I said, Willie, this is going to be the last inning for me. 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. There was no rule against smoking when people cant see you, Burdette says. Spahn made his big league debut with the Boston Braves in 1942, the same year he would join the Army. Spahn, who returned to the Braves soon after his discharge in 1946, would go 21-10 in 1947. Spahns post-7/2/63 life was more complicated. He had no-hit Houston, 1-0, just 17 days earlier, getting 23 infield outs and throwing only 89 pitches despite two walks. Spahn patiently remained on the field for a broadcast interview. In addition to his fastball, Spahn also developed a number of off-speed pitches, all thrown with the same high-kicking motion. So it was a pitchers night at a pitchers park. [2] The Warren Spahn Award, given annually to the major leagues' best left-handed pitcher, is named in his honor. Many thanks to him. Given a reprieve, Bailey fouled off four more pitches before finally striking out. Braves' mainstay Warren Spahn was sold to the Mets on Nov. 23, 1964. 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. Milwaukee added its final run in the seventh when Bruton singled, stole second and came home aboard a single by Del Crandall. by two days of rain. 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. Spahn threw behind him, and Bowman was retired in the ensuing rundown: pitcher to first to shortstop. (In 1962, another Hall of Famer hit his first career home run off Spahn: Sandy Koufax, who only hit one other. He smoked while chewing Beechnut gum Spahn kept adding sticks during a game, leaving him with a large chunk in his mouth that gave the erroneous impression he was chewing tobacco. (Age 44-161d) Also, I pitched until I was 44. Spahn finished in the top five in Cy Young voting 5 times while winning it only once. When McCovey launched one of his patented moon shots, the ball flew somewhere over the right-field foul pole. ". Both men had been denied moments of greatness they must have coveted. In the Giants 13th, Bowman singled, then wandered too far off first. He was unorthodox. What amazed fellow Giant pitcher Bobby Bolin was his control: With that kick I don think anyone else could keep his body pretty straight and get the ball over.. When I wasnt pitching, I would watch him, how he approached batters, how he went in and out, up and down. I made a bad pitch to [Bill] Serena in the ninth, he said to the Boston Globe. You can't say I don't miss 'em when I miss 'em. He led or shared the lead in the NL in wins in 1957-1961 (age 36-40). Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. But tonight was beautiful., After answering reporters questions, Spahn spent several hours in the clubhouse drinking beer, with his son and several teammates in attendance, everyone telling him what a splendid job he did in a gallant defeat. For his part, Marichal had lost a 17-inning game while pitching for Springfield, MA, in 1959. Spahn had little trouble the rest of the way. He signed with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he appeared in his final major league game on October 1, 1965, at the age of 44. Spahn was one of the greatest lefthanded pitchers of all-time. The two pitchers had gone 80 in 12 days' time. He went to second on a passed ball by Ed Bailey, and scored on Hank Aaron's sharp liner to right. Hitting Physics . ", Spahn threw his first no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 16, 1960, when he was 39. Spahns moves were so deceptive that I often found myself guessing." 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. Warren Spahn was born on Saturday, April 23, 1921, in Buffalo, New York. Warren Spahn | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1973 (HOF) 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 Spahn. A statue of Warren Spahn resides in Atlanta, showing him in the midst of his memorable high leg kick. Even Lou Brock was cautious about running on him. After outliving his wife LoRene by 25 years, Spahn died on November 24, 2003. Spahn pitched on two other Braves pennant winners, in 1948 and 1958. Marichal was thrilled to have beaten one of the best and honored to be approached by him. [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. In his next outing, the ageless wonder pitched a two-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving up a misjudged fly ball for a hit in the third and a two-out single in the ninth. Spahn threw 201 pitches, Marichal 227. I had a good curve tonight, too, and Im pretty proud of that. I struck out Tommie Agee four times. Meanwhile, Marichal was cruising. The World Series began October 24 and Game 7 was played on November 1, in which the Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games . Phone: 602.496.1460 He threw just 105 pitches, of which only 34 were balls. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 [9], In 1947, Spahn led the National League in ERA (2.33), shutouts (7), and innings pitched (289+23) while posting a 2110 record. 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. (Season Ticket (1988)). In the 14th, Kuenn doubled to lead off, and Spahn intentionally passed the dangerous Mays, ending his consecutive walkless streak at 31 innings. In 1999, Spahn was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame. Menke replaced the sore-legged Mathews in the fourth and got two hits and a stolen base before the game played out. That pitch probably bothered him more than any other he ever threw, Greg says. He also coached for the Mexico City Tigers, and pitched a handful of games there. Spahn made his professional debut on July 6 at MacArthur Park (Dwyer Stadium) in Batavia, New York. We might have gotten rid of Willie forever if I'd only struck him out." What a break that was!. Three days later, Spahn won again. 9,245th in major league history) While suffering through a 6-13, 5.69 ERA season in 1964, he said his timing was off and he was pitching defensively. Playing the Yankees in both World Series, Spahn helped Milwaukee capture the 1957 championship, the same year he won the Cy Young Award. [22] He was put on waivers on July 15, 1965, and released on July 22, 1965. Another honoree, Sandy Koufax, joked, "He should be on the All-Century Team, since he pitched most of the century." Spahn was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973. But ironically, those two walks were what cost him the game, as Hal Jeffcoats triple drove in Roy Smalley and Eddie Miksis, giving the Cubs the 3-1 win. 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. In 1957, Spahn was the ace of the champion Milwaukee Braves. 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. The reverse side of the card reminds us that Spahn dominated that National League in strikeouts and led the league in K's four times over his career. He said to be careful in your next start, Marichal says. This was exemplified by his start on July 2, 1963. game score final decision ip h er bb k; 102. w 2-1. cg(14) w. 14. Spahn, who returned to the Braves soon after his discharge in 1946, would go 21-10 in 1947. Spahn, who returned to the Braves soon after his discharge in 1946, would go 21-10 in 1947. It's all about changing speeds. The three time ERA Champion, four time Strikeout Champion, fourteen time All-Star was - as if he needed assistance - also immortalized in the Spahn & Sain poem (artwork / litho below). He led or shared the lead in the NL in wins in 19571961 (age 3640). Well, yes and no. Singles by Spahn, Bill Bruton and Eddie Mathews produced another run in the fifth. Spahn produced the only Braves run of the game in the sixth inning a solo blast into the right field bullpen. In addition to Spahn and Marichal, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and Orlando Cepeda of the Giants and Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews of the Braves were bound for induction. (on having played for manager Casey Stengel with the Braves and Mets, but not when Stengel was winning multiple World Series with the New York Yankees), Nolan Ryan | Sandy Koufax | Cy Young | Roger Clemens | Bob Gibson | Walter Johnson | Warren Spahn | Christy Mathewson | Lefty Grove Johnny Bench | Yogi Berra | Lou Gehrig | Mark McGwire | Jackie Robinson | Rogers Hornsby | Mike Schmidt | Brooks Robinson | Cal Ripken, Jr. | Ernie Banks | Honus Wagner Babe Ruth | Hank Aaron | TedWilliams | Willie Mays | Joe DiMaggio | Mickey Mantle | Ty Cobb | Ken Griffey, Jr. | Pete Rose | Stan Musial. 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. 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. Then an off day Spahn won four and lost 12 at which point the Mets put Spahn on waivers. He won 20 games in 13 different seasons, and compiled a 23-7 record when he was aged 42. Dark came home on a sacrifice fly by Joe Adcock. In August 2003, the Braves unveiled a nine-foot bronze statue of Spahn kicking high outside Turner Stadium in Atlanta. Every inning after the ninth, Marichal said he told manager Alvin Dark, Alvin, do you see that man pitching on the other side? Never have two Hall of Famers pitched as well over such an extended game in which each faced a lineup of fellow Cooperstownians and other fine players. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. The fans missed him, but he was added by a special Committee to the all-century team. And suddenly it was all over. BL-2870.70 (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library), Warren Spahn, right, pitched 20 of his 21 big league seasons with the Braves. We were riveted, says Fimrite. The ball was foul when it left the bleachers, but fair when it passed over the fair pole, Marichal says. Each spectator was given the Croix de Candlestick, a round orange badge for anyone surviving an extra-inning night game at The Stick. With a second chance, Spahn retired the side in order in the 15th. Marichal had always run to the mound and raced through his warm-ups to combat the Candlestick cold, and this night was no exception. Spahn was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1942, with the Boston Braves. He received a surprisingly low 83% of the Hall of Fame vote - in view of his achievements. "A pitcher needs two pitches - one they're looking for and one to cross them up," Spahn was fond of saying. Privacy Statement/Your California Privacy Rights. First we'll use Spahn "He's beyond comparison with any modern lefthander. Even at his age, Spahn continued to pitch very effetively. 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. As he moved toward the plate, his glove rose slowly, then descended quickly through the hitters line of vision. [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]. 5. Spahn, shunning fatigue, raced off the mound, scooped up the ball and made a back-handed throw to first that nipped Alou by one-half a step. I blame myself for Willie. He hadnt lost much stuff, and he hadnt lost much spirit either, because he was fined $50 for buzzing Bob Gibson. 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. 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. October 1, 1965 . var pfHeaderImgUrl = '';var pfHeaderTagline = '';var pfdisableClickToDel = 0;var pfHideImages = 0;var pfImageDisplayStyle = 'right';var pfDisablePDF = 0;var pfDisableEmail = 0;var pfDisablePrint = 0;var pfCustomCSS = 'https://www.baseball-almanac.com/css/print.css';var pfBtVersion='2';(function(){var js,pf;pf=document.createElement('script');pf.type='text/javascript';pf.src='//cdn.printfriendly.com/printfriendly.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(pf)})(); Did you know Warren Spahn, who was named for President Warren Harding, won 363 games (#5 in the Top 1,000 / 13th member of the 300 Wins Club), more than any other left-handed pitcher in Major League history? [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]. 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]. Yogi later told reporters, "I don't think we're the oldest battery, but we're certainly the ugliest.". 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). He saw action in the Battle of the Bulge and at the Ludendorff Bridge (the famous bridge at Remagen) as a combat engineer, and was the only one of major league baseball's military who earned a battlefield commission. [18], Spahn maintained that "A pitcher needs two pitches one they're looking for, and one to cross 'em up." The outcome may have not been what hed preferred, but if anything, it drove the future Hall of Famer to set his bar even higher. 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. 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. Having Willie behind me made my position easier. He had no idea at the time how prophetic those words would be on July 2, 1963. Spahn briefly managed the Tulsa Oilers AAA franchise in the Pacific Coast League in the 1960's. -Maury Wills (How to Steal a Pennant, 1976). Marichal was throwing plenty of fastballs now. update=copyright.getFullYear(); But on the mound, the future Hall of Famer was a wonder to behold. When the Giants were batting, Marichal sat with a warm-up jacket, a towel over his pitching hand to keep his fingers loose, chewing Bazooka gum. vs. CIN 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER. On Nov. 2, 1974, Hank Aaron received a call from Bud Selig, informing him that he was coming back to Milwaukee. They were not to be blamed. Spahn tied Feller's mark on June 14, 1952. I'm only 25. Marichal ended up throwing 227 pitches in the complete game 1-0 win, while Spahn threw 201 in the loss, allowing nine hits and one walk. He was 37-18 against the arch-rival Dodgers, 24-1 at Candlestick Park. The poem was inspired by the performance of Spahn and Sain during the Braves' 1948 pennant drive. Marichal allowed just two singles in the last eight innings, while retiring 21 of 24 batters. On July 2, 1963, Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn faced off in what may be the greatest game ever pitched. As Mays stood in the on-deck circle, Marichal called to him Hit one now. His teammates chuckled, Mays stepped in. John Lewis Kilgore . What made me mad is that I had just gotten through throwing some real good ones to Kuenn.. He played the majority of his career with the Braves, moving with the team from Boston to Milwaukee. 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. Then Id run from the mound to rest longer., The Braves appreciated Marichals hurry-up style, which was never intended to show up his plodding opponent. When Spahn was pitching, Maglie observed that batters had to try to hit balls to the opposite field against Spahn, as he was more likely to get them out if they tried to pull the ball. The statue was created by Shan Gray, who has sculpted numerous other statues of athletes which stand in Oklahoma, including two others of Spahn. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) "The heck with any strikeout records," he said to the Boston Globe after his 11-strikeout game. 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. He came up with a screwball to help when his fast ball began to fade and then he added the slider (Johnny Sain, Super Stars of Baseball, Bob Broeg 1971). 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. Spahn also gave up the first career homerun of Sandy Koufax in 1962. In competition, he toed the inside of the rubber closest to first base to improve the angle for pitching away from left-handed hitters and to give his slider more room to break away from right handers. 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 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. Granted, Marichal had his no-hitter. It was the best game I ever saw.. More than anything, acquiring the screwball after he was supposedly washed up 10 years earlier had crossed up righties and extended Spahns career. Spahn had established himself as the best lefthander pitcher in baseball. Having pitched the first no-hitter of his long and distinguished career just five starts earlier, Warren Spahn became at the time the second oldest pitcher (behind Cy Young) ever to hurl a no-hitter when he blanked the San Francisco Giants on a cold, snowy evening at County Stadium. [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. Thats the reason I developed that leg kick.. Pitching is upsetting timing."[6]. The no-hitter came just 29 days after Spahn's teammate, Lew Burdette, had pitched a no-hit game against the very same Phillies. Actually, he was demonstrating technique to a Mexican team he was coaching, then trying to improve attendance for an American team he was managing. Find out more. 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. Register Pitching. Qualifying Rental Criteria. He also coached for the Mexico City Tigers, and also pitched a handful of games there. By 5:14 p.m. that night, the number had changed to two. 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 all emotions aside, even Spahn himself had to admit that his pinpoint control that day held promise for the future. And the game began with Spahn and Marichal, two of the hottest pitchers in baseball. Do you know that man is 42 years old? 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