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Historical player · 1942–1955

Johnny Sain

B/T R/R · HT 74 · WT 185 · Born 9/25/1917 · From Havana, La Habana Cuba · Debut 1942-04-17 · Final 1955-07-15

Career · batting

433

774

190

RBI

101

AVG/OPS

0.246 · 0.574

Career · pitching

412

245

2,125.7

W-L

139-116

910

ERA

3.49

WHIP

1.30

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Boston Braves · 1942–1951

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#532 on the Braves

↑ 1 J. Anderson

↓ 1 G. Zinn

Hits

144

#343 on the Braves

↑ 2 B. Asselstine

↓ 1 H. Myers

RBI

#292 on the Braves

↑ 1 D. Litwhiler

↓ 1 G. Jackson

Runs

#404 on the Braves

↑ 1 F. Raymer

↓ 1 G. Anderson

#632 on the Braves

↑ 1 F. Allen

↓ 1 J. Barnes

Career with the New York Yankees · 1951–1955

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#526 on the Yankees

↑ 1 D. Adams

Hits

#476 on the Yankees

↑ 1 K. Garcia

↓ 1 D. Paddock

RBI

#421 on the Yankees

↑ 1 M. Alou

↓ 1 J. Page

Runs

#540 on the Yankees

↑ 1 E. Almonte

↓ 1 G. Allen

#565 on the Yankees

↑ 1 S. Bahnsen

↓ 1 D. Adams

Career with the Kansas City Athletics · 1955–1955

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,114 all-time MLB

↑ 1 R. Adams

↓ 1 P. Zuvella

Hits

190

#4,790 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Abner

↓ 1 B. Wilson

RBI

101

#4,331 all-time MLB

↑ 1 A. Barger

↓ 1 E. Young

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1942	Braves	NL	40	27	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.074	—	0.074
1946	Braves	NL	40	94	6	28	2	1	0	17	0	0	0.298	—	0.340
1947	Braves	NL	40	107	13	37	7	0	0	18	3	1	0.346	—	0.411
1948	Braves	NL	43	115	11	25	3	1	0	16	1	3	0.217	—	0.261
1949	Braves	NL	39	97	10	20	3	0	0	3	2	2	0.206	—	0.237
1950	Braves	NL	37	102	9	21	2	0	1	15	6	3	0.206	—	0.255
1951	Braves	NL	26	52	4	11	2	0	1	4	1	3	0.212	—	0.308
1951	Yankees	AL	7	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.286	—	0.357
1952	Yankees	AL	47	71	4	19	4	1	1	14	3	5	0.268	—	0.394
1953	Yankees	AL	41	68	8	17	3	1	0	8	5	1	0.250	—	0.324
1954	Yankees	AL	45	17	1	6	1	0	0	5	2	1	0.353	0.421	0.412
1955	Yankees	AL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1955	Athletics	AL	25	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career			433	774	69	190	28	4	3	101	24	20	0.246	0.270	0.304

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1942	Braves	NL	4	7	40	3	6	97.0	79	42	63	68	3.90	1.46
1946	Braves	NL	20	14	37	34	2	265.0	225	65	87	129	2.21	1.18
1947	Braves	NL	21	12	38	35	1	266.0	265	104	79	132	3.52	1.29
1948	Braves	NL	24	15	42	39	1	314.7	297	91	83	137	2.60	1.21
1949	Braves	NL	10	17	37	36	0	243.0	285	130	75	73	4.81	1.48
1950	Braves	NL	20	13	37	37	0	278.3	294	122	70	96	3.94	1.31
1951	Braves	NL	5	13	26	22	1	160.3	195	75	45	63	4.21	1.50
1951	Yankees	AL	2	1	7	4	1	37.0	41	17	8	21	4.14	1.32
1952	Yankees	AL	11	6	35	16	7	148.3	149	57	38	57	3.46	1.26
1953	Yankees	AL	14	7	40	19	9	189.0	189	63	45	84	3.00	1.24
1954	Yankees	AL	6	6	45	0	22	77.0	66	27	15	33	3.16	1.05
1955	Yankees	AL	0	0	3	0	0	5.3	6	4	1	5	6.75	1.31
1955	Athletics	AL	2	5	25	0	1	44.7	54	27	10	12	5.44	1.43
Career			139	116	412	245	51	2,125.7	2,145	824	619	910	3.49	1.30

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	412	0	127.0	127	371	19	18

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1984	Veterans			Ballot
1982	Veterans			Ballot
1975	BBWAA	123	272	Ballot
1974	BBWAA	51	274	Ballot
1973	BBWAA	47	285	Ballot
1972	BBWAA	21	297	Ballot
1971	BBWAA	11	270	Ballot
1970	BBWAA	9	225	Ballot
1969	BBWAA	8	255	Ballot
1968	BBWAA	7	213	Ballot
1964	BBWAA	3	151	Ballot
1962	BBWAA	1	120	Ballot