Today's New York-Penn League Birthday #2: Warren Spahn (Bradford Bees, 1940)

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Former PONY (New York-Penn) League prospect Warren Spahn was born on this date in 1921, in Buffalo, New York (on right in photo). He pitched for the Bradford Bees in 1940 (5-4, 2.73 ERA).

He went on to a 21 year Major League Career with the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1942, 1946-64), New York Mets (1965), and San Francisco Giants (1965) and compiled a record of 363-245.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, and the New York-Penn League Hall of Fame in 2012.

Spahn died on November 24, 2003, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma at the age of 82.

Source: Baseball Reference

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