From This Week in 1960s Baseball …
(November 23, 1964) - The New York Metsannounced today that they had purchased left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves.
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| Warren Spahn |
The 43-year-old Spahn was 6-13 with a 5.29 ERA for the Braves in 1964, his twentieth season with that franchise. Spahn won 355 games for the Braves, and won 20 or more games in a season 13 times, tying him with Christy Mathewson for the most 20-win seasons by a National League pitcher. Only a year before, he was 23-7 for the Braves and led the league in complete games for the seventh consecutive season. Spahn pitched only 4 complete games in 1964.
Spahn would make 20 appearances in 1965 before being released by the Mets and signed by the San Francisco Giants. For 1965, he would have a combined record of 7-16 and a 4.01 ERA. At the end of the 1965 season, Spahn would retire with 363 career victories, the fifth highest total in major league history and the most by a southpaw.
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