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: 24-18 / in Starts: 22-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 1

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 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	175	4	Apr 14	LAD		PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	4	3	1	3	0	0	5.40	1.97	23	11	8	3	1	0	45			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	.82	-0.182	2.20	-0.29%	-1.28	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
2	176	11	Apr 21	LAD		CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	6	3	3	3	11	1	0	3.86	2.36	34	7	11	3	1	2	71			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.297	2.70	0.44%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	177	18	Apr 30(2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-10	4-4		8	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.20	2.44	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.010	.72	-0.02%	-0.49	4b --- 0 out d6	4b 3 out d7
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	178	19	May 2	LAD	@	MLN	W,11-9	GS-4		1	3.1	6	5	2	2	6	0	0	4.42	2.14	19	6	5	3	0	0	38			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.22	-0.361	3.34	-0.60%	-3.01	1b start a 1	4b 12- 1 out d1
5	179	21	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	9-9		1	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.91	2.30	2	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.465	10.70	-0.85%	-1.34	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 1-3 0 out a1
6	180	24	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	2	6.1	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	4.38	2.66	25	9	11	4	0	2	52			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.004	3.07	-0.01%	0.33	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a2
7	181	28	May 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	W(3-1)	4	8.2	4	2	2	5	11	0	0	3.78	2.42	36	10	9	2	1	1	74			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.72	0.299	2.32	0.58%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 123 2 out a3
8	182	32	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,3-5	GS-5	L(3-2)	3	4.0	7	5	5	3	3	1	0	4.58	2.87	22	5	9	2	2	2	28			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.245	3.13	-0.47%	-3.22	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out d5
9	183	36	May 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	0	4.08	2.96	33	9	15	3	0	1	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	0.556	5.55	1.50%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	184	40	May 25	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	3.42	2.77	31	7	13	4	0	0	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.64	0.851	6.42	2.00%	4.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
11	185	44	May 29	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	W(6-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	5	13	0	0	3.08	2.57	35	6	10	0	0	1	85			1	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.651	4.69	1.40%	3.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
12	186	48	Jun 3	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	7	3	3	5	7	1	0	3.07	2.76	35	12	10	3	0	1	63			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.52	0.153	7.27	0.44%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
13	187	52	Jun 7	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	7	2	0	3.06	2.96	35	10	15	4	1	1	66			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.181	2.31	0.51%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	188	56	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	5	3	3	2	10	1	0	3.05	2.91	34	8	13	5	4	1	73			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	0.227	5.01	0.61%	1.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	189	61	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	GS-7	L(9-3)	4	6.1	8	2	2	4	8	1	0	3.04	2.98	30	6	11	4	1	1	53			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.104	5.21	0.28%	1.18	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out d1
16	190	64	Jun 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	14	0	0	2.78	2.74	30	4	10	3	0	0	95			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.507	3.18	1.10%	4.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	191	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS-3		3	3.0	5	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.12	2.83	15	3	8	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.384	6.57	-1.36%	-3.46	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
18	192	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.06	2.77	7	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.040	2.10	0.16%	1.03	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
19	193	73	Jun 29	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	L(10-4)	3	7.2	7	3	3	1	11	0	0	3.09	2.60	30	8	9	6	0	1	63			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.35	0.012	6.05	0.03%	1.66	1b start a 2	8b --3 2 out tie
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
20	194	77	Jul 3	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(11-4)	3	8.0	3	2	2	6	7	0	0	3.04	2.63	33	10	9	3	0	1	69			0	0	0	26	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.27	0.260	6.00	0.74%	1.73	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
21	195	81	Jul 7(1)	LAD		CIN	L,7-11	GS-4	L(11-5)	3	3.2	7	8	4	3	4	2	0	3.23	2.83	22	5	9	3	0	1	24			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.521	7.60	-2.37%	-6.07	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out d5
22	196	84	Jul 9	LAD		CIN	L,3-14	3-5		1	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.32	2.82	10	2	5	2	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.084	9.81	-0.36%	-0.74	3t 123 1 out tie	5t -23 1 out d2
23	197	87	Jul 15	LAD		PHI	L,2-7	GS-8	L(11-6)	5	7.1	8	5	5	1	7	0	0	3.46	2.73	31	10	13	6	3	0	48			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.183	3.78	-0.34%	-0.63	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d2
24	198	89	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.41	2.70	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.160	3.70	0.35%	1.09	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
25	199	91	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	W(12-6)	2	9.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.27	2.62	36	9	18	8	0	1	75			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.081	3.22	0.43%	3.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
26	200	95	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	10	0	0	3.20	2.51	34	9	14	4	0	0	76			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.144	3.93	0.46%	2.43	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
27	201	99	Jul 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS-6		3	6.0	8	2	2	4	7	0	0	3.19	2.50	29	3	13	4	0	2	51			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.39	0.039	7.96	0.13%	1.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
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
28	202	103	Aug 4	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	L(13-7)	5	7.0	4	4	4	3	7	2	0	3.27	2.63	28	6	11	0	0	1	57			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.149	5.19	-0.54%	-0.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
29	203	106	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,7-3	GS-6		3	5.1	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.32	2.67	25	5	15	6	0	0	43			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.224	7.85	-0.88%	-0.97	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
30	204	111	Aug 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	L(13-8)	6	6.0	8	5	4	3	6	1	1	3.41	2.74	31	9	12	6	2	0	41			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.217	16.67	-1.71%	-1.13	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d2
31	205	116	Aug 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-11	GS-4	L(13-9)	4	3.0	8	6	6	2	3	2	0	3.64	2.87	18	4	8	4	0	1	20			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.397	4.32	-1.24%	-3.52	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d1
32	206	120	Aug 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	W(14-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	5	6	1	1	3.57	2.96	37	9	15	4	0	1	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.214	9.33	1.17%	2.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
33	207	124	Aug 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	2	1	0	5	12	0	0	3.41	2.89	34	5	12	1	0	0	88			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.95	0.693	10.20	2.18%	3.57	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
34	208	128	Sep 2	LAD	@	MLN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(15-10)	3	7.0	7	4	2	1	2	1	0	3.39	2.94	29	9	17	5	0	0	52			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.52	-0.165	3.86	-0.73%	-0.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
35	209	132	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,9-5	GS-5		3	4.2	8	5	5	2	10	3	0	3.52	3.05	25	4	9	4	0	0	36			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.296	7.30	-1.38%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
36	210	135	Sep 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	5-6		3	2.0	2	3	3	1	5	1	0	3.61	3.07	9	0	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.134	2.91	-0.50%	-2.03	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d5
37	211	137	Sep 12	LAD		PHI	L,10-19	GS-2	L(15-11)	1	1.1	5	6	6	1	4	1	0	3.83	3.10	11	3	3	2	0	0	23			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.398	5.54	-1.16%	-4.14	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out tie
38	212	140	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,11-2	CG	W(16-11)	2	9.0	5	2	1	3	10	1	0	3.72	3.09	34	10	11	4	0	0	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	.44	-0.015	.68	-0.01%	2.89	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
39	213	142	Sep 17	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	10-GF(11)	W(17-11)	1	2.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.08	10	4	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	-0.140	5.35	-0.15%	0.09	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end d 1
40	214	145	Sep 20	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG(13)	W(18-11)	2	13.0	7	2	2	3	15	1	1	3.60	3.03	50	12	18	3	2	1	97			1	0	0	44	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.938	.96	0.36%	5.07	1t start tie	13t 3 out tie
41	215	148	Sep 24	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-3	L(18-12)	3	3.0	4	4	2	3	3	0	0	3.63	3.04	16	6	4	3	0	0	39			0	1	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.07	-0.211	1.13	-0.13%	-2.34	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
42	216	151	Sep 27	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(18-13)	2	8.0	3	2	0	3	7	0	0	3.52	3.00	30	9	10	3	0	1	76			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.122	.00	0.00%	1.94	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
							24-18		W-L:18-13,Sv:1	3.0	255.2	212	117	100	96	269	27	3	3.52	3.00	1068	0.66		20%	3%	24	59	3	67%	6	7	0	954	31	6	6	14	3	15	1.09	1.744	4.97	-0.23%	18.83

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