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: 13-24 / in Starts: 10-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1960 Pitching Game Log

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1960 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	138	5	Apr 17	LAD		STL	W,7-5	7-GF	S(1)	99	3.0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.00	3.53	13	4	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	0.244	5.38	0.44%	1.50	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 2
2	139	8	Apr 22	LAD	@	STL	L,7-11	GS-1	L(0-1)	4	0.0	4	5	5	1	0	0	0	15.00	4.53	5	2	2	2	0	0	21			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.341	4.80	-0.66%	-4.63	1b start tie	1b -2- 0 out d4
3	140	15	Apr 30	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	6-6		7	0.2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	12.27	6.62	4	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.002	.74	0.00%	0.06	6t --- 0 out d4	6t 12- 2 out d4
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
4	141	20	May 6	LAD		PHI	L,1-6	GS-10	L(0-2)	5	9.2	9	5	5	7	15	2	0	6.75	4.93	47	10	14	4	0	1	59			0	0	0	37	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.90	0.048	4.00	0.06%	-0.09	1t start tie	10t --- 2 out d4
5	142	25	May 11	LAD		PIT	L,3-6	GS-8	L(0-3)	4	7.2	6	4	4	5	5	0	0	6.00	4.29	33	11	11	4	0	1	51			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	-0.030	2.49	-0.04%	0.69	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out tie
6	143	31	May 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	L(0-4)	7	8.2	9	5	3	3	10	0	0	5.16	3.40	38	6	18	3	0	1	57			1	0	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	1	1.85	-0.499	2.52	-0.41%	-1.02	1b start tie	9b --3 2 out d1
7	144	34	May 23	LAD	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-4)	3	9.0	1	0	0	6	10	0	0	3.96	3.15	34	8	10	3	0	0	89			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.783	1.62	0.59%	4.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	145	38	May 28	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-14	L(1-5)	4	13.0	3	4	3	9	15	1	0	3.48	3.19	49	13	12	2	0	0	93			1	3	0	39	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.74	0.384	3.49	0.46%	2.05	1b start tie	14b 12- 0 out tie
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
9	146	42	Jun 1	LAD		STL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(1-6)	3	4.1	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.86	3.10	23	7	9	6	0	1	33			0	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.45	-0.332	2.56	-0.35%	-2.44	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d2
10	147	46	Jun 5	LAD		CHC	L,8-12	GS-6	L(1-7)	3	5.2	3	5	5	5	9	0	0	4.23	3.00	25	3	7	1	0	1	47			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.088	1.34	-0.06%	-0.43	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out tie
11	148	47	Jun 7	LAD		MLN	L,4-6	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	3.04	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.017	.27	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
12	149	50	Jun 10	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	GS-2	L(1-8)	2	1.1	1	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.64	3.32	9	1	1	0	0	0	35			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.299	1.06	-0.16%	-3.52	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d4
13	150	54	Jun 15	LAD		PHI	W,14-2	CG	W(2-8)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	5	1	0	4.32	3.35	33	10	16	1	0	0	72			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.56	0.130	.45	0.06%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
14	151	58	Jun 19	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	GS-5		3	4.1	4	5	4	6	4	1	0	4.54	3.60	23	3	10	4	0	0	35			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	-0.245	.72	-0.12%	-3.02	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out a1
15	152	62	Jun 24	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS-2		4	1.0	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	4.83	3.82	9	0	2	2	0	2	34			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.407	.61	-0.17%	-3.90	1b start a 3	2b 1-3 0 out tie
16	153	67	Jun 29(2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-8)	4	7.0	3	2	2	4	10	0	0	4.64	3.62	28	3	11	5	0	0	69			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	0	.65	0.085	.44	0.04%	0.45	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a4
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
17	154	72	Jul 4(1)	LAD	@	STL	L,2-6	GS-1		4	0.1	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.83	3.66	6	0	2	1	0	1	36			0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	-0.280	2.01	-0.20%	-3.08	1b start a 1	1b 123 1 out d1
18	155	79	Jul 10	LAD		STL	W,11-7	7-7		5	0.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.83	3.69	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.28	-0.175	4.07	-0.19%	-1.00	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 12- 0 out a1
19	156	82	Jul 17	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-5	5-6		6	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.72	3.63	8	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.031	.63	0.04%	0.89	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
20	157	85	Jul 21	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.62	3.56	6	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.17	0.023	.55	0.05%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
21	158	89	Jul 26	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	9-GF		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	3.55	4	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.008	.38	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
22	159	93	Jul 30	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	GS-4		3	4.0	5	4	2	1	6	2	0	4.56	3.69	20	6	7	0	0	0	45			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	.87	-0.249	2.80	-0.48%	-2.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
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
23	160	100	Aug 7(2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	W(4-8)	7	9.0	4	1	1	3	11	0	1	4.25	3.49	34	7	12	3	1	0	83			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.617	3.07	0.74%	3.21	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
24	161	104	Aug 11	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	13	0	0	3.91	3.21	29	4	10	1	0	1	95			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.531	1.55	0.56%	4.34	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
25	162	109	Aug 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.0	7	5	5	3	4	1	0	4.17	3.31	23	3	13	6	0	0	29			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.277	2.23	-0.28%	-2.62	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d2
26	163	111	Aug 18	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-3	11-GF(13)	W(6-8)	1	2.1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.08	3.25	8	1	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.425	2.53	0.27%	1.34	11b 12- 2 out tie	13b end a 1
27	164	114	Aug 21	LAD	@	STL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(6-9)	2	7.0	6	1	1	1	8	1	0	3.93	3.21	27	7	11	5	0	0	68			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.85	0.217	.90	0.14%	2.57	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
28	165	118	Aug 25	LAD		MLN	L,2-4	GS-3	L(6-10)	3	2.0	4	4	4	3	4	1	0	4.15	3.31	13	3	3	1	0	0	33			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.244	.70	-0.10%	-2.99	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d3
29	166	123	Aug 30	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	GS-5	L(6-11)	4	4.1	8	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.28	3.51	21	8	10	4	0	0	30			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.174	.91	-0.10%	-1.76	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d4
Sep/Oct				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
30	167	127	Sep 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-12)	3	7.0	7	1	1	2	6	1	0	4.13	3.51	31	7	15	6	0	1	63			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.04	0.175	.09	0.01%	2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
31	168	133	Sep 8	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	W(7-12)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	10	2	0	4.13	3.55	37	6	18	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	.49	0.114	.01	0.00%	0.34	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a3
32	169	138	Sep 13(2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	W(8-12)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.95	3.39	34	4	17	5	0	0	82			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	0.352	.00	0.00%	3.21	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	170	142	Sep 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS-8	L(8-13)	3	7.1	3	4	4	5	8	1	0	3.99	3.43	30	5	12	2	0	0	59			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.291	.01	0.00%	-0.21	1b start tie	8b --3 1 out tie
34	171	145	Sep 20	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF	BS(1)	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.98	3.44	3	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.22	-0.663	.00	0.00%	-1.52	9b 12- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
35	172	148	Sep 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-6	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.96	3.42	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
36	173	151	Sep 29	LAD		STL	L,3-4	GS-8		2	7.0	6	3	3	3	7	2	0	3.95	3.51	30	8	12	5	0	0	57			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.154	.00	0.00%	0.16	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out tie
37	174	153	Oct 1	LAD		CHC	L,8-10	7-8		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.91	3.49	7	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.00	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
							13-24		W-L:8-13,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.6	175.0	133	83	76	100	197	20	1	3.91	3.49	753	0.57		19%	0%	11	55	4	50%	5	6	0	641	18	5	6	9	3	10	1.21	-0.451	1.61	0.17%	-0.99

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