Warren Edward Spahn
(04/23/1921 – 11/24/2003) was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He appeared in 14 All-Star Games, the most of any pitcher in the 20th century.
Spahn, nicknamed "Spahnnie" was known for a very high leg kick in his delivery, surpassed perhaps only by eventual Giants teammate Juan Marichal. In this stance as a left-hander, Spahn was able not only to watch any runner on first base, but also to not telegraph whether he was delivering to the plate or to first base, thereby forcing the runner to stay close to the bag.
In 1957, Spahn was the ace of the champion Milwaukee Braves. Spahn pitched on two other Braves pennant winners, in 1948 and 1958. He had 2,583 strikeouts, which at the time of his retirement was the highest total for a left-handed pitcher in baseball history.
Spahn died of natural causes, at his home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. A few months before his death, Spahn attended the unveiling of a statue outside Atlanta's Turner Field. The statue depicts Spahn in the middle of one of his leg kicks
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