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Johnny Sain
John Franklin Sain

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 24, 1942
Final Game July 15, 1955
Born September 25, 1917 in Havana, AR
Died November 7, 2006 in Downers Grove, IL

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1942 24 BSN NL   4   7  40   3   0   0  24  6   97.0   79   54   42   8   63   68   5   4   423       1  3.90  3.31   85 1.464
 1946 28 BSN NL  20  14  37  34  24   3   2  2  265.0  225   80   65   8   87  129   2   3  1086       2  2.21  3.45  156 1.177 MVP-5
 1947 29 BSN NL  21  12  38  35  22   3   3  1  266.0  265  117  104  19   79  132   4   3  1131       0  3.52  3.90  111 1.293 MVP-16,AS
 1948 30 BSN NL  24  15  42  39  28   4   3  1  314.7  297  105   91  19   83  137   5   2  1313       0  2.60  3.84  147 1.208 MVP-2,AS
 1949 31 BSN NL  10  17  37  36  16   1   1  0  243.0  285  150  130  15   75   73   4   1  1072       0  4.81  3.80   79 1.481
 1950 32 BSN NL  20  13  37  37  25   3   0  0  278.3  294  139  122  34   70   96   2   5  1178       3  3.94  3.85   98 1.308 MVP-21
 1951 33 TOT      7  14  33  26   7   1   4  2  197.3  236  105   92  21   53   84   3   0   866       0  4.20  3.71   88 1.465
         BSN NL   5  13  26  22   6   1   2  1  160.3  195   88   75  16   45   63   3   0   711       0  4.21  3.68   87 1.497
         NYY AL   2   1   7   4   1   0   2  1   37.0   41   17   17   5    8   21   0   0   155       0  4.14  3.83   93 1.324
 1952 34 NYY AL  11   6  35  16   8   0  15  7  148.3  149   70   57  15   38   57   2   0   620       0  3.46  3.34   97 1.261 MVP-29
 1953 35 NYY AL  14   7  40  19  10   1  19  9  189.0  189   68   63  16   45   84   3   2   780       1  3.00  3.72  124 1.238 AS
 1954 36 NYY AL   6   6  45   0   0   0  39 22   77.0   66   27   27  11   15   33   0   0   310       1  3.16  3.43  109 1.052
 1955 37 TOT AL   2   5  28   0   0   0  14  1   50.0   60   32   31  14   11   17   0   0   219   4   0  5.58  4.12   74 1.420
         NYY AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    5.3    6    4    4   4    1    5   0   0    22   0   0  6.75  3.76   56 1.313
         KCA AL   2   5  25   0   0   0  13  1   44.7   54   28   27  10   10   12   0   0   197   4   0  5.44  4.16   76 1.433
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .545 139 116 412 245 140  16 124 51 2125.7 2145  947  824 180  619  910  30  20  8998   4   8  3.49  3.70  106 1.300
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  12  42  25  14   1  12  5  220.0  222   98   85  18   64   94   3   2   931   0   0  3.49  3.70  106 1.300
 Career High     24  17  45  39  28   4  39 22  314.7  297  150  130  34   87  137   5   5  1313   4   3  2.21  4.12  156 1.052
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 24 BSN NL  40   27    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      1   1  .074  .107  .074  -46    2   2           0   1
 1946 28 BSN NL  40   94    6   28   2  1   0   17   0      0   0  .298  .298  .340   80   32  10           0   2 MVP-5
 1947 29 BSN NL  40  107   13   37   7  0   0   18   0      3   1  .346  .364  .411  107   44   8           0   2 MVP-16,AS
 1948 30 BSN NL  43  115   11   25   3  1   0   16   0      1   3  .217  .224  .261   31   30  16           0   4 MVP-2,AS
 1949 31 BSN NL  39   97   10   20   3  0   0    3   0      2   2  .206  .222  .237   26   23   3           0   2
 1950 32 BSN NL  37  102    9   21   2  0   1   15   0      6   3  .206  .257  .255   39   26   7           1   2 MVP-21
 1951 33 TOT     33   66    7   15   3  0   1    4   0  0   1   3  .227  .250  .318   56   21   4           1   7
         BSN NL  26   52    4   11   2  0   1    4   0  0   1   3  .212  .241  .308   51   16   4           1   6
         NYY AL   7   14    3    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .286  .286  .357   76    5   0           0   1
 1952 34 NYY AL  47   71    4   19   4  1   1   14   0  0   3   5  .268  .297  .394   96   28   1           0   1 MVP-29
 1953 35 NYY AL  41   68    8   17   3  1   0    8   0  0   5   1  .250  .301  .324   71   22   4           0   4 AS
 1954 36 NYY AL  45   17    1    6   1  0   0    5   0  0   2   1  .353  .421  .412  133    7   1   0       0   0
 1955 37 TOT AL  28   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         NYY AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  25    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     433  774   69  190  28  4   3  101   0  0  24  20  .245  .270  .304   58  235  56   0   0   2  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        290   26   71  10  1   1   38   0  0   9   7  .245  .270  .304   58   88  21   0   0   1   9
 Career High     47  115   13   37   7  1   1   18   0  0   6   5                          44  16   0   0   1   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 24 BSN NL   30   28    0   0.0    85| .074  .254| .107  .325| .074  .352| .181  .678| -46  .000  -5.0  -0.5     
 1946 28 BSN NL  104   78   10   3.4    93| .298  .263| .298  .339| .340  .369| .638  .708|  80  .426  -3.2  -0.3     
 1947 29 BSN NL  118   80   16   5.3   104| .346  .272| .364  .346| .411  .403| .775  .749| 107  .562   1.0   0.1     
 1948 30 BSN NL  132  110    7   1.7   101| .217  .268| .224  .342| .261  .396| .485  .738|  31  .145 -11.5  -1.2     
 1949 31 BSN NL  102   82    5   1.6   100| .206  .264| .222  .337| .237  .396| .459  .733|  26  .131 -10.1  -1.0     
 1950 32 BSN NL  116   90    7   2.1   103| .206  .262| .257  .338| .255  .407| .512  .745|  39  .182  -9.0  -0.9     
 1951 33 TOT      72   62    5   2.2    97| .227  .260| .250  .334| .318  .391| .568  .725|  56  .207  -4.1  -0.5   0%
         BSN NL   58   51    4   2.1    97| .212  .259| .241  .332| .308  .392| .549  .724|  51  .199  -3.6  -0.4   0%
         NYY AL   14   11    1   2.4    99| .286  .263| .286  .343| .357  .385| .643  .728|  76  .245  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1952 34 NYY AL   75   54    8   4.0    91| .268  .253| .297  .332| .394  .369| .691  .701|  96  .483  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1953 35 NYY AL   77   59    7   3.2   100| .250  .266| .301  .342| .324  .392| .625  .733|  71  .350  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1954 36 NYY AL   20   12    3   6.7    96| .353  .262| .421  .337| .412  .383| .833  .719| 133  .696   0.9   0.1   0%
 1955 37 TOT AL   10   10    0   0.0   103| .000  .267| .000  .347| .000  .398| .000  .744|-100  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .265| .000  .344| .000  .395| .000  .740|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         KCA AL    8    8    0   0.0   103| .000  .267| .000  .347| .000  .398| .000  .746|-100  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      856  665   68   2.7    99| .245  .264| .270  .339| .304  .390| .574  .729|  58  .292 -47.3  -4.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1942 24 BSN NL   P   40      1   25    0    0 1.000  .967  0.65  1.17  2.41  2.35    3   97.0
 1946 28 BSN NL   P   37     20   61    1    4  .988  .960  2.19  1.01  2.75  2.24   34  265.0
 1947 29 BSN NL   P   38     11   55    3    1  .957  .966  1.74  0.91  2.23  2.12   35  266.0 AS
 1948 30 BSN NL   P   42     21   48    2    3  .972  .962  1.64  0.91  1.97  2.11   39  314.7 AS
 1949 31 BSN NL   P   37     14   35    3    2  .942  .953  1.32  0.91  1.81  2.04   36  243.0
 1950 32 BSN NL   P   37     14   42    4    3  .933  .961  1.51  0.97  1.81  2.12   37  278.3
 1951 33 TOT      P   33     14   38    1    4  .981  .961  1.58  0.97  2.37  2.13   26  197.3
         BSN NL   P   26     13   28    1    3  .976  .962  1.58  0.96  2.30  2.14   22  160.3
         NYY AL   P    7      1   10    0    1 1.000  .957  1.57  0.99  2.68  2.07    4   37.0
 1952 34 NYY AL   P   35     15   18    3    0  .917  .965  0.94  1.03  2.00  2.10   16  148.3
 1953 35 NYY AL   P   40      8   32    2    1  .952  .957  1.00  0.88  1.90  1.95   19  189.0 AS
 1954 36 NYY AL   P   45      6   11    0    0 1.000  .960  0.38  0.93  1.99  2.01    0   77.0
 1955 37 TOT AL   P   28      3    6    0    0 1.000  .957  0.32  0.83  1.62  2.00    0   50.0
         NYY AL   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.83  1.70  2.04    0    5.3
         KCA AL   P   25      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.32  0.83  1.61  1.99    0   44.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1942 24 BSN NL   P   40      1   25    0    0 1.000  .967  0.65  1.17  2.41  2.35    3   97.0
 1946 28 BSN NL   P   37     20   61    1    4  .988  .960  2.19  1.01  2.75  2.24   34  265.0
 1947 29 BSN NL   P   38     11   55    3    1  .957  .966  1.74  0.91  2.23  2.12   35  266.0
 1948 30 BSN NL   P   42     21   48    2    3  .972  .962  1.64  0.91  1.97  2.11   39  314.7
 1949 31 BSN NL   P   37     14   35    3    2  .942  .953  1.32  0.91  1.81  2.04   36  243.0
 1950 32 BSN NL   P   37     14   42    4    3  .933  .961  1.51  0.97  1.81  2.12   37  278.3
 1951 33 TOT      P   33     14   38    1    4  .981  .961  1.58  0.97  2.37  2.13   26  197.3
         BSN NL   P   26     13   28    1    3  .976  .962  1.58  0.96  2.30  2.14   22  160.3
         NYY AL   P    7      1   10    0    1 1.000  .957  1.57  0.99  2.68  2.07    4   37.0
 1952 34 NYY AL   P   35     15   18    3    0  .917  .965  0.94  1.03  2.00  2.10   16  148.3
 1953 35 NYY AL   P   40      8   32    2    1  .952  .957  1.00  0.88  1.90  1.95   19  189.0
 1954 36 NYY AL   P   45      6   11    0    0 1.000  .960  0.38  0.93  1.99  2.01    0   77.0
 1955 37 TOT AL   P   28      3    6    0    0 1.000  .957  0.32  0.83  1.62  2.00    0   50.0
         NYY AL   P    3      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.83  1.70  2.04    0    5.3
         KCA AL   P   25      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.32  0.83  1.61  1.99    0   44.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 412    127  371   19   18  .963  .961  1.21  0.96  2.11  2.11  245 2125.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       412    127  371   19   18  .963  .961  1.21  0.96  2.11  2.11  245   2126

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   2   2   1.06  1  1  0  2  17     9   2   0   9 
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   0   9.00  0  0  0  0   2     4   2   2   2 
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   1   0   3.00  0  1  0  0   6     6   2   3   3 
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   0   4.76  1  0  0  0   5.2   8   3   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1   6   2   2.64  2  2  0  2  30.2  27   9   6  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    BSN CLE     L   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200   0  0   1   0   0 
 1951   WS    NYY NYG     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1952   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1953   WS    NYY BRO     W   2   2   1   1  1  0  0   2   0   1  .500  .500 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        3-1   7  11   1   2  1  0  0   2   0   1  .182  .182  .273   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1947   BSN NL      0  1  0   1     2   1   1   0   1  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0 
 1948   BSN NL      0  0  0   1.2   0   0   0   0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1953   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/3      0  0  1  0   2.2   2   1   1   0   4  0   0  0   1  0  0  0  0   3.38 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   BSN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1948   BSN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1953   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/3      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1947 *
1948 *
1953

Awards
1948-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1946-NL-5-0.28
1947-NL-16-0.06
1948-NL-2-0.66
1950-NL-21-0.04
1952-AL-29-0.01
Car-223-1.05 shares

Sac. Hits
1948 NL-16-1

ERA
1946 NL-2.21-2
1948 NL-2.60-3
1953 AL-3.00-4

Wins
1946 NL-20-2
1947 NL-21-2
1948 NL-24-1
1950 NL-20-2

Won-Loss %
1946 NL-.588-8
1947 NL-.636-8
1948 NL-.615-8
1952 AL-.647-8
1953 AL-.667-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1946 NL-1.177-4
1947 NL-1.293-10
1948 NL-1.208-4
1953 AL-1.238-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1946 NL-7.64-5
1948 NL-8.49-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1947 NL-2.67-8
1948 NL-2.37-6
1950 NL-2.26-3
1951 NL-2.53-5
1953 AL-2.14-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1946 NL-4.38-6
1947 NL-4.47-5

Games
1942 NL-40-7
1948 NL-42-9
1954 AL-45-7

Saves
1942 NL-6-4
1952 AL-7-3
1953 AL-9-5
1954 AL-22-1

Innings
1946 NL-265.0-3
1947 NL-266.0-4
1948 NL-314.7-1
1949 NL-243.0-6
1950 NL-278.3-4

Strikeouts
1946 NL-129-3
1947 NL-132-3
1948 NL-137-3

Games Started
1946 NL-34-2
1947 NL-35-2
1948 NL-39-1
1949 NL-36-3
1950 NL-37-4

Comp. Games
1946 NL-24-1
1947 NL-22-2
1948 NL-28-1
1949 NL-16-6
1950 NL-25-2

Shutouts
1946 NL-3-6
1947 NL-3-6
1948 NL-4-2
1950 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1947 NL-19-7
1948 NL-19-7
1950 NL-34-1
1952 AL-15-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1946 NL-87-7

Hits Allowed
1946 NL-225-3
1947 NL-265-1
1948 NL-297-1
1949 NL-285-2
1950 NL-294-1

SO to Walk
1946 NL-1.48-5
1947 NL-1.67-5
1948 NL-1.65-5
1951 NL-1.40-9
1953 AL-1.87-1

Losses
1946 NL-14-6
1947 NL-12-8
1948 NL-15-3
1949 NL-17-3
1951 NL-13-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1947 NL-104-2
1948 NL-91-7
1949 NL-130-1
1950 NL-122-2

Wild Pitches
1942 NL-4-9
1950 NL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1942 NL-5-5
1947 NL-4-6
1948 NL-5-4

Batters Faced
1946 NL-1086-2
1947 NL-1131-3
1948 NL-1313-1
1949 NL-1072-4
1950 NL-1178-4

Games Finished
1942 NL-24-5
1953 AL-19-10
1954 AL-39-1

Adjusted ERA+
1946 NL-156-2
1948 NL-147-5
1953 AL-124-6

Black Ink: Pitching - 15 (141) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 118 (159) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (383) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 55.0 (224) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
Before 1936 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.
January 14, 1940: Granted Free Agency.
March, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Nashville (Southern Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
Before 1942 Season: Purchased by the Boston Braves from the Nashville (Southern Association).
August 29, 1951: Traded by the Boston Braves to the New York Yankees for Lew Burdette and $50,000.
May 11, 1955: Traded by the New York Yankees with Enos Slaughter to the Kansas City Athletics for Sonny Dixon and cash.
July 23, 1955: Released by the Kansas City Athletics.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1947 * 1948 * 1953	Awards 1948-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1946-NL-5-0.28 1947-NL-16-0.06 1948-NL-2-0.66 1950-NL-21-0.04 1952-AL-29-0.01 Car-223-1.05 shares	Sac. Hits 1948 NL-16-1	ERA 1946 NL-2.21-2 1948 NL-2.60-3 1953 AL-3.00-4	Wins 1946 NL-20-2 1947 NL-21-2 1948 NL-24-1 1950 NL-20-2
Won-Loss % 1946 NL-.588-8 1947 NL-.636-8 1948 NL-.615-8 1952 AL-.647-8 1953 AL-.667-6	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1946 NL-1.177-4 1947 NL-1.293-10 1948 NL-1.208-4 1953 AL-1.238-4	Hits Allowed/9IP 1946 NL-7.64-5 1948 NL-8.49-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1947 NL-2.67-8 1948 NL-2.37-6 1950 NL-2.26-3 1951 NL-2.53-5 1953 AL-2.14-2	Strikeouts/9IP 1946 NL-4.38-6 1947 NL-4.47-5	Games 1942 NL-40-7 1948 NL-42-9 1954 AL-45-7
Saves 1942 NL-6-4 1952 AL-7-3 1953 AL-9-5 1954 AL-22-1	Innings 1946 NL-265.0-3 1947 NL-266.0-4 1948 NL-314.7-1 1949 NL-243.0-6 1950 NL-278.3-4	Strikeouts 1946 NL-129-3 1947 NL-132-3 1948 NL-137-3	Games Started 1946 NL-34-2 1947 NL-35-2 1948 NL-39-1 1949 NL-36-3 1950 NL-37-4	Comp. Games 1946 NL-24-1 1947 NL-22-2 1948 NL-28-1 1949 NL-16-6 1950 NL-25-2	Shutouts 1946 NL-3-6 1947 NL-3-6 1948 NL-4-2 1950 NL-3-7
Home Runs Allow. 1947 NL-19-7 1948 NL-19-7 1950 NL-34-1 1952 AL-15-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1946 NL-87-7	Hits Allowed 1946 NL-225-3 1947 NL-265-1 1948 NL-297-1 1949 NL-285-2 1950 NL-294-1	SO to Walk 1946 NL-1.48-5 1947 NL-1.67-5 1948 NL-1.65-5 1951 NL-1.40-9 1953 AL-1.87-1	Losses 1946 NL-14-6 1947 NL-12-8 1948 NL-15-3 1949 NL-17-3 1951 NL-13-10	Earned Runs Allow. 1947 NL-104-2 1948 NL-91-7 1949 NL-130-1 1950 NL-122-2
Wild Pitches 1942 NL-4-9 1950 NL-5-8	Hit Batsmen 1942 NL-5-5 1947 NL-4-6 1948 NL-5-4	Batters Faced 1946 NL-1086-2 1947 NL-1131-3 1948 NL-1313-1 1949 NL-1072-4 1950 NL-1178-4	Games Finished 1942 NL-24-5 1953 AL-19-10 1954 AL-39-1	Adjusted ERA+ 1946 NL-156-2 1948 NL-147-5 1953 AL-124-6