Turner Field to have statue of Spahn

OKLAHOMA CITY - Major League Baseball Hall-of-Famer and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, resident Warren Spahn will be honored with a statue outside Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves.<br> <br> The 9-foot statue of the now 81-year-old Spahn was commissioned through the Oklahoma Sports Museum by the Braves Museum and Hall of Fame. It&#39;s being sculpted by Shan Gray of Norman, Oklahoma.<br> <br> The Braves have honored other greats such as Hank Aaron, Phil Niekro and Dale Murphy with statues outside the stadium.<br> <br> A ceremony to dedicate the Spahn statue is scheduled in May.<br> <br> Spahn won 363 games from 1942 through 1965, missing three seasons when he served during World War Two. He spent all but one season with the Boston -- then Milwaukee -- Braves. He played his final year with the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants.<br> <br> Spahn is a native of Buffalo, New York, but moved to Oklahoma in the 1940s.

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