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: 23-15 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 0

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	78	1	Apr 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	5	3	5	2	0	1	4.50	5.01	30	11	6	1	2	5	41			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.72	-0.363	4.26	-0.54%	-1.43	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out d1
2	79	7	Apr 24	BSN		NYG	W,14-5	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	8	5	5	1	3	4	0	4.80	6.88	37	12	13	0	2	8	53			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	1	.39	0.067	.96	0.10%	-0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
3	80	12	Apr 30	BSN		CIN	W,10-3	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	6	3	3	4	10	1	1	4.13	5.63	38	4	13	1	0	6	69			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.031	1.30	0.05%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
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	81	15	May 6	BSN		PIT	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-1)	5	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.00	4.68	32	20	3	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.462	2.82	0.86%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	82	20	May 11(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-8	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	4.0	7	5	4	3	2	0	0	3.65	4.59	24	5	7	1	0	7	29			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.198	3.03	-0.44%	-2.83	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out d4
6	83	24	May 15	BSN	@	STL	L,2-8	GS-5	L(3-3)	3	5.0	6	4	3	6	2	1	0	3.86	5.01	26	12	0	0	0	6	37			0	1	0	20	1	0	1	1	0	1	.89	-0.126	3.14	-0.27%	-1.31	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
7	84	29	May 20	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-5		4	5.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.02	4.93	24	7	6	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.108	3.25	-0.24%	-0.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
8	85	33	May 27	BSN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	10	3	3	5	4	0	0	3.86	4.69	41	14	8	0	0	10	54			0	0	1	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.219	2.02	0.41%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
9	86	38	Jun 1(1)	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-3)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.32	4.34	33	17	5	0	0	1	85			0	0	2	30	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	0.588	4.41	1.26%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	87	43	Jun 5	BSN		STL	L,3-5	CG	L(5-4)	3	9.0	9	5	3	1	9	1	0	3.28	4.11	36	7	10	1	1	9	61			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.41	-0.441	4.52	-0.85%	-0.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
11	88	47	Jun 10	BSN		CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.04	3.94	35	14	8	1	2	5	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.70	0.625	7.19	1.59%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
12	89	52	Jun 15(2)	BSN	@	PIT	W,12-3	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	5	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.03	4.03	34	10	11	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.51	0.008	1.94	0.02%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
13	90	56	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.85	3.90	36	7	14	3	1	7	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	0.365	5.32	1.12%	3.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
14	91	57	Jun 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-7		W(9-4)	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.80	3.84	8												8					0
15	92	60	Jun 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-8	GS-5		3	5.0	8	3	3	5	2	0	0	2.92	3.89	28	9	7	0	1	5	36			1	0	0	22	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.090	6.50	-0.32%	-0.34	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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	93	65	Jul 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-15	GS-1	L(9-5)	4	0.1	5	7	7	2	0	2	0	3.49	4.18	8	0	1	0	0	5	11			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.427	5.20	-1.51%	-5.41	1b start a 1	1b 12- 1 out d4
17	94	68	Jul 4(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	W(10-5)	2	9.0	11	3	2	2	7	0	0	3.38	4.00	41	15	7	0	0	10	60			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	2	.51	0.216	2.25	0.58%	1.42	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
18	95	74	Jul 11	BSN		CIN	L,6-10	GS-6	L(10-6)	6	6.0	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	3.36	3.99	28	8	11	1	0	5	46			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.03	-0.283	4.59	-0.76%	-1.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
19	96	78	Jul 14	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	GS-6	L(10-7)	2	5.1	6	5	5	2	3	1	1	3.57	4.06	25	6	8	0	2	5	37			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.363	5.24	-0.95%	-2.88	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d3
20	97	83	Jul 19	BSN		PIT	W,2-0	SHO	W(11-7)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.33	3.93	34	14	9	0	4	6	78			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.556	3.87	1.21%	4.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	98	87	Jul 23	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-4	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	10	4	4	0	5	0	0	3.38	3.79	37	15	7	1	3	10	56			0	0	0	37	4	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.058	.35	0.12%	0.46	1b start a 7	9b 3 out a8
22	99	91	Jul 27	BSN	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	W(13-7)	3	9.0	7	3	3	0	3	1	0	3.35	3.77	34	10	14	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	.25	0.116	.60	0.17%	1.84	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
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
23	100	96	Aug 1(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(14-7)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	3	0	0	3.22	3.71	36	13	12	1	1	6	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.490	1.32	0.27%	2.65	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
24	101	102	Aug 5	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.16	3.64	37	14	11	3	0	8	63			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.322	1.00	0.18%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
25	102	106	Aug 9	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	10	4	4	0	4	1	0	3.20	3.62	36	10	12	1	1	10	55			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.129	.66	0.11%	0.70	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a5
26	103	110	Aug 13	BSN	@	BRO	L,5-10	GS-1		3	0.1	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.39	3.62	6	1	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	-0.339	5.32	-0.66%	-3.91	1b start a 1	1b -23 1 out d2
27	104	113	Aug 16	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG(6)	W(17-7)	2	6.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.33	3.58	25	12	5	0	1	7	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.246	1.31	0.16%	2.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
28	105	117	Aug 20	BSN		PIT	L,10-16	GS-5	L(17-8)	3	4.0	11	7	5	1	0	0	0	3.50	3.58	23	5	7	0	0	10	15			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	0	.93	-0.472	1.46	-0.45%	-5.46	1t start tie	5t -23 0 out d3
29	106	119	Aug 21(2)	BSN		CHC	W,6-4		S(1)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.46	3.56	7												7					0
30	107	122	Aug 24	BSN		STL	L,5-9	GS-5	L(17-9)	2	4.1	9	5	5	1	2	0	1	3.61	3.55	23	3	7	0	0	9	26			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.340	1.25	-0.26%	-3.05	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out tie
31	108	126	Aug 28(1)	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	GS-6		3	6.0	11	6	6	1	3	1	0	3.77	3.57	29	8	6	0	0	11	28			1	1	0	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.03	-0.360	.47	-0.10%	-2.96	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
32	109	130	Aug 31(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(18-9)	2	9.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.70	3.51	34	14	9	0	2	4	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.576	.93	0.23%	2.42	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
33	110	136	Sep 6	BSN		PHI	W,7-4	CG	W(19-9)	5	9.0	11	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.71	3.48	39	11	12	0	0	11	50			1	0	0	37	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.167	.11	0.01%	0.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
34	111	140	Sep 11(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG(13)	L(19-10)	4	12.1	13	4	4	6	8	2	0	3.67	3.56	54	18	9	1	2	13	63			0	0	0	46	2	0	3	2	0	0	1.93	0.360	.12	0.01%	2.64	1b start a 2	13b --- 1 out d1
35	112	146	Sep 15	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(19-11)	3	8.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.66	3.54	30	13	7	1	2	6	56			0	1	0	28	1	2	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.96	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
36	113	149	Sep 20	BSN	@	BRO	W,8-1	CG	W(20-11)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.56	3.51	35	15	12	3	0	3	72			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.214	.00	0.00%	3.79	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
37	114	151	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,1-3	GS-8	L(20-12)	4	8.0	6	2	1	0	5	1	0	3.49	3.49	30	7	12	1	3	6	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.131	.00	0.00%	2.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
38	115	154	Sep 28	BSN		BRO	W,3-2	5-GF	W(21-12)	2	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.49	3.47	21	5	8	2	0	4		0	0	2	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.103	.00	0.00%	0.53	5t --- 0 out a1	9t end tie
							23-15		W-L:21-12,Sv:1	3.5	265.2	264	117	103	78	135	18	4	3.49	3.47	1134	1.23		3%	5%	242	54	0	---%	7	4	3	1042	42	9	10	14	0	16	.99	2.138	2.21	1.12%	17.49

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