| Johnny Sain John Franklin Sain Position: Pitcher
|
Born: September 25, 1917 in Havana, AR
High School: Havana HS (Havana, AR)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1942 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Braves/Yankees/Athletics 1942-1955
Final Game: July 15, 1955 (Age 37)
vs. BAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Died: November 7, 2006 in Downers Grove, IL
Buried: Havana Cemetery, Havana, AR
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 232 | 2 | Apr 18 | BSN | NYG | W,8-5 | GS-9 | 99 | 8.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.62 | 36 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | -0.166 | -1.27 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 0 out a1 | ||||||||
| 2 | 233 | 7 | Apr 22 | BSN | @ | PHI | L,5-6 | CG | L(0-1) | 3 | 8.1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5.51 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.87 | -0.657 | -3.17 | 1b start tie | 9b 123 1 out d1 | ||||||
| 3 | 234 | 11 | Apr 26 | BSN | @ | NYG | W,3-0 | SHO | W(1-1) | 3 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.55 | 36 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.16 | 0.536 | 4.52 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 4 | 235 | 16 | May 1 | BSN | STL | L,2-5 | GS-6 | L(1-2) | 4 | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.31 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .59 | -0.236 | -2.22 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d4 | |||||||
| 5 | 236 | 20 | May 5 | BSN | CHC | L,0-2 | CG | L(1-3) | 3 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 35 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | 0.114 | 2.17 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d2 | |||||||
| 6 | 237 | 25 | May 10 | BSN | CIN | L,1-4 | GS-7 | L(1-4) | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .69 | -0.139 | -0.76 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d4 | |||||||
| 7 | 238 | 29 | May 16 | BSN | @ | CIN | L,3-4 | CG(8) | L(1-5) | 5 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.28 | -0.393 | 0.02 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 8 | 239 | 33 | May 20(1) | BSN | @ | CHC | L,3-4 | GS-8 | 3 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.33 | 0.032 | 0.93 | 1b start tie | 8b -2- 0 out a1 | |||||||
| 9 | 240 | 38 | May 26 | BSN | @ | BRO | W,12-10 | GS-9 | W(2-5) | 5 | 8.2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4.44 | 43 | 147 | 94 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .32 | 0.008 | -5.54 | 1b start a 6 | 9b --- 2 out a2 | ||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 10 | 241 | 42 | Jun 1 | BSN | CHC | W,3-2 | CG | W(3-5) | 5 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.16 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 0.347 | 2.17 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a1 | |||||||
| 11 | 242 | 47 | Jun 5 | BSN | PIT | L,0-8 | GS-5 | L(3-6) | 3 | 4.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.10 | -0.251 | -3.52 | 1t start tie | 5t 1-- 0 out d5 | |||||||
| 12 | 243 | 53 | Jun 12 | BSN | @ | PIT | W,13-3 | CG | W(4-6) | 6 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.35 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .39 | 0.124 | 1.57 | 1b start a 3 | 9b 3 out a10 | ||||||
| 13 | 244 | 57 | Jun 17(1) | BSN | @ | CIN | L,1-2 | GS-7 | L(4-7) | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.14 | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.17 | 0.078 | 1.51 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 14 | 245 | 64 | Jun 26 | BSN | @ | PHI | L,0-7 | GS-6 | L(4-8) | 8 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.16 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .74 | -0.071 | -0.07 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 15 | 246 | 68 | Jul 2 | BSN | BRO | L,1-6 | GS-8 | L(4-9) | 5 | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.95 | 38 | 109 | 72 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .54 | -0.219 | -1.30 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d4 | |||
| 16 | 247 | 72 | Jul 5 | BSN | PHI | W,7-6 | 8-8 | BS(1) | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 | 0.045 | 0.29 | 8t 123 0 out a2 | 8t 3 out tie | ||||||
| 17 | 248 | 77 | Jul 14 | BSN | CIN | L,0-5 | GS-6 | L(4-10) | 8 | 6.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .70 | -0.185 | -2.22 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d5 | |||||||
| 18 | 249 | 82 | Jul 18 | BSN | STL | L,6-9 | GS-3 | L(4-11) | 3 | 2.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.45 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | -0.385 | -3.48 | 1t start tie | 3t 12- 1 out d2 | |||||||
| 19 | 250 | 87 | Jul 23 | BSN | @ | PIT | W,15-14 | 1-5 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.74 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 | -0.446 | -5.12 | 1b 123 0 out a6 | 5b 12- 0 out a2 | ||||||
| 20 | 251 | 92 | Jul 29(1) | BSN | @ | PIT | L,2-6 | GS-4 | L(4-12) | 5 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.87 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .47 | -0.210 | -1.97 | 1b start tie | 4b 3 out d4 | ||||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 21 | 252 | 101 | Aug 5(2) | BSN | @ | CHC | W,4-3 | 9-GF | S(1) | 6 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.84 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 0.211 | 0.53 | 9b 1-- 1 out a1 | 9b end a 1 | |||||
| 22 | 253 | 103 | Aug 7(2) | BSN | @ | PHI | L,0-1 | GS-10 | 1 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 0.813 | 4.88 | 1b start tie | 10b 3 out tie | |||||||
| 23 | 254 | 108 | Aug 12 | BSN | @ | BRO | L,2-7 | GS-7 | L(4-13) | 4 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 27 | 95 | 65 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.04 | -0.109 | 0.56 | 1b start a 1 | 7b 3 out d1 | ||
| 24 | 255 | 113 | Aug 17(2) | BSN | BRO | W,4-3 | GS-7 | W(5-13) | 4 | 6.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 32 | 127 | 74 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.32 | -0.036 | -0.41 | 1t start tie | 7t -2- 1 out a1 | |||
| 25 | 256 | 114 | Aug 18 | BSN | BRO | L,3-5 | 9-GF | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.43 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .89 | -0.117 | -1.54 | 9t --- 0 out d1 | 9t end d 3 | |||
| 26 | 257 | 120 | Aug 25 | BSN | CIN | W,6-5 | GS-4 | 6 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .98 | 0.069 | 0.85 | 1t start tie | 4t 3 out d1 | ||||||||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| Player went from Boston Braves to New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 258 | 129 | Sep 3(1) | NYY | @ | PHA | W,3-1 | CG | W(6-13) | 8 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.30 | 0.548 | 3.70 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 28 | 259 | 134 | Sep 9(1) | NYY | WSH | W,7-5 | GS-8 | W(7-13) | 5 | 7.1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.23 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | -0.237 | -1.94 | 1t start tie | 8t 12- 1 out a1 | |||||||
| 29 | 260 | 140 | Sep 15 | NYY | DET | L,4-7 | GS-6 | L(7-14) | 5 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.39 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .57 | -0.342 | -3.03 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 30 | 261 | 145 | Sep 20 | NYY | CHW | W,5-4 | GS-1 | 4 | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | -0.185 | -2.07 | 1t start tie | 1t 123 1 out d1 | ||||||||
| 31 | 262 | 147 | Sep 22 | NYY | @ | BOS | L,0-5 | 4-7 | 1 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.48 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .42 | 0.030 | 0.96 | 4b 1-3 1 out d3 | 7b 3 out d5 | ||||||
| 32 | 263 | 149 | Sep 26 | NYY | PHA | L,1-4 | 3-GF | 3 | 6.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .34 | 0.050 | 2.23 | 3t --- 1 out d2 | 9t end d 3 | |||||||
| 33 | 264 | 154 | Sep 30 | NYY | BOS | W,3-0 | 6-GF | S(2) | 3 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.01 | 0.168 | 1.98 | 6t --- 0 out a3 | 9t end a 3 | ||||||
| TOT | 197.1 | 236 | 105 | 92 | 53 | 84 | 21 | 3 | 4.20 | 866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.61 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 and 13 runs |
| Inn | <-4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | tie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4- | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 | |||||
| 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 10+ | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 4
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