With 363 victories, Warren Spahn is the winningest lefty in
baseball history. Over 21 years, he won 20 or more games 13 times,
was a 17-time All Star, won a Cy Young-award, then, of course, was
elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Spahn was also a war
hero, serving in World War II and awarded the Purple Heart. To say
Spahn lived a storied life is an understatement. In Warren Spahn,
author Lew Freedman tells the story of this incredible lefty. Known
for his supremely high leg kick, Spahn became one of the greatest
pitchers in baseball history. However, the road wasn't as easy as
it would seem. Struggling in his major-league debut at age twenty,
manager Casey Stengel demoted the young left. It would be four
years before Spahn would return to the diamond, as he received a
calling of a different kind--one from his country. Enlisting in the
Army, Spahn would serve with distinction, seeing action in the
Battle of the Bulge and the Ludendorff Bridge, and was awarded a
battlefield commission, along with a Purple Heart. Upon his return
to the game, he would take the league by storm. Spahn dominated for
over two decades, spending twenty years with the Braves (both
Boston and Milwaukee), as well as a season with the New York Mets
and San Francisco Giants. Pitching into his mid-forties, he would
throw two no-hitters at the advanced ages of thirty-nine and forty.
From his early days in Buffalo and young career, through his time
and the military and all the way to the 1948 Braves and "Spahn and
Sain and Pray for Rain," author Lew Freedman leaves no stone
unturned in sharing the incredible life of this pitching icon, who
is still considered the greatest left-handed pitcher to ever play
the game.
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