How Johnny Sain's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players

Johnny Sain totaled 180 career Home Runs, well above the starting pitcher average of 62.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Home Runs season came in 1942, posting 8, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.7 that year. The highest point came in 1950 at 34, well above the starting pitcher average of 11.5 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Home Runs total went from 16 in 1953 to 11 in 1954 and 14 in 1955, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Home Runs profile — ranging from 8 to 34 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Johnny Sain Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Johnny Sain Home Runs Per Season

Johnny Sain's Home Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Johnny Sain Home Runs per season line chart

Johnny Sain Home Runs by Team

Johnny Sain's career Home Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Johnny Sain career Home Runs by team bar chart

Johnny Sain Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Johnny Sain's career Home Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Johnny Sain Home Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Johnny Sain Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Johnny Sain's seasonal Home Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Johnny Sain Home Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Johnny Sain Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Johnny Sain's MLB career with Home Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Johnny Sain Home Runs season-by-season breakdown table