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: 9-18

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 17, Entered with runners on base: 15

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	385	13	Apr 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-13	1-4		99	3.1	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	5.40	9.27	13	4	2	0	1	3		1	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.137	1.79	-0.30%	-1.15	1b -2- 2 out d1	4b 3 out d3
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
2	386	17	May 2	NYY	@	DET	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.23	10.21	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.51	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
3	387	21	May 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	3-3		4	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	6.75	10.80	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.026	.71	-0.05%	-0.46	3b --- 0 out d4	3b 3 out d5
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
4	388	27	May 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	10-GF(13)	L(0-1)	6	3.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	6.23	8.83	12	5	4	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	0.375	2.43	0.20%	1.73	10b 123 0 out tie	13b end d 2
5	389	33	May 21	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.91	7.62	8	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.18	0.001	.18	0.00%	0.02	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
6	390	35	May 22(2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,6-10	3-5	L(0-2)	0	2.2	5	3	3	2	0	1	0	6.75	7.99	13	5	1	0	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.19	-0.082	1.23	-0.05%	-0.40	3b 123 1 out tie	5b 3 out d3
7	391	36	May 24	KCA		DET	L,6-9	6-7	L(0-3)	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.07	7.72	4	0	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.197	.77	-0.09%	-0.83	6t 1-- 1 out d4	7t 1-3 0 out tie
8	392	38	May 28	KCA		CLE	L,2-7	5-7		3	3.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.35	6.96	12	2	7	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	.26	0.012	.13	0.00%	0.49	5t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
9	393	40	May 30(1)	KCA	@	DET	W,8-6	6-GF	S(1)	1	3.1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.31	6.35	12	3	6	1	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	0.341	.56	0.06%	1.78	6b -2- 2 out a1	9b end a 2
10	394	41	May 30(2)	KCA	@	DET	W,5-4	7-8	BS(1)	-1	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.24	5.90	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	-0.095	.68	-0.02%	-0.03	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out tie
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
11	395	44	Jun 2	KCA		NYY	L,6-12	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	5.80	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.041	.13	0.00%	1.57	6t 123 1 out d4	6t 3 out d4
12	396	45	Jun 3	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	6-GF	BW(1-3)	0	4.0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	5.00	6.37	16	6	5	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.66	0.163	.18	0.01%	-0.01	6t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
13	397	46	Jun 4	KCA		BOS	L,1-5	9-GF		0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.46	6.69	5	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.055	.02	0.00%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 4
14	398	47	Jun 5(1)	KCA		BOS	W,5-4	9-9		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.28	6.54	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.24	0.137	.26	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out tie
15	399	49	Jun 7(1)	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.16	6.45	3	1	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.70	-0.242	.24	-0.01%	-0.32	9t -2- 1 out tie	9t end d 1
16	400	59	Jun 16	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	8-GF	BL(1-4)	8	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	5.64	6.88	4	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	-0.633	.16	-0.02%	-1.44	8b 1-- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
17	401	63	Jun 22	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.34	6.65	5	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.00	0.00%	1.17	7b -2- 1 out d6	8b end d 5
18	402	66	Jun 25	KCA	@	BAL	T,3-3	8-9	BS(4)	2	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.45	6.46	6	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	-0.381	.04	0.00%	-0.80	8b 1-- 2 out a1	9b 1-3 2 out tie
19	403	69	Jun 28	KCA	@	CLE	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	6.34	3	0	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
20	404	72	Jul 1(2)	KCA		DET	W,7-5	7-7		2	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.22	6	1	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.50	7t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d5
21	405	73	Jul 2	KCA		DET	W,11-10	9-GF(11)	W(2-4)	0	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.97	5.95	12	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	0.410	.08	0.01%	1.49	9t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
22	406	74	Jul 3	KCA		DET	W,9-8	9-13	BS(5)	0	4.1	3	1	0	2	3	0	0	4.46	5.58	19	5	6	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.53	-0.128	.08	0.00%	0.35	9t --3 2 out a1	13t 3 out d1
23	407	78	Jul 6	KCA		CLE	L,4-8	8-GF		2	1.1	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.53	5.78	7	0	3	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.096	.01	0.00%	-1.18	8t -2- 2 out d2	9t end d 4
24	408	79	Jul 7	KCA		CLE	L,1-9	8-8		0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.63	5.70	5	3	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.88	8t -2- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d6
25	409	80	Jul 8	KCA	@	DET	L,8-11	9-GF(11)	L(2-5)	0	2.1	3	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.98	5.69	11	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.34	-0.096	.05	0.00%	-1.79	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 3
26	410	82	Jul 10(1)	KCA	@	DET	W,9-5	6-6		1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.32	5.66	4	1	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.236	.02	0.00%	-3.06	6b 1-- 0 out a5	6b --3 1 out a2
27	411	84	Jul 14(1)	KCA		BAL	L,7-10	7-8		3	1.2	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	5.69	6.08	9	3	2	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.421	.01	0.00%	-3.59	7t 12- 1 out tie	8t 3 out d3
28	412	86	Jul 15	KCA		BAL	L,5-8	9-GF		0	1.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.76	5.99	7	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	.17	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
							9-18		W-L:2-5,Sv:1,BSv:5	1.9	50.0	60	33	32	11	17	14	0	5.76	5.99	219	0.89		2%	2%	59		22	36%	1	1	0	202	8	2	5	3	1	3	1.47	-1.378	.45	-0.27%	-9.34

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