Johnny Sain
date: label: Date made
content: 1948
name: label: thru person
content: Rinsland, George
label: maker
content: Bowman Gum Inc.
label: maker
content: Bowman Gum Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 1948 Bowman baseball card featuring Boston Braves pitcher Johnny Sain.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Pitcher John (Johnny) Sain (1917-2006) played Major League Baseball for 11 seasons, compiling a career Win-Loss record of 139-166 and a 3.49 earned run average. Sain began his career with the Boston Braves in 1942, playing one season before joining the military. He returned to the Braves in 1946, making two All-Star teams before being traded to the New York Yankees in 1951. Sain's New York clubs won three consecutive World Series Championships (1951-53) with the pitcher being named to his third All-Star appearance during that time. In 1955, Sain finished his career playing one season as a Kansas City Athletic.
label: Description (Brief)
content: After his playing days, Sain served as a well-regarded pitching coach for a number of Major League clubs, retiring in 1986.
topic: label: Subject
content: Baseball
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.310547.025.03
label: accession number
content: 310547
label: catalog number
content: 310547.025.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Baseball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm