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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-17 / in Starts: 23-16
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 132 PAs	16
Actual Runners on Base	81 (39-27-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 132 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	89 (45-28-14)

Most Driven In
B Salkeld	3
J Heath	3
P Masi	2
M McCormick	2
S Sisti	1
C Conatser	1
E Torgeson	1
J Russell	1

Most Driven In By
T Holmes	3
A Dark	2
E Torgeson	2
J Russell	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	121	1	Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.44	-0.067	3.71	-0.10%	-0.70	P
2	122	6 (4)	Apr 25 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.66	-0.100	5.40	-0.12%	-0.98	P
3	123	12 (5)	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.22	-0.017	.40	-0.02%	-0.71	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	124	15 (2)	May 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.78	-0.174	3.84	-0.23%	-1.66	P
5	125	19 (3)	May 10	BSN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	9	.56	0.103	1.22	0.14%	0.82	P
6	126	22 (2)	May 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-3	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	.59	0.082	1.62	0.13%	1.52	P
7	127	27 (4)	May 22	BSN		STL	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.97	-0.049	3.29	-0.10%	-0.39	P
8	128	31 (3)	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,5-7	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	9	1.29	0.041	3.38	0.07%	0.39	P
9	129	33 (1)	May 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	9						P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	130	35 (1)	Jun 2	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.208	.448	9	.65	-0.059	1.70	-0.09%	-0.25	P
11	131	39 (3)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.214	.456	9	.94	0.083	2.07	0.11%	0.35	P
12	132	43 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.219	.242	.219	.461	9						P
13	133	47 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.242	.219	.461	9						P
14	134	49 (1)	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.229	.250	.229	.479	9	1.00	-0.038	3.99	-0.09%	-0.20	P
15	135	54 (4)	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.231	.481	9	.40	-0.024	1.82	-0.07%	-1.03	P
16	136	59 (4)	Jun 24	BSN		STL	L,2-11	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.262	.244	.506	9						P
17	137	62 (2)	Jun 27	BSN		PIT	W,9-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.227	.244	.227	.472	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	138	65 (2)	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.255	.271	.255	.526	9	1.36	0.020	7.73	0.07%	0.15	P
19	139	70 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG(13)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.245	.259	.245	.505	9						P
20	140	75 (4)	Jul 9	BSN		PHI	W,13-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.259	.263	.522	9	.82	-0.014	4.99	-0.05%	1.25	P
21	141	78 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.246	.250	.496	9	.68	-0.057	4.04	-0.21%	-0.72	P
22	142	80 (1)	Jul 16	BSN	@	CHC	W,12-10	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.242	.246	.488	9	1.27	-0.032	7.18	-0.11%	-0.23	PH
23	143	84 (3)	Jul 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.227	.231	.458	9	1.94	-0.195	11.31	-0.68%	-1.04	P
24	144	87 (2)	Jul 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.239	.258	.496	9	.43	0.023	2.80	0.09%	0.22	P
25	145	90 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-6	0-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.214	.225	.243	.468	9						P
26	146	94 (3)	Jul 30	BSN		STL	L,2-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.208	.219	.236	.455	9						P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	147	98 (3)	Aug 3	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.216	.233	.449	9	.46	-0.012	3.02	-0.05%	-0.10	P
28	148	102 (3)	Aug 7	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.195	.205	.221	.426	9	1.19	-0.150	8.25	-0.62%	-1.75	P
29	149	105 (2)	Aug 11	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.188	.198	.213	.410	9	.66	-0.070	5.44	-0.35%	-0.78	P
30	150	109 (3)	Aug 15	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.183	.193	.207	.400	9	1.88	-0.116	18.53	-0.69%	-0.87	P
31	151	113 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.193	.207	.400	9						P
32	152	117 (3)	Aug 24	BSN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.198	.207	.233	.439	9	.45	0.104	5.44	0.75%	0.92	P
33	153	121 (3)	Aug 27	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.198	.222	.420	9	1.90	-0.205	16.26	-1.05%	-1.14	P
34	154	125 (3)	Aug 30	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.202	.226	.428	9	.75	0.008	7.52	0.05%	0.17	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	155	129 (3)	Sep 3	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.196	.219	.415	9	.40	-0.038	3.67	-0.21%	-0.79	P
36	156	134 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.190	.212	.402	9	.39	-0.032	5.34	-0.26%	-0.99	P
37	157	135	Sep 11 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.176	.184	.206	.390	9	.64	-0.058	5.59	-0.30%	-0.95	P
38	158	139 (3)	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,10-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.196	.236	.432	9	.45	0.200	3.65	0.97%	1.79	P
39	159	141 (1)	Sep 17	BSN		PIT	W,6-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.185	.193	.231	.424	9	.96	-0.030	8.53	-0.16%	-0.60	P
40	160	144 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	BSN		STL	W,11-3	CG	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.200	.207	.245	.453	9	.78	0.132	1.27	0.13%	2.03	P
41	161	147 (2)	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.212	.250	.462	9	1.01	0.012	.15	0.00%	0.03	P
42	162	150 (2)	Sep 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.211	.217	.254	.472	9	.86	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
43	163	153 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,2-1	GS-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.217	.224	.261	.485	9						P
							26-17		132	115	11	25	3	1	0	16	1	0	3	0	16		1	4	0	0	.217	.224	.261	.485		.95	-0.741	5.02	-3.06%	-6.39

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