Warren Spahn Stats

Warren Spahn was born on Saturday, April 23, 1921, in Buffalo, New York. Spahn was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1942, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Warren Spahn baseball stats page.

"He's beyond comparison with any modern lefthander. He has beaten every handicap - the live ball, second division teams. No one can ever say anything to deny his greatness." - Casey Stengel
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Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#147)

Warren Spahn Autograph on a 1953 Topps Archives (#147)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades
Birth Name:   Warren Edward Spahn
Nickname:   The Invincible One
Born On:   04-23-1921
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Buffalo, New York
Zodiac:   Taurus
Died On:   11-24-2003
Place of Death Data Died In:   Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Cemetery:   Elmwood Cemetery, Hartshorne, Oklahoma
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00
Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-19-1942 (Age 20)
Last Game:   10-01-1965
Draft:   Not Applicable
Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1942 Braves 4 2 0 0 0 .000 5.74 1 0 0 15.2 79 25 10 15 0 11 - 7 0 0 0 -
1946 Braves 24 16 7 8 5 .615 2.94 8 0 1 125.2 514 107 41 46 6 36 - 67 4 1 0 -
1947 Braves 40 35 4 21 10 .677 2.33 22 7 3 289.2 1,174 245 75 87 15 84 - 123 5 1 0 -
1948 Braves 36 35 1 15 12 .556 3.71 16 3 1 257.0 1,064 237 106 115 19 77 - 114 4 1 0 -
1949 Braves 38 38 0 21 14 .600 3.07 25 4 0 302.1 1,258 283 103 125 27 86 - 151 4 3 0 -
1950 Braves 41 39 2 21 17 .553 3.16 25 1 1 293.0 1,217 248 103 123 22 111 - 191 8 1 0 -
1951 Braves 39 36 3 22 14 .611 2.98 26 7 0 310.2 1,289 278 103 111 20 109 - 164 7 1 1 -
1952 Braves 40 35 5 14 19 .424 2.98 19 5 3 290.0 1,190 263 96 109 19 73 - 183 5 6 0 -
1953 Braves 35 32 3 23 7 .767 2.10 24 5 3 265.2 1,055 211 62 75 14 70 - 148 3 1 2 -
1954 Braves 39 34 2 21 12 .636 3.14 23 1 3 283.1 1,175 262 99 107 24 86 0 136 3 1 1 -
1955 Braves 39 32 7 17 14 .548 3.26 16 1 1 245.2 1,025 249 89 99 25 65 4 110 4 2 0 -
1956 Braves 39 35 3 20 11 .645 2.78 20 3 3 281.1 1,113 249 87 92 25 52 12 128 7 3 0 -
1957 Braves 39 35 4 21 11 .656 2.69 18 4 3 271.0 1,111 241 81 94 23 78 4 111 2 2 0 -
1958 Braves 38 36 1 22 11 .667 3.07 23 2 1 290.0 1,176 257 99 106 29 76 7 150 2 2 1 -
1959 Braves 40 36 3 21 15 .583 2.96 21 4 0 292.0 1,203 282 96 106 21 70 9 143 2 1 0 -
1960 Braves 40 33 5 21 10 .677 3.50 18 4 2 267.2 1,110 254 104 114 24 74 9 154 1 4 0 -
1961 Braves 38 34 3 21 13 .618 3.02 21 4 0 262.2 1,064 236 88 96 24 64 1 115 4 4 0 -
1962 Braves 34 34 0 18 14 .563 3.04 22 0 0 269.1 1,088 248 91 97 25 55 4 118 4 3 0 -
1963 Braves 33 33 0 23 7 .767 2.60 22 7 0 259.2 1,037 241 75 85 23 49 4 102 4 0 0 -
1964 Braves 38 25 11 6 13 .316 5.29 4 1 4 173.2 759 204 102 110 23 52 4 78 6 2 0 -
1965 Mets 20 19 1 4 12 .250 4.36 5 0 0 126.0 543 140 61 70 18 35 1 56 1 2 0 -
1965 Giants 16 11 2 3 4 .429 3.39 3 0 0 71.2 303 70 27 34 8 21 1 34 1 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
21 Years 750 665 67 363 245 .597 3.09 382 63 29 5,243.2 21,547 4,830 1,798 2,016 434 1,434 60 2,583 81 42 5 -
Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1942 Braves 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0 - 0 0 .167 .167 .167
1946 Braves 24 43 3 7 1 0 0 0 4 1 - 14 2 - 1 1 .163 .200 .186
1947 Braves 41 98 6 16 2 1 0 0 6 6 - 29 8 - 0 0 .163 .212 .204
1948 Braves 37 90 10 15 3 0 1 0 7 6 - 24 7 - 0 2 .167 .219 .233
1949 Braves 40 111 11 18 0 0 2 0 10 4 - 27 5 - 0 1 .162 .191 .216
1950 Braves 41 106 7 23 0 0 1 0 13 6 - 33 5 - 1 1 .217 .265 .245
1951 Braves 42 116 8 22 6 1 1 0 18 6 - 27 4 - 0 0 .190 .230 .284
1952 Braves 52 112 10 18 2 1 2 0 9 4 - 23 2 - 0 0 .161 .190 .250
1953 Braves 38 105 6 23 5 0 2 0 12 1 - 22 5 - 0 1 .219 .226 .324
1954 Braves 41 101 4 21 6 0 1 0 10 7 - 17 3 0 1 2 .208 .266 .297
1955 Braves 40 81 7 17 1 1 4 0 14 4 0 20 3 0 0 1 .210 .247 .395
1956 Braves 39 105 8 22 3 0 3 0 10 4 0 32 2 0 0 3 .210 .239 .324
1957 Braves 39 94 3 13 2 1 2 0 8 4 0 25 3 2 0 3 .138 .170 .245
1958 Braves 41 108 10 36 6 1 2 0 15 7 0 24 4 1 2 0 .333 .381 .463
1959 Braves 40 104 11 24 1 0 2 0 8 3 0 28 1 4 0 2 .231 .243 .298
1960 Braves 40 95 10 14 2 0 3 0 7 5 0 26 2 2 0 3 .147 .186 .263
1961 Braves 39 94 13 21 7 0 4 0 15 7 0 33 2 2 1 1 .223 .279 .426
1962 Braves 36 98 3 18 3 0 2 0 9 5 0 30 3 0 0 1 .184 .223 .276
1963 Braves 33 90 7 16 4 0 2 0 6 5 0 24 4 1 0 0 .178 .219 .289
1964 Braves 39 59 2 11 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 10 1 1 0 1 .186 .183 .271
1965 Mets 21 35 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 12 2 0 1 0 .114 .279 .143
1965 Giants 16 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 .143 .208 .143
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
21 Years 783 1,872 141 363 57 6 35 0 189 94 0 487 68 14 7 23 .194 .234 .287
Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1942 Braves P 4 2 47 3 0.8 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.72 -
1946 Braves P 24 16 377 20 0.8 18 2 16 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.29 -
1947 Braves P 40 35 869 54 1.4 53 5 48 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.65 -
1948 Braves P 36 35 771 57 1.6 56 4 52 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .982 1.96 -
1949 Braves P 38 38 907 59 1.6 55 14 41 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .932 1.64 -
1950 Braves P 41 39 879 72 1.8 64 9 55 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.97 -
1951 Braves P 39 36 932 60 1.5 57 7 50 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.65 -
1952 Braves P 40 35 870 79 2.0 74 18 56 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .937 2.30 -
1953 Braves P 35 32 797 69 2.0 65 12 53 4 7 n/a n/a n/a .942 2.20 -
1954 Braves P 39 34 850 73 1.9 69 12 57 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .945 2.19 -
1955 Braves P 39 32 737 60 1.5 57 13 44 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .950 2.09 -
1956 Braves P 39 35 844 58 1.5 57 16 41 1 7 n/a n/a n/a .983 1.82 -
1957 Braves P 39 35 813 65 1.7 65 18 47 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16 -
1958 Braves P 38 36 870 80 2.1 78 11 67 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.42 -
1959 Braves P 40 36 876 62 1.6 59 14 45 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.82 -
1960 Braves P 40 33 803 76 1.9 73 14 59 3 7 n/a n/a n/a .961 2.45 -
1961 Braves P 38 34 788 81 2.1 79 16 63 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.71 -
1962 Braves P 34 34 808 69 2.0 68 13 55 1 5 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.27 -
1963 Braves P 33 33 779 85 2.6 82 11 71 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.84 -
1964 Braves P 38 25 521 46 1.2 40 4 36 6 2 n/a n/a n/a .870 2.07 -
1965 Mets P 20 19 378 30 1.5 29 4 25 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 2.07 -
1965 Giants P 16 11 215 21 1.3 20 4 16 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 2.51 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 750 665 15,731 1,279 1.7 1,221 222 999 58 82 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.10 --
21 Years 750 665 15,731 1,279 1.7 1,221 222 999 58 82 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.10 --
Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1942 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.64 4.02 6.32
1946 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.1 10.8 1.86 4.80 2.58
1947 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.4 16.3 1.46 3.82 2.61
1948 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 90.0 3.8 12.9 1.48 3.99 2.70
1949 Braves 1 - - - - n/a 55.5 4.1 11.1 1.76 4.50 2.56
1950 Braves 1 - - - - n/a 106.0 3.2 8.2 1.72 5.87 3.41
1951 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 116.0 4.3 6.4 1.50 4.75 3.16
1952 Braves 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 56.0 4.9 12.4 2.51 5.68 2.27
1953 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 52.5 4.8 8.8 2.11 5.01 2.37
1954 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 101.0 5.9 10.1 1.58 4.32 2.73
1955 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 20.3 4.1 5.8 1.69 4.03 2.38
1956 Braves 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 35.0 3.3 10.5 2.46 4.09 1.66
1957 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 47.0 3.8 11.8 1.42 3.69 2.59
1958 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 54.0 4.5 7.2 1.97 4.66 2.36
1959 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 52.0 3.7 13.0 2.04 4.41 2.16
1960 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 31.7 3.7 13.6 2.08 5.18 2.49
1961 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 23.5 2.8 6.3 1.80 3.94 2.19
1962 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 49.0 3.3 10.9 2.15 3.94 1.84
1963 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 45.0 3.8 15.0 2.08 3.54 1.70
1964 Braves 0 1 .000 - - n/a 59.0 5.9 11.8 1.50 4.04 2.69
1965 Mets 0 1 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.9 17.5 1.60 4.00 2.50
1965 Giants 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.2 21.0 1.62 4.27 2.64
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
21 Years 4 2 .667 - - n/a 53.5 3.8 9.9 1.80 4.43 2.46
Warren Spahn

Warren Spahn Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1942 Boston Braves 16 Undetermined - -
1946 Boston Braves 21 Undetermined - -
1947 Boston Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1948 Boston Braves 21 Undetermined - Stats
1949 Boston Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1950 Boston Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1951 Boston Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1952 Boston Braves 21 $25,000.00 Stats -
1953 Milwaukee Braves 21 $25,000.00 Stats -
1954 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1955 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined - -
1956 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1957 Milwaukee Braves 21 $57,000.00 Stats Stats
1958 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats Stats
1959 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1960 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined - -
1961 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1962 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1963 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined Stats -
1964 Milwaukee Braves 21 Undetermined - -
1965 New York Mets 21 Undetermined - -
1965 San Francisco Giants 21 Undetermined - -


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