Warren Spahn vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Warren Spahn
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Cy Young posted a stronger line than Warren Spahn. Cy Young posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.63 vs 3.09) and WHIP (1.130 vs 1.206). By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Warren Spahn and Cy Young

Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
1.29
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
1.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
1
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
0.62
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
0.42
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.7
59.7
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.67
88.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
0.66
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.11
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.09
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.05
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1798
3.09
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
15731
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5243.2
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4830
8.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
0.74
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
2.46
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2583
4.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.766
0.766
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.14
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.19
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.07
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.2
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21547
36.98
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2016
3.46
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3167
3.87
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
20071
34.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.98
36.98
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Warren Spahn and Cy Young

Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.15
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
0.29
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9282
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3094
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.65
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
999
2.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2015
2.5
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.17
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
3.72
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2414
3
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221
3.55
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2266
2.81
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.47
95.47
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.628
1.628
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.93
52.93
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.47
25.47
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.24
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.05
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Warren Spahn and Cy Young

Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
21
21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
783
228.61
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
2055
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
1872
546.57
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
363
105.99
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
265
77.37
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
57
16.64
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.75
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.22
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
18
3.48
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.61
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
27.09
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
134.33
39.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204.03
39.48
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
537
156.79
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
834
161.37
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
464
135.47
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
714
138.15
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
141
41.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
189
55.18
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
290
56.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
295
86.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
123.31
36
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212.45
41.11
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.93
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
27.45
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
487
142.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
4.22
4.22
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
19.85
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
50
9.67
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
4.09
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
23
6.72
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.17
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Warren Spahn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.58
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.75
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Warren Spahn
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100