finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1955 right 7 november 2006 downers grove , illinois havana , arkansas 1942 july 15 139 -- 116 3.49 910 pitcher kansas city athletics win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 24 25 september 1917 johnnysain.jpg johnny sain
 boston braves johnny sain right
johnny sain

john franklin sain -lrb- september 25 , 1917 -- november 7 , 2006 -rrb- 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 .
