(3) JOHNNY SAIN INDEX CARD SIGNED BRAVES YANKEES PSA/DNA CERTIFIED 1917-2006

Description: (3) JOHNNY SAIN INDEX CARD AUTO LOT BRAVES YANKEES PSA/DNA CERTIFIED 1917-2006John Franklin Sain (September 25, 1917 – November 7, 2006) was a right-handed PITCHER IN MLB 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 NL MVP in the Braves' pennant-winning season of 1948, after leading the NL in WINS, COMPLETE GAMES AND INNINGS. He later became further well known as one of the top PITCHING COACHES in the majors.Born in HAVANA, AR, Sain pitched for 11 years, winning 139 games and losing 116 in his career and compiled an ERA of 3.49. His best years were those immediately after WW II, when he won 100 games for the BOSTON BRAVES, before being traded to the YANKEES during the 1951 season for LEW BURDETTE and cash.Sain also had the distinction of being the last pitcher to face BABE RUTH in a game and the first in the ML to throw a pitch against JACKIE ROBINSON.In 1948, Sain won 24 games against 15 losses and finished second in the voting for the Most Valuable Player Award behind STAN MUSIAL, who had won two legs of the TRIPLE CROWN. Sain and teammate Spahn achieved joint immortality that year when their feats were the subject of sports editor Gerald V. Hern's poem in the BOSTON POST which was eventually shortened to the epigram, "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain."

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