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Road to 300: with Roger Clemens becoming the 21st pitcher to win 300 big league games, here are the stories of seven others who reached the same milestone.
Warren Spahn wanted to get 400 victories
WARREN SPAHN FOUGHT IN THE Battle of the Bulge. He earned a battlefield commission. He led his engineering unit to repair the last remaining bridge on the Rhine River--while the Germans were still trying to bomb it. He won 363 games in the major leagues and could have won more.
It's not easy to shock Warren Spahn.
But Roger Clemens shocked him.
"He told me the last time we talked he was going to attempt to win 300 games and he was going to retire," Spahn says from his home in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. "I find that difficult."
Why in the world, he says, would a man who appears capable of pitching for years to come be willing to put down a baseball before he has to?
"I wanted to pitch until they tore the uniform off me, and that's about what happened," Spahn says.
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) May 10, 1986 700+ words
...WilkinStaff writer Like most fans, Warren Spahn fantasizes when he watches baseball...a tough time figuring out what Warren Spahn had to do with baseball, if anything...Northway Mall looked confused. The Warren Spahn fans with baseballs to be signed...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hunt, Michael November 24, 2003 700+ words
...handed pitcher in baseball history. Warren Spahn was many things during a 21-year...Selig was 19 years old when Spahn opened County Stadium with a victory...He was something. The likes of Warren Spahn will not come down this road any...
- Strong down the stretch: Warren Spahn's fantastic finishes.
- Magazine article from: The Baseball Research Journal White, Eric Marshall January 1, 2003 700+ words
...the storied pitching exploits of Warren Spahn, who put together the greatest...lifetime total of 363 wins. Clearly, Spahn belongs on the all-time pitching...have escaped notice entirely: Warren Spahn may have been the greatest pitcher...
- New Kolsch honors Braves pitcher Warren Spahn.
- Magazine article from: Modern Brewery Age July 14, 2009 700+ words
...the late, great baseball legend Warren Spahn--who played with the Braves...from a lifelong friendship between Warren Spahn and Bill Prichard, an Oklahoma...Prichard and Greg Spahn, the son of Warren Spahn, also became good friends...
- Hall of Famer Warren Spahn: the all-time record holder for victories by a...
- Magazine article from: Baseball Digest Schultz, Randy September 1, 2005 700+ words
...late Casey Stengel had to say about Warren Spahn the first time he saw the young left...end of the 1942 baseball season and Spahn had been called up from the minors...managing at the time. Ironically, as Spahn was concluding his career in the...
- Warren Spahn, pitcher.(Editorials)(Hall of Famer dead at 82)(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) November 26, 2003 700+ words
Byline: The Register-Guard Warren Spahn was not just a good pitcher during...military during World War II. Spahn served in the U.S. Army in Europe...the New York Yankees in 1957. Warren Spahn was a true big league star for...
- C308/7: Warren Spahn & Johnny Sain: in uniform
- Picture from: Archive Photos APA September 29, 1948 700+ words
...earn the pennant that year, while lefthanded teammate Warren Spahn threw for a 15-12 mark. Both pitchers won and lost...opposite the Cleveland Indians that year. Keywords: Warren Spahn & Johnny Sain, in uniform baseball baseball players...
- C308/19: Warren Spahn: portrait in windup motion
- Picture from: Archive Photos APA September 3, 1957 700+ words
...Archive Photos 09-03-1957 Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn is pictured warming up before a 1957 Cubs game in which...on the all-time victory list with 363. Keywords: Warren Spahn, portrait in windup motion baseball baseball players...