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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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-18 / in Starts: 20-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 104 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	78 (34-28-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 104 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (34-22-10)

Most Driven In
C Ryan	7
C Gillenwater	2
N Fernandez	1
K O'Dea	1
T Neill	1
S Roberge	1
R Sanders	1
P Masi	1

Most Driven In By
J Hopp	3
D Culler	1
T Holmes	1
B Herman	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	41	1	Apr 16	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.45	-0.139	3.87	-0.22%	-1.51	P
2	42	4 (2)	Apr 21 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.27	-0.155	3.43	-0.25%	-1.28	P
3	43	11 (6)	Apr 28 (2)	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	44	12	May 3	BSN	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9	.65	-0.016	2.01	-0.03%	-0.15	P
5	45	15 (2)	May 7	BSN	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.214	.429	9						P
6	46	19 (3)	May 11	BSN		NYG	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.93	-0.095	5.34	-0.16%	-0.81	P
7	47	24 (4)	May 16	BSN		STL	L,8-9	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						PR
8	48	25	May 17	BSN		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.211	.211	.421	9	.75	-0.077	2.47	-0.15%	-0.69	P
9	49	29 (3)	May 22	BSN		CIN	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.227	.227	.455	9	.77	-0.020	2.17	-0.03%	0.03	P
10	50	34 (4)	May 29	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.94	0.014	1.57	0.01%	0.16	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	51	40 (5)	Jun 4	BSN	@	STL	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.240	.480	9	.72	-0.018	1.22	-0.02%	-0.15	P
12	52	45 (4)	Jun 9 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,14-3	CG	5	5	0	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.400	.733	9	.62	0.215	.89	0.19%	4.34	P
13	53	49 (3)	Jun 14	BSN		CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.353	.353	.412	.765	9	.83	-0.044	1.24	-0.04%	-0.98	P
14	54	55 (5)	Jun 19	BSN		STL	L,3-8	GS-6	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.389	.389	.472	.861	9	1.21	0.145	1.93	0.14%	1.37	P
15	55	60 (4)	Jun 23 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.410	.410	.487	.897	9	.77	0.105	.87	0.07%	1.44	P
16	56	65 (4)	Jun 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.475	.875	9	1.96	-0.055	2.95	-0.05%	-0.49	P
17	57	66	Jun 29	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-12	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.390	.390	.463	.854	9	.00	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.60	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	58	69 (2)	Jul 3	BSN		PHI	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.356	.422	.778	9	.48	-0.069	.26	-0.02%	-2.04	P
19	59	74 (4)	Jul 7 (2)	BSN		BRO	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.354	.354	.417	.771	9	1.20	-0.066	.62	-0.02%	-0.57	P
20	60	76 (1)	Jul 12	BSN	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.392	.725	9	1.41	-0.110	.29	-0.01%	-0.77	P
21	61	77	Jul 13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.392	.725	9						P
22	62	83 (5)	Jul 17	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.392	.725	9						P
23	63	86 (2)	Jul 20	BSN	@	STL	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.315	.370	.685	9	.82	-0.063	1.08	-0.05%	-0.53	P
24	64	88 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.327	.382	.709	9	.57	0.026	.37	0.01%	0.25	PH
25	65	90 (1)	Jul 25	BSN		CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.386	.719	9	.71	-0.007	.14	0.00%	-0.09	P
26	66	94 (3)	Jul 31	BSN		PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.383	.717	9	1.47	-0.007	.17	0.00%	-0.13	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	67	99 (4)	Aug 6	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG(12)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.328	.375	.703	9	1.29	0.007	.25	0.00%	-0.30	P
28	68	103 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,10-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.324	.324	.382	.706	9	.39	0.019	.05	0.00%	-0.04	P
29	69	105 (1)	Aug 14	BSN		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.324	.382	.706	9						P
30	70	106	Aug 15 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,11-15	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.324	.324	.382	.706	9						P
31	71	109 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.324	.324	.380	.704	9						P
32	72	113 (3)	Aug 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.311	.365	.676	9	.83	-0.062	.04	0.00%	-0.55	P
33	73	119 (5)	Aug 28 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.368	.684	9	1.30	-0.013	.01	0.00%	-0.19	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	74	124 (4)	Sep 1 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.316	.316	.367	.684	9	.45	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.50	P
35	75	130 (5)	Sep 5	BSN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.305	.354	.659	9	.87	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
36	76	134 (3)	Sep 10	BSN		CHC	W,10-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.306	.306	.353	.659	9	.83	0.025	.00	0.00%	1.57	P
37	77	140 (5)	Sep 14	BSN		PIT	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.315	.360	.674	9	.44	-0.022	.00	0.00%	0.35	P
38	78	145 (4)	Sep 18	BSN		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.352	.659	9	1.57	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.73	P
39	79	148 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.298	.298	.340	.638	9	1.28	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
40	80	153 (4)	Sep 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.298	.340	.638	9						P
							22-18		104	94	6	28	2	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	10		4	2	0	0	.298	.298	.340	.638		.98	-0.668	1.02	-0.64%	-2.33

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