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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1942 24 BSN NL 4 7 .364 3.90 40 3 24 0 0 6 97.0 79 54 42 8 63 68 5 1 4 423 85 1.464 7.3 0.7 5.8 6.3 1.08
1946 28 BSN NL 20 14 .588 2.21 37 34 2 24 3 2 265.0 225 80 65 8 87 129 2 2 3 1086 156 1.177 7.6 0.3 3.0 4.4 1.48 MVP-5
1947 29 BSN NL 21 12 .636 3.52 38 35 3 22 3 1 266.0 265 117 104 19 79 132 4 0 3 1131 111 1.293 9.0 0.6 2.7 4.5 1.67 AS,MVP-16
1948 30 BSN NL 24 15 .615 2.60 42 39 3 28 4 1 314.2 297 105 91 19 83 137 5 0 2 1313 147 1.208 8.5 0.5 2.4 3.9 1.65 AS,MVP-2
1949 31 BSN NL 10 17 .370 4.81 37 36 1 16 1 0 243.0 285 150 130 15 75 73 4 0 1 1072 79 1.481 10.6 0.6 2.8 2.7 0.97
1950 32 BSN NL 20 13 .606 3.94 37 37 0 25 3 0 278.1 294 139 122 34 70 96 2 3 5 1178 98 1.308 9.5 1.1 2.3 3.1 1.37 MVP-21
1951 33 TOT MLB 7 14 .333 4.20 33 26 4 7 1 2 197.1 236 105 92 21 53 84 3 0 0 866 88 1.465 10.8 1.0 2.4 3.8 1.58
1951 33 BSN NL 5 13 .278 4.21 26 22 2 6 1 1 160.1 195 88 75 16 45 63 3 0 0 711 87 1.497 10.9 0.9 2.5 3.5 1.40
1951 33 NYY AL 2 1 .667 4.14 7 4 2 1 0 1 37.0 41 17 17 5 8 21 0 0 0 155 93 1.324 10.0 1.2 1.9 5.1 2.63
1952 34 NYY AL 11 6 .647 3.46 35 16 15 8 0 7 148.1 149 70 57 15 38 57 2 0 0 620 97 1.261 9.0 0.9 2.3 3.5 1.50 MVP-29
1953 35 NYY AL 14 7 .667 3.00 40 19 19 10 1 9 189.0 189 68 63 16 45 84 3 1 2 780 124 1.238 9.0 0.8 2.1 4.0 1.87 AS
1954 36 NYY AL 6 6 .500 3.16 45 0 39 0 0 22 77.0 66 27 27 11 15 33 0 1 0 310 109 1.052 7.7 1.3 1.8 3.9 2.20
1955 37 TOT AL 2 5 .286 5.58 28 0 14 0 0 1 50.0 60 32 31 14 11 4 17 0 0 0 219 74 1.420 10.8 2.5 2.0 3.1 1.55
1955 37 NYY AL 0 0 6.75 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 22 56 1.313 10.1 6.8 1.7 8.4 5.00
1955 37 KCA AL 2 5 .286 5.44 25 0 13 0 0 1 44.2 54 28 27 10 10 4 12 0 0 0 197 76 1.433 10.9 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.20
11 Seasons 139 116 .545 3.49 412 245 124 140 16 51 2125.2 2145 947 824 180 619 4 910 30 8 20 8998 106 1.300 9.1 0.8 2.6 3.9 1.47
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .545 3.49 43 25 13 14 2 5 220 222 98 85 19 64 94 3 1 2 931 106 1.300 9.1 0.8 2.6 3.9 1.47
BSN (7 yrs) 104 91 .533 3.49 257 206 35 121 15 11 1624.1 1640 733 629 119 502 698 25 6 18 6914 107 1.319 9.1 0.7 2.8 3.9 1.39
NYY (5 yrs) 33 20 .623 3.31 130 39 76 19 1 39 456.2 451 186 168 51 107 0 200 5 2 2 1887 107 1.222 8.9 1.0 2.1 3.9 1.87
KCA (1 yr) 2 5 .286 5.44 25 0 13 0 0 1 44.2 54 28 27 10 10 4 12 0 0 0 197 76 1.433 10.9 2.0 2.0 2.4 1.20
AL (5 yrs) 35 25 .583 3.50 155 39 89 19 1 40 501.1 505 214 195 61 117 4 212 5 2 2 2084 103 1.241 9.1 1.1 2.1 3.8 1.81
NL (7 yrs) 104 91 .533 3.49 257 206 35 121 15 11 1624.1 1640 733 629 119 502 698 25 6 18 6914 107 1.319 9.1 0.7 2.8 3.9 1.39

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1948 30 BSN NL WS L CLE 1 1 .500 1.06 2 2 0 2 1 0 17.0 9 2 2 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 61 0.529 4.8 0.5 0.0 4.8
1951 33 NYY AL WS W NYG 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1952 34 NYY AL WS W BRO 0 1 .000 3.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 0 28 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1953 35 NYY AL WS W BRO 1 0 1.000 4.76 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 8 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 1.588 12.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 2 2 .500 2.64 6 2 2 2 1 0 30.2 27 9 9 2 6 2 15 1 0 0 127 1.076 7.9 0.6 1.8 4.4 2.50
4 WS 2 2 .500 2.64 6 2 2 2 1 0 30.2 27 9 9 2 6 2 15 1 0 0 127 1.076 7.9 0.6 1.8 4.4 2.50

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1947 BSN NL 29 0 0 1 .000 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
1948 BSN NL 30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.2
1953 NYY AL 35
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 0 0 1 .000 3.38 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 36 NYY AL 45 308 287 27 66 8 2 11 1 0 15 33 .230 .266 .387 .653 .224 111 3 0 4 2
1955 37 TOT AL 28 219 202 32 60 8 2 14 1 2 11 17 .297 .332 .564 .896 .267 114 3 0 5 1 4
1955 37 KCA AL 25 197 182 28 54 8 2 10 1 1 10 12 .297 .332 .527 .859 .273 96 3 0 4 1 4
1955 37 NYY AL 3 22 20 4 6 0 0 4 0 1 1 5 .300 .333 .900 1.233 .182 18 0 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons 73 527 489 59 126 16 4 25 2 2 26 50 .258 .293 .460 .754 .242 225 6 0 9 3 4
162 Game Avg. 68 491 456 55 117 15 4 23 2 2 24 47 .258 .293 .460 .754 .242 210 6 0 8 3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 36 NYY AL 45 45 39 6 6 29 22 4 76% 32 1 35 7 20% 9 1.868 29 11 4 33 5 6 17 27 28 8 27 12 5.1
1955 37 TOT AL 28 28 14 2 5 6 1 5 17% 6 0 22 8 36% 1.517 12 5 11 7 7 14 15 13 14 5 17 10 5.4
1955 37 NYY AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0.355 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 5.3
1955 37 KCA AL 25 25 13 2 5 6 1 5 17% 6 0 21 7 33% 9 1.649 12 4 9 7 7 11 14 11 13 5 16 10 5.4
2 Seasons 73 73 53 8 11 35 23 9 66% 38 1 57 15 26% 1.719 41 16 15 40 12 20 32 40 42 13 44 22 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1942 24 BSN NL
1946 28 BSN NL
1947 29 BSN NL
1948 30 BSN NL
1949 31 BSN NL
1950 32 BSN NL
1951 33 TOT MLB
1951 33 BSN NL
1951 33 NYY AL
1952 34 NYY AL
1953 35 NYY AL
1954 36 NYY AL 308 37% 3.6% 10.7% 4.9% 6.8% 32% 0.67 80% 46 3 7%
1955 37 TOT AL 219 36% 6.4% 7.8% 5.0% 11.0% 40% 0.83 79% 40 3 8%
1955 37 NYY AL 22 27% 18.2% 22.7% 4.6% 18.2% 67% 1.00 50% 2 0 0%
1955 37 KCA AL 197 37% 5.1% 6.1% 5.1% 10.2% 37% 0.82 82% 38 3 8%
11 Seasons 527 36% 34.2% 172.7% 117.5% 8.5% 2% 0.73 79% 86 6 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1942 24 BSN NL 79 8 4
1946 28 BSN NL 225 8 3
1947 29 BSN NL 265 19 3
1948 30 BSN NL 297 19 2
1949 31 BSN NL 285 15 1
1950 32 BSN NL 294 34 5
1951 33 TOT MLB 236 21 0
1951 33 BSN NL 195 16 0
1951 33 NYY AL 41 5 0
1952 34 NYY AL 149 15 0
1953 35 NYY AL 189 16 2
1954 36 NYY AL 293 66 11 0 10 5 5 4 6 12 5 2 42% 3 0 0 107 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15
1955 37 TOT AL 216 60 14 0 11 11 3 6 8 15 4 3 27% 3 0 1 83 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
1955 37 NYY AL 22 6 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 KCA AL 194 54 10 0 11 8 2 6 4 15 4 3 27% 3 0 1 78 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
11 Seasons 509 2145 180 0 21 16 8 10 14 27 9 5 33% 6 20 1 190 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 18
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1942 24 4 7 .364 3.90 40 3 24 0 0 6 97.0 79 54 42 8 63 68 5 1 4 423 85 1.464 7.3 0.7 5.8 6.3 1.08 85
1943 25 4 7 .364 3.90 40 3 24 0 0 6 97.0 79 54 42 8 63 68 5 1 4 423 85 1.464 7.3 0.7 5.8 6.3 1.08 85
1944 26 4 7 .364 3.90 40 3 24 0 0 6 97.0 79 54 42 8 63 68 5 1 4 423 85 1.464 7.3 0.7 5.8 6.3 1.08 85
1945 27 4 7 .364 3.90 40 3 24 0 0 6 97.0 79 54 42 8 63 68 5 1 4 423 85 1.464 7.3 0.7 5.8 6.3 1.08 85
1946 28 24 21 .533 2.66 77 37 26 24 3 8 362.0 304 134 107 16 150 197 7 3 7 1509 128 1.254 7.6 0.4 3.7 4.9 1.31 128
1947 29 45 33 .577 3.02 115 72 29 46 6 9 628.0 569 251 211 35 229 329 11 3 10 2640 120 1.271 8.2 0.5 3.3 4.7 1.44 120
1948 30 69 48 .590 2.88 157 111 32 74 10 10 942.2 866 356 302 54 312 466 16 3 12 3953 128 1.250 8.3 0.5 3.0 4.4 1.49 128
1949 31 79 65 .549 3.28 194 147 33 90 11 10 1185.2 1151 506 432 69 387 539 20 3 13 5025 113 1.297 8.7 0.5 2.9 4.1 1.39 113
1950 32 99 78 .559 3.41 231 184 33 115 14 10 1464.0 1445 645 554 103 457 635 22 6 18 6203 110 1.299 8.9 0.6 2.8 3.9 1.39 110
1951 33 106 92 .535 3.50 264 210 37 122 15 12 1661.1 1681 750 646 124 510 719 25 6 18 7069 107 1.319 9.1 0.7 2.8 3.9 1.41 107
1952 34 117 98 .544 3.50 299 226 52 130 15 19 1809.2 1830 820 703 139 548 776 27 6 18 7689 106 1.314 9.1 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.42 106
1953 35 131 105 .555 3.45 339 245 71 140 16 28 1998.2 2019 888 766 155 593 860 30 7 20 8469 107 1.307 9.1 0.7 2.7 3.9 1.45 107
1954 36 137 111 .552 3.44 384 245 110 140 16 50 2075.2 2085 915 793 166 608 893 30 8 20 8779 107 1.297 9.0 0.7 2.6 3.9 1.47 107
1955 37 139 116 .545 3.49 412 245 124 140 16 51 2125.2 2145 947 824 180 619 4 910 30 8 20 8998 106 1.300 9.1 0.8 2.6 3.9 1.47 106

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1942 24 4 6 .400 4.79 94.0 89 56 50 9 71 66 6 1.702 8.5 6.8 6.3 0.93 0.9 40
1946 28 21 8 .724 2.56 264.0 246 83 75 9 95 129 2 1.292 8.4 3.2 4.4 1.36 0.3 37
1947 29 16 14 .533 3.61 272.0 279 121 109 20 83 135 4 1.331 9.2 2.7 4.5 1.63 0.7 38
1948 30 24 11 .686 2.75 321.0 316 109 98 20 88 140 5 1.259 8.9 2.5 3.9 1.59 0.6 42
1949 31 10 17 .370 5.19 243.0 301 156 140 16 79 73 4 1.564 11.1 2.9 2.7 0.92 0.6 37
1950 32 15 16 .484 4.18 280.0 313 144 130 36 75 97 2 1.386 10.1 2.4 3.1 1.29 1.2 37
1951 33 9 12 .429 4.64 196.0 253 112 101 23 57 83 3 1.582 11.6 2.6 3.8 1.46 1.1 33
1952 34 7 9 .438 4.34 145.0 169 78 70 17 43 56 2 1.462 10.5 2.7 3.5 1.30 1.1 35
1953 35 12 8 .600 3.39 186.0 204 78 70 17 49 83 3 1.360 9.9 2.4 4.0 1.69 0.8 40
1954 36 4 4 .500 3.74 77.0 75 36 32 12 17 33 0 1.195 8.8 2.0 3.9 1.94 1.4 45
1955 37 2 3 .400 5.47 51.0 63 34 31 15 12 17 0 1.471 11.1 2.1 3.0 1.42 2.6 28
11 Seasons 124 108 .534 3.83 2129.0 2308 1007 906 194 669 912 31 1.398 9.8 3.9 1.36 0.8 412

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1964 BBWAA ( 1.5%)
1968 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1969 BBWAA ( 2.4%)
1970 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1971 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1972 BBWAA ( 5.3%)
1973 BBWAA (12.4%)
1974 BBWAA (14.0%)
1975 BBWAA (34.0%)

All-Star Games
1947 *
1948 *
1953

Awards (yr lg award)
1948 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 NL (5, 28%)
1947 NL (16, 6%)
1948 NL (2, 66%)
1950 NL (21, 4%)
1952 AL (29, 1%)
1.05 Career Shares (227th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1946 NL  2.208 (2nd)
1948 NL  2.603 (3rd)
1953 AL  3.000 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1946 NL  20 (2nd)
1947 NL  21 (2nd)
1948 NL  24 (1st)
1950 NL  20 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1946 NL  .588 (6th)
1947 NL  .636 (6th)
1948 NL  .615 (8th)
1950 NL  .606 (10th)
1952 AL  .647 (7th)
1953 AL  .667 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1946 NL  1.177 (4th)
1947 NL  1.293 (10th)
1948 NL  1.208 (4th)
1953 AL  1.238 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  7.641 (5th)
1948 NL  8.495 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL  2.673 (8th)
1948 NL  2.374 (6th)
1950 NL  2.264 (3rd)
1951 NL  2.526 (5th)
1953 AL  2.143 (2nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  4.381 (6th)
1947 NL  4.466 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 NL  40 (7th)
1948 NL  42 (9th)
1954 AL  45 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1942 NL  6 (4th)
1952 AL  7 (3rd)
1953 AL  9 (5th)
1954 AL  22 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1946 NL  265.0 (3rd)
1947 NL  266.0 (4th)
1948 NL  314.7 (1st)
1949 NL  243.0 (6th)
1950 NL  278.3 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 NL  129 (3rd)
1947 NL  132 (3rd)
1948 NL  137 (3rd)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 NL  34 (2nd)
1947 NL  35 (2nd)
1948 NL  39 (1st)
1949 NL  36 (3rd)
1950 NL  37 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1946 NL  24 (1st)
1947 NL  22 (2nd)
1948 NL  28 (1st)
1949 NL  16 (6th)
1950 NL  25 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (6th)
1947 NL  3 (6th)
1948 NL  4 (2nd)
1950 NL  3 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  19 (7th)
1948 NL  19 (7th)
1950 NL  34 (1st)
1952 AL  15 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  87 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  225 (3rd)
1947 NL  265 (1st)
1948 NL  297 (1st)
1949 NL  285 (2nd)
1950 NL  294 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  1.483 (5th)
1947 NL  1.671 (5th)
1948 NL  1.651 (5th)
1951 NL  1.400 (9th)
1953 AL  1.867 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  .272 (5th)
1948 NL  .543 (10th)
1949 NL  .556 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (6th)
1947 NL  12 (8th)
1948 NL  15 (3rd)
1949 NL  17 (3rd)
1951 NL  13 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 NL  104 (2nd)
1948 NL  91 (7th)
1949 NL  130 (1st)
1950 NL  122 (2nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 NL  4 (9th)
1950 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 NL  5 (5th)
1947 NL  4 (6th)
1948 NL  5 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1946 NL  1086 (2nd)
1947 NL  1131 (3rd)
1948 NL  1313 (1st)
1949 NL  1072 (4th)
1950 NL  1178 (4th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1942 NL  24 (5th)
1953 AL  19 (10th)
1954 AL  39 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1946 NL  156 (2nd)
1948 NL  147 (5th)
1953 AL  124 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 15 (143), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 121 (152), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (393), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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