Johnny Sain

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: September 25, 1917 in Havana, AR us

Died: November 7, 2006 in Downers Grove, IL

Buried: Havana Cemetery, Havana, AR

High School: Havana HS (Havana, AR)

Debut: April 17, 1942 (Age 24-204d, 9,231st in major league history)
vs. NYG 2.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: July 15, 1955 (Age 37-293d)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: John Franklin Sain

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

29.4

139

116

ERA

3.49

412

245

2125.2

910

WHIP

1.300

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	GF	7	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	11 (6)	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	GF	6	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	16 (4)	Apr 29	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-3	GF	18	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	18 (1)	May 1	BSN	@	STL	L,7-8	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	26 (7)	May 10 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	28 (1)	May 12	BSN		CHC	L,8-9		7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
7	31 (2)	May 16	BSN		STL	L,4-7	GF	12	2.2	0	3	0	3	0
8	33 (1)	May 19	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	34	May 20	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	35	May 22	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	36	May 23	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	38 (1)	May 24 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	42 (3)	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,4-6		11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	45 (2)	May 30 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	46	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-10		9	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	49 (2)	Jun 3	BSN	@	STL	W,4-3	GF	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	54 (4)	Jun 7 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	66 (11)	Jun 19	BSN		PIT	L,6-7	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	68 (1)	Jun 21	BSN		PIT	L,3-7		9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	75 (6)	Jun 28 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-5		0	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	82 (6)	Jul 9	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3		11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	86 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-9	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	90 (3)	Jul 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7		7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	92 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	93	Jul 19 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-9	GF	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	94	Jul 21	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	GF	28	7.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	100 (5)	Jul 28	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	GS	35	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	106 (5)	Aug 2 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	108 (1)	Aug 5	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	113 (4)	Aug 12 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,8-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	115 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	GF	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	118 (2)	Aug 17	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0
33	120 (1)	Aug 19	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-11	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	122 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5		28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
35	125 (2)	Aug 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-6		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
36	129 (3)	Aug 30 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-8		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	138 (8)	Sep 10 (2)	BSN		CIN	T,0-0	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	142 (3)	Sep 13 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,8-12		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	146 (3)	Sep 19	BSN		NYG	L,6-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	149 (2)	Sep 26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-6	GF	13	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
							40gm		97.0	1	25	0	26	0