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: 22-15 / in Starts: 22-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	195	2	Apr 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	12	6	6	4	3	3	0	6.00	7.58	42	8	15	2	2	12	38			1	1	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.300	1.86	0.49%	-1.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	196	5	Apr 23(1)	BSN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	4.50	5.97	36	11	13	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.22	0.378	3.89	0.72%	1.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	197	10	Apr 28	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-6	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.2	10	6	6	1	1	0	0	5.96	5.32	25	9	4	0	1	10	20			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.85	-0.202	2.38	-0.34%	-3.76	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d6
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	198	15	May 3	BSN	@	PIT	W,15-4	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	4	4	4	4	3	1	0	5.40	5.14	35	16	8	1	2	4	62			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.089	2.26	0.12%	0.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
5	199	19	May 7	BSN	@	STL	L,0-15	GS-	L(3-2)	3	4.2	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	5.94	4.76	25						23						25			0		0
6	200	22	May 11	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.76	4.24	32	7	14	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.495	2.62	0.80%	4.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
7	201	25	May 16	BSN		PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-2)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.98	3.89	32	11	13	0	0	6	77			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.608	3.47	1.02%	4.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	202	28	May 21(1)	BSN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	9	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.69	3.94	38	9	17	2	0	8	61			1	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.75	0.507	4.54	0.79%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	203	32	May 26	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	GS-8	L(6-3)	4	7.0	10	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.97	3.82	33	13	17	7	0	1	37			1	0	0	30	1	1	1	0	0	1	.94	-0.149	2.87	-0.27%	-1.94	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d4
10	204	35	May 30(1)	BSN		NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.74	3.83	35	4	18	0	0	5	71			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.110	1.80	0.17%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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	205	39	Jun 3	BSN	@	PIT	W,10-6	GS-6	W(8-3)	3	5.1	12	6	6	0	4	3	0	4.15	4.12	28	5	8	1	0	11	24			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.355	2.31	-0.52%	-3.99	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 1 out a2
12	206	44	Jun 8	BSN	@	STL	L,6-18	GS-1	L(8-4)	4	0.2	5	7	7	2	1	0	0	4.85	4.15	9	1	0	0	0	5	13			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.437	6.00	-0.98%	-4.98	1b start a 4	1b 1-3 2 out d1
13	207	52	Jun 16	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	W(9-4)	7	9.0	11	5	5	3	3	2	1	4.87	4.34	41	10	13	0	1	11	45			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.221	3.49	-0.32%	-0.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
14	208	57	Jun 20	BSN		CHC	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(9-5)	3	10.0	12	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.74	4.33	41	16	12	0	0	12	51			0	0	1	40	0	3	0	3	0	2	1.68	-0.194	5.08	-0.35%	0.92	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
15	209	60	Jun 24	BSN		STL	L,6-7	GS-3		3	2.0	7	5	5	1	0	1	0	5.08	4.45	14	2	4	0	0	7	21			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.313	3.69	-0.61%	-4.02	1t start tie	3t --- 0 out d5
16	210	63	Jun 28	BSN		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.76	4.27	34	9	13	3	0	8	69			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.429	3.05	0.73%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
17	211	67	Jul 2(1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,11-5	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	6	5	4	3	5	1	0	4.71	4.25	37	10	13	3	2	6	59			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	.55	0.183	1.70	0.34%	-0.24	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
18	212	73	Jul 7	BSN		NYG	W,8-2	CG	W(12-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.52	4.17	35	9	17	1	6	6	66			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	.49	0.255	1.46	0.46%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	213	76	Jul 13	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(12-6)	5	8.0	10	7	5	1	1	2	0	4.58	4.27	34	9	14	1	0	9	38			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.10	-0.364	4.53	-0.90%	-2.81	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
20	214	81	Jul 17	BSN	@	PIT	W,8-6	GS-		3	6.0	8	6	4	4	6	2	0	4.64	4.38	30						38						26			0		0
21	215	84	Jul 21	BSN	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG(13)	L(12-7)	3	12.0	10	4	3	4	12	1	0	4.46	4.25	51	14	11	1	2	10	76			0	0	0	45	5	0	0	0	0	1	1.66	0.093	8.29	0.28%	1.83	1b start tie	13b 1-- 0 out d1
22	216	88	Jul 25	BSN		PIT	W,7-2	CG	W(13-7)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.33	4.23	37	11	15	0	0	8	64			1	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.248	3.71	0.58%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	217	92	Jul 29	BSN		CIN	W,9-1	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.16	4.21	33	14	9	0	0	7	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.170	2.47	0.35%	3.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
24	218	97	Aug 2	BSN		STL	W,4-3	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.11	4.12	32						62						32			0		0
25	219	101	Aug 6(1)	BSN		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	4.01	4.04	35	7	17	2	0	10	60			1	0	0	35	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	0.239	4.70	0.63%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	220	106	Aug 10	BSN		BRO	L,3-4	CG	L(16-8)	3	9.0	9	4	3	4	4	2	0	3.96	4.13	39	6	23	9	0	2	55			0	1	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	.61	-0.142	2.33	-0.33%	0.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
27	221	110	Aug 15	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-9	GS-2	L(16-9)	4	1.2	6	6	1	2	1	0	0	3.98	4.13	15	6	3	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.32	-0.398	8.01	-1.45%	-5.30	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d5
28	222	113	Aug 21	BSN	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-5	L(16-10)	5	4.2	5	8	6	4	0	2	0	4.14	4.28	23	11	3	0	0	5	22			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.310	1.65	-0.39%	-3.08	1b start a 1	5b 123 2 out d3
29	223	118	Aug 25	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-4		3	4.0	8	6	6	1	4	2	0	4.32	4.34	21	5	3	0	0	8	25			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.350	.70	-0.21%	-3.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
30	224	122	Aug 29	BSN	@	CIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(17-10)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.14	4.29	32	13	12	1	0	4	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.90	0.451	1.02	0.30%	4.71	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
Sept				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
31	225	126	Sep 2	BSN		PHI	L,0-2	CG	L(17-11)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.06	4.23	35	10	14	2	2	6	64			2	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	.85	0.109	.67	0.05%	2.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
32	226	129	Sep 6	BSN	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(17-12)	3	8.0	6	3	2	1	1	1	0	4.00	4.23	30	12	10	0	4	6	60			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.60	-0.025	.41	-0.01%	1.23	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
33	227	133	Sep 10	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(5)	W(18-12)	3	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	1	3.96	4.20	21	5	6	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.190	1.80	0.16%	1.57	1b start tie	5b 3 out a2
34	228	136	Sep 14	BSN		CHC	W,7-4	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	10	4	3	0	2	3	0	3.92	4.28	37	12	13	0	0	10	55			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.134	.54	0.06%	0.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
35	229	141	Sep 19	BSN		STL	W,8-7	GS-		4	5.2	11	6	4	1	5	2	0	3.98	4.31	31						31						30			0		0
36	230	144	Sep 23	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(19-13)	3	10.0	8	4	4	5	4	0	0	3.96	4.27	41	12	13	1	4	7	59			4	2	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.143	.57	-0.04%	0.92	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
37	231	150	Sep 27(2)	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-2	GS-8	W(20-13)	3	8.0	9	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.91	4.26	32	17	9	5	0	3	53			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.336	.00	0.00%	2.31	1b start tie	8b 3 out a2
							22-15		W-L:20-13	3.5	278.1	294	139	121	70	96	34	2	3.91	4.26	1181	0.84		6%	4%	225	51		---%	13	9	1	1098	31	7	5	20	0	16	1.03	1.721	2.80	1.33%	11.32

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