 john franklin sain (september 25, 1917 &ndash; november 7, 2006) was an american right-handed pitcher in major league baseball 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 national league's most valuable player award in the braves' pennant-winning season of 1948, after leading the national league in wins, complete games and innings pitched. he later became further well known as one of the top pitching coaches in the majors. ==pitching star of postwar boston braves== born in havana, arkansas, sain pitched for 11 years, winning 139 games and losing 116 in his career and compiled an earned run average of 3.49. his best years were those immediately after world war ii, when he won 100 games for the boston braves, before being traded to the new york 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 war relief game)  pitcher johnny sain, 89, hurled his way into history in a game and the first in the major league to throw a pitch against jackie robinson.opening day: the story of jackie robi
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