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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,9-6	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (4)	May 1	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
5	20 (7)	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
6	24 (3)	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	P
7	28 (3)	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
8	31 (2)	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	39 (7)	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	P
10	45 (5)	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
11	52 (6)	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	GS	31	7.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
12	58 (5)	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-10	GS	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	62 (3)	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	L,0-12	GS	15	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	67 (4)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH P
15	68	Jul 3 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-6	GF	12	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	74 (5)	Jul 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	79 (4)	Jul 13 (2)	NYY		DET	W,12-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	82 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	86 (3)	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	88 (1)	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	89	Jul 22 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
22	94 (4)	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10		25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	101 (6)	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	103 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	110 (6)	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	115 (4)	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
27	120 (4)	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,3-12	GS	14	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	126 (5)	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	W,6-3	GS	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	133 (6)	Sep 2 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	136 (2)	Sep 5	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	9	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	P
31	139 (2)	Sep 9	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5		0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	142 (2)	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	149 (6)	Sep 24 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	150	Sep 24 (2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	152 (1)	Sep 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							35gm		148.1	15	18	3	36	0