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 (Jenifer Langosch, 11/08/2006, 'Former pitcher, coach Sain dies at 89', Source ))
Johnny Sain Autograph on a 1954 Topps Archive Baseball Card (#205)
Johnny SainJohnny Sain Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1942 | 25 | Braves | 40 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 97.0 | 423 | 79 | 42 | 54 | 8 | 63 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - |
1946 | 29 | Braves | 37 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 14 | .588 | 2.21 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 265.0 | 1,086 | 225 | 65 | 80 | 8 | 87 | 8 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
1947 | 30 | Braves | 38 | 35 | 3 | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3.52 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 266.0 | 1,131 | 265 | 104 | 117 | 19 | 79 | 9 | 132 | 3 | 4 | 0 | - |
1948 | 31 | Braves | 42 | 39 | 3 | 24 | 15 | .615 | 2.60 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 314.2 | 1,313 | 297 | 91 | 105 | 19 | 83 | 4 | 137 | 2 | 5 | 0 | - |
1949 | 32 | Braves | 37 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .370 | 4.81 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 243.0 | 1,072 | 285 | 130 | 150 | 15 | 75 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - |
1950 | 33 | Braves | 37 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 13 | .606 | 3.94 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 278.1 | 1,178 | 294 | 122 | 139 | 34 | 70 | 5 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - |
1951 | 34 | Braves | 26 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 160.1 | 711 | 195 | 75 | 88 | 16 | 45 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - |
1951 | 34 | Yankees | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 155 | 41 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1952 | 35 | Yankees | 35 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.46 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 148.1 | 620 | 149 | 57 | 70 | 15 | 38 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - |
1953 | 36 | Yankees | 40 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.00 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 189.0 | 780 | 189 | 63 | 68 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - |
1954 | 37 | Yankees | 45 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.16 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 77.0 | 310 | 66 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - |
1955 | 38 | 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 | 38 | 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 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | 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 | 47 | 910 | 20 | 30 | 8 | - |
Johnny SainJohnny Sain Hitting Stats |
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Yr | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1942 | 25 | Braves | 40 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 1 | .074 | .107 | .074 |
1946 | 29 | Braves | 40 | 94 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | 0 | 2 | .298 | .298 | .340 |
1947 | 30 | Braves | 40 | 107 | 13 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | 0 | 2 | .346 | .364 | .411 |
1948 | 31 | Braves | 43 | 115 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | - | 0 | 4 | .217 | .224 | .261 |
1949 | 32 | Braves | 39 | 97 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 2 | .206 | .222 | .237 |
1950 | 33 | Braves | 37 | 102 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | .206 | .257 | .255 |
1951 | 34 | Braves | 26 | 52 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 6 | .212 | .241 | .308 |
1951 | 34 | Yankees | 7 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .357 |
1952 | 35 | Yankees | 47 | 71 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | .268 | .297 | .394 |
1953 | 36 | Yankees | 41 | 68 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 4 | .250 | .301 | .324 |
1954 | 37 | Yankees | 45 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .421 | .412 |
1955 | 38 | Yankees | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1955 | 38 | Athletics | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | 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 SainJohnny Sain Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
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 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
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 SainJohnny Sain Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1942 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 1.08 | 6.31 | 5.85 |
1946 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1.48 | 4.38 | 2.95 |
1947 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 107.0 | 5.9 | 1.67 | 4.47 | 2.67 |
1948 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 38.3 | 7.2 | 1.65 | 3.92 | 2.37 |
1949 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 48.5 | 32.3 | 0.97 | 2.70 | 2.78 |
1950 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 102.0 | 34.0 | 6.8 | 1.37 | 3.10 | 2.26 |
1951 Braves | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 52.0 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 1.40 | 3.54 | 2.53 |
1951 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.63 | 5.11 | 1.95 |
1952 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 14 | 0 | n/a | 71.0 | 14.2 | 5.1 | 1.50 | 3.46 | 2.31 |
1953 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 68.0 | 8.5 | 1.87 | 4.00 | 2.14 |
1954 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 17.0 | 3.4 | 2.20 | 3.86 | 1.75 |
1955 Yankees | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.00 | 8.44 | 1.69 |
1955 Athletics | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.20 | 2.42 | 2.01 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
11 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 22 | 1 | n/a | 258.0 | 38.7 | 7.7 | 1.47 | 3.85 | 2.62 |
Johnny SainJohnny Sain Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team [Click for Roster] | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
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 | $25,000.00 | - | - |
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 | - | - |
Johnny Sain Stats by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Johnny Sain - who went 20-14 in
1946
, 21-12 in
1947
, and 24-15 in
1948
- was the first
Braves
' pitcher in franchise history to record three consecutive twenty-win seasons? Too easy:
Did you know Johnny Sain started 245 games and threw 140 complete games, 57.1% of the games he pitched in (try to find a modern pitcher who has completed 5% of their games)?
Did you know Johnny Sain had 774 at-bats across four-hundred thirty-three games and struck out only 20 times in his entire career?
Did you know Johnny Sain once threw nine complete games in a 29 day span? Compare that to the complete game year-by-year leaders to see each pitcher who led their entire league across the entire season?
Did you know Johnny Sain won three World Series rings as a pitcher ( 1951 , 1952 , 1953 ) and three additional World Series rings as a coach ( 1961 , 1962 , 1968 )?
Did you know Johnny Sain spent 14 years as a pitching coach and helped sixteen 20-game winners, and four times his skipper won the Manager of the Year Award ?
Warren Spahn & Johnny Sain | Twin Peaks California Oranges Advertisement | [
Spahn & Sain
]
Baseball Almanac came online in 1999 and one of the first
baseball poems
we ever researched and preserved online was
Spahn & Sain
. During the 1948 season,
Warren Spahn
threw a 14-inning complete game win on Labor Day [
box score
]. During game two of the doubleheader [
box score
], Sain threw a complete game shutout which ended in the seventh inning due to rain. That was September 7th, and the remaining home games versus the Dodgers were rained out. When the Braves took the field again, it was in Philadelphia - four days later - and Sain pitched a complete game 3-1 victory [
box score
] followed by a complete game 13-2 win [
box score
] by
Warren Spahn
on the same day.
After The Man of a Thousand Curves hung up his cleats, he moved into the dugout and put on a new uniform - pitching coach. Admired and successful, Johnny believed a pitching coach should "mentor, don't dictate; emphasize the positive; avoid harping on the struggles; give advice and suggestions, but never orders." The coaching philosophy worked as he served as the Kansas City Athletics Pitching Coach in 1959, New York Yankees Pitching Coach from 1961 through 1963, the Minnesota Twins Pitching Coach from 1965 through 1966, Detroit Tigers Pitching Coach from 1967 through 1969, the Chicago White Sox Pitching Coach from 1971 through 1975, the Atlanta Braves Pitching Coach in 1977 and from 1985 through 1986. While with the Yankees Sain coached Jim Bouton , who said, "Johnny Sain is the greatest pitching coach -- ever. I admire him more than any man I've ever met. All players like him: white, black, conservative, liberal, loud, quiet, they all do. Johnny Sain gets a pitcher's allegiance before any manager."