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

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-15 / in Starts: 20-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	41	1	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.00	2.58	38	13	11	1	1	9	58			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	0.124	3.92	0.20%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	42	4	Apr 21(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG(11)	W(2-0)	4	11.0	9	2	2	3	4	1	0	1.80	3.28	44	13	15	3	0	9	72			2	0	0	40	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.64	0.503	4.43	0.81%	2.68	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
3	43	11	Apr 28(2)	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(3-0)	6	9.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	1.55	2.72	33						74						32	0	0			0
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	44	12	May 3	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-5	L(3-1)	4	5.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	1.85	2.82	22	15	1	0	0	3	46			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.121	2.56	-0.22%	-0.72	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
5	45	15	May 7	BSN	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-1	L(3-2)	3	0.0	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.18	2.91	5	0	0	0	0	4	21			0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.434	5.49	-0.90%	-4.47	1b start a 2	1b -23 0 out d1
6	46	19	May 11	BSN		NYG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(3-3)	3	7.0	9	3	3	4	7	0	0	3.29	2.80	33	6	7	1	3	9	50			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.100	3.44	-0.17%	0.13	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	47	25	May 17	BSN		STL	W,4-1	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.88	2.64	35	10	10	2	1	7	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.365	3.98	0.72%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	48	29	May 22	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	5	6	0	0	2.59	2.68	36	10	9	3	0	6	72			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.279	2.37	0.47%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	49	34	May 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-4)	6	7.0	6	3	3	0	3	1	0	2.73	2.78	27	8	10	2	0	6	56			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.118	.97	-0.12%	-0.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	50	40	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-4	L(5-5)	5	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.09	2.97	18	7	4	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.227	1.53	-0.23%	-2.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
11	51	45	Jun 9(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,14-3	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.08	3.18	36	16	9	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	-0.105	.86	-0.09%	0.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
12	52	49	Jun 14	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.86	3.04	32	12	9	1	0	5	77			2	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.04	0.351	1.54	0.31%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	53	55	Jun 19	BSN		STL	L,3-8	GS-6	L(7-6)	4	5.2	8	8	3	4	5	0	0	2.98	3.03	30	8	5	1	1	8	32			1	0	0	26	0	1	1	1	0	2	1.07	-0.457	1.72	-0.44%	-5.65	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d5
14	54	60	Jun 23(2)	BSN		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	5	0	1	2.72	3.01	35	10	11	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.371	1.06	0.25%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
15	55	65	Jun 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	L(8-7)	4	7.0	5	3	3	5	5	0	0	2.79	3.03	31	8	8	2	1	5	55			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.043	2.06	-0.04%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b 1-3 0 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	56	69	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	W(9-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.65	3.08	36	6	15	0	1	6	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.85	0.201	.46	0.07%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	57	74	Jul 7(2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	L(9-8)	3	9.0	12	4	3	9	7	0	0	2.68	3.15	47	10	11	0	1	10	47			1	0	0	37	4	0	3	0	0	0	.88	-0.169	.46	-0.05%	0.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
18	58	76	Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-8)	4	9.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.50	3.07	28	13	11	0	0	1	88			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.760	.24	0.09%	3.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	59	77	Jul 13(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	0	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.48	3.07	6	1	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	0.222	.93	0.04%	1.15	8b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
20	60	83	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-1	L(10-9)	3	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	2.74	3.11	4	0	0	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.290	.96	-0.14%	-3.33	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d2
21	61	86	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(10-10)	2	8.0	6	3	0	1	5	0	0	2.59	3.04	31	12	7	0	2	6	68			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.02	-0.040	1.34	-0.03%	0.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
22	62	90	Jul 25	BSN		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	L(10-11)	4	8.0	6	1	0	3	2	0	0	2.45	3.04	34	11	12	1	3	6	67			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.48	0.205	.29	0.02%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	63	94	Jul 31	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(11-11)	5	9.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.37	3.07	35	17	6	2	1	6	67			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.516	.22	0.04%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	64	99	Aug 6	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(12)	W(12-11)	5	12.0	10	1	1	4	5	0	0	2.26	3.05	46	15	13	1	4	9	79			0	1	0	41	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	0.553	.42	0.07%	4.10	1b start tie	12b 3 out a2
25	65	103	Aug 11(1)	BSN		NYG	W,10-2	CG	W(13-11)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.25	3.12	37	14	10	0	7	8	62			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.40	0.176	.05	0.01%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
26	66	105	Aug 14	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	3.12	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.39	0.134	.47	0.01%	0.41	9t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
27	67	106	Aug 15(1)	BSN		PHI	L,11-15	8-8		0	0.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.34	3.11	6	1	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.091	.04	0.00%	-1.96	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 12- 2 out d4
28	68	109	Aug 18(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	W(14-11)	2	9.0	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.27	3.09	35						67						34	1	0			0
29	69	113	Aug 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(14-12)	4	8.0	2	3	2	5	7	0	0	2.27	3.07	32	16	4	0	2	0	70			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.38	-0.170	.06	0.00%	0.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
30	70	119	Aug 28(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	W(15-12)	4	9.0	10	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.35	3.04	38	11	11	2	0	10	53			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	-0.130	.01	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	71	124	Sep 1(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-0	SHO	W(16-12)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.25	3.00	32	13	12	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.466	.01	0.00%	3.83	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
32	72	130	Sep 5	BSN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(16-13)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.20	2.99	35	17	9	0	5	5	67			2	0	1	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.07	0.257	.00	0.00%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	73	134	Sep 10	BSN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	W(17-13)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	1	2.19	2.95	36	16	4	0	0	8	68			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.42	0.048	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
34	74	140	Sep 14	BSN		PIT	W,9-3	CG	W(18-13)	3	9.0	8	3	3	5	8	0	0	2.22	2.93	39	14	8	1	4	4	62			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.072	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
35	75	145	Sep 18	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(19-13)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	1	0	2.18	2.97	34	18	6	2	2	7	70			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.29	0.526	.00	0.00%	3.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
36	76	148	Sep 22(1)	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(20-13)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.17	2.98	36	17	8	1	1	5	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.219	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	77	153	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS-1	L(20-14)	5	0.0	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	2.28	3.01	4	0	1	1	0	0	33			0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.287	.00	0.00%	-3.34	1b start tie	1b 1-3 0 out d2
							22-15		W-L:20-14,Sv:2	3.6	265.0	225	80	67	87	129	8	2	2.28	3.01	1087	1.39		4%	6%	190	61	5	0%	18	3	1	978	30	3	8	20	0	16	1.14	3.566	1.17	0.68%	32.16

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