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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-19 / in Starts: 10-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 73 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	44 (26-14-4)
Avg. MLBer w/ 73 PAs	8
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (24-15-7)

Most Driven In
L Olmo	1
B Addis	1
S Gordon	1
Self	1
S Sisti	0
W Marshall	0

Most Driven In By
J DiMaggio	2
W Marshall	1
E Torgeson	1
R Hartsfield	1
H Bauer	1
Self	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	240	2 (1)	Apr 18	BSN		NYG	W,8-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.144	2.84	-0.20%	-1.30	P
2	241	7 (4)	Apr 22	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.94	0.031	5.69	0.06%	0.21	P
3	242	11 (3)	Apr 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.54	-0.016	4.34	-0.03%	-0.27	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	243	16 (4)	May 1	BSN		STL	L,2-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.45	-0.011	1.73	-0.03%	-0.10	P
5	244	20 (3)	May 5	BSN		CHC	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	1.29	-0.075	4.58	-0.16%	-0.62	P
6	245	25 (4)	May 10	BSN		CIN	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	9	1.20	-0.058	4.69	-0.14%	-0.50	P
7	246	29 (3)	May 16	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.86	-0.035	2.72	-0.07%	-0.19	P
8	247	33 (3)	May 20 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.111	.158	.111	.269	9	.60	-0.031	2.24	-0.07%	-0.56	P
9	248	38 (4)	May 26	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-10	GS-9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	9	.17	-0.001	.51	0.00%	-0.52	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	249	42 (3)	Jun 1	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	.167	.200	.208	.408	9	2.23	0.251	7.09	0.48%	1.49	P
11	250	47 (4)	Jun 5	BSN		PIT	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.192	.200	.392	9	.76	-0.019	1.38	-0.02%	-0.15	P
12	251	53 (5)	Jun 12	BSN	@	PIT	W,13-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.226	.333	.559	9	.19	0.007	.34	0.01%	1.36	P
13	252	57 (3)	Jun 17 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.313	.548	9	1.96	0.089	3.80	0.10%	0.45	P
14	253	64 (6)	Jun 26	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.294	.516	9	1.75	-0.094	1.99	-0.06%	-0.73	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	254	68 (3)	Jul 2	BSN		BRO	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.278	.488	9	1.09	-0.055	1.24	-0.04%	-0.51	P
16	255	72 (3)	Jul 5	BSN		PHI	W,7-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.211	.278	.488	9						P
17	256	77 (4)	Jul 14	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.225	.289	.514	9	.87	0.029	.15	0.00%	0.23	P
18	257	82 (4)	Jul 18	BSN		STL	L,6-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.282	.502	9	.43	-0.010	.12	0.00%	-0.15	P
19	258	87 (4)	Jul 23	BSN	@	PIT	W,15-14	1-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.171	.209	.268	.478	9	.64	-0.048	.13	-0.01%	-1.16	P
20	259	92 (4)	Jul 29 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.205	.262	.466	9	.58	-0.014	.08	0.00%	-0.16	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	260	101 (8)	Aug 5 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.205	.262	.466	9						P
22	261	103 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS-11	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.196	.229	.283	.512	9	1.55	-0.066	.10	0.00%	-0.55	P
23	262	108 (4)	Aug 12	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-7	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.208	.240	.313	.553	9	1.16	-0.033	.04	0.00%	-0.11	P
24	263	113 (4)	Aug 17 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.245	.314	.559	9	.56	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.35	P
25	264	114	Aug 18	BSN		BRO	L,3-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.245	.314	.559	9						P
26	265	120 (5)	Aug 25	BSN		CIN	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.241	.308	.548	9	.48	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Boston Braves to New York Yankees
27	266	129	Sep 3 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.241	.321	.563	9	.74	0.005	6.41	0.03%	-0.24	P
28	267	134 (4)	Sep 9 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.246	.322	.568	9	1.06	-0.009	11.19	-0.06%	-0.09	P
29	268	140 (5)	Sep 15	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.254	.328	.582	9	1.25	0.000	14.93	0.00%	0.06	P
30	269	145 (4)	Sep 20	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.254	.328	.582	9						P
31	270	147 (1)	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-5	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.226	.250	.323	.573	9	1.58	-0.082	19.25	-0.60%	-0.85	P
32	271	149 (1)	Sep 26	NYY		PHA	L,1-4	3-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.254	.323	.577	9	.75	0.015	1.69	0.02%	0.05	P
33	272	154 (4)	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.250	.318	.568	9	.46	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
							14-19		73	66	7	15	3	0	1	4	1	0	3	1	4		1	7	0	0	.227	.250	.318	.568		1.04	-0.415	3.49	-0.77%	-5.71

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