the season with a 54 record and 2.73 ERA. If a guy gets wild or starts getting his pitches up, you know his arm might be tired, but that wasnt the case with Juan. Dark never asked a reliever to warm up. For years he said that if he had one pitch hed like to take back, that was it.. Most will not remember Warren Spahn. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. One resides at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame located at the Oklahoma City Bricktown Ballpark and the other is located in Hartshorne, Oklahoma at the Hartshorne Event Center. Whatever your financial and accounting needs may be, we are here to help. Spahn did not leave gracefully, grumbling, "I didn't quit; baseball retired me," and he pitched briefly in Mexico and in the minors until 1967 before finally retiring from the game. Spahn's major league career began in 1942 with the Braves and he spent all but one year with that franchise, first in Boston and then in Milwaukee. During the 1957 World Series, Sal Maglie of the Yankees, ineligible to pitch in the series because he was acquired too late in the season, watched the games with Robert Creamer of Sports Illustrated and made assessments of the players. Spahn had the second no-hitter of his career. The trio, who were Milwaukee-area natives, included Spahn in the closing credits once, with the disclaimer, "He's not in the film, but he's still our all-time favorite left-hand pitcher.". I matured a lot in three years, and I think I was better equipped to handle major league hitters at 25 than I was at 22. Orlando Cepeda s stolen base in the second inningmust have infuriated Spahn.He had one of the best pick-off moves in baseball, one so sure and sudden that he picked off Jackie Robinson twice in one game. He retired nine straight batters in innings 10-12. Warren Spahn Minor & Mexican Leagues Statistics including batting, fielding, prospect rankings and more on Baseball-Reference.com . vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER. The following year he threw another no-hitter, this time against the Giants on April 28, 1961 at 40 years old. [9], Other sayings have been derived from "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." Aside from the 18 historic Ks, Spahn showed a degree of calm under pressure. [15], In honor of the pitching duo, Boston Post sports editor Gerald V. Hern wrote this poem which the popular media eventually condensed to "Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain":[16]. He kept all 363 balls from his wins, each with the opponent and score on it. Playing the Yankees in both World Series, Spahn helped Milwaukee capture the 1957 championship, the same year he won the Cy Young Award. Despite a poor won-loss record (for him) of 18-14 in 1962, Spahn still led the NL in complete games and had a 3.04 ERA, and in 1963, at the age of 42, he tied his career-best record with a 23-7 mark. But would have been just as tough going righthanded. Do you know that man is 42 years old? Back will come Spahn The ball bounced off the pitcher's glove and skipped toward shortstop where Johnny Logan raced across the grass, swept up the ball and fired to first. Represent the all-time greats and know your purchase plays a part in preserving baseball history. San Francisco Giants (1965). Braves Career Leader in Wins (356), Innings Pitched (5046), and Shutouts (63). Spahn made his professional debut on July 6 at MacArthur Park (Dwyer Stadium) in Batavia, New York. It was, I told the guys in the office, a rare exercise of sound editorial judgment. Despite the banner headline, the game was little moreat least at the timethan a one-day story. Contact Warren Averett today, or call (850) 837-0398 for more information about our accounting services in Miramar Beach, FL. Spahn was 2-1 in the 1958 Series, losing only in extra innings, but the Yankees won in seven games. He received a surprisingly low 83% of the Hall of Fame vote - in view of his achievements. Several other pitchers have receover 90%. He fanned Herrera and Gonzalez in the seventh and pinch-hitters Tony Taylor and Lee Walls after one was out in the eighth. In the eighth, Ernie Bowman replaced Jim Davenport (who had earlier re placed Jose Pagan) at shortstop; after Aaron walked, Bowman made a great stop in the hole to throw out Menke. He was awarded a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for bravery. I was inside on a lot of right-handed hitters, when I usually pitch them outside, and I got away with it. Marichal got through the top half surrendering only a two-out single to Menke. He said that his career went downhill after the game. Warren Spahn made his major league debut in 1942 at 21 years old. [14], Spahn's teammate Johnny Sain was the ace of the pennant-winning 1948 Braves staff, with a winloss record of 2415. Willie would direct the left fielder and right fielder where to play. But I don't know about that. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. He just didn't play in an environment that exploited his skills like Johnson did. But fellow Hall of Famer Stan Musial had his doubts as to whether Spahn, a major league pitcher until his mid-40s, would ever be honored in Cooperstown, once half-jokingly stating, I dont think Spahn will ever get into the Hall of Fame. By the last two seasons of his career, Spahn was the oldest active player in baseball. Following two off days, it did rain. He is second all time amongst pitchers in sacrifice flies with 14. [1] He clashed with Braves manager Casey Stengel, who sent him to the minors after Spahn refused to throw at Brooklyn Dodger batter Pee Wee Reese in an exhibition game. [1] Braves manager Bobby Bragan predicted, "Spahnie won't win six games with the Mets." Spahn was also a good hitter, hitting at least one home run in 17 straight seasons, and finishing with an NL career record for pitchers, with 35 home runs. With a second chance, Spahn retired the side in order in the 15th. Spahn went 1512 while, contrary to legend, teammates Bill Voiselle (1313), and Vern Bickford (115) also pitched well. He won 25 games twice and 26 once. He won at least 20 games every year from 1956 to 1961, led the league in complete games every year from 1957 to 1963, and in 1963 at age 42 posted a 23-7 record and compiled a 2.60 earned run average. For his part, Marichal had lost a 17-inning game while pitching for Springfield, MA, in 1959. Also, I pitched until I was 44. Meanwhile, Marichal was cruising. Then hed figure out what to do.. Dark came home on a sacrifice fly by Joe Adcock. Nonetheless, Spahn won six times in 23 days, won 10 of his last 12 decisions, threw three shutouts in September, finished at a jaw-dropping 23-7, and become the oldest pitcher to win 20. [28] Also in 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Warren Spahn 21st on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".[29]. Warren Spahn, who set record for left-handed pitchers by winning 363 major league games over 21 seasons, dies at age 82; photo (M) . That pitch probably bothered him more than any other he ever threw, Greg says. Also, I pitched until I was 44. Willie Mays elected to one-hop it rather than dive, and he nailed Larker at the plate in one amazing motion, according to the Chronicles Stevens, and on a 100 percent perfect peg, according to his colleague Bill Leister. Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 November 24, 2003) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for 21 seasons, all in the National League. Warren Spahn was born on Saturday, April 23, 1921, in Buffalo, New York. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The Giants protested bitterly but futilely and went down 1-2-3. Bases loaded, two outs: the games most dramatic moment. The winningest left-hander in big league history waited seven years to enter the Hall of Fame, two more than any other first-year candidate. In Spahn's final season, during his stint with the Mets, Yogi Berra came out of retirement briefly and caught 4games, one of them with Spahn pitching. Marichal, 25, embodied an emerging Mapusaurus roseae: young, strong, fast, and confident. Oh, did his presence produce quotes for the writers. No-hitters arent that much fun, he told Jim Thielman, who writes cool of the evening.com. (Age 20-361d, On Nov. 2, 1974, Hank Aaron received a call from Bud Selig, informing him that he was coming back to Milwaukee. Sure, he and Johnny Sain had been immortalized by the Spahn and Sain and pray for rain poetry during the 1948 pennant drive. Born: Giants 1, Braves 0, an eight-hitter for Marichal, with four walks and 10 strikeouts, a nine-hitter for Spahn, with one intentional walk and two strikeouts. Entering the season, the strike zone had been expanded from knees to armpits all the way to knees to top of shoulder level. The Giants and Braves were playing night ball at San Franciscos typically breezy, chilly Candlestick Park, a pitchers paradise because balls dont carry as far in cold weather as they do when its humid. Neeman never advanced as Woods struck out and Amaro flew to right. On June 14, 1952 Spahn struck out 18 Cubs in a 3-1, 15 inning loss to Chicago. Though he won more than anyone in the 1960s, someone else was always chosen for the Cy Young Award. [citation needed] Photo sequences show that this high kick served a specific purpose. [1] His 363 career win total ranks sixth overall in major league history; it is also the most by a pitcher who played his entire career in the post-1920 live-ball era. Spahn pitched in the World Series for the Braves in 1948, 1957, and 1958. If that man is on the mound, nobody is going to take me out of here. Milwaukee added its final run in the seventh when Bruton singled, stole second and came home aboard a single by Del Crandall. Wes Ferrell, who spent most of his time in the American League, holds the overall record for pitchers, with 37. MedSpeed is the market-leader in healthcare same-day logistics. In 1964, as the leagues oldest player, Spahns age began to show. Spahn returned to the major leagues in 1946 at the age of 25, having missed three full seasons. My dad threw away nothing he was even a string saver. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Five days lateryes, he got an extra day off, toohe strained a tendon in his arm throwing a slider to John Bateman but finished the game and beat Houston, 5-0, on five singles. A pitcher needs two pitches one theyre looking for and one to cross them up, Spahn was fond of saying. Spahn was selected for the all-time All-Star baseball team by Sports Illustrated magazine in 1991, as the left-handed pitcher. Not only could Spahn and Marichal pitch any length of a complete game, Spahns old manager insists, they could throw a fastball, curve, or change up on any count. While suffering through a 6-13, 5.69 ERA season in 1964, he said his timing was off and he was pitching defensively. Spahn was also a good hitter, hitting at least one home run in 17 straight seasons, and finishing with an NL career record for pitchers, with 35 home runs. The next batter, the swift Matty Alou, dropped a textbook drag bunt down the first base line. Otherwise, we all could have gone home then. Hed throw five pitches on the sideline, then talk to someone, throw another five and then talk. But there was method to Spahns pre-start madness.The joking kept him loose: The more pressure I feel, the more I kid around. The pitches had purpose. [1] Spahn won the 1957 Cy Young Award and was a three-time runner-up during the period when only one award was given for both leagues. Cepeda then grounded to Spahn, who again flipped to Roy McMillan who relayed to Joe Adcock for another 1-6-3 twin killing. Another honoree, Sandy Koufax, joked, "He should be on the All-Century Team, since he pitched most of the century." His final season concluded a 363-245 career and dropped his winning percentage below .600 (.597) while raising his ERA above 3.00 (3.09). Spahn's pitching helped the Braves win the World Series in . He was teammates with Max Surkont, left, for four seasons. Exhausted from the long game, thinking of the next one, they had no luxury to sit back and look into history. Between 1947 and 1961, Spahn started 531 games (including the World Series). He pitched his second no-hitter the following year on April 28, 1961, against the Giants. It came Friday September 16 on a humid, rainy night in Milwaukee before just 6,117 fans, the smallest crowd up to that point ever to attend a major league game at County Stadium. The fans missed him, but he was added by a special Committee to the all-century team. After being with the Braves a very short time, he clashed with manager Casey Stengel, who sent him to the minors after Spahn refused to throw at a batter in an exhibition game. He had just shut out the Dodgers and hadnt allowed a walk in 18 innings. In August 2003, the Braves unveiled a nine-foot bronze statue of Spahn kicking high outside Turner Stadium in Atlanta. His high-kicking motion and impeccable control kept batters off-balance, and his remarkable durability produced 5,243.2 innings pitched - the most of any southpaw. Warren Spahn Position: Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Left 6-0 , 172lb (183cm, 78kg) Born: April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, NY More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Hall of Fame Cy Young 17x All-Star 1957 World Series 3x ERA Title 16 21 21 21 21 Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. [4] For several decades, Spahn's Hall of Fame plaque contained a typographical error, crediting him with 2,853strikeouts.[24]. Under the curfew in effect, no inning could start after 12:50. McCovey fouled to the catcher and Alou flied to center, but Cepeda loaded the bases when Menke made an error. Spahn, 42, personified an aging Tyrannosaurus rex defending his grip on the animal kingdom with wits, tenacity, and memory. He led the league in wins eight times (194950, 1953, 19571961, each season with 20+ wins) and won at least 20 games an additional five times (1947, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1963). By the time their epic standoff ended with a single run at 12:31 a.m, they had completed a battle of the ages for any species. The 15-inning contest was the tip of the iceberg for the southpaw, who would pitch until he was 44 and lead the National League in complete games in nine of his 21 seasons. A batter has less than half a second to make a decision of whether he will swing at a pitch, and when he does, he has to generate a motion that will meet the ball within a very small window of time. But the lefty was up to the task this time. Hell never stop pitching.. You dont lose so much salt. blue = warren spahn. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Extending his career with, yes, a screwball he used effectively against left-handed hitters, he went 243-142, with a sterling .631 winning percent age and equally an eye-catching 2.89 ERA. then we'll use Sain There were lesser page one stories that daysomething about a nuclear test ban and the FBI smashing a Soviet spy ring, Fimrite reported in SI. game score final decision ip h er bb k; 102. w 2-1. cg(14) w. 14. copyright=new Date(); A statue of Warren Spahn resides in Atlanta, showing him in the midst of his memorable high leg kick. I was giving them good pitches with good stuff which is unusual. It's all about changing speeds. I had the best stuff Ive had all year. But in a career that spanned 25 years, principally with the Boston and Milwaukee Braves, he established himself as the best left-handed pitcher in the history of baseball. You were supposed to take seven warm-up pitches, but Id run to the mound and sometimes take eight, nine, or 10, Marichal said on the phone from Santo Domingo. He appeared in 14 All-Star Games, the most of any pitcher in the 20th century. He won 363 games, and pitched 63 shutouts. Only six balls were hit to the outfield. He got stronger., Oh, my back, Marichal said. The other selections were: outfielders Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Willie Mays; shortstop Cal Ripken, third baseman Mike Schmidt, second baseman Jackie Robinson, first baseman Lou Gehrig, catcher Mickey Cochrane, right-handed pitcher Christy Mathewson, relief pitcher Dennis Eckersley, and manager Casey Stengel. In the bottom of the 16th, Spahn threw one screwball after another to the right-handed Kuenn, getting him at last on a fly to center. But there would be no easy outs, no pit stops that July night. In 1999, Spahn was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame. Spahn fanned every batter in the Phillies' starting lineup except weak-hitting Bobby Malkmus at least once. Warren Spahn Date and Place of Birth: April 23, 1921 Buffalo, New York Died: November 24, 2003 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Baseball Experience: Major League Position: Pitcher Rank: First Lieutenant Military Unit: 276th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1159th Engineer Combat Group US Army Area Served: European Theater of Operations Mays would hit 17 more off Spahn over his career. Warren Spahn was born on Saturday, April 23, 1921, in Buffalo, New York. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum). thor usernames; premium tax credit repayment exceptions. Warren Edward Spahn Born: 4/23/1921 in Buffalo, NY High School: South Park, Buffalo, NY Debut: 4/19/1942 Hall of Fame: 1973 Died: 11/24/2003 Follow mlb Batting Pitching Stats Career Game Logs Splits Batter vs. Pitcher MLB Minors Pitching Batting Fielding Regular Season Career Stats Advanced Career Stats News 4/23/2022 at 12:00 AM vs. NYG 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Last Game: Whatever bothered hitters, I was for., No one was sure what theyd seen from Marichal. We were riveted, says Fimrite. Baseball Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. "A pitcher needs two pitches - one they're looking for and one to cross them up," Spahn was fond of saying. Actually, he was demonstrating technique to a Mexican team he was coaching, then trying to improve attendance for an American team he was managing. -Maury Wills (How to Steal a Pennant, 1976). What a break that was!. He was a pitching coach with the Cleveland Indians, in the minor leagues for the California Angels, and for six years, with Japan's Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Pro-rated over Spahns 15 innings and Marichals 16 full, Spahn had been throwing on a 147-pitch nine-inning rate to Marichals 152. Oh, to have been a fly on the wall when the winningest pitcher of the 50s (202) passed on his ineffable wisdom to the winningest pitcher of the 60s (191). I got a friend to crawl through a space in his house, and he found 31 bats., One piece of memorabilia remains poignantly missing from the Spahn estate: the last screwball to Willie Mays 31 minutes into July 3, 1963. I blame myself for Willie. Spahn was known for a very high leg kick in his delivery, as was his later Giants teammate Juan Marichal. The two pitchers had gone 80 in 12 days' time. The temperature had dipped to seven degrees that morning in Milwaukee. After one more off day, the two pitchers were brought back, and won another doubleheader. He was selected for the All-Star in 14 seasons. He had been limited to two outfield flies, two infield grounders, a strikeout, and an intentional walk. A few weeks later, I pitched 14 innings in New York, Marichal says. Looking back over the years from his South Carolina retirement, Dark remembers a different conversation. 7. Our transformative approach connects patients, providers and their communities to enable better healthcare. After his death, a street was named after him in Buffalo, New York that connects Abbott Road with Seneca Street, through Cazenovia Park, in the heart of South Buffalo. Qualifying Rental Criteria. In addition to his fastball, Spahn also developed a number of off-speed pitches, all thrown with the same high-kicking motion. Warren Spahn (No Hitter No. The same situation occurred in the fifth inning when Spahn walked leadoff batter McCovey with four straight balls. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Given a reprieve, Bailey fouled off four more pitches before finally striking out. It was not unusual at the time for pitchers to work overtime, and downright commonplace for Spahn and Marichal. When he and Burdette were teammates, the guy pitching would come off the field and find his friend waiting in the run way behind the dugout holding a lit cigarette for him. Warren Spahn was also an excellent hitter for a pitcher. It gave me a weapon against the lefthanders., That wasnt all. I learned a lot from that man. We present them here for purely educational purposes. [23], His 2,583 career strikeouts were the most by a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball history until he was later on surpassed by Mickey Lolich in 1975. Then the writers converged. We had just started keeping pitch counts. If that man is on the mound, nobody is going to take me out of here." Maybe I wouldn't have been able to do that otherwise. But for one day at least, an epic pitching duel dominated the news. Marichal and Spahn sailed through the first three innings, Marichal yielding one hit, Spahn one, Marichal getting the most mileage out of his fastball, Spahn learning quickly that his screwball was getting right-handed hitters while his curve curbed lefties. Spahn died of natural causes, at his home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. All rights reserved. From there, he caught a second wind, as he proceeded to double his strikeout count over the next four innings. [10][2][9] He saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and at the Ludendorff Bridge as a combat engineer, and was awarded a battlefield commission.[2][9]. But all emotions aside, even Spahn himself had to admit that his pinpoint control that day held promise for the future. Spahn struck out the side in the second, getting Pancho Herrera, Gonzalez and Cal Neeman to miss third strikes. The winningest southpaw pitcher in big league history, Spahn won 363 games in a career that included 13 20-win seasons. Spahn compiled a career 363-245 record, set a then-record strikeout mark for southpaws (2,583) and pitched two-hitters: One at the age of 39, the other at 40. He lost this distinction for a single day: September 25, 1965, when 58-year-old Satchel Paige pitched three innings. Marichal got out of the inning and breathed easily. Braves' lefty led Milwaukee to World Series title. The score was still 00 after more than four hours when Willie Mays hit a game-winning solo home run off Spahn with one out in the bottom of the 16th inning. Bill James ranked Spahn number 36 of the 100 greatest baseball players of all-times based on his Win-Shares method of valuing players and their accomplishments. 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