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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS	30	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	7 (5)	Apr 24	BSN		NYG	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	12 (4)	Apr 30	BSN		CIN	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (2)	May 6	BSN		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	20 (4)	May 11 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	24 (3)	May 15	BSN	@	STL	L,2-8	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	29 (4)	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	33 (3)	May 27	BSN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	38 (4)	Jun 1 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	43 (4)	Jun 5	BSN		STL	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
11	47 (3)	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	52 (4)	Jun 15 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	56 (3)	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	57	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-7	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	60 (2)	Jun 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	65 (4)	Jul 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-15	GS	8	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	68 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	74 (5)	Jul 11	BSN		CIN	L,6-10	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
19	78 (3)	Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	GS	25	5.1	1	2	0	3	0
20	83 (4)	Jul 19	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
21	87 (3)	Jul 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	91 (3)	Jul 27	BSN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	96 (4)	Aug 1 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	102 (5)	Aug 5	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	106 (3)	Aug 9	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	110 (3)	Aug 13	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-10	GS	6	0.1	0	0	1	1	0
27	113 (2)	Aug 16	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
28	117 (3)	Aug 20	BSN		PIT	L,10-16	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	119 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	BSN		CHC	W,6-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	122 (2)	Aug 24	BSN		STL	L,5-9	GS	23	4.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	126 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	GS	29	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	130 (3)	Aug 31 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	136 (5)	Sep 6	BSN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
34	140 (3)	Sep 11 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	54	12.1	1	3	0	4	0
35	146 (5)	Sep 15	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	149 (2)	Sep 20	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	151 (1)	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	GS	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
38	154 (2)	Sep 28	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
							38gm		266.0	11	55	3	69	1