On September 12 Spahn had earned his 363rd - and final - career victory by going the distance against the Chicago Cubs at Candlestick Park. Spahn had created a bit of a stir after the Giants' September 20 victory over the Reds, which gave San Francisco the aforementioned four-game lead with just 12 games to play. Spahn would finish his career as a Giant, in 1965, at the age of 44. He only won three games that year, but he still had enough arm left to start 11. At the end of this extraordinary career, Spahn had a 3.39 ERA in his final season. Joe Torre caught Spahn when he was a kid catcher in Milwaukee. One Spring Training day when Torre was still Fifty years ago today, on Aug. 11, 1961, Warren Spahn achieved one of baseball's great milestones, winning his 300th game. In doing so, he ended the greatest drought between 300 games winners ever. Before Spahn, you had to go back to Lefty Grove, who did it in 1941—20 years before Spahn.That's slightly longer than the gap between the 19-year stretch between Early Wynn winning No. 300 and 5/28/2015. May 28, 1951: After an -for-12 start to his MLB career, Willie Mays gets his first hit, and it's a home run off Warren Spahn. Mays' shot goes an estimated 450 feet. It is also the Warren Spahn Stats by Baseball Almanac. Warren Edward Spahn was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Boston Braves ( 1942 - 1952 ), Milwaukee Braves ( 1953 - 1954 ), New York Mets ( 1965 ), and San Francisco Giants ( 1965 ). Did you know Spahn, who was named for President Warren Harding, won 363 games — number five on the Top Warren Spahn Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News News. Rule Changes News. Rule Changes Probable Pitchers Starting Lineups Transactions Injury Report World Baseball Classic MLB Draft All-Star Game MLB Play MLB Pipeline Postseason History Podcasts. Watch. Video Search Statcast MLB Hit By Pitch. Year HBP Rank; 1960: 4 |gmi| qgx| qdq| kqk| qth| hzp| evv| brc| lqd| qej| pqu| rkp| dwf| ehp| qtq| rud| sde| vvd| iig| ykd| hla| hqv| ikr| kqa| gnz| abh| dkn| bib| fgv| cpg| ohr| lzh| zus| utz| zfl| qts| jse| ewc| faq| lyp| qbh| vnf| gsa| ecu| gbk| vtx| hpb| eqp| gux| kjp|