MLB / Players

Warren Spahn

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 172 lb

BornApril 23, 1921 · Buffalo, NY, USA

MLB debutApril 19, 1942

Final gameOctober 1, 1965

Seasons21 (1942–1965)

Boston Braves 1942; Boston Braves 1946–1952; Milwaukee Braves 1953–1964; New York Mets 1965; San Francisco Giants 1965

Percentile snapshot

1965 season — qualified pitchers

40.3

34.7

4.2

11.1

47.2

SHO

210

38.9

31.9

70.8

11.1

197.7

38.9

ERA

4.01

15.3

WHIP

1.346

22.2

K/9

4.10

5.6

FIP

4.33

4.2

FIP-

122.9

2.8

ERA+

88.0

12.5

sWAR

1.0

18.1

of 73 qualified 1965 pitchers (min 164 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

119.5

88.9

sWAR

95.3

99.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1942	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-22.0	-2.3	.157	-0.3
1946	24	47	43	3	7	1	0	0	4	1	14	0	0	.163	.200	.186	.386	-6.7	9.5	.190	1.9
1947	41	112	98	6	16	2	1	0	6	6	29	0	0	.163	.212	.204	.416	5.4	12.7	.200	8.1
1948	37	103	90	10	15	3	0	1	7	6	24	0	0	.167	.219	.233	.452	16.9	24.0	.215	3.1
1949	40	120	111	11	18	0	0	2	10	4	27	1	0	.162	.191	.216	.408	3.3	12.4	.189	5.4
1950	41	118	106	7	23	0	0	1	13	6	33	1	0	.217	.265	.245	.511	35.8	39.4	.241	5.6
1951	42	126	116	8	22	6	1	1	18	6	27	0	0	.190	.230	.284	.514	34.3	41.9	.235	6.0
1952	52	118	112	10	18	2	1	2	9	4	23	1	0	.161	.190	.250	.440	12.1	23.8	.202	5.1
1953	38	111	105	6	23	5	0	2	12	1	22	0	0	.219	.226	.324	.550	38.0	46.4	.240	8.5
1954	41	112	101	4	21	6	0	1	10	7	17	0	0	.208	.266	.297	.563	48.7	53.0	.260	5.3
1955	40	88	81	7	17	1	1	4	14	4	20	0	0	.210	.247	.395	.642	70.0	72.7	.282	4.4
1956	39	111	105	8	22	3	0	3	10	4	32	1	0	.210	.239	.324	.562	51.5	54.8	.251	5.8
1957	39	103	94	3	13	2	1	2	8	4	25	0	0	.138	.170	.245	.415	6.9	14.7	.185	5.5
1958	41	122	108	10	36	6	1	2	15	7	24	0	0	.333	.381	.463	.844	136.5	133.3	.378	6.3
1959	40	112	104	11	24	1	0	2	8	3	28	0	0	.231	.243	.298	.541	43.9	50.0	.241	5.8
1960	40	104	95	10	14	2	0	3	7	5	26	0	0	.147	.186	.263	.449	20.4	26.4	.203	2.9
1961	39	106	94	13	21	7	0	4	15	7	33	0	0	.223	.279	.426	.704	87.6	89.6	.309	5.8
1962	36	106	98	3	18	3	0	2	9	5	30	0	0	.184	.223	.276	.499	32.2	35.7	.230	5.4
1963	33	100	90	7	16	4	0	2	6	5	24	0	0	.178	.219	.289	.508	40.3	46.0	.233	5.3
1964	39	61	59	2	11	2	0	1	5	0	10	0	1	.186	.183	.271	.455	14.8	26.1	.200	-1.8
1965	37	69	56	1	7	1	0	0	3	9	17	0	1	.125	.254	.143	.397	23.5	15.8	.212	1.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1942	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	25	10	11	7	0	15.7	5.74	2.298	4.02	3.50	105.6	57.7	-0.3
1946	24	16	8	5	1	8	0	107	41	36	67	6	125.7	2.94	1.138	4.80	2.76	80.3	117.0	1.9
1947	40	35	21	10	3	22	7	245	75	84	123	15	289.7	2.33	1.136	3.82	3.27	83.2	168.9	8.1
1948	36	35	15	12	1	16	3	237	106	77	114	19	257.0	3.71	1.222	3.99	3.55	92.1	103.8	3.1
1949	38	38	21	14	0	25	4	283	103	86	151	27	302.3	3.07	1.221	4.50	3.58	93.9	124.1	5.4
1950	41	39	21	17	1	25	1	248	103	111	191	22	293.0	3.16	1.225	5.87	3.27	83.9	123.4	5.6
1951	39	36	22	14	0	26	7	278	103	109	164	20	310.7	2.98	1.246	4.75	3.22	86.9	124.4	6.0
1952	40	35	14	19	3	19	5	263	96	73	183	19	290.0	2.98	1.159	5.68	2.82	79.4	119.5	5.1
1953	35	32	23	7	3	24	5	211	62	70	148	14	265.7	2.10	1.058	5.01	2.99	74.8	190.2	8.5
1954	39	34	21	12	3	23	1	262	99	86	136	24	283.3	3.14	1.228	4.32	3.48	92.3	119.9	5.3
1955	39	32	17	14	1	16	1	249	89	65	110	25	245.7	3.26	1.278	4.03	3.55	93.6	116.5	4.4
1956	39	35	20	11	3	20	3	249	87	52	128	25	281.3	2.78	1.070	4.09	3.06	86.8	126.8	5.8
1957	39	35	21	11	3	18	4	241	81	78	111	23	271.0	2.69	1.177	3.69	3.68	103.2	132.7	5.5
1958	38	36	22	11	1	23	2	257	99	76	150	29	290.0	3.07	1.148	4.66	3.58	99.2	117.4	6.3
1959	40	36	21	15	0	21	4	282	96	70	143	21	292.0	2.96	1.205	4.41	3.31	91.4	122.3	5.8
1960	40	33	21	10	2	18	4	254	104	74	154	24	267.7	3.50	1.225	5.18	3.54	101.3	100.0	2.9
1961	38	34	21	13	0	21	4	236	88	64	115	24	262.7	3.02	1.142	3.94	3.76	98.9	125.9	5.8
1962	34	34	18	14	0	22	0	248	91	55	118	25	269.3	3.04	1.125	3.94	3.70	96.9	125.4	5.4
1963	33	33	23	7	0	22	7	241	75	49	102	23	259.7	2.60	1.117	3.54	3.43	105.4	125.2	5.3
1964	38	25	6	13	4	4	1	204	102	52	78	23	173.7	5.29	1.474	4.04	4.51	126.7	67.3	-1.8
1965	36	30	7	16	0	8	0	210	88	56	90	26	197.7	4.01	1.346	4.10	4.33	122.9	88.0	1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

783

2,055

1,872

141

363

RBI

189

487

.1939

OBP

.2335

SLG

.2869

OPS

.5204

Pitching

G (P)

750

79th-most career G (P)

665

14th-most career GS

363

6th-most career W

245

12th-most career L

382

21st-most career CG

SHO

6th-most career SHO

5,244

8th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,583

30th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,434

15th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.086

202nd-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1946

156th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

4.43

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1955-08-15	ATL @ STL Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	8
1951-06-20	ATL @ CHC Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	3	1	7
1953-06-09	ATL @ SF Gameday	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	6
1958-06-19	CHC @ ATL Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	6
1953-08-28	ATL @ SF Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1952-06-14	CHC @ ATL Gameday	15.0	10	3	3	2	18	1
1960-09-16	PHI @ ATL Gameday	9.0	0	0	0	2	15	0
1952-09-13	PIT @ ATL Gameday	9.0	7	0	0	4	13	0
1954-05-04	PIT @ ATL Gameday	9.0	6	1	1	3	13	0
1953-06-23	PIT @ ATL Gameday	9.0	2	1	1	3	12	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1973 (BBWAA)

1× Cy Young Award14× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.