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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Team Record in Appearances: 5-11 / in Starts: 5-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 2

1956 Pitching Game Log

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1956 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	13	10	Apr 29(1)	BRO		PIT	L,1-10	8-8		99	0.2	5	4	3	1	1	1	0	40.50	23.37	8	0	5	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.017	.11	-0.04%	-3.93	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 12- 2 out d9
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	14	15	May 4	BRO	@	STL	L,3-10	6-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.25	12.87	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.001	.49	0.00%	0.16	6b 1-3 1 out d6	6b 3 out d7
3	15	24	May 18	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	5-7		13	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.31	5.14	11	3	6	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.019	2.74	0.04%	0.56	5t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
4	16	25	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,5-10	6-7		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	7.11	6.32	8	4	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	.08	-0.010	.28	-0.02%	0.04	6t --- 0 out d8	7t 3 out d6
5	17	28	May 22	BRO		MLN	L,3-7	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6.14	6.60	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.004	.28	0.01%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
6	18	35	May 30(2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-12	4-5		7	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.82	5.48	7	3	3	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.07	0.00%	0.55	4b -2- 0 out d8	5b 3 out d9
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	19	39	Jun 3	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	W(1-0)	3	8.0	5	3	3	4	5	1	0	4.15	4.91	33	5	19	2	0	0	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.092	2.92	0.12%	0.40	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
8	20	44	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.24	4.86	25	8	14	3	0	1	46			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.078	4.29	-0.17%	0.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
9	21	48	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	GS-4		3	3.0	3	1	0	3	2	0	0	3.76	4.76	13	3	5	3	0	0	50			0	1	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.009	5.44	0.03%	0.04	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 0 out a2
10	22	53	Jun 19	BRO		STL	L,0-6	GS-3	L(1-1)	6	2.2	5	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.66	5.58	15	3	8	0	0	1	31			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	1	.55	-0.287	2.58	-0.80%	-3.23	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d4
11	23	57	Jun 23	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.1	6	5	4	2	2	1	0	4.98	5.52	22	8	9	4	0	1	38			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	-0.209	5.34	-0.60%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	24	81	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS-9	L(1-2)	23	8.0	9	4	4	3	7	1	0	4.89	5.11	36	8	17	6	0	1	52			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.106	6.59	-0.27%	0.38	1b start a 2	9b -2- 0 out tie
13	25	87	Jul 22(2)	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(2-2)	4	8.2	8	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.59	4.62	34	11	15	6	0	0	58			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.326	4.26	0.65%	0.94	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a1
14	26	94	Jul 29(2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	GS-3	L(2-3)	6	2.1	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	4.56	4.56	13	2	7	1	0	0	41			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.149	6.50	-0.39%	-1.40	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	27	102	Aug 5(2)	BRO		STL	W,5-3	GS-2		6	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.64	4.60	7	1	3	3	0	0	44			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.117	6.26	-0.41%	-1.32	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	28	130	Sep 2(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-4)	27	4.1	5	4	4	4	1	2	0	4.91	5.05	21	8	8	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.103	6.90	-0.52%	-1.01	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d2
							5-11		W-L:2-4	4.0	58.2	66	37	32	29	30	10	0	4.91	5.05	261	0.53		18%	0%	6	46	3	67%	2	1	1	231	14	4	0	7	0	3	1.05	-0.628	4.28	-2.38%	-8.73

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