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: 12-27 / in Starts: 1-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 22

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	1	4	Apr 17	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	7-GF	S(1)	99	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	-0.50	7	3	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.348	6.67	0.69%	1.29	7t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
2	2	11	Apr 24	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		6	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	0.32	6	1	2	0	2	0		2	1	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.000	.78	0.00%	0.56	7b 1-3 1 out d2	8b end d 2
3	3	16	Apr 29	BSN	@	CHC	W,8-3	5-GF	W(1-0)	4	4.1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.00	2.19	18	9	2	1	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.273	3.00	0.34%	2.11	5b 1-3 2 out tie	9b end a 5
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	4	18	May 1	BSN	@	STL	L,7-8	10-GF(10)	L(1-1)	1	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.00	3.40	3	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.369	4.29	-0.54%	-0.63	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
5	5	26	May 10(2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-4	7-GF		8	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.75	2.74	9	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.117	1.53	0.20%	1.26	7t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	6	28	May 12	BSN		CHC	L,8-9	5-5		1	0.2	3	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.55	3.02	7	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.54	-0.291	4.36	-0.50%	-3.78	5t --- 0 out d1	5t 1-- 2 out d5
7	7	31	May 16	BSN		STL	L,4-7	7-GF		3	2.2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.11	3.31	12	5	1	0	1	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.074	3.42	-0.14%	-0.33	7t 12- 1 out d1	9t end d 3
8	8	33	May 19	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	9-GF	W(2-1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.94	3.45	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.48	0.204	11.51	0.26%	0.83	9t 12- 1 out tie	9t end tie
9	9	34	May 20	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(3-1)	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.63	3.40	5	0	3	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	0.233	6.99	0.34%	0.75	9t --3 2 out tie	10t end tie
10	10	35	May 22	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-7		S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.44	3.11	3												3					0
11	11	36	May 23	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	9-GF		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.44	3.11	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	-0.176	16.22	-0.29%	-0.85	9b 123 1 out tie	9b end d 1
12	12	38	May 24(2)	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-3	9-GF	S(3)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.09	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.037	3.54	0.06%	0.44	9b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
13	13	42	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,4-6	6-8		3	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.95	2.91	11	3	4	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.002	.16	0.00%	0.72	6t --3 1 out d5	8t 3 out d6
14	14	45	May 30(2)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.09	2.89	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	0.125	4.25	0.16%	-0.16	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
15	15	46	May 31(1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-10	3-4		0	1.2	2	4	0	2	0	1	0	2.88	3.59	9	5	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.048	2.49	-0.11%	-2.36	3b 12- 0 out d3	4b 1-- 2 out d7
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
16	16	49	Jun 3	BSN	@	STL	W,4-3		S(5)	2	4.0	4	0	0	3	2	0	1	2.48	3.66	18												14					0
17	17	54	Jun 7(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	8-GF(8)	L(3-2)	3	1.0	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	2.40	3.64	8	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.72	-0.390	1.87	-0.25%	-3.57	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 4
18	18	66	Jun 19	BSN		PIT	L,6-7	10-GF(11)	L(3-3)	11	1.2	2	3	3	1	2	1	1	3.13	4.03	9	3	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	-0.344	.22	-0.02%	-2.12	10t 1-- 1 out tie	11t end d 3
19	19	68	Jun 21	BSN		PIT	L,3-7	7-8		1	1.2	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	3.24	4.14	9	1	3	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	0.036	.10	0.00%	0.93	7t 123 0 out tie	8t 123 2 out tie
20	20	75	Jun 28(2)	BSN		CHC	L,1-5			6	3.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.22	4.11	14												10					0
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
21	21	82	Jul 9	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-11	BS(1)	10	2.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.00	4.02	11	4	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.85	-0.004	.02	0.00%	0.45	9b -2- 1 out a1	11b 3 out tie
22	22	86	Jul 12(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-9			2	2.0	5	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.29	4.10	14												11					0
23	23	90	Jul 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,6-7	4-5		3	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.86	4.00	7	1	1	0	0	4		3	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.066	.01	0.00%	-0.72	4b 123 0 out a3	5b 12- 0 out a2
24	24	92	Jul 19(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8			2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.00	0												0					0
25	25	93	Jul 19(2)	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-9			-1	4.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.72	3.77	16												15					0
26	26	94	Jul 21	BSN		CHC	W,4-3	10-GF(17)	W(4-3)	1	7.2	2	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.19	3.45	28	13	1	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	1.048	.00	0.00%	3.77	10t 12- 1 out tie	17t end tie
27	27	100	Jul 28	BSN		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9		6	8.2	5	3	3	4	4	0	1	3.18	3.37	35	11	10	0	2	5	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.049	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out tie
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
28	28	106	Aug 2(2)	BSN		CIN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	4	3	3	3	6	2	0	3.25	3.57	26	5	8	1	0	4	60			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
29	29	108	Aug 5	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	3	2	1	1	0	1	3.41	3.59	9	2	3	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-2.18	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 3
30	30	113	Aug 12(2)	BSN		NYG	W,8-2	9-GF	S(6)	6	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.36	3.61	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
31	31	115	Aug 14(2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-7	3-GF(8)		1	6.0	6	5	5	2	4	2	0	3.68	3.79	25	6	7	0	0	6		0	0	1	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.136	.00	0.00%	-2.34	3b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 6
32	32	118	Aug 17	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-3	8-GF	L(4-5)	2	1.2	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.71	3.87	9	3	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.66	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-0.48	8b 1-- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
33	33	120	Aug 19	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-11	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.68	3.87	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b 1-- 1 out d10	8b end d10
34	34	122	Aug 22(2)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	2-8	L(4-6)	2	6.2	8	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.71	3.69	28	11	2	0	0	8		1	0	0	0	0	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.21	-0.052	.00	0.00%	0.41	2t --3 1 out a1	8t 3 out d2
35	35	125	Aug 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-6	5-5		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.68	3.71	5	1	2	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.15	5b 12- 1 out d3	5b 3 out d5
36	36	129	Aug 30(1)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-8	5-6	L(4-7)	4	0.2	2	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.96	3.73	6	3	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.77	-0.279	.00	0.00%	-2.19	5b 1-- 2 out d1	6b 12- 1 out d2
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
37	37	138	Sep 10(2)	BSN		CIN	T,0-0	GS-5		10	4.0	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.79	3.74	18	5	4	2	0	3	52			1	0	0	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out tie
38	38	142	Sep 13(2)	BSN		CHC	L,8-12			2	1.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.84	3.68	5												5					0
39	39	146	Sep 19	BSN		NYG	L,6-7	7-7	BS(2)	5	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.94	3.72	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.32	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.00	7t 123 1 out a1	7t 123 1 out tie
40	40	149	Sep 26(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,4-6	5-GF(8)		6	3.1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.90	3.71	13	6	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.77	5b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
							12-27		W-L:4-7,Sv:6,BSv:2	2.6	97.0	80	54	42	63	68	7	5	3.90	3.71	425	1.80		4%	4%	60	58	40	20%	10	4	0	348	6	5	8	5	0	4	1.52	-0.580	1.06	0.21%	-8.50

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