Sandy Koufax

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY us

High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Schools: Columbia University (New York, NY), University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH)

Debut: June 24, 1955 (Age 19-176d, 11,268th in major league history)
vs. MLN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 2, 1966 (Age 30-276d)
vs. PHI 9.0 IP, 7 H, 10 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972. (Voted by BBWAA on 344/396 ballots)
View Sandy Koufax's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1956 season

Full Name: Sanford Koufax

Nicknames: The Left Arm of God

Pronunciation: \KOE-facks\

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Hall of Fame
MVP
3x Cy Young
3x Triple Crown
7x All-Star
4x World Series
2x WS MVP
5x ERA Title
2x ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.9

165

ERA

2.76

397

314

2324.1

2396

WHIP

1.106

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-11 / in Starts: 30-11
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 127 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	84 (43-28-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 127 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	75 (38-23-12)

Most Driven In
J Lefebvre	3
J Roseboro	2
J Kennedy	1
J Torborg	1
D Tracewski	0
W Parker	0

Most Driven In By
R Fairly	1
J Gilliam	1
M Wills	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	314	4 (3)	Apr 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.73	-0.048	1.78	-0.07%	-0.58	P
2	315	7 (2)	Apr 22	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.04	-0.077	2.56	-0.11%	-0.54	P
3	316	11 (3)	Apr 26	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.21	-0.113	6.62	-0.20%	-0.89	P
4	317	15 (3)	Apr 30	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	9	2.29	-0.061	6.60	-0.11%	-0.52	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	318	19 (3)	May 5	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.50	-0.052	1.78	-0.11%	-0.91	P
6	319	23 (3)	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	9	1.11	-0.093	4.68	-0.24%	-0.72	P
7	320	27 (3)	May 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.095	.095	.190	9	.51	-0.004	2.32	-0.01%	-0.09	P
8	321	32 (4)	May 17	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-11	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.120	.240	9	1.34	-0.046	6.16	-0.13%	-0.46	P
9	322	36 (3)	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.172	.172	.345	9	.74	-0.035	3.33	-0.10%	-0.32	P
10	323	40 (3)	May 26	LAD		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.161	.161	.323	9	.92	-0.043	4.52	-0.13%	-0.33	P
11	324	44 (3)	May 30	LAD		CIN	W,12-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.167	.143	.310	9	.16	-0.007	.80	-0.02%	-0.56	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	325	48 (3)	Jun 3	LAD	@	STL	W,11-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.139	.301	9	.73	-0.021	3.77	-0.06%	-0.35	P
13	326	53 (4)	Jun 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,14-3	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.195	.200	.395	9	.12	-0.023	.61	-0.07%	1.67	P
14	327	58 (4)	Jun 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.182	.200	.205	.405	9	.73	0.004	3.52	0.01%	0.40	P
15	328	62 (3)	Jun 16	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.208	.213	.421	9	1.36	-0.022	8.24	-0.08%	-0.01	P
16	329	66 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.196	.200	.396	9	.91	-0.065	4.84	-0.21%	-0.53	P
17	330	71 (4)	Jun 25	LAD		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.204	.208	.411	9	1.24	0.105	7.16	0.37%	0.58	P
18	331	75 (3)	Jun 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.193	.196	.389	9	.25	-0.017	1.49	-0.06%	-0.60	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	332	80 (4)	Jul 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.230	.224	.454	9	.47	0.037	2.44	0.11%	0.64	P
20	333	84 (3)	Jul 7	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.238	.220	.458	9	.38	0.000	2.82	0.00%	0.03	P
21	334	88 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.254	.238	.492	9	.82	0.071	4.74	0.25%	0.53	P
22	335	91 (2)	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,3-0	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.282	.258	.539	9	.44	0.025	2.49	0.09%	0.63	P
23	336	95 (3)	Jul 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.229	.280	.257	.537	9	3.11	0.051	19.34	0.19%	-1.25	P
24	337	99 (3)	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.295	.264	.559	9	.79	-0.004	4.95	-0.02%	0.20	P
25	338	103 (3)	Jul 28	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.300	.270	.570	9	1.15	-0.012	10.30	-0.07%	-0.07	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	339	106 (2)	Aug 1	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.237	.289	.263	.552	9	1.21	-0.008	7.79	-0.03%	-0.28	P
27	340	110 (3)	Aug 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.276	.250	.526	9	.54	-0.059	4.74	-0.31%	-1.02	P
28	341	114 (3)	Aug 10	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.267	.241	.508	9	.53	-0.040	3.66	-0.16%	-0.84	P
29	342	117 (2)	Aug 14	LAD		PIT	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.277	.235	.512	9	1.45	-0.054	11.35	-0.25%	-0.31	P
30	343	121 (3)	Aug 18	LAD		PHI	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.268	.227	.495	9	.96	-0.069	7.61	-0.33%	-0.66	P
31	344	125 (3)	Aug 22	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.260	.220	.480	9	1.10	-0.081	10.88	-0.48%	-0.71	P
32	345	129 (3)	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.255	.215	.470	9	.80	-0.039	6.22	-0.18%	-0.29	P
33	346	131 (1)	Aug 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.255	.215	.470	9						P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	347	133 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.245	.206	.451	9	1.44	-0.154	14.51	-0.94%	-0.94	P
35	348	138 (4)	Sep 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.241	.202	.443	9	1.06	-0.062	10.36	-0.36%	-0.61	P
36	349	141 (2)	Sep 9	LAD		CHC	W,1-0	CG	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.236	.198	.434	9	.50	-0.024	4.65	-0.13%	-0.22	P
37	350	145 (3)	Sep 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.232	.194	.426	9	.99	-0.053	7.29	-0.23%	-0.43	P
38	351	147 (1)	Sep 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.232	.194	.426	9						P
39	352	149 (1)	Sep 18	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.237	.200	.437	9	1.09	-0.011	5.38	-0.03%	-0.04	P
40	353	152 (2)	Sep 22	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.235	.198	.433	9	.75	-0.020	4.80	-0.08%	-0.21	P
41	354	154 (1)	Sep 25	LAD		STL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.229	.193	.421	9	1.27	-0.084	17.87	-0.71%	-0.69	P
42	355	158 (3)	Sep 29	LAD		CIN	W,5-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.240	.198	.438	9	1.32	-0.047	22.99	-0.49%	0.19	P
43	356	161 (2)	Oct 2	LAD		MLN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.177	.242	.195	.437	9	.88	0.028	4.89	0.09%	0.46	P
							32-11		127	113	4	20	2	0	0	7	10	0	44	0	3	1	2	2	0	0	.177	.242	.195	.437		.94	-1.227	6.20	-5.40%	-10.66

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