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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-18 / in Starts: 22-13
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	25 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	60 (30-18-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
R Fairly	1
N Larker	1
W Davis	0
J Roseboro	0

Most Driven In By
W Davis	2
J Gilliam	1

1961 Batting Game Log

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1961 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	175	4 (3)	Apr 14	LAD		PIT	L,3-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.70	-0.045	4.53	-0.07%	-0.46	P
2	176	11 (6)	Apr 21	LAD		CIN	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	.72	-0.037	1.79	-0.06%	-0.65	P
3	177	18 (6)	Apr 30 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-10	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	178	19	May 2	LAD	@	MLN	W,11-9	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.88	-0.042	2.40	-0.07%	-0.38	P
5	179	21 (1)	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9						P
6	180	24 (2)	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	.59	-0.046	1.75	-0.08%	-0.50	P
7	181	28 (3)	May 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	.34	-0.024	1.11	-0.05%	-0.24	P
8	182	32 (3)	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	1.05	-0.027	3.35	-0.05%	-0.25	P
9	183	36 (3)	May 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	1.73	-0.252	7.78	-0.68%	-2.39	P
10	184	40 (3)	May 25	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.238	.059	.297	9	.95	0.039	3.74	0.09%	0.43	P
11	185	44 (3)	May 29	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.217	.053	.270	9	1.94	0.014	6.94	0.03%	-0.05	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	186	48 (3)	Jun 3	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.045	.192	.045	.238	9	1.20	0.123	5.75	0.35%	0.80	P
13	187	52 (3)	Jun 7	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.233	.042	.275	9	.45	0.020	2.11	0.06%	0.11	P
14	188	56 (3)	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.037	.212	.037	.249	9	1.56	-0.142	6.95	-0.38%	-1.53	P
15	189	61 (4)	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.034	.200	.034	.234	9	.99	-0.051	4.41	-0.14%	-0.43	P
16	190	64 (2)	Jun 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.030	.179	.030	.210	9	1.28	-0.184	4.61	-0.40%	-1.65	P
17	191	69 (4)	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.029	.175	.029	.204	9	1.90	-0.069	11.20	-0.24%	-0.69	P
18	192	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.029	.175	.029	.204	9						P
19	193	73 (2)	Jun 29	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.054	.186	.054	.240	9	.50	-0.007	2.23	-0.02%	0.06	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	194	77 (3)	Jul 3	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.077	.217	.077	.294	9	1.60	-0.038	7.57	-0.11%	-0.26	P
21	195	81 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,7-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.213	.075	.288	9	.59	-0.015	4.47	-0.07%	-0.18	P
22	196	84 (2)	Jul 9	LAD		CIN	L,3-14	3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.075	.213	.075	.288	9						P
23	197	87 (2)	Jul 15	LAD		PHI	L,2-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.204	.071	.276	9	.38	-0.020	1.19	-0.04%	-0.23	P
24	198	89 (1)	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.071	.204	.071	.276	9						P
25	199	91 (1)	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.192	.067	.259	9	.47	-0.041	4.19	-0.22%	-0.86	P
26	200	95 (3)	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.182	.063	.244	9	.46	-0.073	2.42	-0.23%	-1.68	P
27	201	99 (3)	Jul 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.175	.060	.235	9	.98	0.009	5.58	0.03%	0.04	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	202	103 (3)	Aug 4	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.058	.169	.058	.227	9	.98	-0.051	5.84	-0.18%	-0.43	P
29	203	106 (2)	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,7-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.164	.056	.219	9	1.14	-0.057	7.46	-0.22%	-0.49	P
30	204	111 (4)	Aug 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.054	.159	.054	.212	9	.66	-0.033	8.60	-0.26%	-0.49	P
31	205	116 (4)	Aug 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-11	GS-4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.169	.069	.238	9	1.57	0.153	8.15	0.48%	1.50	P
32	206	120 (3)	Aug 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.159	.065	.224	9	.37	-0.037	3.39	-0.20%	-1.01	P
33	207	124 (3)	Aug 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063	.229	9	.78	0.003	4.10	0.01%	0.04	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	208	128 (3)	Sep 2	LAD	@	MLN	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.061	.162	.061	.223	9	.85	-0.043	6.29	-0.19%	-0.44	P
35	209	132 (3)	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,9-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	9	1.31	-0.068	10.12	-0.32%	-1.06	P
36	210	135 (2)	Sep 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	5-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	9						P
37	211	137 (1)	Sep 12	LAD		PHI	L,10-19	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	9						P
38	212	140 (2)	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,11-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.152	.056	.208	9	.40	-0.042	.61	-0.04%	-1.28	P
39	213	142 (1)	Sep 17	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	10-11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.056	.152	.056	.208	7						P
40	214	145 (2)	Sep 20	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	CG(13)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.157	.067	.223	9	1.67	-0.061	1.08	-0.02%	-0.46	P
41	215	148 (2)	Sep 24	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.066	.155	.066	.221	9	.98	-0.026	1.03	-0.02%	-0.26	P
42	216	151 (2)	Sep 27	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.163	.065	.228	9	1.44	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-0.32	P
							24-18		94	77	3	5	0	0	0	2	9	0	35	0	8	0	1	0	0	1	.065	.163	.065	.228		.99	-1.229	4.14	-3.29%	-15.68

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