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: 14-21 / in Starts: 14-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	158	1	Apr 18	BSN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	7	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.00	3.18	39	16	10	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.081	1.81	-0.12%	0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
2	159	5	Apr 22	BSN	@	NYG	T,6-6	GS-4		3	3.1	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	5.11	3.24	19	3	8	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.421	3.20	-0.71%	-3.89	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d1
3	160	9	Apr 26	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(0-2)	3	8.0	9	5	3	0	1	2	0	4.43	4.13	34	14	15	6	0	4	49			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.178	1.97	-0.30%	-0.77	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d4
4	161	13	Apr 30	BSN		NYG	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.07	3.60	32	11	14	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.68	0.330	1.96	0.57%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
5	162	17	May 4	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	6	3	2	0	2	0	0	2.82	3.24	33	10	15	0	0	6	67			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.30	0.317	4.03	0.59%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	163	20	May 8(1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-8	GS-1	L(2-3)	3	0.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.76	3.24	5	0	0	0	0	5	24			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	-0.354	5.49	-0.71%	-4.48	1t start tie	1t -23 0 out d3
7	164	21	May 8(2)	BSN		PIT	L,8-11	8-GF		-1	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.83	3.21	8	1	4	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.267	2.50	-0.49%	-1.35	8t 1-3 1 out tie	9t end d 3
8	165	24	May 13	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(3-3)	4	10.0	7	5	5	6	3	1	0	3.96	3.57	41	12	19	5	0	1	55			3	2	0	35	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.24	0.147	4.31	0.31%	-0.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
9	166	28	May 18	BSN	@	CIN	L,9-13	GS-4		4	3.2	8	5	3	0	0	1	0	4.19	3.74	20	5	8	0	1	7	29			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.389	4.11	-0.94%	-3.18	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d1
10	167	32	May 22	BSN	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	9	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.73	3.76	36	12	12	0	0	9	64			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	2	0	1	.62	0.214	2.28	0.47%	2.40	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
11	168	36	May 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-4	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	5	4	1	2	9	0	0	3.49	3.46	30	10	8	3	0	1	64			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.14	-0.009	4.94	-0.02%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
12	169	41	May 31	BSN	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS-3		3	2.1	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.00	3.41	14	3	2	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.288	3.62	-0.65%	-4.20	1b start tie	3b -2- 1 out d5
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
13	170	44	Jun 4	BSN		STL	L,1-2	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	10	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.29	37	10	11	0	0	10	61			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.105	3.52	0.31%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
14	171	48	Jun 8	BSN		CIN	W,8-7	GS-6		3	5.2	13	6	4	1	1	0	0	3.95	3.25	30	7	8	1	0	13	23			0	0	0	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.277	3.27	-0.63%	-3.32	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a1
15	172	52	Jun 12(1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-6	GS-1	L(4-6)	3	0.1	4	5	5	0	0	0	1	4.45	3.28	6	1	0	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.361	5.27	-0.80%	-4.45	1t start tie	1t --3 1 out d4
16	173	57	Jun 17	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS-4	L(4-7)	4	3.1	7	6	6	2	1	2	0	4.88	3.58	20	6	5	2	0	6	21			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	.55	-0.317	1.78	-0.62%	-4.87	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d6
17	174	62	Jun 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG(8)	L(4-8)	3	8.0	9	8	8	5	0	2	0	5.22	3.91	38	13	11	0	3	9	27			0	0	0	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.392	3.77	-0.82%	-4.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
18	175	66	Jun 25	BSN	@	STL	W,10-6	GS-9	W(5-8)	3	8.2	10	6	6	6	5	0	0	5.30	3.88	41	12	11	5	0	7	39			0	1	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.098	2.44	0.23%	-1.57	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a4
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
19	176	74	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	GS-5	L(5-9)	7	5.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	1	5.38	3.86	25	4	8	0	0	8	35			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.197	3.17	-0.40%	-1.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
20	177	80	Jul 9	BSN	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(6-9)	5	8.0	8	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.25	3.82	33	8	15	1	0	8	52			0	0	0	30	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.070	3.37	-0.14%	0.95	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
21	178	83	Jul 16	BSN		CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(7-9)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.95	3.66	33	7	15	1	1	4	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.56	0.195	1.38	0.29%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
22	179	88	Jul 20	BSN		STL	L,4-6	GS-8		3	7.2	10	4	3	5	2	0	0	4.87	3.67	38	11	12	0	0	8	42			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.125	4.04	-0.24%	-0.56	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out tie
23	180	92	Jul 24(1)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(7-10)	3	9.0	9	4	4	4	3	0	0	4.82	3.64	38	8	14	0	0	9	52			0	1	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.033	2.11	-0.04%	0.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	181	97	Jul 31(1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	W(8-10)	6	9.0	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.60	3.65	33						70						33	1	0	0		0
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
25	182	102	Aug 4	BSN	@	STL	L,2-10	GS-5	L(8-11)	3	4.0	10	7	7	1	0	1	0	4.88	3.72	23	9	5	0	1	8	13			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.287	.57	-0.14%	-3.89	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
26	183	107	Aug 9	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(8-12)	4	8.0	7	4	4	1	1	2	0	4.86	3.83	31	8	14	0	6	7	52			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.168	.09	-0.01%	0.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	184	111	Aug 14	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS-8	L(8-13)	4	7.2	13	7	7	6	1	0	1	5.01	3.88	40	15	13	6	0	4	20			1	1	0	33	5	0	0	2	0	0	.87	-0.222	.10	-0.02%	-3.56	1b start a 1	8b 123 2 out d5
28	185	114	Aug 18	BSN		NYG	W,10-6	GS-8	W(9-13)	3	7.2	11	6	6	3	2	0	0	5.09	3.85	37	7	14	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.070	.03	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a4
29	186	119	Aug 23	BSN		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(10-13)	4	9.0	6	2	1	2	3	0	0	4.90	3.78	33	13	10	1	1	5	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.292	.10	0.02%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	187	123	Aug 27	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	11	5	3	3	3	0	0	4.86	3.75	33	4	12	2	1	11	39			0	0	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.221	.17	-0.02%	-1.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
31	188	128	Aug 31	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.2	8	3	2	0	2	0	0	4.77	3.69	31	11	10	0	0	8	55			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.161	.00	0.00%	0.28	1t start tie	8t -23 2 out tie
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
32	189	132	Sep 4(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS-4		3	3.2	6	5	5	2	0	1	1	4.90	3.77	19	4	6	1	0	6	27			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	-0.414	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1b start a 4	4b 1-3 2 out d1
33	190	138	Sep 8	BSN		PHI	L,1-3	CG	L(10-14)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	4.82	3.76	36	10	11	2	0	8	62			1	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	0.055	.00	0.00%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
34	191	142	Sep 14	BSN	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-7	L(10-15)	5	6.2	9	8	6	3	2	0	0	4.92	3.75	34	7	14	0	0	8	27			1	0	0	31	2	1	1	0	0	2	1.49	-0.849	.00	0.00%	-4.80	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d2
35	192	146	Sep 18(2)	BSN	@	CIN	T,1-1	CG		3	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.77	3.71	34	12	11	0	3	7	69			0	2	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.542	.00	0.00%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
36	193	150	Sep 22	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(10-16)	3	8.2	9	1	1	3	3	0	0	4.64	3.68	34	11	8	1	0	9	62			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.61	0.200	.00	0.00%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
37	194	155	Sep 29(2)	BSN		BRO	L,0-8	GS-1	L(10-17)	6	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.81	3.69	6	4	1	1	0	0	22			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.361	.00	0.00%	-4.45	1t start tie	1t --3 1 out d4
							14-21		W-L:10-17	3.6	243.0	286	150	130	75	73	15	4	4.81	3.69	1074	0.84		6%	3%	237	45	2	100%	9	10	2	981	52	13	4	18	0	15	1.00	-3.877	1.94	-5.01%	-36.61

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