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: 25-17 / in Starts: 23-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 1

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	116	1	Apr 20	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	2	2	1	1	1	1	3.00	5.59	27	6	11	1	0	7	50			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.010	3.33	0.02%	0.91	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
2	117	6	Apr 25(1)	BSN		NYG	L,2-6	GS-9		4	9.0	9	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.40	4.09	36	12	9	2	0	9	61			0	2	0	33	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.038	3.02	0.05%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
3	118	12	Apr 30	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	6	2	0	2.25	4.55	35	12	9	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.49	0.202	.91	0.23%	2.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
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
4	119	15	May 5	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	L(1-2)	4	8.2	9	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.48	3.83	34	8	13	2	3	9	58			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.93	-0.304	4.17	-0.39%	1.16	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
5	120	19	May 10	BSN	@	STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-2)	4	9.0	10	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.94	3.45	39	13	9	0	0	9	71			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	1	.52	0.217	1.14	0.29%	4.78	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
6	121	22	May 17	BSN	@	BRO	W,12-3	CG	W(3-2)	6	9.0	9	3	2	2	5	0	0	1.95	3.25	37	14	16	6	0	0	62			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.79	0.168	2.17	0.28%	1.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
7	122	27	May 22	BSN		STL	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	6.1	9	6	5	3	1	0	0	2.53	3.32	31	7	11	0	0	9	31			2	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.245	4.09	-0.50%	-1.93	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d2
8	123	31	May 28	BSN		BRO	L,5-7	GS-3	L(3-4)	5	2.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.19	3.33	16	7	4	2	0	1	25			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.360	2.97	-0.57%	-4.03	1t start tie	3t 1-- 1 out d4
9	124	33	May 31(1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-6	9-GF		2	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.43	3.42	7	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.121	1.62	-0.18%	-1.51	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
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
10	125	35	Jun 2	BSN	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	W(4-4)	1	9.0	3	1	1	3	5	1	0	3.12	3.51	34	7	16	0	0	3	79			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	0.455	2.38	0.71%	3.60	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
11	126	39	Jun 6	BSN	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.76	3.41	35	16	7	0	0	4	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.67	0.803	3.69	1.07%	4.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	127	43	Jun 10	BSN	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	W(6-4)	3	9.0	7	2	1	2	8	1	0	2.58	3.38	35						73						33	0	0	0		0
13	128	47	Jun 13(1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-7	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.55	3.40	5	1	3	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.69	0.329	28.70	0.74%	0.87	9b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
14	129	49	Jun 15	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(7-4)	1	9.0	6	3	1	1	4	0	0	2.40	3.29	36	11	14	1	0	6	70			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	2	1.09	0.250	4.37	0.60%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	130	54	Jun 19	BSN		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.20	3.23	34	12	10	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.302	3.19	0.84%	4.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	131	59	Jun 24	BSN		STL	L,2-11	GS-	L(8-5)	4	5.0	7	7	5	2	2	1	1	2.51	3.37	27						29						23	0	1	0		0
17	132	62	Jun 27	BSN		PIT	W,9-1	CG	W(9-5)	2	9.0	8	1	1	5	1	0	0	2.39	3.43	38						63						33	1	1	0		0
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
18	133	65	Jul 1	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	2.30	3.39	35	13	11	0	3	4	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.407	5.51	1.39%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	134	70	Jul 5(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	L(10-6)	3	12.1	11	6	6	1	7	2	0	2.48	3.44	48						63						47	2	1	0		0
20	135	75	Jul 9	BSN		PHI	W,13-2	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	12	2	1	2	2	1	0	2.39	3.50	42	15	11	1	3	12	57			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.071	3.64	0.26%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
21	136	78	Jul 15(1)	BSN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(12-6)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.31	3.42	34	8	13	0	3	7	73			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.77	0.640	10.61	2.30%	3.28	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
22	137	84	Jul 19	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(12-7)	3	8.0	10	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.25	3.38	31	16	2	1	0	10	59			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.233	6.88	0.82%	3.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	138	87	Jul 23	BSN	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-3	L(12-8)	3	2.1	6	6	4	2	0	0	0	2.44	3.41	16	4	4	1	2	6	23			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.388	7.63	-1.51%	-3.96	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d3
24	139	90	Jul 25(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,8-6		W(13-8)	1	8.2	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	2.47	3.44	32												28	1	0	0		0
25	140	94	Jul 30	BSN		STL	L,2-6	GS-	L(13-9)	4	7.0	9	4	4	3	4	0	0	2.57	3.42	32						44						29	1	1	0		0
Aug				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
26	141	98	Aug 3	BSN		CIN	L,4-5	GS-4	L(13-10)	3	3.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.72	3.43	18	5	3	1	0	7	28			1	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.283	6.22	-1.12%	-2.90	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d3
27	142	102	Aug 7	BSN		CHC	W,6-3	CG	W(14-10)	3	9.0	10	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.73	3.46	36	12	11	0	2	10	56			0	0	1	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.174	7.31	0.72%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
28	143	105	Aug 11	BSN		NYG	W,4-3	CG	W(15-10)	3	9.0	10	3	3	4	3	1	1	2.74	3.54	41	8	15	0	7	10	54			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.70	0.397	14.07	1.97%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	144	109	Aug 15	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	L(15-11)	3	9.0	10	4	4	4	4	1	0	2.80	3.58	40	18	14	7	0	0	51			3	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.020	8.47	-0.12%	0.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
30	145	113	Aug 21(1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-1	L(15-12)	5	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.00	3.61	6	1	3	3	0	0	23			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.302	16.38	-1.98%	-3.91	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d3
31	146	117	Aug 24	BSN	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	W(16-12)	2	9.0	11	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.00	3.64	41	13	13	0	3	11	53			0	0	0	39	3	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.178	11.24	1.28%	1.78	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
32	147	121	Aug 27	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	L(16-13)	2	8.2	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	2.89	3.58	31	13	9	0	2	5	76			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.45	0.169	12.43	0.87%	2.86	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
33	148	125	Aug 30	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(16-14)	2	8.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	1	2.87	3.61	33	10	8	0	0	8	60			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.112	7.74	0.68%	2.09	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
34	149	129	Sep 3	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(17-14)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	4	1	0	2.80	3.62	36	11	12	1	2	7	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.426	9.87	2.32%	3.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	150	134	Sep 6(2)	BSN		BRO	W,4-0	SHO(7)	W(18-14)	2	7.0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.72	3.60	27	11	12	4	0	2	67			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	.69	0.261	9.42	2.15%	3.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
36	151	135	Sep 11(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(19-14)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.67	3.59	35	8	14	4	1	7	73			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	0.463	12.70	2.41%	3.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
37	152	139	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,10-3	CG	W(20-14)	2	9.0	10	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.68	3.63	40	7	15	1	4	10	55			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.114	1.96	0.55%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
38	153	141	Sep 17	BSN		PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(21-14)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	0	2.66	3.57	35	10	12	1	4	8	68			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.348	8.71	1.86%	2.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
39	154	144	Sep 21(1)	BSN		STL	W,11-3	CG	W(22-14)	3	9.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.67	3.58	35	13	13	3	3	5	59			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.018	1.18	0.02%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
40	155	147	Sep 25	BSN		NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(22-15)	3	7.0	7	3	1	2	1	0	1	2.63	3.58	31	11	11	2	6	5	54			1	0	0	28	3	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.034	.14	0.00%	0.47	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
41	156	150	Sep 29	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	W(23-15)	3	9.0	7	3	2	2	5	0	0	2.62	3.54	36	21	5	1	0	3	66			3	1	0	33	1	1	1	1	0	2	1.75	0.236	.00	0.00%	1.69	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
42	157	153	Oct 2(2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,2-1	GS-	W(24-15)	2	5.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	2.60	3.50	17						61						16	1	1	0		0
							25-17		W-L:24-15,Sv:1	3.0	314.2	298	105	91	83	138	19	5	2.60	3.50	1314	1.03		7%	7%	207	58	1	0%	14	4	1	1215	40	11	4	15	0	17	1.10	4.964	5.80	18.02%	50.24

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