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: 22-7 / in Starts: 21-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 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	285	1	Apr 14	LAD		STL	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0.00	1.49	32	10	17	9	0	0	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.492	2.12	0.58%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	286	5	Apr 18	LAD		CIN	L,0-3	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	8.0	3	3	3	3	6	1	0	1.59	2.61	29	5	15	3	0	0	67			2	0	0	26	0	0	1	0	0	0	.63	-0.114	1.02	-0.11%	0.34	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
3	287	8	Apr 22	LAD	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-1	L(1-2)	3	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.00	3.38	7	2	2	1	0	1	37			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.238	.78	-0.16%	-2.51	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
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	288	20	May 4	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(2-2)	11	10.0	3	1	1	3	13	1	0	2.25	2.96	34	10	8	2	0	0	92			0	0	1	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.491	1.12	0.25%	3.18	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
5	289	24	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	6.0	4	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.65	2.93	25	6	12	4	0	0	53			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.17	-0.153	1.21	-0.10%	-0.26	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	290	27	May 14(1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS-4		4	4.0	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	3.32	3.18	20	4	11	5	0	0	36			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.215	.92	-0.12%	-2.13	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
7	291	31	May 17(1)	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-3)	2	7.2	10	2	2	0	8	0	0	3.15	2.74	32	8	15	6	0	1	59			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.246	1.19	0.18%	1.14	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a1
8	292	36	May 21	LAD		NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	2	11	0	0	2.80	2.42	35	7	15	8	0	0	78			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.184	.79	0.11%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	293	39	May 24	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	7-GF	S(1)	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.65	2.36	10	5	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.389	1.15	0.20%	2.72	7t -23 0 out a2	9t end a 3
10	294	41	May 27	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS-7	L(4-4)	2	7.0	3	1	1	5	7	0	0	2.51	2.40	27	6	7	0	0	2	69			2	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	.97	0.192	.82	0.10%	2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	295	45	May 31	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	W(5-4)	3	7.0	8	4	3	4	8	1	0	2.64	2.55	33	9	11	3	0	1	51			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.26	-0.233	1.58	-0.18%	-1.86	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
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	296	48	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-4)	3	9.0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	2.34	2.30	27	7	7	1	0	0	98			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.463	.76	0.30%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	297	53	Jun 8	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	5	1	0	2.21	2.36	32	12	15	4	0	0	80			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.42	0.495	2.06	0.43%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	298	57	Jun 12	LAD		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.01	2.35	34	9	16	3	0	0	82			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.23	0.487	1.67	0.40%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	299	62	Jun 17	LAD		MLN	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	8	0	0	1.84	2.25	33	10	15	1	0	0	88			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	.43	0.259	.58	0.21%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	300	65	Jun 21(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS-6	W(10-4)	3	6.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.90	2.19	26	4	15	7	0	0	55			0	0	0	25	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	0.092	1.23	0.06%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
17	301	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-9		3	9.0	6	1	1	5	10	0	0	1.83	2.18	37	8	14	4	0	0	76			1	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.362	2.07	0.26%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 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
18	302	75	Jul 1	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	CG	W(11-4)	5	9.0	5	2	2	1	10	1	0	1.85	2.18	32	7	14	4	0	0	78			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.337	.58	0.11%	1.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	303	79	Jul 5	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-4)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.73	2.16	32	10	16	5	0	0	79			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.340	.41	0.10%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	304	81	Jul 10	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-6	W(13-4)	4	5.1	5	2	2	3	8	0	0	1.79	2.13	24	5	7	2	0	1	55			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.122	.57	-0.03%	-0.58	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a1
21	305	86	Jul 14	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-8		3	7.2	8	4	4	2	7	2	0	1.93	2.27	35	9	16	6	0	1	52			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	1	2	.69	0.104	.46	0.04%	-0.52	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a3
22	306	90	Jul 18	LAD		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(14-4)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	10	0	0	1.88	2.18	36	9	16	6	0	0	76			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.479	1.30	0.28%	2.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	307	95	Jul 22	LAD		HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(15-4)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	1.78	2.06	31	5	14	2	0	0	91			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.682	.54	0.20%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	308	99	Jul 26	LAD		SFG	L,2-5	CG	L(15-5)	3	9.0	11	5	1	2	10	1	0	1.74	2.08	41	10	18	8	0	1	61			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.77	-0.468	1.27	-0.20%	-1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
25	309	101	Jul 30	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-3	GS-7		3	7.0	5	3	3	1	7	1	0	1.82	2.11	27	10	7	2	0	2	61			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.093	.48	-0.04%	0.02	1b start tie	7b 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
26	310	105	Aug 4(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-9	W(16-5)	4	8.1	6	1	1	5	6	0	0	1.79	2.15	36	11	12	4	0	2	68			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.302	.60	0.11%	1.49	1b start a 2	9b 123 1 out a4
27	311	110	Aug 8	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	W(17-5)	3	9.0	7	4	3	1	9	1	0	1.84	2.16	34	6	16	6	0	2	67			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.180	.69	0.06%	0.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
28	312	114	Aug 12	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	W(18-5)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	10	1	0	1.81	2.16	34	7	16	5	0	0	82			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.336	.20	0.04%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
29	313	117	Aug 16(1)	LAD		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(19-5)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	13	0	0	1.74	2.08	35	5	16	4	0	0	85			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.415	.09	0.02%	3.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
							22-7		W-L:19-5,Sv:1	3.1	223.0	154	49	43	53	223	13	0	1.74	2.08	870	0.59		20%	0%	14	70	2	0%	5	6	1	806	25	2	5	8	3	12	1.09	5.691	.99	3.10%	45.72

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