Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 23, 1921 in Buffalo, NY
High School: South Park (Buffalo, NY)
Signed by the Boston Bees as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1942
Final Game: October 1, 1965
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1973 (315/380 ballots).
Died: November 24, 2003 in Broken Arrow, OK
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 BSN NL 21 P 4 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 1.18
1946 BSN NL 25 P 24 20 2 16 2 0 .900 0.75 .960 1.01
1947 BSN NL 26 P 40 54 5 48 1 1 .981 1.33 .965 0.91 AS,MVP-15
1948 BSN NL 27 P 36 57 4 52 1 3 .982 1.56 .961 0.91 MVP-14
1949 BSN NL 28 P 38 59 14 41 4 2 .932 1.45 .954 0.91 AS,MVP-7
1950 BSN NL 29 P 41 72 9 55 8 3 .889 1.56 .964 0.97 AS,MVP-18
1951 BSN NL 30 P 39 60 7 50 3 1 .950 1.46 .962 0.96 AS,MVP-11
1952 BSN NL 31 P 40 79 18 56 5 4 .937 1.85 .954 0.98 AS,MVP-23
1953 MLN NL 32 P 35 69 12 53 4 7 .942 1.86 .957 0.87 AS,MVP-5
1954 MLN NL 33 P 39 34 283.1 73 12 57 4 4 .945 2.19 1.77 .960 2.07 0.87 AS,MVP-11
1955 MLN NL 34 P 39 32 245.2 60 13 44 3 4 .950 2.09 1.46 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 MLN NL 35 P 39 35 281.1 58 16 41 1 7 .983 1.82 1.46 .966 2.05 0.83 AS,CYA-3,MVP-4
1957 MLN NL 36 P 39 35 271.0 65 18 47 0 4 1.000 2.16 1.67 .960 2.06 0.82 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5
1958 MLN NL 37 P 38 36 290.0 80 11 67 2 7 .975 2.42 2.05 .954 1.97 0.77 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1959 MLN NL 38 P 40 36 292.0 62 14 45 3 4 .952 1.82 1.48 .955 1.99 0.82 AS,MVP-19
1960 MLN NL 39 P 40 33 267.2 76 14 59 3 7 .961 2.45 1.83 .962 2.09 0.87 CYA-2,MVP-14
1961 MLN NL 40 P 38 34 262.2 81 16 63 2 7 .975 2.71 2.08 .958 2.18 0.88 AS,CYA-2,MVP-10
1962 MLN NL 41 P 34 34 269.1 69 13 55 1 5 .986 2.27 2.00 .946 2.07 0.82 AS
1963 MLN NL 42 P 33 33 259.2 85 11 71 3 8 .965 2.84 2.48 .951 2.06 0.84 AS,MVP-12
1964 MLN NL 43 P 38 25 173.2 46 4 36 6 2 .870 2.07 1.05 .957 2.14 0.84
1965 TOT NL 44 P 36 30 197.2 51 8 41 2 2 .961 2.23 1.36 .957 2.08 0.81
1965 NYM NL 44 P 20 19 126.0 30 4 25 1 1 .967 2.07 1.45 .957 2.08 0.81
1965 SFG NL 44 P 16 11 71.2 21 4 16 1 1 .952 2.51 1.25 .957 2.08 0.81
21 Seasons P 750 397 3094.0 1279 222 999 58 82 .955 3.55 1.63 .957 2.06 0.88
21 Seasons TOT 750 397 3094.0 1279 222 999 58 82 .955 3.55 1.63 .912 2.06 0.88
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1942 BSN NL 21 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BSN NL 25 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BSN NL 26 41 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BSN NL 27 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BSN NL 28 40 40 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BSN NL 29 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 30 42 42 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BSN NL 31 52 52 52 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 MLN NL 32 38 38 38 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 33 41 34 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1955 MLN NL 34 40 32 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 MLN NL 35 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 MLN NL 36 39 35 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 37 41 36 41 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1959 MLN NL 38 40 36 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 39 40 33 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MLN NL 40 39 34 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1962 MLN NL 41 36 34 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1963 MLN NL 42 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MLN NL 43 39 25 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 NYM NL 44 21 19 21 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 SFG NL 44 16 11 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Seasons 783 397 783 783 750 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 33 924 82% 22% 37 97% 0 10 5 4 38 26 5 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 2 6 100%
1955 MLN NL 34 585 82% 25% 19 95% 0 7 1 5 18 13 3 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1956 MLN NL 35 688 83% 26% 33 94% 1 12 4 7 28 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 1 3 100%
1957 MLN NL 36 1125 83% 29% 47 96% 2 18 5 10 45 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 4 50%
1958 MLN NL 37 1118 81% 32% 61 100% 0 11 0 11 63 49 7 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 6 0 4 100%
1959 MLN NL 38 1180 82% 31% 50 94% 0 11 2 7 47 38 6 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 5 60%
1960 MLN NL 39 1122 79% 27% 64 89% 1 13 1 9 58 32 15 3 0 2 1 2 7 7 7 0 7 100%
1961 MLN NL 40 1057 83% 28% 75 85% 5 14 5 7 63 45 8 2 0 1 1 1 7 6 7 0 19 68%
1962 MLN NL 41 1104 84% 30% 55 89% 2 14 3 9 52 37 6 1 0 1 0 1 6 4 5 1 8 63%
1963 MLN NL 42 1049 86% 33% 74 97% 1 13 5 8 71 51 8 3 0 1 2 1 8 6 8 0 6 100%
1964 MLN NL 43 736 84% 29% 38 89% 0 4 0 3 35 29 2 6 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 10 80%
1965 NYM NL 44 555 83% 28% 24 96% 1 3 2 0 23 15 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1965 SFG NL 44 312 82% 28% 14 86% 0 3 0 2 14 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
12 Seasons 11555 83% 29% 591 93% 13 133 33 82 555 393 76 28 0 12 16 10 54 41 49 5 81 79%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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