Warren Edward Spahn was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed pitcher, Spahn played in 1942 and then from 1946 until 1965, most notably for the Boston Braves, who became the Milwaukee Braves after the team moved west before the 1953 season. His baseball career was interrupted by his military service in the United States Army during World War II.
Spahn with the Boston Braves in 1953
A statue of Spahn was situated outside of Turner Field, and is now outside of Truist Park
The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball club that originated in Boston, Massachusetts, and played from 1871 to 1952. Afterwards they moved to Milwaukee. Then in 1966 they were relocated to Atlanta, where they were renamed the Atlanta Braves.
Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn (standing, far left) giving the finger to the cameraman, the first known photograph of the gesture (1886)
King Kelly cigarette card (Goodwin & Company, 1888)
Fenway Park on October 12, 1914, for the third game of the 1914 World Series
Warren Spahn