Warren Spahn - Why No Hobby Love?

[GaryPassamonte]

I couldn't agree more. Great pitcher and man.

[Scott Garner]

Absolutely!
Warren Spahn was The Man!

[seanofjapan]

He is one of the all time greats.

I got his autograph on a trip to Cooperstown in 1991 when I was a teenager. He and Catfish Hunter were both at a card shop. Spahn was really nice, engaged me in a bit of banter while signing which was really neat for my 14 year old self.

I got his auto on a kind of tacky looking 8 by 10 and if I could go back in time I would have gotten him to sign a card instead…

[doug.goodman]

Career win #363 (his last).

Also Mays HR #499 and Banks HR #401

[Carter08]

I grew up watching baseball in the 80s but only more recently got into collecting vintage. Spahn is by far my favorite vintage player. What an awesome guy. His 48/49 leaf probably takes the cake for what I think is the coolest card ever made.

Grumpy side note: I had a type 1 photo he autographed. Bought it for a reasonable amount, and then sold it to someone when I didn’t think it fit well with my collection. That person took it to heritage and it was auctioned off as his earliest known photo in a baseball uniform and went for 7 times as much. Ooops.

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Carter08

I grew up watching baseball in the 80s but only more recently got into collecting vintage. Spahn is by far my favorite vintage player. What an awesome guy. His 48/49 leaf probably takes the cake for what I think is the coolest card ever made.

Grumpy side note: I had a type 1 photo he autographed. Bought it for a reasonable amount, and then sold it to someone when I didn’t think it fit well with my collection. That person took it to heritage and it was auctioned off as his earliest known photo in a baseball uniform and went for 7 times as much. Ooops.

I love that card also!

[andypcl]

Wondered about Spahn memorabilia as well. Not sure where I got this but Marasco was a Milwaukee Sentinel cartoonist. I've got a couple of these blank backed postcard sized cards. This one's for his 300th win...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Career win #363 (his last).

Also Mays HR #499 and Banks HR #401

Awesome scorebook, Doug!
Here is the corresponding ticket to Spahnie's last win #363.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Awesome scorebook, Doug!
Here is the corresponding ticket to Spahnie's last win #363.

Thank you Scott, and that's a nice ticket

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by doug.goodman

Thank you Scott, and that's a nice ticket

Thanks Doug!
It was a collecting long walk through the desert to find this SOB.
Net54 member Dewey St. Germain finally checked this box for me.

Thanks again, Dewey!