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T EWarren Spahn had a horrible lifetime record vs the Braves' main nemesis, the Dodgers. I don't know what the final numbers were, but as of 1960 his record lifetime against the Dodgers was 14-30. To put that in perspective, the least number of wins he had against any other team as of that year was 32 against the Phillies. In 1959, when the Braves finished the season deadlocked with the Dodgers, resulting in a playoff which the Braves lost, Spahn was 0-5 for the year. Just one win, Spahnnie, and the Braves are in the series!
In 1957, Brooklyn's final year, when the Dodgers were in contention into September, Spahn had zero decisions against Brooklyn. Remember, teams played each other 22 times a year back then. Sounds like Fred Haney (Braves manager) knew something.
Killed the rest of the league, stunk against the Dodgers (the one team he needed to beat year in and year out), pitched fairly well in World Series (4-3), a real stayer career wise with that knuckler, but not an all-time great pitcher, at least in my book.