Born on April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, New York, Warren Spahn (Warren Edward Spahn) played for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets over the course of his 21 year career. Spahn broke into the bigs on April 19, 1942 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 2.94 ERA in 125.2 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Warren Spahn's best season was 1953, when he posted a 2.10 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 148 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1942
BOS
N
4
2
0
0
5.74
7
15
10
1
0
0
15.2
25
0
11
0
0
0
1946
BOS
N
24
16
8
5
2.94
67
46
41
8
0
1
125.2
107
6
36
0
4
1
1947
BOS
N
40
35
21
10
2.33
123
87
75
22
7
3
289.2
245
15
84
0
5
1
1948
BOS
N
36
35
15
12
3.71
114
115
106
16
3
1
257
237
19
77
0
4
1
1949
BOS
N
38
38
21
14
3.07
151
125
103
25
4
0
302.1
283
27
86
0
4
3
1950
BOS
N
41
39
21
17
3.16
191
123
103
25
1
1
293
248
22
111
0
8
1
1951
BOS
N
39
36
22
14
2.98
164
111
103
26
7
0
310.2
278
20
109
0
7
1
1952
BOS
N
40
35
14
19
2.98
183
109
96
19
5
3
290
263
19
73
0
5
6
1953
MIL
N
35
32
23
7
2.10
148
75
62
24
5
3
265.2
211
14
70
0
3
1
1954
MIL
N
39
34
21
12
3.14
136
107
99
23
1
3
283.1
262
24
86
8
3
1
1955
MIL
N
39
32
17
14
3.26
110
99
89
16
1
1
245.2
249
25
65
4
4
2
1956
MIL
N
39
35
20
11
2.78
128
92
87
20
3
3
281.1
249
25
52
12
7
3
1957
MIL
N
39
35
21
11
2.69
111
94
81
18
4
3
271
241
23
78
4
2
2
1958
MIL
N
38
36
22
11
3.07
150
106
99
23
2
1
290
257
29
76
7
2
2
1959
MIL
N
40
36
21
15
2.96
143
106
96
21
4
0
292
282
21
70
9
2
1
1960
MIL
N
40
33
21
10
3.50
154
114
104
18
4
2
267.2
254
24
74
9
1
4
1961
MIL
N
38
34
21
13
3.02
115
96
88
21
4
0
262.2
236
24
64
1
4
4
1962
MIL
N
34
34
18
14
3.04
118
97
91
22
0
0
269.1
248
25
55
4
4
3
1963
MIL
N
33
33
23
7
2.60
102
85
75
22
7
0
259.2
241
23
49
4
4
0
1964
MIL
N
38
25
6
13
5.29
78
110
102
4
1
4
173.2
204
23
52
4
6
2
1965
SF
N
16
11
3
4
3.39
34
34
27
3
0
0
71.2
70
8
21
1
1
1
1965
NY
N
20
19
4
12
4.36
56
70
61
5
0
0
126
140
18
35
1
1
2
1965
TOT
N
36
30
7
16
4.01
90
104
88
8
0
0
197.2
210
26
56
2
2
3
Total
750
665
363
245
3.09
2583
2016
1798
382
63
29
5243.2
4830
434
1434
68
81
42
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1942
BOS
N
P
4
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1946
BOS
N
P
24
0
0
2
16
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.900
1947
BOS
N
P
40
0
0
5
48
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1948
BOS
N
P
36
0
0
4
52
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1949
BOS
N
P
38
0
0
14
41
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.932
1950
BOS
N
P
41
0
0
9
55
8
3
0
0
0
0
0
.889
1951
BOS
N
P
39
0
0
7
50
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
.950
1952
BOS
N
P
40
0
0
18
56
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
.937
1953
MIL
N
P
35
0
0
12
53
4
7
0
0
0
0
0
.942
1954
MIL
N
P
39
34
283.1
12
57
4
4
0
2
3
1
6
.945
1955
MIL
N
P
39
0
0
13
44
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.950
1956
MIL
N
P
39
0
0
16
41
1
7
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1957
MIL
N
P
39
35
271
18
47
0
4
0
0
5
5
3
1.000
1958
MIL
N
P
38
36
290
11
67
2
7
0
1
1
6
3
.975
1959
MIL
N
P
40
36
292
14
45
3
4
0
1
1
2
1
.952
1960
MIL
N
P
40
33
267.2
14
59
3
7
0
2
3
2
4
.961
1961
MIL
N
P
38
34
262.2
16
63
2
7
0
1
2
4
3
.975
1962
MIL
N
P
34
34
269.1
13
55
1
5
0
2
4
3
5
.986
1963
MIL
N
P
33
33
259.2
11
71
3
8
0
0
4
2
2
.965
1964
MIL
N
P
38
25
173.2
4
36
6
2
0
1
1
7
2
.870
1965
SF
N
P
16
11
71.2
4
16
1
1
0
2
3
1
2
.952
1965
NY
N
P
20
19
126
4
25
1
1
0
0
6
2
2
.967
1965
TOT
N
P
36
30
197.2
8
41
2
2
0
2
9
3
4
.961
Total
P
750
330
2567
222
999
58
82
0
12
33
35
33
.955
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1942
BOS
N
4
6
1
1
0
0
.167
.167
.167
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1946
BOS
N
24
43
3
7
0
4
.163
.200
.186
1
0
1
14
1
2
0
0
1
1947
BOS
N
41
98
6
16
0
6
.163
.212
.204
2
1
6
29
0
8
0
0
0
1948
BOS
N
36
90
10
15
1
7
.167
.219
.233
3
0
6
24
0
7
0
0
2
1949
BOS
N
40
111
11
18
2
10
.162
.191
.216
0
0
4
27
0
5
1
0
1
1950
BOS
N
41
106
7
23
1
13
.217
.265
.245
0
0
6
33
1
5
1
0
1
1951
BOS
N
42
116
8
22
1
18
.190
.230
.284
6
1
6
27
0
4
0
0
0
1952
BOS
N
52
112
10
18
2
9
.161
.190
.250
2
1
4
23
0
2
1
0
0
1953
MIL
N
38
105
6
23
2
12
.219
.226
.324
5
0
1
22
0
5
0
0
1
1954
MIL
N
41
101
4
21
1
10
.208
.266
.297
6
0
7
17
1
3
0
0
2
1955
MIL
N
40
81
7
17
4
14
.210
.247
.395
1
1
4
20
0
3
0
0
1
1956
MIL
N
39
105
8
22
3
10
.210
.239
.324
3
0
4
32
0
2
1
0
3
1957
MIL
N
39
94
3
13
2
8
.138
.170
.245
2
1
4
25
0
3
0
0
3
1958
MIL
N
41
108
10
36
2
15
.333
.381
.463
6
1
7
24
2
4
0
0
0
1959
MIL
N
40
104
11
24
2
8
.231
.243
.298
1
0
3
28
0
1
0
0
2
1960
MIL
N
40
95
10
14
3
7
.147
.186
.263
2
0
5
26
0
2
0
0
3
1961
MIL
N
39
94
13
21
4
15
.223
.279
.426
7
0
7
33
1
2
0
0
1
1962
MIL
N
36
98
3
18
2
9
.184
.223
.276
3
0
5
30
0
3
0
0
1
1963
MIL
N
33
90
7
16
2
6
.178
.219
.289
4
0
5
24
0
4
0
0
0
1964
MIL
N
39
59
2
11
1
5
.186
.183
.271
2
0
0
10
0
1
0
0
1
1965
SF
N
16
21
1
3
0
1
.143
.208
.143
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
1965
NY
N
21
35
0
4
0
2
.114
.279
.143
1
0
7
12
1
2
0
0
0
1965
TOT
N
37
56
1
7
0
3
.125
.254
.143
1
0
9
17
1
2
0
0
0
Total
782
1872
141
363
35
189
.194
.234
.287
57
6
94
487
7
68
4
0
23
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Bees (1940).
Sold by Milwaukee Braves to New York Mets (November 23, 1964).
Released by New York Mets (July 22, 1965).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (July 22, 1965).
Released by San Francisco Giants (October 15, 1965).
