Johnny Sain
John Franklin Sain
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 25, 1917 in Havana, AR
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1942
Final Game: July 15, 1955
Died: November 7, 2006 in Downers Grove, IL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1942 BSN NL 24 P 40 26 1 25 0 0 1.000 0.65 .965 1.17
1946 BSN NL 28 P 37 82 20 61 1 4 .988 2.19 .959 1.01 MVP-5
1947 BSN NL 29 P 38 69 11 55 3 1 .957 1.74 .967 0.91 AS,MVP-16
1948 BSN NL 30 P 42 71 21 48 2 3 .972 1.64 .962 0.91 AS,MVP-2
1949 BSN NL 31 P 37 52 14 35 3 2 .942 1.32 .954 0.91
1950 BSN NL 32 P 37 60 14 42 4 3 .933 1.51 .962 0.97 MVP-21
1951 TOT MLB 33 P 33 53 14 38 1 4 .981 1.58 .960 0.97
1951 BSN NL 33 P 26 42 13 28 1 3 .976 1.58 .962 0.96
1951 NYY AL 33 P 7 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.57 .955 0.99
1952 NYY AL 34 P 35 36 15 18 3 0 .917 0.94 .967 1.03 MVP-29
1953 NYY AL 35 P 40 42 8 32 2 1 .952 1.00 .957 0.88 AS
1954 NYY AL 36 P 45 0 77.0 17 6 11 0 0 1.000 1.99 0.38 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 TOT AL 37 P 28 0 50.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.32 .956 2.00 0.83
1955 NYY AL 37 P 3 0 5.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.33 1.000 2.02 0.83
1955 KCA AL 37 P 25 0 44.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.32 .950 1.99 0.83
11 Seasons P 412 0 127.0 517 127 371 19 18 .963 35.29 1.21 .961 2.01 0.96
11 Seasons TOT 412 0 127.0 517 127 371 19 18 .963 35.29 1.21 .924 2.01 0.96

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1942 BSN NL 24 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 BSN NL 28 40 40 40 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BSN NL 29 40 40 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BSN NL 30 43 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BSN NL 31 39 39 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BSN NL 32 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BSN NL 33 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 33 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYY AL 34 47 47 47 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 35 41 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 36 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 KCA AL 37 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 37 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 433 0 433 433 412 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 36 299 85% 24% 12 83% 0 6 0 6 12 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1955 KCA AL 37 197 89% 25% 4 100% 0 3 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1955 NYY AL 37 23 74% 13% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 519 86% 24% 17 88% 0 9 0 9 18 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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