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: 26-14 / in Starts: 12-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 10

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	300	3	Apr 16	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	3	2	3	8	0	0	2.00	1.82	37	7	10	2	1	9	64			1	0	0	34	4	0	0	2	0	1	.87	0.188	2.35	0.31%	1.36	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
2	301	5	Apr 19(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	2.26	13	3	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.205	5.10	0.39%	1.54	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
3	302	9	Apr 23	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.14	2.07	35	5	17	0	2	7	65			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.062	5.27	0.13%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	303	12	Apr 26	NYY		WSH	L,4-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	2.09	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.036	1.85	0.08%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
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	304	15	May 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-6	L(2-1)	4	5.1	10	5	5	2	0	1	1	3.29	3.00	28	11	5	0	0	9	26			2	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.200	4.21	-0.54%	-2.87	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d4
6	305	20	May 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(11)	L(2-2)	6	10.1	6	2	2	1	4	2	0	2.87	3.44	37	9	17	3	1	6	76			0	1	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.42	0.373	6.29	0.99%	3.43	1b start tie	11b --- 1 out d1
7	306	25	May 14	NYY		CHW	L,5-7	GS-7		5	6.2	9	5	5	6	0	1	0	3.45	4.01	35	5	15	0	0	9	30			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.398	6.66	-1.30%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
8	307	28	May 19	NYY		DET	W,4-2	CG(11)	W(3-2)	4	11.0	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.09	3.79	41	16	12	0	0	8	78			0	0	0	41	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.12	0.642	4.75	1.64%	3.27	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
9	308	33	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,8-4	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.22	3.77	37	10	10	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.043	4.04	-0.15%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	309	38	May 31	NYY		PHA	W,7-1	CG	W(5-2)	6	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.95	3.53	33	7	14	4	0	6	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.305	3.39	0.93%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
11	310	42	Jun 5	NYY	@	SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	2	0	1	2.62	3.49	35	13	12	0	3	5	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.317	4.20	0.96%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	311	47	Jun 10	NYY	@	DET	W,11-4	GS-5	W(7-2)	4	5.0	7	4	4	0	3	2	0	2.89	3.67	22	7	5	0	0	7	40			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.245	3.60	-0.62%	-1.56	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	312	51	Jun 14(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-2	GS-6		3	6.0	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.89	3.69	30	7	10	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	0.010	5.39	0.03%	0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
14	313	54	Jun 17	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.85	3.65	4	1	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.200	5.50	0.33%	1.23	8t 123 2 out a2	9t end a 2
15	314	63	Jun 25	NYY		CHW	L,2-4	CG	L(7-3)	7	9.0	7	4	3	1	5	1	1	2.86	3.64	33	10	9	1	0	7	63			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.38	-0.098	5.17	-0.22%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 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	315	68	Jul 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-7	L(7-4)	5	7.0	9	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.01	3.67	29	10	7	0	2	8	45			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	1	.92	-0.045	4.82	-0.14%	-0.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
17	316	75	Jul 6(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	11	5	4	0	7	1	0	3.08	3.58	38	9	13	0	7	9	54			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.127	3.84	-0.38%	-0.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
18	317	81	Jul 11	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(9-4)	4	10.0	7	2	2	3	8	0	0	2.98	3.45	39	10	11	0	3	7	75			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.571	7.38	1.72%	2.79	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
19	318	83	Jul 16(1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,6-8	GS-1	L(9-5)	4	0.2	6	5	5	0	0	3	0	3.31	3.74	7	0	1	0	1	6	20			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.442	3.85	-1.26%	-4.60	1b start a 3	1b --- 2 out d2
20	319	85	Jul 17	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	3.74	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.046	7.59	0.13%	0.23	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
21	320	89	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS-4	L(9-6)	3	4.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.48	3.79	19	6	5	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.270	3.58	-0.63%	-2.06	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
22	321	92	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.45	3.80	6	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.012	.80	-0.03%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
23	322	95	Jul 26(2)	NYY	@	DET	W,14-4	GS-3		1	2.2	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.45	3.82	13	2	4	0	0	5	42			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.026	4.71	0.07%	0.04	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out a3
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	323	103	Aug 5	NYY		DET	W,5-4	3-GF	W(10-6)	9	6.1	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.36	3.71	25	5	9	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.374	8.81	0.95%	2.30	3t 12- 2 out d2	9t end a 1
25	324	109	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-2	4-GF(8)		5	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.25	3.74	21	9	6	0	2	3		1	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.186	1.77	0.27%	2.80	4b 1-- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
26	325	114	Aug 16(2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,7-3	2-GF	W(11-6)	4	8.0	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.14	3.66	30	6	10	2	1	5		0	0	1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.298	2.23	0.37%	3.11	2b --- 0 out d2	9b end a 4
27	326	117	Aug 18	NYY		WSH	L,8-10	9-GF		1	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.64	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.66	-0.332	1.34	-0.16%	-1.11	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end d 2
28	327	120	Aug 21	NYY		PHA	W,5-4	8-9	BS(1)	2	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.15	3.63	8	2	3	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	-0.365	2.22	-0.15%	-0.63	8t 12- 1 out a1	9t 3 out d1
29	328	123	Aug 25	NYY	@	DET	W,6-3	11-GF(11)	S(4)	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	3.63	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.041	1.24	0.02%	0.43	11b 12- 2 out a3	11b end a 3
30	329	124	Aug 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS-7	W(12-6)	0	6.2	10	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.18	3.62	31	7	12	0	0	10	40			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.068	.57	0.02%	0.66	1b start a 1	7b 123 2 out a2
31	330	129	Aug 30(2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	3.62	3	1	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.032	.11	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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	331	130	Sep 1	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	7-GF	S(5)	1	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.11	3.63	12	5	4	0	1	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.36	0.571	1.38	0.14%	2.03	7b -23 0 out a2	9b end a 1
33	332	132	Sep 3	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-5	6-GF	S(6)	1	3.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.05	3.59	11	6	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.245	.09	0.01%	1.76	6b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 3
34	333	134	Sep 7(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	7-9	W(13-6)	3	2.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.06	3.57	10	2	2	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.073	.12	0.00%	-0.59	7b --- 0 out tie	9b -2- 0 out a2
35	334	139	Sep 13	NYY		CLE	W,6-3	9-GF	S(7)	5	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	3.56	5	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
36	335	140	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	7-GF	W(14-6)	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.99	3.56	9	4	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.157	.00	0.00%	1.44	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 3
37	336	145	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.03	3.56	8	1	2	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.48	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
38	337	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-8	6-GF	S(8)	0	3.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.02	3.59	15	3	7	3	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.191	.00	0.00%	-0.02	6b -23 1 out a5	9b end a 2
39	338	148	Sep 23	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	8-GF	S(9)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.98	3.58	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	0.188	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
40	339	150	Sep 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	10-GF(11)	L(14-7)	2	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.00	3.57	8	1	4	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-0.04	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
							26-14		W-L:14-7,Sv:9,BSv:1	3.2	189.0	189	68	63	45	84	16	3	3.00	3.57	783	0.80		4%	7%	184	53	18	33%	5	3	1	725	34	4	1	13	0	11	1.19	2.586	3.94	3.91%	23.38

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