In 21 big league seasons, Spahn, a 17-time All-Star, compiled a 363-245 record, started 665 games, completed 382, struck out 2,583 batters and finished with a 3.09 ERA leading the league in ERA three times. After the 1965 season, no one bid on his services. The poem was inspired by the performance of Spahn and Sain during the Braves' 1948 pennant drive. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum), The heck with any strikeout records, he said to the Boston Globe after his 11-strikeout game. Baseball is a game of fractions of a second. The Warren Spahn Award, given to the Major Leagues' best left-handed pitcher, is named after Spahnie, who joined the Twenty-Wins Club thirteen times and threw two no-hitters. "The fastball was hopping out there," he told reporters. He is second all time amongst pitchers in sacrifice flies with 14. Even the extraordinary no-hitters Spahn pitched at ages 39 and 40, throwing tantalizing sliders and screwballs the batters couldnt wait to hit but missed or grounded to short, hadnt moved him inordinately. On September 16, 1960, Spahn pitched the first no-hitter of his career against the Phillies, and the 4-0 win was his 20th of the season. Spahn was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1942, with the Boston Braves. That said, Spahn declined quickly after 1963. 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New York Mets (1965) And for that reason, the Angels, the Twins, the Giants, the Reds, the Padres and the Rays are among the many major league teams that discourage their pitchers from developing a splitter, citing . He would finish the season 21-10. 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. He threw a variety of pitches but his fastball was his best pitch as he could throw it with varying velocities and great control. 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. [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. With Berra and him, we are conducting a university this spring, said Casey Stengel, who had managed Spahn with the Braves and would now oversee him as a Met. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Other substantial hitters included Braves left fielder Lee Maye, who had sizzled all June, and Giants third baseman Harvey Kuenn, catcher Ed Bailey, and right fielder Felipe Alou. Do you know that man is 42 years old? [19] Marichal's manager, Alvin Dark, visited the mound in the 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, and 14th innings, and was talked out of removing Marichal each time. Pitching is upsetting timing. 1953 Bowman Warren Spahn #99. I chewed it so hard, people thought Id get tired, but it helped me concentrate, he says. Marichal allowed just two singles in the last eight innings, while retiring 21 of 24 batters. As the keepers of the Games history, the Hall of Fame helps you relive your memories and celebrate baseball history. Spahn himself was more skeptical stating: "People say that my absence from the big leagues may have cost me a chance to win 400 games. The Braves won the Pennant in 1957 and 1958, winning the World Series in 1957. Spahn took on the dual role of pitcher and pitching coach. [1], On June 11, 1950, Spahn and pitcher Bob Rush of the Cubs each stole a base against each other; no opposing pitchers again stole a base in the same game until May 3, 2004, when Jason Marquis and Greg Maddux repeated the feat. With the Braves' franchise move to Milwaukee prior to the 1953 season, Spahn continued his excellence and the team soon responded by winning pennants in 1957 and 1958. Just 8,518 showed up for the Friday April 28 game to watch the old master face Sam Jones and the first place Giants with their ball-crushing lineup led by future Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda and Felipe Alou. ". Harvey Kuenn was the next batter, and he bounced a Spahn screwball back to the mound, which the pitcher converted into a 1-6-3 double play. If they had that today, theyd fire the manager and general manager-everyone but the players! Marichal says. From there, he caught a second wind, as he proceeded to double his strikeout count over the next four innings. He said to be careful in your next start, Marichal says. Singles by Spahn, Bill Bruton and Eddie Mathews produced another run in the fifth. Over the next four years he would participate in the Battle of the Bulge and the taking of the bridge at Remagen. 1. Spahn, a crafty southpaw with a high leg kick, had been making quick work of the Phillies all evening. He consistently was the league lead in Wins, ERA, Strikeouts and Complete Games. Spahns post-7/2/63 life was more complicated. You learn everyday watching a pitcher similar to you. Marichal not only learned to pitch like Spahn but think like him: Sometimes youll start with one or two pitches and then switch to another in the later innings. [Marichal] worked so easily and smoothly, he should be able to take his next turn or, at most, require one extra day of rest, Dark said. And suddenly it was all over. Did players turn to teammates and say, Im going to tell my grandchildren about this one? In truth, they were just trying to get through the night, says Frank Bolling, who played all 16 innings at second for the Braves, going 2-for-7 at the plate and handling seven chances without an error. Spahn leaned forward in an almost courtly bow to the hitters, then rocked back, his right leg raised above his head in what The Sporting Newss Dave Kindred called a five minutes to six position, followed by an overhand delivery that was as smooth and regular as a dipping oil-field pumping jack back home in Oklahoma. and Pitching . Spahn holds the NL record for most homeruns by a pitcher with 35. Warren Spahn was also an excellent hitter for a pitcher. It wasnt like the night in Philadelphia when I lost 8 pounds, or the afternoon game in Atlanta when I lost nine.. There are many who believe that Spahn would have retired as the second winningest pitcher of all-time had it not been for the war. Swelling now, Spahn threw another scroogie to Mays. Warren Spahn 2nd No Hitter (Box Score) | The Daily Republic | April 19, 1961 On June 14, 1952, Warren Spahn became the second player in baseball history to record 18 strikeouts in a single game. Hes 42 and Im 25 and you cant take me out until that man is not pitching., Memory is a cruel mistress. What a break that was!. But the grip he used for the pitch is the same as that used for the modern circle change. 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. The Braves blew a chance to go ahead in the seventh when Crandall singled and was thrown out at second after shortstop Roy McMillan swung and missed on a hit-and-run. He had no-hit Houston, 1-0, just 17 days earlier, getting 23 infield outs and throwing only 89 pitches despite two walks. As Spahn grew older, his pitching seemed to improve. Back will come Spahn 5. 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. He passed away on Nov. 24, 2003. that Warren Spahn holds the National League record for most career home runs by a pitcher with 35? In addition to his fastball, Spahn also developed a number of off-speed pitches, all thrown with the same high-kicking motion. In maybe his most memorable pitching performance, Spahn faced off with the Giants Juan Marichal on July 2, 1963, each hurler pitching shutout ball until Willie Mays hit a home run in the bottom of the 16th inning to give San Francisco the 1-0 victory. Richie Allen thought he threw five pitches, Joe Torre said seven, Billy Williams 12, and Lou Brock 16.People were intrigued by his motion, but he was as much ball as motion, Bailey says.Juan was not a pattern-type pitcher. Otherwise, we all could have gone home then. The next day Spahn took Marichal aside in the visitors clubhouse. During the 14th-inning visit, Marichal told Dark, "Do you see that man pitching for the other side? Spahn served in the United States Army in World War II and was wounded in Europe. Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves in his windup - BL-284-61 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library), Posed photograph of Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn pitching, circa 1954. [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. He also coached for the Mexico City Tigers, and pitched a handful of games there. Another pinch-hitter, Bobby Del Greco, fanned on three pitches for Spahn's fourth straight strikeout. Marichal, who had won 13 games as a rookie and 18 in his second year, was already 12-3, with eight straight wins. A few months before his death, Spahn attended the unveiling of a statue outside Atlanta's Turner Field. Braves' lefty led Milwaukee to World Series title. Warren Spahn played for the Braves before and after the franchise moved from Boston to Milwaukee in 1953. He wishes to thank the following SABR members for assistance on this story: Peter C. Bjarkman, Jim Charlton, Bill Deane, Dennis Degenhardt, Roland Hemond, John Holway, Rod Nelson, Crash and Sheila Parr, Jay Roberts, John Zajc, Phil Sienko, Dave Smith, Bob Sproule, Saul Wisnia, and Rich Westcott. While he struck out at least two batters in five different innings, Spahn poured it on in the final innings. 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. Hed throw five fastballs, five screwballs, five curves, five changeups, Greg continues, and see what was working If he had trouble, it wasusually in the first or second inning. Menke replaced the sore-legged Mathews in the fourth and got two hits and a stolen base before the game played out. (Osvaldo Salas/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum), Warren Spahn - Baseball Hall of Fame Biographies, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main Street,Cooperstown, NY 13326Phone: 1-888-HALL-OF-FAME | 607-547-7200 | Fax: 607-547-0398, "Hitting is timing. But Spahn wasnt through playing. Amalfitano hit Spahn's first pitch for a two-bouncer to McMillan. It was one of the last and best memories of Spahn: kicking and joking. So how did Spahn and Marichal repel these fearsomehitters past midnight? It's been some time since Harry Pavlidis began slicing and layering the strike zone. Pinch hitter Randy Jackson had an opportunity to seize the day for the Cubs, but Spahn got the next two outs, the last one coming as his ninth strikeout. Spahn threw 201 pitches, Marichal 227. Spahn and Sain | Ron Lewis Litho | Baseball Almanac Collection. It was not unusual at the time for pitchers to work overtime, and downright commonplace for Spahn and Marichal. The San Francisco Chronicle carried a front-page headline JUAN BEATS SPAHN. The statue was created by Shan Gray, who has sculpted numerous other statues of athletes which stand in Oklahoma, including two others of Spahn. For his part, Marichal had lost a 17-inning game while pitching for Springfield, MA, in 1959. He also coached for the Mexico City Tigers, and also pitched a handful of games there. Aside from the 18 historic Ks, Spahn showed a degree of calm under pressure. Most will not remember Warren Spahn. 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. View Warren Spahn's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). And he had a phenomenal change-up. 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. As catcher Del Crandall explained, Spahn showed the batter three things: the sole of his right shoe, the back of his glove, and finally the ball. After Spahn, making his third start of the season for the first place Braves and carrying a 1-1 record, retired the Giants in order in the top of the first, his teammates got him a lead in the bottom half that would stand up for the rest of the game. Bat speed and bat weight key factors in determining distance of batted ball. Even Lou Brock was cautious about running on him. "[9], Spahn finished the 1942 season with a 1712 record for the Hartford Bees of the Class-A Eastern League, Along with many other major leaguers, Spahn chose to enlist in the United States Army, after finishing the 1942 season in the minors. Spahn had plenty of thrills, but not the one schoolboys dream of. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. The next batter, the swift Matty Alou, dropped a textbook drag bunt down the first base line. Good chan This was exemplified by his start on July 2, 1963. For many years he owned and ran the large Diamond Star Ranch south of Hartshorne, Oklahoma before retiring to live near a golf course in Broken Arrow.[25][26]. "A pitcher needs two pitches - one they're looking for and one to cross them up," Spahn was fond of saying. He appeared in 14 All-Star Games, the most of any pitcher in the 20th century. Cepeda, who stole eight bases that season and 142 in his career, probably ran on catcher Crandall rather than pitcher Spahn. 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. Like raging dinosaurs in some prehistoric swamp, the Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn and the San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal slugged it out for four hours, 10 minutes, and 16 innings, all through the night of July 2 and into the early minutes of July 3, 1963. . Duke Snider hit 19 against Robin Roberts. vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER. Warren Spahn was born on Saturday, April 23, 1921, in Buffalo, New York. 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. [12][13], In 1951, Spahn allowed the first career hit to Willie Mays, a home run. Beginning to tire in the top of the 10th, he found himself in a jam. Spahn's full-color photo debut in 1953 Bowman is one of the most valuable cards in the set and near-mint grades or better can reach prices of $200 and up. [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]. Moreover, he was facing precisely the same eight position players he had no-hit in April 1961. While Greg Spahn and 15,920 other fans sat shivering in the stands, the pitchers heated up. 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. [8] Spahn had pitched in only 4 games, allowing 15 runs (10 earned) in .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}15+23innings. - 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 was giving them good pitches with good stuff which is unusual. Yogi later told reporters, "I don't think we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest.". [9], Other sayings have been derived from "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." [3] He was a 17-time All-Star who won 20games or more in 13 seasons, including a 237 winloss record when he was age 42. All Rights Reserved by Baseball Almanac, Inc.Hosted by Hosting 4 Less. Do you have a blog? It gave me a weapon against the lefthanders., That wasnt all. He won 25 games twice and 26 once. (Season Ticket (1988)). Spahn won the next day, and Sain won the day after that. Facing the San Francisco Giants, the 42-year-old Spahn became locked into a pitchers' duel with 25-year-old Juan Marichal. No easy outs, no pit stops.Through six scoreless innings, Marichal had a four-hitter and Spahn a two-hitter. Spahn fanned every batter in the Phillies' starting lineup except weak-hitting Bobby Malkmus at least once. He retired from baseball as a player in 1965. [9], In 1947, Spahn led the National League in ERA (2.33), shutouts (7), and innings pitched (289+23) while posting a 2110 record. All rights reserved. With 363 career wins, Spahn holds the major league record for a left-handed pitcher, and has the most by a pitcher who played his entire career in the post-1920 live-ball era. It's hard to think that Warren Spahn could have been more accurate when picking his numbers: maybe, for the right-handed batters you have more room than the 2.5 inches on the outside part of. It was going out of the park, and then that wind caught it. Spahn joked a long time later, "I'll never forgive myself. He served with distinction, and was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star. Frequently Spahns personal catcher, Crandall knew Spahn so well he was rarely shaken off. Many thanks to him. 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. On July 2, 1963. The score was still 0-0 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. There was not just stamina at work but incentive. He has beaten every handicap - the live ball, second division teams. "It winds up with me saying, next time I'll have to be absolutely perfect." Bailey lined to Mack Jones in center. John Lewis Kilgore . His pickoff move was described as one of the best in the major leagues. Cronkite School at ASU Spahn pitched on two other Braves pennant winners, in 1948 and 1958. Spahn was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1973 and became a charter member of both the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985,[27] and the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. ), According to former Cardinals player Solly Hemus, Spahn, along with teammate Lew Burdette, periodically used anti-Semitic slurs while on the mound. He got stronger., Oh, my back, Marichal said. On July 2, 1963, Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn faced off in what may be the greatest game ever pitched. But there would be no easy outs, no pit stops that July night. Facing the San Francisco Giants, the 42-year-old Spahn became locked into a storied pitchers' duel with 25-year-old Juan Marichal. Spahn won four and lost 12 at which point the Mets put Spahn on waivers. "If anybody asks me who my favorite pitcher of all-time is, I say Warren Spahn ." - Whitey Ford in An Indian Summer: The 1957 Milwaukee Braves Champions of Baseball (Thad Mumau, 2007) "I don't know if we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest." - Yogi Berra in 1965. The Giants protested bitterly but futilely and went down 1-2-3. The Giants signed him and Spahn went to the west coast, pitching his final major league games in a Giants uniform. But it did not change his effectiveness. Spahn claimed that he played for Stengel "before and after Casey was a genius.". No one can ever say anything to deny his greatness." Of his father, who came of age during the Depression, Greg Spahn says, He didnt buy lavish shoes or clothes. 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