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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (4)	Apr 25 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	GS	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	12 (5)	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (2)	May 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	1
5	19 (3)	May 10	BSN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
6	22 (2)	May 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	27 (4)	May 22	BSN		STL	L,4-6	GS	31	6.1	1	0	0	1	0
8	31 (3)	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,5-7	GS	16	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
9	33 (1)	May 31 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	35 (1)	Jun 2	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	39 (3)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
12	43 (3)	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
13	47 (3)	Jun 13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	49 (1)	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	54 (4)	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	59 (4)	Jun 24	BSN		STL	L,2-11	GS	0	5.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	62 (2)	Jun 27	BSN		PIT	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	65 (2)	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	70 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	0	12.1	0	2	0	2	0
20	75 (4)	Jul 9	BSN		PHI	W,13-2	CG	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	78 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	84 (5)	Jul 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	87 (2)	Jul 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	16	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	90 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-6	GF	0	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
25	94 (3)	Jul 30	BSN		STL	L,2-6	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (3)	Aug 3	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	GS	18	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	102 (3)	Aug 7	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	105 (2)	Aug 11	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	109 (3)	Aug 15	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
30	113 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	117 (3)	Aug 24	BSN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
32	121 (3)	Aug 27	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
33	125 (3)	Aug 30	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	129 (3)	Sep 3	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	134 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	CG	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	135	Sep 11 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	139 (3)	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	141 (1)	Sep 17	BSN		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	144 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	BSN		STL	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	147 (2)	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	150 (2)	Sep 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	153 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,2-1	GS	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
							42gm		314.2	21	48	2	71	3