#warren spahn

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“A Look At The Left-Handers - Warren Spahn - Best Of Them All” (Sports Illustrated - June 25, 1956)

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Warren Spahn (23 April 1921 – 24 November 2003)

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Warren Spahn - Hiroshima Carp coach 1975

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August 30, 2010

#OnThisDay in @chicagocubs history ▸ Cubs right-hander Carlos Zambrano becomes the first major league hurler to homer in eight consecutive seasons since 1970.  Zambrano’s two-run homer off Brian Burres comes in the fifth inning of the Northsiders's 14-2 rout of the @pirates at @wrigleyfield. 

He would go on to hit two dingers in 2011 and one in 2012 (for the @marlins) bringing his streak to 10 seasons.  The only other pitchers who have had at least one home run in that many or more consecutive years are Warren Spahn (17, 1946-62) and Dizzy Trout (11, 1942-52).

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Treat yo self.

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January 24, 1973

Warren Spahn becomes only the sixth player elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, receiving 316 of the 380 (83.2%) votes cast by the BBWAA scribes. The crafty southpaw, who recorded 13 20-win seasons with the Braves, retired as the winningest left-handed pitcher in big league history with 363 victories.