Johnny Sain
1942–1955 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASF, Boston Braves, Kansas City Athletics, NLS, New York Yankees
433G
.245AVG
.270OBP
.304SLG
More career statistics
190H
3HR
101RBI
0SB
139–116W–L
2,125.2IP
910K
3.49ERA
245GS
51SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 101 | 102 |
| Batting · Walks | 24 | 23 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 8,998 | 9,010 |
| Pitching · p er | 824 | 831 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,145 | 2,147 |
| Pitching · p hr | 180 | 178 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,377 | 6,376 |
| Pitching · p k | 910 | 913 |
| Pitching · p r | 947 | 951 |
| Pitching · p w | 619 | 618 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | 856 | 774 | 69 | 190 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 101 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 235 | .245 | .270 | .304 | .574 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,125.7 | 412 | 245 | 140 | 139 | 116 | 51 | 2,145 | 947 | 824 | 180 | 619 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 3.49 | 1.300 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1947-06-26 to 1947-08-21
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1951-08-07 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1946-07-07 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1946-07-12 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 208 | 416 | 96 | 2 | 60 | 9 | 6 | .253 | .252 | .321 |
| Away | 225 | 440 | 94 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 14 | .239 | .245 | .287 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .151 | .145 | .151 |
| May | 84 | 152 | 40 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .286 | .296 | .357 |
| June | 73 | 143 | 34 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .268 | .266 | .331 |
| July | 93 | 171 | 38 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .247 | .263 | .299 |
| August | 79 | 159 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .268 | .270 | .342 |
| September | 69 | 146 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 6 | .200 | .199 | .262 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 42 | 116 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .175 | .190 | .247 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 41 | 112 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .216 | .241 | .265 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 40 | 92 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .247 | .239 | .270 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 38 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .267 | .250 | .307 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 38 | 89 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .260 | .247 | .286 |
| new-york-giants | 34 | 94 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .223 | .310 |
| cincinnati-reds | 32 | 77 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .314 | .299 | .386 |
| boston-red-sox | 31 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .324 | .333 | .514 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Boston Braves | 40 | 27 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .074 | 97 | 66 |
| 1946 | Boston Braves | 40 | 94 | 28 | – | 18 | – | .298 | 265 | 129 |
| 1947 | Boston Braves | 40 | 107 | 37 | – | 18 | – | .346 | 265 | 135 |
| 1948 | Boston Braves | 43 | 115 | 25 | – | 16 | – | .217 | 314 | 138 |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 39 | 97 | 20 | – | 3 | – | .206 | 243 | 73 |
| 1950 | Boston Braves | 37 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 15 | – | .206 | 278 | 96 |
| 1951 | Boston Braves, New York Yankees | 33 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 4 | – | .227 | 197 | 84 |
| 1952 |  New York Yankees | 47 | 71 | 19 | 1 | 14 | – | .268 | 148 | 57 |
| 1953 | New York Yankees | 41 | 68 | 17 | – | 8 | – | .250 | 189 | 84 |
| 1954 | New York Yankees | 45 | 17 | 6 | – | 5 | – | .353 | 77 | 34 |
| 1955 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 28 | 10 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 50 | 17 |