John Sain
date: label: date made
content: 1947-1951
name: label: Associated Name
content: Boston Braves
label: maker
content: Exhibit Supply Company
notes: label: Description
content: Card of baseball player Johnny Sain. The card is part of a series made by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) between 1947-1966. Unlike traditional baseball cards, which were often offered as premiums or in packages, the large format Exhibit cards were dispensed from vending machines. ESCO released their first series of cards in 1921.
label: Description
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
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: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
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: 1996.0213.197
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.197
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball card
label: Object Name
content: card, baseball
label: Object Name
content: postcard
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm