1961 - A misplay by left-fielder Mel Roach costs Warren Spahn a no-hitter. Spahn allows two hits in a 4-1 win over the Dodgers. 1936 - Joe DiMaggio records three hits in his major league debut for the Yankees who defeat the St.
1961 - Warren Spahn becomes the second oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter in major league history. Milwaukee defeats the Giants 1-0. It is Spahn’s 290th career win, second no-hitter and 52nd shutout.
1963 - Warren Spahn becomes the all-time winningest left-handed pitcher in major league history with a 6-1 win over the Mets. Spahn’s 328 career wins move him ahead of Eddie Plank on the all-time list.
1964 - The Mets purchase Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. Spahn will serve as part of New York’s coaching staff and will put up a 4-12 record before he is released.
1958 - Warren Spahn becomes the first lefty to have nine career 20 win seasons with an 8-2 victory over St. Louis. Eddie Plank and Lefty Grove each won 20 games eight times.
As it's July 4th, it felt appropriate to look back at one of the Braves' best pitchers in their long and storied history, Warren Spahn. Spahn has 363 career wins, which places him 1st for lefties all-time and 16th in MLB history.
The 1963 Dodgers stayed in the race in the National League by winning four of six games during this week 60 years ago. They swept the contending Reds in Cincinnati, before dropping two of three at home against Milwaukee.
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Prior to Tuesday’s matchup against the Washington Nationals, Julio Urías received his 2021 Warren Spahn Award, which has been presented by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame since 1999 to the best left-handed pitcher in baseball.
Juan Marichal, of the San Francisco Giants, and Warren Spahn, of the Milwaukee Braves, combined to throw 428 pitches in this marathon matchup on Candlestick Point.
While no-nos are obviously tremendous accomplishments, the list of pitchers who have thrown one includes some names you wouldn't expect. When it comes to hurlers who have done it more than once, that is understandably not the case.
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There will be a special moment for a certain pair of performers who will be honored when the National Baseball Hall of Fame prepares to welcome another class to Cooperstown this summer.
Left-handers have a special place in society as a whole, but in baseball, they are an exclusive fraternity among the upper rungs of the game’s history.
The 2001 World Champion Arizona Diamondbacks rocketed to a title with a killer lefty/righty duo of Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. The two shared Series MVP honors for their combined efforts in mowing down Yankee batters. But their time together was fleeting compared to some of the following LH/RH pitching partners who combined for at least 250 wins while on the same roster (Johnson/Schilling had only 145). For each pair of aces we list their teams and individual win totals. Name these one and two punches throwing from opposite stances on the rubber.
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42 MLB Hall of Fame pitchers have pitched for 3 or more MLB teams. How many of them can you name?
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