Johnny Sain Position: PitcherBats: Right • Throws: Right6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)Born: September 25, 1917 in Havana, ARDied: November 7, 2006 in Downers Grove, ILBuried: Havana Cemetery, Havana, ARHigh School: Havana HS (Havana, AR)Debut: April 17, 1942 (9,241st in major league history)vs. NYG 2.1 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, SvLast Game: July 15, 1955vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ERFull Name: John Franklin SainView Player Info from the B-R BullpenView…
Special Memory or Event? Want to have some fun? Advertise your business? Dedicate this page On November 7, 2006, Johnny Sain, a former pitcher who later gained notoriety as one of the most successful and influential pitching coaches in baseball, died at the age of 89 in Downers Grove, Illinois. Sain pitched 11 seasons…
October 2, 1953 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees Game four, The home team won for the fourth consecutive time. Whitey Ford lasted just one inning as the Yankees’ starter, allowing a leadoff ground-rule double to Jim Gilliam, who scored on Jackie Robinson’s single. After a forceout, wild pitch and…
After 13 straight losses to New York, the Red Sox win a dramatic 11-inning, 2 – 1 thriller at Fenway Park. Billy Goodman’s homer off starter Johnny Sain gives starter Hal Brown the win. Dick Gernert’s 2nd-inning home run is the other Boston score. In Boston’s previous win over New York, August 9, 1952, all the scores came on solo homers.
1952 – In Game 5 of the World Series, Brooklyn wins 6 – 5 in 11 innings over the Yankees when Billy Cox scores the winning run behind an RBI double hit by Duke Snider. Carl Erskine pitches a complete game to give Brooklyn a 3-2 Series lead heading back to Ebbets Field.
1952 – The Yanks clinch their 4th straight pennant, an 11-inning, 5 – 2 win at Philadelphia behind Ed Lopat and Johnny Sain.
Newly-acquired pitcher Johnny Sain tosses a 5-hitter to beat the A’s, 3 – 1. The A’s top the Yankees in the nitecap, 3 – 2.
The Braves sell P Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 and a young pitcher named Lew Burdette. It is another late-season insurance measure for the New Yorkers.
Roy Campanella breaks up a pitching duel between Don Newcombe and Boston’s Johnny Sain with a three-run homer‚ his second of the game‚ and the third time in 9 games he’s collected a pair of homers. Campy’s 5 ribbies give the Dodgers a 7 – 2 win.
The Braves’ Johnny Sain fails in his attempt to win his 20th game, but hits his first major-league home run, off Larry Jansen, in a 4 – 3 loss to the visiting Giants. With two outs in the 10th, Sam Jethroe loses Don Mueller’s fly ball in the sun and Mueller legs out a triple. Hank Thompson’s single wins it for Jansen. A Saturday crowd of 5,535 watch the Braves drop out of 2nd place, while the Giants move to within three games of the Phils.