That is interesting. The German commander of the SS almost made it before the engineers blew the bridges just as he got to them.
I remember his comment was they lost because of those damn Combat Engineers. Spahn might have been one of those doing the demolition work.
Marichal was done at age 34. Gaylord Perry pitched into his 40’s. Denny McLain? Done at age 25. All pitched a lot. Now it’s the contracts ($$$) that dictate the pitch counts.