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: 22-13 / in Starts: 11-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 9

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	265	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-1	9-GF	S(1)	99	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	-1.61	4	0	1	0	1	1		3	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.007	.63	0.01%	1.33	9b 123 0 out a8	9b end a 7
2	266	5	Apr 20	NYY		PHA	W,9-6	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.27	6	1	3	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.083	1.36	0.10%	1.33	8t --3 1 out a3	9t end a 3
3	267	7	Apr 22	NYY		PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	3	1	1	2	1	1	0	0.77	3.59	31	15	11	0	1	2	76			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.497	3.11	0.65%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	268	12	May 1	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	8	8.0	8	5	4	2	2	2	0	2.29	4.53	34	14	9	0	2	7	48			0	0	1	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.309	1.35	-0.37%	-1.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
5	269	20	May 9	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	GS-7	W(2-1)	7	7.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.36	3.89	27	9	10	3	3	2	55			0	2	0	24	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.44	0.091	2.47	0.09%	1.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
6	270	24	May 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.52	3.60	35	11	9	0	0	9	57			0	0	2	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	0.175	2.95	0.23%	0.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
7	271	28	May 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(4-1)	5	9.0	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.22	3.42	35	12	16	0	1	6	66			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.466	3.55	0.73%	1.22	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
8	272	31	May 26	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(4-2)	5	8.0	7	6	6	4	7	1	2	2.91	3.59	36	11	5	0	0	7	47			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.57	-0.287	1.66	-0.50%	-2.03	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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
9	273	39	Jun 5	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	W(5-2)	9	9.0	7	4	1	2	4	1	0	2.63	3.59	37	17	7	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.13	0.030	3.70	0.06%	-0.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	274	45	Jun 11	NYY		DET	W,7-2	CG	W(6-2)	5	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.55	3.40	37	8	17	3	2	8	61			0	0	1	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.210	4.08	0.46%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
11	275	52	Jun 18	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	GS-8	W(7-2)	6	7.1	7	6	6	3	0	2	0	3.00	3.75	31	9	12	2	3	7	37			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.040	4.59	-0.11%	-2.53	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a1
12	276	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	SLB	W,14-10	GS-		4	3.1	11	7	6	1	1	1	0	3.54	3.87	22						12						21			0		0
13	277	62	Jun 28	NYY		PHA	L,0-12	GS-2	L(7-3)	4	2.0	6	8	4	2	2	2	0	3.89	4.17	15	3	2	1	0	6	20			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.429	3.80	-1.39%	-7.13	1t start tie	2t 3 out d8
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
14	278	67	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	8-GF		3	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.80	4.10	9	2	3	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.075	4.26	0.29%	0.87	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
15	279	68	Jul 3(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-6	7-GF	W(8-3)	0	2.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.68	4.04	12	2	4	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.078	6.17	-0.31%	0.54	7b -2- 1 out tie	9b end a 3
16	280	74	Jul 6(2)	NYY	@	PHA	L,6-7	7-7		2	0.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.65	4.03	3	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.127	6.63	-0.44%	-0.33	7b -2- 1 out tie	7b 3 out d1
17	281	79	Jul 13(2)	NYY		DET	W,12-2	7-GF	S(3)	6	3.0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	3.53	3.96	12	3	5	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.31	7t --- 0 out a9	9t end a10
18	282	82	Jul 16(1)	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	GS-3		2	2.0	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	3.94	4.05	12	2	3	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.445	9.35	-2.23%	-4.04	1t start tie	3t --3 0 out d1
19	283	86	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	W,6-3	8-GF	S(4)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.01	7	3	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.159	12.39	0.70%	1.24	8t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 3
20	284	88	Jul 20	NYY		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.82	3.99	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.031	5.65	0.13%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
21	285	89	Jul 22(1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	6-GF	S(5)	1	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.67	3.97	15	4	6	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.174	6.21	0.84%	1.73	6b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 4
22	286	94	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,6-10	4-9		3	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.63	3.88	25	7	7	0	1	6		2	1	0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.28	0.058	14.87	0.23%	0.76	4b 12- 0 out a1	9b 3 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
23	287	101	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,1-2	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.56	3.88	8	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.069	4.36	0.29%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
24	288	103	Aug 3(1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	W(9-3)	1	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.37	3.85	34	7	18	0	8	5	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.371	5.66	1.55%	3.26	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	289	110	Aug 9	NYY		BOS	L,1-3	10-GF(10)	L(9-4)	5	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	3.49	4.06	6	1	2	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.423	5.94	-2.26%	-1.56	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
26	290	115	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(9-5)	5	8.0	6	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.48	3.91	32	6	12	1	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.054	11.09	-0.31%	0.97	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
27	291	120	Aug 20	NYY		CHW	L,3-12	GS-3	L(9-6)	4	2.1	7	5	5	0	2	0	0	3.77	3.85	14	2	3	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.306	11.59	-1.48%	-2.53	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d1
28	292	126	Aug 26	NYY		SLB	W,6-3	GS-2		5	2.0	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	3.78	3.93	11	3	4	0	2	4	42			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.138	10.56	-0.75%	-1.13	1t start tie	2t 3 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
29	293	133	Sep 2(2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	6-GF	S(6)	6	4.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.67	3.89	14	4	7	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.080	3.38	0.44%	1.75	6t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
30	294	136	Sep 5	NYY	@	PHA	L,2-3	6-GF(8)		2	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.60	3.88	9	4	3	1	1	1		3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.075	8.09	-0.36%	0.55	6b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 2
31	295	139	Sep 9	NYY	@	SLB	L,4-5			3	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	3.83	11												11			0		0
32	296	142	Sep 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,6-5	6-9	H(1)	3	3.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.57	3.80	14	1	5	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.031	24.71	-0.24%	-0.57	6b --- 0 out a1	9b 12- 0 out a2
33	297	149	Sep 24(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(10-6)	10	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	3.78	7	1	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	0.336	36.20	3.04%	0.99	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
34	298	150	Sep 24(2)	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-6	9-GF	S(7)	-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.51	3.76	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	0.047	16.60	0.29%	0.32	9b -2- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
35	299	152	Sep 26	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-2	9-GF(11)	W(11-6)	1	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.46	3.75	9	0	6	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.286	4.69	0.44%	1.42	9b 12- 2 out tie	11b end a 3
							22-13		W-L:11-6,Sv:7,Hld:1	3.6	148.1	149	70	57	38	57	15	2	3.46	3.75	620	0.85		5%	8%	124	48	15	40%	2	4	4	570	18	4	3	6	0	7	1.12	0.504	5.94	-0.18%	3.33

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