Player

Johnny Sain

Player Info
Full Name
John Franklin
Born
September 25, 1917
Havana, La Habana, Cuba
Died
November 7, 2006
Size
6'2" / 185 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
April 17, 1942
Final Game
July 15, 1955
Career
14 years
Teams
Honors
3 x All-Star
1953, 1948, 1947
1948 - Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (NL)
1948 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
1948 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (ML)
1946 - Baseball Magazine All-Star (NL)
Career Batting
433
G
.245
AVG
190
H
3
HR
101
RBI
.572
OPS
61
OPS vs Lg
16% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Career Pitching
139-116
W-L
3.49
ERA
412
G
910
SO
51
SV
1.30
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1955 New York Yankees 0 0 6.75 3 0 0 5.0 5 1
1955 Kansas City Athletics 2 5 5.44 25 0 1 44.1 12 10
1954 New York Yankees 6 6 3.16 45 0 22 77.0 33 15
1953 New York Yankees 14 7 3.00 40 19 9 189.0 84 45
1952 New York Yankees 11 6 3.46 35 16 7 148.1 57 38
1951 Boston Braves 5 13 4.21 26 22 1 160.1 63 45
1951 New York Yankees 2 1 4.14 7 4 1 37.0 21 8
1950 Boston Braves 20 13 3.94 37 37 0 278.0 96 70
1949 Boston Braves 10 17 4.81 37 36 0 243.0 73 75
1948 Boston Braves 24 15 2.60 42 39 1 314.2 137 83
1947 Boston Braves 21 12 3.52 38 35 1 266.0 132 79
1946 Boston Braves 20 14 2.21 37 34 2 265.0 129 87
1942 Boston Braves 4 7 3.90 40 3 6 97.0 68 63
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1955 AL 50.0 3.06 1.98 1.420
1954 AL 77.0 3.86 1.75 1.052
1953 AL 189.0 4.00 2.14 1.238 ✓
1952 AL 148.3 3.46 2.31 1.261
1951 AL 197.3 3.83 2.42 1.465 ✓
1950 NL 278.3 3.10 2.26 1.308 ✓
1949 NL 243.0 2.70 2.78 1.481 ✓
1948 NL 314.7 3.92 2.37 1.208 ✓
1947 NL 266.0 4.47 2.67 1.293 ✓
1946 NL 265.0 4.38 2.95 1.177 ✓
1942 NL 97.0 6.31 5.85 1.464
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1955 New York Yankees 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1955 Kansas City Athletics 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1954 New York Yankees 45 17 6 1 0 0 1 .353
1953 New York Yankees 41 68 17 3 1 0 8 .250
1952 New York Yankees 47 71 19 4 1 1 4 .268
1951 Boston Braves 26 52 11 2 0 1 4 .212
1951 New York Yankees 7 14 4 1 0 0 3 .286
1950 Boston Braves 37 102 21 2 0 1 9 .206
1949 Boston Braves 39 97 20 3 0 0 10 .206
1948 Boston Braves 43 115 25 3 1 0 11 .217
1947 Boston Braves 40 107 37 7 0 0 13 .346
1946 Boston Braves 40 94 28 2 1 0 6 .298
1942 Boston Braves 40 27 2 0 0 0 0 .074
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1955 AL 10 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -100 0.0
1954 AL 20 .059 .375 10.0 5.0 138 0.0
1953 AL 77 .074 .254 6.5 1.3 74 0.0
1952 AL 75 .127 .277 4.0 6.7 98 1.1
1951 AL 72 .091 .226 1.4 4.2 57 1.0
1950 NL 116 .049 .204 5.2 2.6 40 1.0
1949 NL 102 .031 .211 2.0 2.0 28 0.0
1948 NL 132 .044 .223 0.8 2.3 35 0.0
1947 NL 118 .065 .349 2.5 0.8 113 0.0
1946 NL 104 .043 .298 0.0 0.0 86 0.0
1942 NL 30 .000 .077 3.3 3.3 -45 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
P 412 127 371 19 18 .963
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1955 Kansas City Athletics P 25 3 5 0 0 1.000
1955 New York Yankees P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000
1954 New York Yankees P 45 6 11 0 0 1.000
1953 New York Yankees P 40 8 32 2 1 .952
1952 New York Yankees P 35 15 18 3 0 .917
1951 New York Yankees P 7 1 10 0 1 1.000
1951 Boston Braves P 26 13 28 1 3 .976
1950 Boston Braves P 37 14 42 4 3 .933
1949 Boston Braves P 37 14 35 3 2 .942
1948 Boston Braves P 42 21 48 2 3 .972
1947 Boston Braves P 38 11 55 3 1 .957
1946 Boston Braves P 37 20 61 1 4 .988
1942 Boston Braves P 40 1 25 0 0 1.000
Postseason Pitching
Year Round Team G W-L SV IP SO ERA
Career 6 2-2 0 30.2 15 2.64
1953 World Series New York Yankees 2 1-0 0 5.2 1 4.76
1952 World Series New York Yankees 1 0-1 0 6.0 3 3.00
1951 World Series New York Yankees 1 0-0 0 2.0 2 9.00
1948 World Series Boston Braves 2 1-1 0 17.0 9 1.06
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 7 11 2 0 2 .182
1953 World Series New York Yankees 2 2 1 0 2 .500
1952 World Series New York Yankees 2 3 0 0 0 .000
1951 World Series New York Yankees 1 1 0 0 0 .000
1948 World Series Boston Braves 2 5 1 0 0 .200