Johnny Sain stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1942
Bio
- Debut
- 1942
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 412
- W
- 139
- L
- 116
- ERA
- 3.49
- IP
- 2125.2
- K
- 910
- BB
- 619
- WHIP
- 1.30
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | ATL | 40 | 4 | 7 | 3.90 | 97.0 | 68 | 63 | 1.46 |
| 1946 | ATL | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2.21 | 265.0 | 129 | 87 | 1.18 |
| 1947 | ATL | 38 | 21 | 12 | 3.52 | 266.0 | 132 | 79 | 1.29 |
| 1948 | ATL | 42 | 24 | 15 | 2.60 | 314.2 | 137 | 83 | 1.21 |
| 1949 | ATL | 37 | 10 | 17 | 4.81 | 243.0 | 73 | 75 | 1.48 |
| 1950 | ATL | 37 | 20 | 13 | 3.94 | 278.1 | 96 | 70 | 1.31 |
| 1951 |  ATL/NYY | 33 | 7 | 14 | 4.20 | 197.1 | 84 | 53 | 1.46 |
| 1952 | NYY | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3.46 | 148.1 | 57 | 38 | 1.26 |
| 1953 | NYY | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3.00 | 189.0 | 84 | 45 | 1.24 |
| 1954 | NYY | 45 | 6 | 6 | 3.16 | 77.0 | 33 | 15 | 1.05 |
| 1955 |  NYY/ATH | 28 | 2 | 5 | 5.58 | 50.0 | 17 | 11 | 1.42 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- W
- 2
- L
- 2
- ERA
- 2.70
- IP
- 30.0
- K
- 15
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.10
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 140
- SHO
- 16
- K/9
- 3.9
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | ATL | 0 | 24 | 3 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | ATL | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | ATL | 0 | 28 | 4 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | ATL | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | ATL | 0 | 25 | 3 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | ATL/NYY | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NYY | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NYY | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | NYY/ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Johnny Sain's career stats?
Johnny Sain played 11 seasons for the Braves and the Yankees. He had 139 wins and 910 strikeouts with a 3.49 ERA over 2,125.2 innings. His best season was 1948: 24 wins, a 2.60 ERA and 137 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1942 to 1955
Championships ×3
- 1951 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1952 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1953 World Series with the New York Yankees
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