Dan Jennings vs. Johnny Sain — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Johnny Sain
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Johnny Sain built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 3.49 and 1.302 for Johnny Sain. By the career numbers, Dan Jennings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Johnny Sain

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
412
1.74
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
1.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.59
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.51
54.51
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.47
59.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.59
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.22
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
824
3.49
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6377
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2125.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2145
9.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.76
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
619
2.62
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
910
3.85
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.719
0.719
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.13
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8998
38.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
0.53
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
947
4.01
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.31
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8349
35.35
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
38.1

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Johnny Sain

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
10.07
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
412
29.2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
26.29
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.64
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
35.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.32
96.32
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.28
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Johnny Sain

Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
433
303.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
856
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
774
542.52
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.608
0.608
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
133.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
108.64
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
19.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.8
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
24.53
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56.59
39.66
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
164.72
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
151.4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
48.36
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
70.79
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
117.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65.11
45.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
16.82
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
14.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.8
42.8
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
1.2
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
39.25
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
25
17.52
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Johnny Sain
Career
Per 600 PA