Word: spahn
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WARREN SPAHN, at 40, knows as well as the batters that his once-adequate fast ball has lost its zip; and the power-packed Milwaukee Braves rarely hit well for him -they have given him just nine runs in four games this year. Still Spahn wins, and he sets some sort of record every time he does.* Fortnight ago, the hawk-nosed lefthander pitched a no-hitter, his second since last September, against the San Francisco Giants-a team that has been held hitless only three times since 1900. "Ridiculous," said Spahn afterward. "I go 15 years before...
WILLIE MAYS, the cheerful, carefree rookie of 1951, now a hardened, introspective veteran of 30, had something to worry about. He had failed to get a hit in eight straight times at bat; his average had dropped to .290. When Warren Spahn, on the way to his no-hitter, carelessly fed Mays a fat pitch, Willie meekly grounded back to the box. "I was in deep," said Willie, "and I thought I was going deeper." Then, in another game against the Braves, Mays suddenly snapped out of his slump. Battering three Milwaukee pitchers, he became the ninth player in baseball...
...Spahn's records: most games won (291) and most shutouts (52) by a National League left hander; most years leading league in games won (7); most years of 20 or more wins by a left hander (11). In addition, Spahn holds the Na tional League lifetime record for home runs hit by a pitcher...
While the Dodgers' realm is that of the future, the Braves' is that of the past. They will probably win their 91 ball games by force of habit if nothing else. The pitching staff is dilute behind Spahn, Burdette, and Buhl, while the relief core exists only in the capable imagination of Charlie Dresson. The Braves still have Hank Aaron and Eddie Matthews, but Joe Adoock and Del Crandall have shown their age in Bradenton this spring, and the old sparkplug, shortstop Johnny Logan has been relegated to second string behind Roy McMillan. Frank Bolling and Billy Martin will solve...
...Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn, who needs only twelve victories for a major-league total of 300, was touched for a tenth-inning home run by Daryl Spencer, lost to St. Louis...