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: 14-19 / in Starts: 10-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 4

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	232	2	Apr 18	BSN		NYG	W,8-5	GS-9		99	8.0	11	5	5	1	2	0	1	5.63	2.73	36	10	12	3	1	10	41			0	1	0	34	3	1	1	0	0	0	1.50	-0.166	3.41	-0.23%	-1.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a1
2	233	7	Apr 22	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	L(0-1)	3	8.1	13	6	5	2	4	1	0	5.51	3.27	41	11	12	3	0	12	37			1	0	0	38	4	0	2	0	0	1	1.87	-0.658	5.50	-1.16%	-3.17	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
3	234	11	Apr 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	1	3.55	3.11	36	10	14	0	3	6	76			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.16	0.536	3.27	0.91%	4.52	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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	235	16	May 1	BSN		STL	L,2-5	GS-6	L(1-2)	4	6.0	3	5	5	3	3	2	0	4.31	3.92	24	5	10	0	0	3	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.237	2.28	-0.55%	-2.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
5	236	20	May 5	BSN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	L(1-3)	3	9.0	6	2	1	3	6	0	0	3.57	3.52	35	7	13	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.114	5.57	0.24%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	237	25	May 10	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-4)	4	7.0	9	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.80	3.49	32	10	11	0	0	9	41			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.139	2.70	-0.33%	-0.76	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
7	238	29	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-5)	5	8.0	8	4	3	2	4	0	0	3.74	3.31	32	11	7	0	0	8	54			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.28	-0.393	4.05	-0.75%	0.02	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	239	33	May 20(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.75	3.23	30	4	16	0	0	8	49			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.33	0.032	5.00	0.07%	0.93	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a1
9	240	38	May 26	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-10	GS-9	W(2-5)	5	8.2	16	10	9	3	5	3	0	4.44	3.68	43	11	19	10	0	5	16			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	2	0	0	.33	0.008	.99	0.01%	-5.54	1b start a 6	9b --- 2 out a2
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	241	42	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	9	2	2	2	4	1	0	4.16	3.68	36	8	13	0	0	9	63			1	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.347	4.37	0.66%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	242	47	Jun 5	BSN		PIT	L,0-8	GS-5	L(3-6)	3	4.0	12	6	5	2	3	0	0	4.50	3.62	26	5	5	1	0	11	17			0	1	0	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.251	2.00	-0.27%	-3.52	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d5
12	243	53	Jun 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,13-3	CG	W(4-6)	6	9.0	11	3	3	4	2	0	1	4.35	3.63	43	15	10	1	0	11	51			0	0	0	38	3	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.124	.68	0.13%	1.57	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a10
13	244	57	Jun 17(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-7)	4	7.0	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	4.14	3.51	28	5	16	0	0	5	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.17	0.078	2.27	0.09%	1.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
14	245	64	Jun 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-7	GS-6	L(4-8)	8	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	0	4.16	3.56	25	3	12	1	0	7	47			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.071	.84	-0.05%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
15	246	68	Jul 2	BSN		BRO	L,1-6	GS-8	L(4-9)	5	8.0	12	5	1	2	2	1	0	3.95	3.62	38	17	13	4	0	4	46			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	.54	-0.219	.61	-0.15%	-1.30	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
16	247	72	Jul 5	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	8-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.91	3.64	4	2	1	0	0	0		3	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.60	0.045	2.05	0.01%	0.29	8t 123 0 out a2	8t 3 out tie
17	248	77	Jul 14	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	GS-6	L(4-10)	8	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.09	3.66	28	5	9	0	0	10	34			2	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.185	.12	-0.02%	-2.22	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
18	249	82	Jul 18	BSN		STL	L,6-9	GS-3	L(4-11)	3	2.1	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	4.45	3.64	15	5	4	0	0	6	17			0	0	0	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.385	.30	-0.06%	-3.48	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
19	250	87	Jul 23	BSN	@	PIT	W,15-14	1-5		4	4.0	7	7	6	3	0	2	0	4.74	3.88	20	6	4	1	0	7		3	3	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.446	.22	-0.05%	-5.13	1b 123 0 out a6	5b 12- 0 out a2
20	251	92	Jul 29(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-4	L(4-12)	5	4.0	5	4	4	0	4	3	0	4.87	4.07	16	4	3	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.47	-0.210	.06	-0.02%	-1.97	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
21	252	101	Aug 5(2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	6	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	4.06	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.93	0.211	.57	0.01%	0.53	9b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end a 1
22	253	103	Aug 7(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS-10		1	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	0	0	4.50	4.06	37	16	13	1	0	3	77			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	0.813	.10	0.03%	4.88	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
23	254	108	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS-7	L(4-13)	4	7.0	6	3	1	0	5	1	0	4.35	4.00	27	10	12	6	0	0	62			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.109	.03	0.00%	0.56	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
24	255	113	Aug 17(2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-13)	4	6.1	8	3	3	4	5	0	0	4.35	3.95	32	9	12	6	0	2	46			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.036	.01	0.00%	-0.41	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a1
25	256	114	Aug 18	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	9-GF		0	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.43	3.94	6	1	4	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.117	.02	0.00%	-1.54	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
26	257	120	Aug 25	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-4		6	4.0	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.32	3.89	18	3	5	0	0	6	50			0	1	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.069	.00	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
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
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Yankees
27	258	129	Sep 3(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(6-13)	8	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.15	3.78	32	11	11	1	0	5	76			0	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	0.548	11.30	2.86%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
28	259	134	Sep 9(1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-5	GS-8	W(7-13)	5	7.1	14	5	5	3	4	0	0	4.23	3.74	37	7	11	0	0	12	31			0	0	1	34	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.237	15.09	-1.50%	-1.94	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
29	260	140	Sep 15	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS-6	L(7-14)	5	6.0	8	6	6	1	5	4	0	4.39	3.94	26	4	8	0	0	8	36			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.342	6.75	-2.45%	-3.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
30	261	145	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-1		4	0.1	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.48	3.97	5	0	0	0	0	3	35			1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.185	20.27	-1.79%	-2.07	1t start tie	1t 123 1 out d1
31	262	147	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	4-7		1	3.2	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.48	3.92	16	0	10	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	.43	0.030	5.18	0.22%	0.96	4b 1-3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d5
32	263	149	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	3-GF		3	6.2	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.38	3.91	24	7	8	2	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.050	.78	0.07%	2.24	3t --- 1 out d2	9t end d 3
33	264	154	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	6-GF	S(2)	3	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.29	3.86	15	4	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.168	.00	0.00%	1.98	6t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
							14-19		W-L:7-14,Sv:2,BSv:1	4.2	197.1	236	108	94	53	84	21	3	4.29	3.86	865	0.75		8%	1%	194	47	9	56%	11	8	3	798	37	4	4	12	0	13	1.07	-1.213	3.25	-4.05%	-10.77

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