Warren E Spahn was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1973 along with Roberto Clemente, William Evans, Monte Irvin, George Kelly and Mickey Welch. Spahn was a LHP with 21 seasons MLB experience playing with the Boston Braves (1942, 1946-1952), Milwaukee Braves (1953-1964), New York Mets (1965) and San Francisco Giants (1965). For his MLB career he was 363-245 with a 3.09 ERA, 2583 K, 1.19 WHIP, 29 SV, 382 complete games, 63 shut outs in 5243.2 IP over 750 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1953 when he was 23-7 with a 2.10 ERA, 148 K, 1.06 WHIP, 3 SV, 24 complete games, 5 shut outs in 265.2 IP over 35 games, 1958 when he was 3.07 ERA, 150 K, 1.15 WHIP, 1 SV, 23 complete games, 2 shut outs in 290.0 IP over 38 games and 1947 when he was 21-10 with a 2.33 ERA, 123 K, 1.14 WHIP, 3 SV, 22 complete games, 7 shut outs in 289.2 IP over 40 games.
He won the Cy Young in 1957 when he was 21-11 with a 2.69 ERA, 111 K, 1.17 WHIP, 3 SV, 18 complete games, 4 shut outs in 271.0 IP over 39 games.
Spahn led the National League in wins eight times in 1949 (21), 1950 (21), 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959 (21), 1960 (21) and 1961 (21). He led the NL in ERA in 1947, 1953 and 1961 (3.02). He led the NL in strikeouts in 1949 (151), 1950 (191), 1951 (164) and 1952 (183). He led the NL in shut outs in 1947, 1951 (7), 1959 (4) and 1961 (4).
He was selected to 17 All Star teams (1947, 1949-1954, 1956-1959, 1961-1963). Spahn won the World Series Championship with the Braves in 1957.
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