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Johnny
Sain		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 25, 1917 in Usa, AR, HAVANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1943   
All-Star Selections 1946    1949   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1942 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1943 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1944 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6
1945 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1946 28 PIT NL $ 3,078,571 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8
1947 29 PIT NL $ 4,764,286 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 7
1948 30 DET AL $ 6,500,000 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1949 31 NYG NL $ 6,500,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1950 32 DET AL $ 6,500,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1951 33 BOS AL $ 6,500,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1952 34 BSN NL $ 7,000,000 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 5
1953 35 NYG NL $ 7,000,000 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
1954 36 NYA AL $ 7,000,000 7 6 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3
1955 37 NYA AL $ 7,000,000 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1956 38 DET AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1942 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1943 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1944 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1945 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1946 28 PIT NL $ 3,078,571   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1947 29 PIT NL $ 4,764,286   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1948 30 DET AL $ 6,500,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1949 31 NYG NL $ 6,500,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1950 32 DET AL $ 6,500,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1951 33 BOS AL $ 6,500,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1952 34 BSN NL $ 7,000,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1953 35 NYG NL $ 7,000,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1954 36 NYA AL $ 7,000,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1955 37 NYA AL $ 7,000,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1956 38 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1942 24 PIT NL 1 3 .250 5 5 3 0 0 41.0 50 19 2 10 13 4.17 .311 .351 .422 .773 1.9
    AAA   15 7 .682 30 30 4 2 0 223.0 209 74 18 66 138 2.99 .246 .301 .358 .659  
1943 25 PIT NL 17 15 .531 40 40 12 4 0 309.7 301 111 25 113 94 3.23 .256 .321 .371 .691 24.3
1944 26 PIT NL 16 20 .444 44 44 12 2 0 331.7 333 152 33 130 129 4.12 .264 .330 .400 .731 20.5
1945 27 PIT NL 19 14 .576 40 40 8 0 0 296.7 279 135 20 129 111 4.10 .252 .327 .366 .694 18.1
1946 28 PIT NL 21 17 .553 43 43 19 4 0 336.7 314 130 29 128 140 3.48 .249 .316 .386 .702 27.0
1947 29 PIT NL 10 20 .333 36 36 3 0 0 258.0 278 141 25 107 147 4.92 .274 .340 .415 .756 10.1
1948 30 DET AL 13 7 .650 45 35 6 1 1 265.0 284 145 25 119 140 4.92 .275 .350 .424 .774 13.9
1949 31 NYG NL 25 9 .735 44 44 10 2 0 333.3 303 143 42 140 179 3.86 .243 .318 .394 .712 23.4
1950 32 NYG NL 6 11 .353 24 20 0 0 0 163.7 169 115 26 98 103 6.32 .265 .362 .452 .814 2.4
  DET AL 4 5 .444 19 16 0 0 4 89.0 93 62 14 46 52 6.27 .266 .349 .450 .799 0.1
  TOT   10 16 .385 43 36 0 0 4 252.7 262 177 40 144 155 6.30 .266 .357 .451 .809 2.5
1951 33 BOS AL 10 4 .714 66 6 1 0 8 120.7 123 58 11 73 54 4.33 .269 .365 .402 .767 11.8
1952 34 BSN NL 10 17 .370 40 40 2 0 0 259.3 270 172 39 153 178 5.97 .267 .363 .445 .808 2.2
1953 35 NYG NL 10 23 .303 43 43 4 0 0 278.7 288 181 46 160 199 5.85 .272 .365 .469 .834 7.2
1954 36 NYA AL 7 13 .350 25 25 7 1 0 168.7 177 93 29 64 86 4.96 .268 .331 .458 .789 7.4
    AAA   1 4 .200 5 5 0 0 0 34.3 33 17 7 11 30 4.46 .246 .303 .463 .766  
    AA   4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 51.7 48 12 5 12 61 2.09 .253 .297 .384 .681  
1955 37 NYA AL 6 12 .333 40 20 0 0 3 155.7 160 86 28 80 89 4.97 .271 .357 .448 .805 7.0
1956 38 DET AL 6 14 .300 65 24 1 0 3 202.0 224 119 16 116 94 5.30 .284 .373 .425 .798 5.6
15 Years Sim 181 204 .470 619 481 88 14 19 3609.6 3646 1862 410 1666 1808 4.64 .264 .341 .415 .756 183.1
2 Years AAA 16 11 .593 35 35 4 2 0 257.3 242 91 25 77 168 3.18 .246 .301 .373 .674  
1 Years AA 4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 51.7 48 12 5 12 61 2.09 .253 .297 .384 .681  
3 Years Minors 20 12 .625 42 42 4 2 0 309.0 290 103 30 89 229 3.00 .247 .301 .375 .675  
Season Average 12 13 .480 41 32 5 0 1 240.6 243 124 27 111 120 4.64 .264 .341 .415 .756  
Career Highs 25 23 .735 66 44 19 4 8 336.7 333 181 46 160 199 6.30 .311 .373 .469 .834  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1668 831 181 708 1005   .243 .314 .376 .689
vs LH   1978 1031 229 958 803   .284 .371 .453 .825
Home 94 100 .485 313 235 45 8 11 1797.0 1847 950 226 807 866 4.76 .268 .345 .431 .776
Away 87 104 .455 306 246 43 6 9 1812.6 1799 912 184 859 942 4.53 .260 .342 .398 .740
Mar/Apr 26 39 .400 83 83 16 2 0 598.0 596 296 60 276 297 4.46 .263 .342 .408 .750
May 33 34 .493 99 81 16 3 5 594.3 629 317 70 267 301 4.80 .271 .347 .423 .770
June 29 32 .475 108 82 12 3 1 617.0 599 322 73 321 306 4.70 .257 .346 .408 .755
July 28 34 .452 115 78 10 3 7 599.0 611 304 73 264 306 4.57 .265 .340 .420 .760
August 32 29 .525 107 79 17 2 1 602.3 600 305 74 273 301 4.56 .262 .341 .414 .755
Sep/Oct 33 36 .478 107 78 17 1 6 599.0 611 318 60 265 297 4.78 .266 .342 .416 .757
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1942 24 PIT NL 5 9 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .364 .333 .697 1.8 0.3
1943 25 PIT NL 40 95 11 18 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .189 .206 .211 .417 2.4 0.0
1944 26 PIT NL 44 113 9 38 4 0 1 15 0 0 2 3 .336 .348 .398 .746 14.4 2.5
1945 27 PIT NL 40 104 8 24 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 .231 .229 .240 .469 5.2 0.0
1946 28 PIT NL 43 125 5 33 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 2 .264 .268 .304 .572 9.4 0.5
1947 29 PIT NL 36 85 4 20 0 1 0 7 0 0 5 0 .235 .275 .259 .534 6.7 0.0
1948 30 DET AL 45 100 13 27 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 1 .270 .291 .290 .581 8.4 0.2
1949 31 NYG NL 44 123 11 33 2 0 0 17 0 0 3 1 .268 .289 .285 .574 10.0 0.0
1950 32 NYG NL 24 58 7 14 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 .241 .262 .276 .538 4.2 0.0
  DET AL 19 26 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .192 .192 .192 .385 0.4 0.0
  TOT   43 84 12 19 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 5 .226 .241 .250 .491 4.6 0.0
1951 33 BOS AL 66 32 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .188 .212 .188 .400 1.0 0.0
1952 34 BSN NL 40 91 5 13 0 0 0 6 1 0 3 2 .143 .168 .143 .311 0.9 0.0
1953 35 NYG NL 43 93 8 20 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 .215 .223 .258 .481 3.6 0.0
1954 36 NYA AL 25 59 4 19 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 .322 .311 .356 .667 6.3 0.8
1955 37 NYA AL 40 47 3 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 .085 .173 .170 .343 0.3 0.0
1956 38 DET AL 65 50 3 8 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 2 .160 .208 .200 .408 1.0 0.0
15 Years Sim 619 1210 102 285 25 2 2 107 1 1 31 22 .236 .254 .264 .518 76.2 4.3
162 Game Average 316 26 74 6 0 0 28 0 0 8 5 .236 .254 .264 .518 19.9  
Career Highs 66 125 13 38 5 1 1 17 1 1 5 5 .336 .364 .398 .746 14.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   737 62 171 12 0 2 70 1 0 23 14 .232 .255 .256 .511 43.7
vs LH   473 40 114 13 2 0 37 0 1 8 8 .241 .253 .277 .530 28.9
Home 313 555 51 134 12 1 1 43 0 1 12 10 .241 .257 .272 .529 34.5
Away 306 655 51 151 13 1 1 64 1 0 19 12 .231 .251 .258 .509 38.1
RISP   279 0 63 6 1 1 102 0 0 12 5 .226 .250 .265 .515 17.6
Close/Late   76 10 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 8 2 .250 .321 .276 .598 7.2
Mar/Apr 83 211 24 56 7 0 1 20 0 0 7 5 .265 .288 .313 .600 18.0
May 99 196 14 40 3 1 0 11 0 0 10 3 .204 .243 .230 .472 9.6
June 108 205 13 48 1 0 1 25 0 1 3 5 .234 .249 .254 .502 10.8
July 115 189 17 49 3 1 0 14 0 0 5 1 .259 .273 .286 .558 14.0
August 100 206 16 40 4 0 0 14 0 0 1 7 .194 .200 .214 .414 5.3
Sep/Oct 107 203 18 52 7 0 0 23 1 0 5 1 .256 .271 .291 .562 14.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1942 24 PIT NL P 5 5 41.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.20    
1943 25 PIT NL P 40 40 309.7 26 42 0 4 1.000 1.98    
1944 26 PIT NL P 44 44 331.7 23 53 2 3 .974 2.06    
1945 27 PIT NL P 40 40 296.7 20 46 2 4 .971 2.00    
1946 28 PIT NL P 43 43 336.7 19 68 2 2 .978 2.33    
1947 29 PIT NL P 36 36 258.0 21 46 3 6 .957 2.34    
1948 30 DET AL P 45 35 265.0 26 44 5 3 .933 2.38    
1949 31 NYG NL P 44 44 333.3 17 48 1 1 .985 1.76    
1950 32 NYG NL P 24 20 163.7 10 25 1 2 .972 1.92    
  DET AL P 19 16 89.0 6 13 1 1 .950 1.92    
  TOT   P 43 36 252.7 16 38 2 3 .964 1.92    
1951 33 BOS AL P 66 6 120.7 4 20 0 2 1.000 1.79    
1952 34 BSN NL P 40 40 259.3 16 36 1 1 .981 1.80    
1953 35 NYG NL P 43 43 278.7 10 57 2 7 .971 2.16    
1954 36 NYA AL P 25 25 168.7 8 29 0 2 1.000 1.97    
1955 37 NYA AL P 40 20 155.7 5 29 0 3 1.000 1.97    
1956 38 DET AL P 65 24 202.0 6 38 1 5 .978 1.96    
Career Totals   619 481 3609.6 220 601 21 46 .975 2.05    
Career Highs   66 44 336.7 26 68 5 7 1.000 2.38    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1949 31 NYG NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 4 1 4 2 18.00 .250 .500 .750 1.250
1950 32 DET AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 1 7.7 9 9 1 6 3 10.57 .290 .405 .548 .954
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 1 9.7 11 13 2 10 5 12.11 .282 .429 .590 1.018
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1943-4-3.23
1946-7-3.48
 Wins
1943-10-17
1945-6-19
1946-5-21
1949-2-25
 Losses
1943-7-15
1944-3-20
1946-5-17
1947-2-20
1952-6-17
1953-1-23
CAR-27-204
 Winning Pct
1948-4-.650
1949-4-.735
 Saves
1951-10-8
 Games Pitched
1951-9-66
1956-9-65
Games Started
1943-9-40
1944-1-44
1945-6-40
1946-2-43
1949-1-44
1953-5-43
 Complete Games
1943-10-12
1946-4-19
 Shutouts
1943-4-4
1944-8-2
1946-2-4
1948-8-1
1949-8-2
 Innings Pitched
1943-9-309.7
1944-4-331.7
1945-10-296.7
1946-1-336.7
1949-4-333.3
 Hits Allowed
1943-10-301
1944-4-333
1946-3-314
1949-10-303
1953-10-288
CAR-45-3646
 Homeruns Allowed
1943-7-25
1944-2-33
1946-7-29
1949-1-42
1952-5-39
1953-3-46
1954-10-29
CAR-23-410
Strikeouts
1944-7-129
1946-9-140
1947-7-147
1948-9-140
1949-4-179
1952-6-178
1953-6-199
 Walks Allowed
1943-6-113
1944-3-130
1945-5-129
1946-5-128
1949-7-140
1952-2-153
1953-4-160
CAR-18-1666
 Hits per 9IP
1943-9-8.7
1949-7-8.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1947-5-5.1
1948-8-4.8
1949-6-4.8
1950-5-5.7
1952-5-6.2
1953-6-6.4
 WHiP
1949-7-1.33
 OAVG
1943-10-.256
1949-8-.243
OOBP
1949-8-.318
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 109    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Bert Blyleven (888)
  4. Mike Garcia (887)
  5. Curt Simmons (877)
  6. Tug McGraw (862)
  7. Bob Gibson (853)
  8. Ted Gray (847)
  9. Al Javery (846)
  10. Mickey Lolich (845)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Don Newcombe (988)
  2. Ralph Birkofer (986)
  3. Ralph Winegarner (983)
  4. Dave Ferriss (980)
  5. Fred Hutchinson (978)
  6. Clay Bryant (976)
  7. Schoolboy Rowe (975)
  8. Jack Salveson (968)
  9. Murry Dickson (962)
  10. Dizzy Dean (959)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1942
Had first career hit on 9/10/1942, off Oscar Judd (BOS)
Earned first career win on 9/15/1942
Hit first career homerun on 6/6/1944, off Frank Barrett (CIN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1944, going 5-0, 2.85
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1945, going 5-1, 3.59
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,078,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1946, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,764,286 through salary arbitration
4/2/1947: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/8/1947 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Pittsburgh to Detroit on 3/3/1948 (Going to PIT: C Ken Silvestri, P Jake Mooty, LF Nino Bongiovanni, 1B Frank Secory. Going to DET: P Johnny Sain, P Frank Papish, C Mickey Owen)
Injured on 6/24/1948 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Detroit to New York (N) on 2/1/1949 (Going to NYG: P Johnny Sain, 2B Eddie Stanky. Going to DET: P Ray Scarborough, P Bob Porterfield, 3B Eddie Bockman)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1949, winning 2 games with a 1.53 ERA
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1950 (Going to NYG: P Ray Scarborough. Going to DET: P Johnny Sain)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 2/1/1951 (Going to DET: SS Frankie Zak. Going to BOS: P Johnny Sain, 1B Charlie Keller, LF Eddie Lukon)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/3/1952 to a 4-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYG: P Early Wynn, P Johnny Sain. Going to BSN: CF Johnny Lindell)
Traded from New York (N) to New York (A) on 5/1/1954 (Going to NYG: 1B Rocky Nelson. Going to NYA: P Johnny Sain)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1956 to a minor league contract
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Injured on 9/27/1956 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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