- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWarren Edward Spahn
- Nickname
- Spahnie
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Warren Spahn was born on April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for 1958 World Series (1958), 1948 World Series (1948) and 1957 World Series (1957). He was married to Lorene Southard. He died on November 24, 2003 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, USA.
- SpouseLorene Southard(August 10, 1946 - February 19, 1978) (her death, 1 child)
- During WWII, he earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
- Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1973.
- Holds the National League record for most home runs by a pitcher with 35.
- Holds the National League record for most innings pitched for his career.
- Along with Johnny Sain, he was immortalized by the saying "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain" because of the lack of quality pitching on the Braves other than the two stars.
- When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
- After what I went through overseas, I never thought of anything I was told to do in baseball as hard work. You get over feeling like that when you spend days on end sleeping in frozen tank tracks in enemy threatened territory. The Army taught me something about challenges and about what's important and what isn't. Everything I tackle in baseball and in life I take as a challenge rather than work.
- Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
- A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.
- What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
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