Warren Spahn
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: Milwaukee Braves
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Spahn, Warren
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Collectible coin featuring Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn. The coin was available in packs of Topps baseball cards.
label: Description
content: Left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn (1921-2003) played Major League Baseball for 21 seasons, all with the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1942, 1946-1964) except for his final year, which was split between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants (1965.) From 1943-1945 he served in the United States Army during the Second World War.
label: Description
content: A 17-time All-Star, Spahn retired with a 363-425 win-loss record, 2,583 strikeouts and a 3.09 earned run average. He led the National League in wins 8 times and strikeouts 4. In 1957, he won the Cy Young Award, helping lead the Braves to a World Series Championship.
label: Description
content: A member of 1999's <i>All Century Team ,</i> Spahn was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.092
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.092
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm