Johnny Sain career saves
51Career Regular Season
Johnny Sain has recorded 51 saves over 11 regular seasons, 365th among 4,322 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 22 in 1954.
- Most recent: 1 in 1955.
Sum of 11 regular seasons, 1942 through 1955. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  ATL | 40 | 4 | 7 | 3.90 | 97.0 | 68 | 63 | 1.46 | 6 |
| 1946 | ATL | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2.21 | 265.0 | 129 | 87 | 1.18 | 2 |
| 1947 | ATL | 38 | 21 | 12 | 3.52 | 266.0 | 132 | 79 | 1.29 | 1 |
| 1948 | ATL | 42 | 24 | 15 | 2.60 | 314.2 | 137 | 83 | 1.21 | 1 |
| 1949 | ATL | 37 | 10 | 17 | 4.81 | 243.0 | 73 | 75 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 1950 | ATL | 37 | 20 | 13 | 3.94 | 278.1 | 96 | 70 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 1951 |  ATL/NYY | 33 | 7 | 14 | 4.20 | 197.1 | 84 | 53 | 1.46 | 2 |
| 1952 | NYY | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3.46 | 148.1 | 57 | 38 | 1.26 | 7 |
| 1953 | NYY | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3.00 | 189.0 | 84 | 45 | 1.24 | 9 |
| 1954 | NYY | 45 | 6 | 6 | 3.16 | 77.0 | 33 | 15 | 1.05 | 22 |
| 1955 |  NYY/ATH | 28 | 2 | 5 | 5.58 | 50.0 | 17 | 11 | 1.42 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV