November 24, 2003
Warren Spahn Passes
Warren Spahn died today at the age of 82. He was part of the famous rhyme of the Boston Braves, "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." My deepest sympathy goes out to his family and friends.
Spahn was my standard trivia answer when I could narrow the question to pitching in the 1950s. He was the definition of a 20 game winner, reaching that mark 13 times. He didn't strike out a lot of batters per 9, but he didn't walk many either Most amazing is his 1963 season, when at the age of 42 he posted a 23-7 record (he had the same record 10 years earlier). In eight World Series appearances, he allowed a meager .269 OBA and had a 4-3 record.
Update: Here's a post I wrote about Spahn earlier this year.