Warren Spahn Quotes

Home run hitters strike out a lot.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

Why shouldn't we pitch to Babe Ruth? We pitch to better hitters in the National League.

The fans love the home runs, the home run competition between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa.

To this day, with all of these muscle-bound guys, nobody hit the ball further than Mickey Mantle, with his natural strength.

Can I be cocky for a second? If I hit a home run 80 percent of the times, and you want to talk about the 20 times I miss swinging the bat, I’m okay with that.

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.

People think of the greatest home run hitters of all time and think of Babe Ruth; they don't think about that Warren Spahn hit more than anybody.

I love New York. I love to come here, to play here, the tradition here. I'll never forget my first home run here was over Mickey Mantle's head.

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.

Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.

I can't remember a major league game where I could make eye contact with my dad. I kept wondering if he was going to yell at me for hanging a pitch or something.

Oscar Charleston was the Willie Mays of his day. Nobody ever played center field better than Willie Mays. Suppose they had never given Willie a chance, and we said that, would anybody believe there was a kid in Alabama who was that good? Or there was a black guy in Atlanta who might break Babe Ruth's home run record? No.

The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said, 'Sure, every time.'

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.

They invented the All-Star game for Willie Mays.

The guy's (Shane Spencer) ridiculous. No one hits home runs like that. I'm telling you, man, it's ridiculous.

If you want to know who was better, me or Willie Mays, you have to look at our career stats. And Willie's bottom line was better.

The greatest thing I ever saw was Roger Maris breaking Babe Ruth's record.

Just like every other kid in my grade school, I was listening to my little radio plug in my ear when Mickey Mantle hit 18 post-season homers and won series after series for the Yankees. I listened and I learned from that. I think he was the original 'Mr. October,' but thank god it didn't stick.

He's (Willie Stargell) such a big strong guy he should love that porch. He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone.

The home run became glorified with Babe Ruth. Starting with him, batters have been thinking in terms of how far they could hit the ball, not how often.