Johnny Sain Stats

Johnny Sain was born on Tuesday, September 25, 1917, in Havana, Arkansas. Sain was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 24, 1942, with the Boston Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Johnny Sain baseball stats page.
"I've always felt a lot of pitching coaches made a living out of running pitchers so they wouldn't have to spend that same time teaching them how to pitch." - Johnny Sain (1972)

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Johnny Sain

Johnny Sain Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive (#205)

Johnny Sain Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive (#205)
 

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Birth Name:   John Franklin Sain
Nickname:   Johnny or Man of a Thousand Curves
Born On:   09-25-1917
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Havana, Arkansas
Zodiac:   Libra
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-07-2006
Place of Death Data Died In:   Downers Grove, Illinois
Cemetery:   Havana Cemetery, Havana, Arkansas
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-24-1942 (Age 24)
Last Game:   07-15-1955
Draft:   Not Applicable
Johnny Sain

Johnny Sain Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1942 Braves 40 3 24 4 7 .364 3.90 0 0 6 97.0 423 79 42 54 8 63 - 68 4 5 1 -
1946 Braves 37 34 2 20 14 .588 2.21 24 3 2 265.0 1,086 225 65 80 8 87 - 129 3 2 2 -
1947 Braves 38 35 3 21 12 .636 3.52 22 3 1 266.0 1,131 265 104 117 19 79 - 132 3 4 0 -
1948 Braves 42 39 3 24 15 .615 2.60 28 4 1 314.2 1,313 297 91 105 19 83 - 137 2 5 0 -
1949 Braves 37 36 1 10 17 .370 4.81 16 1 0 243.0 1,072 285 130 150 15 75 - 73 1 4 0 -
1950 Braves 37 37 0 20 13 .606 3.94 25 3 0 278.1 1,178 294 122 139 34 70 - 96 5 2 3 -
1951 Braves 26 22 2 5 13 .278 4.21 6 1 1 160.1 711 195 75 88 16 45 - 63 0 3 0 -
1951 Yankees 7 4 2 2 1 .667 4.14 1 0 1 37.0 155 41 17 17 5 8 - 21 0 0 0 -
1952 Yankees 35 16 15 11 6 .647 3.46 8 0 7 148.1 620 149 57 70 15 38 - 57 0 2 0 -
1953 Yankees 40 19 19 14 7 .667 3.00 10 1 9 189.0 780 189 63 68 16 45 - 84 2 3 1 -
1954 Yankees 45 0 39 6 6 .500 3.16 0 0 22 77.0 310 66 27 27 11 15 0 33 0 0 1 -
1955 Yankees 3 0 1 0 0 .000 6.75 0 0 0 5.1 22 6 4 4 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 -
1955 Athletics 25 0 13 2 5 .286 5.44 0 0 1 44.2 197 54 27 28 10 10 4 12 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
11 Years 412 245 124 139 116 .545 3.49 140 16 51 2,125.2 8,998 2,145 824 947 180 619 4 910 20 30 8 -
Johnny Sain

Johnny Sain Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1942 Braves 40 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 .074 .107 .074
1946 Braves 40 94 6 28 2 1 0 0 17 0 - 0 10 - 0 2 .298 .298 .340
1947 Braves 40 107 13 37 7 0 0 0 18 3 - 1 8 - 0 2 .346 .364 .411
1948 Braves 43 115 11 25 3 1 0 0 16 1 - 3 16 - 0 4 .217 .224 .261
1949 Braves 39 97 10 20 3 0 0 0 3 2 - 2 3 - 0 2 .206 .222 .237
1950 Braves 37 102 9 21 2 0 1 0 15 6 - 3 7 - 1 2 .206 .257 .255
1951 Braves 26 52 4 11 2 0 1 0 4 1 - 3 4 - 1 6 .212 .241 .308
1951 Yankees 7 14 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 .286 .286 .357
1952 Yankees 47 71 4 19 4 1 1 0 14 3 - 5 1 - 0 1 .268 .297 .394
1953 Yankees 41 68 8 17 3 1 0 0 8 5 - 1 4 - 0 4 .250 .301 .324
1954 Yankees 45 17 1 6 1 0 0 0 5 2 - 1 1 0 0 0 .353 .421 .412
1955 Yankees 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1955 Athletics 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 433 774 69 190 28 4 3 0 101 24 0 20 56 0 2 25 .245 .270 .304
Johnny Sain

Johnny Sain Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1942 Braves P 40 3 291 26 0.7 26 1 25 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.41 -
1946 Braves P 37 34 795 82 2.2 81 20 61 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.75 -
1947 Braves P 38 35 798 69 1.8 66 11 55 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.23 -
1948 Braves P 42 39 944 71 1.7 69 21 48 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .972 1.97 -
1949 Braves P 37 36 729 52 1.4 49 14 35 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .942 1.81 -
1950 Braves P 37 37 835 60 1.6 56 14 42 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .933 1.81 -
1951 Braves P 26 22 481 42 1.6 41 13 28 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.30 -
1951 Yankees P 7 4 111 11 1.6 11 1 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.68 -
1952 Yankees P 35 16 445 36 1.0 33 15 18 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.00 -
1953 Yankees P 40 19 567 42 1.1 40 8 32 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.90 -
1954 Yankees P 45 0 231 17 0.4 17 6 11 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.99 -
1955 Yankees P 3 0 16 1 0.3 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.69 -
1955 Athletics P 25 0 134 8 0.3 8 3 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.61 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 412 245 6,377 517 1.3 498 127 371 19 18 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.11 --
11 Years 412 245 6,377 517 1.3 498 127 371 19 18 n/a n/a n/a .963 2.11 --
Johnny Sain

Johnny Sain Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1942 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 27.0 27.0 1.08 6.31 5.85
1946 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 5.5 1.48 4.38 2.95
1947 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 107.0 5.9 1.67 4.47 2.67
1948 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 38.3 7.2 1.65 3.92 2.37
1949 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 48.5 32.3 0.97 2.70 2.78
1950 Braves 0 - - - - n/a 102.0 34.0 6.8 1.37 3.10 2.26
1951 Braves 0 0 .000 - - n/a 52.0 17.3 13.0 1.40 3.54 2.53
1951 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.63 5.11 1.95
1952 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 71.0 14.2 5.1 1.50 3.46 2.31
1953 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 68.0 8.5 1.87 4.00 2.14
1954 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 17.0 3.4 2.20 3.86 1.75
1955 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.00 8.44 1.69
1955 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.20 2.42 2.01
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 258.0 38.7 7.7 1.47 3.85 2.62
Johnny Sain

Johnny Sain Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1942 Boston Braves 28 Undetermined - -
1946 Boston Braves 33 Undetermined - -
1947 Boston Braves 33 Undetermined Stats -
1948 Boston Braves 33 Undetermined Stats Stats
1949 Boston Braves 33 Undetermined - -
1950 Boston Braves 33 Undetermined - -
1951 Boston Braves 33 Undetermined - Stats
1951 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1952 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1953 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined Stats Stats
1954 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - -
1955 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - -
1955 Kansas City Athletics 14 Undetermined - -




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