Johnny Sain Baseball player

John Franklin Sain (September 25, 1917 – November 7, 2006) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who was best known for teaming with left-hander Warren Spahn on the Boston Braves teams from 1946 to 1951. He was the runner-up for the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in the Braves' pennant-winning season of 1948, after leading the National League in wins, complete games and innings pitched. He later became further well known as one of the top pitching coaches in the majors.

Personal facts

Johnny Sain
Birth dateSeptember 25, 1917
Date of deathNovember 07, 2006

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Baseball player

Career startApril 24, 1942
Career endJuly 15, 1955
batting sideRight
former teams
Atlanta Braves
Oakland Athletics
position
Pitcher
teams
Atlanta Braves
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

Johnny Sain on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cooloftheevening.com/john_sain.htm
  2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16548462