Johnny Sain

John Franklin Sain
Born: September 25, 1917
Havana, AR USA
Deceased: 2006
Downers Grove, IL USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Career: 1942-1955
Minor League Statistics

Johnny Sain compiled a career record of 139 wins and 116 losses in his 433-game career with the Boston Braves, New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics. He began playing during the 1942 season and last took the field during the 1955 campaign.

Boston Braves

New York Yankees

Kansas City Athletics

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Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1942	NL	Boston Braves	4	7	.364	3.90	40	3	24	0	0	6	97.0	79	54	42	8	63	0	68	5	1	4	423
1946	NL	Boston Braves	20	14	.588	2.21	37	34	2	24	3	2	265.0	225	80	65	8	87	0	129	2	2	3	1086
1947	NL	Boston Braves	21	12	.636	3.52	38	35	3	22	3	1	266.0	265	117	104	19	79	0	132	4	0	3	1131
1948	NL	Boston Braves	24	15	.615	2.60	42	39	3	28	4	1	314.7	297	105	91	19	83	0	137	5	0	2	1313
1949	NL	Boston Braves	10	17	.370	4.81	37	36	1	16	1	0	243.0	285	150	130	15	75	0	73	4	0	1	1072
1950	NL	Boston Braves	20	13	.606	3.94	37	37	0	25	3	0	278.3	294	139	122	34	70	0	96	2	3	5	1178
1951	NL	Boston Braves	5	13	.278	4.21	26	22	2	6	1	1	160.3	195	88	75	16	45	0	63	3	0	0	711
1951	AL	New York Yankees	2	1	.667	4.14	7	4	2	1	0	1	37.0	41	17	17	5	8	0	21	0	0	0	155
1952	AL	New York Yankees	11	6	.647	3.46	35	16	15	8	0	7	148.3	149	70	57	15	38	0	57	2	0	0	620
1953	AL	New York Yankees	14	7	.667	3.00	40	19	19	10	1	9	189.0	189	68	63	16	45	0	84	3	1	2	780
1954	AL	New York Yankees	6	6	.500	3.16	45	0	39	0	0	22	77.0	66	27	27	11	15	0	33	0	1	0	310
1955	AL	New York Yankees	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	6	4	4	4	1	0	5	0	0	0	22
1955	AL	Kansas City Athletics	2	5	.286	5.44	25	0	13	0	0	1	44.7	54	28	27	10	10	4	12	0	0	0	197
Totals			139	116	.545	3.49	412	245	124	140	16	51	2125.7	2145	947	824	180	619	4	910	30	8	20	8998

Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1942	NL	Boston Braves	40	30	27	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	.074	.107	.074	.181	2	1	0	2
1946	NL	Boston Braves	40	104	94	6	28	2	1	0	17	0	0	.298	.298	.340	.638	32	2	0	10
1947	NL	Boston Braves	40	118	107	13	37	7	0	0	18	3	1	.346	.364	.411	.775	44	2	0	8
1948	NL	Boston Braves	43	132	115	11	25	3	1	0	16	1	3	.217	.224	.261	.485	30	4	0	16
1949	NL	Boston Braves	39	102	97	10	20	3	0	0	3	2	2	.206	.222	.237	.459	23	2	0	3
1950	NL	Boston Braves	37	116	102	9	21	2	0	1	15	6	3	.206	.257	.255	.512	26	2	1	7
1951	NL	Boston Braves	26	58	52	4	11	2	0	1	4	1	3	.212	.241	.308	.548	16	6	1	4
1951	AL	New York Yankees	7	14	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	5	1	0	0
1952	AL	New York Yankees	47	75	71	4	19	4	1	1	14	3	5	.268	.297	.394	.692	28	1	0	1
1953	AL	New York Yankees	41	77	68	8	17	3	1	0	8	5	1	.250	.301	.324	.625	22	4	0	4
1954	AL	New York Yankees	45	20	17	1	6	1	0	0	5	2	1	.353	.421	.412	.833	7	0	0	1
1955	AL	New York Yankees	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1955	AL	Kansas City Athletics	25	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals			433	856	774	69	190	28	4	3	101	24	20	.245	.270	.304	.574	235	25	2	56

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1942	NL	Boston Braves	P	40	0.0	1	25	0	0	1.000		.650
1946	NL	Boston Braves	P	37	0.0	20	61	1	4	.988		2.189
1947	NL	Boston Braves	P	38	0.0	11	55	3	1	.957		1.737
1948	NL	Boston Braves	P	42	0.0	21	48	2	3	.972		1.643
1949	NL	Boston Braves	P	37	0.0	14	35	3	2	.942		1.324
1950	NL	Boston Braves	P	37	0.0	14	42	4	3	.933		1.514
1951	AL	New York Yankees	P	7	0.0	1	10	0	1	1.000		1.571
1951	NL	Boston Braves	P	26	0.0	13	28	1	3	.976		1.577
1952	AL	New York Yankees	P	35	0.0	15	18	3	0	.917		.943
1953	AL	New York Yankees	P	40	0.0	8	32	2	1	.952		1.000
1954	AL	New York Yankees	P	45	77.0	6	11	0	0	1.000	1.987	.378
1955	AL	Kansas City Athletics	P	25	44.7	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.612	.320
1955	AL	New York Yankees	P	3	5.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.688	.333
Totals				412	127.0	127	371	19	18	.963	35.291	1.209

Postseason - Pitching:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF
1948	NL	Boston Braves	WS	1	1	.500	1.06	2	2	0	2	1	17.0	9	2	2	1	0	0	9	0	61
1951	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	12
1952	AL	New York Yankees	WS	0	1	.000	3.00	1	0	1	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	3	2	3	1	28
1953	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	0	1.000	4.76	2	0	1	0	0	5.7	8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	26
Totals				2	2	.500	2.64	6	2	2	2	1	30.7	27	9	9	2	6	2	15	1	127

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1948	NL	Boston Braves	WS	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1
1951	AL	New York Yankees	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1952	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1953	AL	New York Yankees	WS	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0
Totals				7	12	11	1	2	1	2	1	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1948	NL	Boston Braves	WS	P	2	2	17.0	2	2	1.000	2.118	2.000
1951	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	1	0	2.0	0	0		.000	.000
1952	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	1	0	6.0	0	2	1.000	3.000	2.000
1953	AL	New York Yankees	WS	P	2	0	5.7	0	0		.000	.000
Totals					6	2	30.7	2	4	1.000	1.761	1.000

Awards

1946 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1948 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star P1
1948 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

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