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Gentlemen, for the first 60 feet it was a hell of a pitch.

To reporters after giving up Willie Mays' first home run with reference to the distance from the pitchers mound to home plate of 60 feet, 6 inches

In 1951

Warren Edward Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
HOF 1973

Hitting is timing; pitching is upsetting timing.

Warren Edward Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
HOF 1973

I wanted to pitch until they tore the uniform off me, and that's about what happened.

Reflecting on his 363-victory major league pitching career that ended when he was 44 years old

Warren Edward Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
HOF 1973

The plate is 17 inches wide. But I'm only concerned with 5 inches -- 2-1/2 on the one side and 2-1/2 on the other. I never use the rest.

Warren Edward Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
HOF 1973

People say that my absence from the big leagues may have cost me a chance to win 400 games, but I don't know about that. I matured a lot in three years, and I think I was better equipped to handle major league hitters at 25 than I was at 22. Also, I pitched until I was 44. Maybe I wouldn't have been able to do that otherwise.

Speaking about his 363 MLB wins and the three seasons he missed during his military service just when his major league career was getting underway

Warren Edward Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
HOF 1973

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