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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	5 (1)	Apr 19 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	9 (3)	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	12 (2)	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	15 (2)	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	28	5.1	1	2	0	3	0	P
6	20 (4)	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	25 (4)	May 14	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	GS	35	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	28 (2)	May 19	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
9	33 (4)	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	38 (4)	May 31	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	42 (3)	Jun 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
12	47 (4)	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	51 (3)	Jun 14 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
14	54 (2)	Jun 17	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	GF	4	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	63 (8)	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	68 (4)	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	29	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
17	75 (6)	Jul 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	81 (5)	Jul 11	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
19	83 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-8	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	85 (1)	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	89 (3)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS	19	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	92 (2)	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	95 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,14-4	GS	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	103 (7)	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,5-4	GF	25	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
25	109 (5)	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
26	114 (4)	Aug 16 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	GF	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	117 (2)	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	L,8-10	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	120 (2)	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	W,5-4		8	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
29	123 (2)	Aug 25	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	124	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	31	6.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	129 (4)	Aug 30 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
33	132 (1)	Sep 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	GF	11	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
34	134 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
35	139 (4)	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	140	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	GF	9	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
37	145 (4)	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	GF	8	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
38	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-8	GF	15	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	148 (1)	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	150 (1)	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							40gm		189.0	8	32	2	42	1