Sandy Koufax

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1955	19	-9.0	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	2	2	.500	3.02	3.24	12	5	4	2	2	0	41.2	33	15	14	2	28	1	30	1	1	2	183	1.464	7.1	0.4	6.0	6.5	1.07
1956	20	-8.6	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	2	4	.333	4.91	5.68	16	10	1	0	0	0	58.2	66	37	32	10	29	0	30	0	2	1	261	1.619	10.1	1.5	4.4	4.6	1.03
1957	21	-6.6	BRO	NL	Maj	BRO	5	4	.556	3.88	4.23	34	13	12	2	0	0	104.1	83	49	45	14	51	1	122	2	0	5	444	1.284	7.2	1.2	4.4	10.5	2.39
1958	22	-5.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	11	11	.500	4.48	5.05	40	26	7	5	0	1	158.2	132	89	79	19	105	6	131	1	0	17	714	1.494	7.5	1.1	6.0	7.4	1.25
1959	23	-4.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	6	.571	4.05	4.34	35	23	6	6	1	2	153.1	136	74	69	23	92	4	173	0	1	5	679	1.487	8.0	1.4	5.4	10.2	1.88
1960	24	-3.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	8	13	.381	3.91	4.27	37	26	7	7	2	1	175.0	133	83	76	20	100	6	197	1	0	9	753	1.331	6.8	1.0	5.1	10.1	1.97
1961	25	-2.4	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	18	13	.581	3.52	4.12	42	35	2	15	2	1	255.2	212	117	100	27	96	6	269	3	2	12	1068	1.205	7.5	1.0	3.4	9.5	2.80
1962	26	-1.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	7	.667	2.54	2.98	28	26	2	11	2	1	184.1	134	61	52	13	57	4	216	2	0	3	744	1.036	6.5	0.6	2.8	10.5	3.79
1963	27	-1.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	25	5	.833	1.88	1.97	40	40	0	20	11	0	311.0	214	68	65	18	58	7	306	3	1	6	1210	0.875	6.2	0.5	1.7	8.9	5.28
1964	28	-0.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	19	5	.792	1.74	1.98	29	28	1	15	7	1	223.0	154	49	43	13	53	5	223	0	0	9	870	0.928	6.2	0.5	2.1	9.0	4.21
1965	29	0.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	26	8	.765	2.04	2.41	43	41	2	27	8	2	335.2	216	90	76	26	71	4	382	5	0	11	1297	0.855	5.8	0.7	1.9	10.2	5.38
1966	30	2.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	27	9	.750	1.73	2.06	41	41	0	27	5	0	323.0	241	74	62	19	77	4	317	0	0	7	1274	0.985	6.7	0.5	2.1	8.8	4.12
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
All Levels (12 Seasons)							165	87	.655	2.76	3.12	397	314	44	137	40	9	2324.1	1754	806	713	204	817	48	2396	18	7	87	9497	1.106	6.8	0.8	3.2	9.3	2.93