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	34-6 / in Starts: 34-6
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	89 (46-31-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (38-23-12)

Most Driven In
D Tracewski	1
K McMullen	1
W Davis	1
B Skowron	1
L Walls	1
D Camilli	1
Self	1
J Roseboro	0

Most Driven In By
R Fairly	2
Self	1

1963 Batting Game Log

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1963 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	245	2 (1)	Apr 10	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.81	-0.064	1.84	-0.09%	-0.69	P
2	246	6 (3)	Apr 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.040	2.85	-0.06%	-0.62	P
3	247	10 (3)	Apr 19	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.93	-0.029	1.69	-0.03%	-0.31	P
4	248	15 (4)	Apr 23	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.00	-0.047	2.12	-0.06%	-0.50	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
5	249	27 (11)	May 7	LAD	@	STL	W,11-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.071	.000	.071	9	.15	-0.018	.26	-0.02%	-0.62	P
6	250	31 (3)	May 11	LAD		SFG	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	9	.42	-0.037	.89	-0.05%	-0.40	P
7	251	34 (2)	May 15	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GS-12	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.136	.053	.189	9	1.15	-0.093	2.59	-0.13%	-0.55	P
8	252	38 (3)	May 19 (1)	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.160	.048	.208	9	.63	-0.027	2.01	-0.05%	-0.32	P
9	253	42 (3)	May 24	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.048	.160	.048	.208	9						P
10	254	45 (2)	May 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.040	.138	.040	.178	9	.58	-0.055	2.10	-0.12%	0.09	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
11	255	49 (3)	Jun 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.037	.129	.037	.166	9	1.08	-0.052	3.72	-0.11%	-0.35	P
12	256	53 (3)	Jun 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.143	.065	.207	9	1.31	0.114	3.76	0.20%	1.31	P
13	257	56 (2)	Jun 9	LAD	@	CHC	W,11-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.162	.091	.253	9	.84	0.108	3.96	0.30%	1.20	P
14	258	60 (3)	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.150	.083	.233	9	.76	-0.075	2.92	-0.17%	-1.17	P
15	259	65 (4)	Jun 17	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.136	.075	.211	9	.88	-0.091	4.39	-0.27%	-1.19	P
16	260	68 (2)	Jun 21	LAD	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.093	.149	.093	.242	9	.61	-0.043	2.53	-0.11%	-0.44	P
17	261	72 (3)	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.137	.085	.222	9	.96	-0.093	4.52	-0.26%	-0.82	P
18	262	75 (2)	Jun 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.135	.083	.218	9	1.84	-0.044	8.29	-0.12%	-0.38	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
19	263	79 (3)	Jul 3	LAD		STL	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.145	.080	.225	9	.72	-0.030	4.71	-0.12%	0.20	P
20	264	83 (3)	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.075	.138	.075	.213	9	.36	-0.026	2.37	-0.10%	-0.84	P
21	265	87 (3)	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.070	.129	.070	.199	9	.27	-0.027	1.69	-0.10%	-1.19	P
22	266	91 (3)	Jul 16 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.123	.067	.190	9	.39	-0.039	2.41	-0.15%	-0.73	P
23	267	96 (4)	Jul 20	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-4	GS-6	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.082	.136	.131	.268	9	2.23	0.373	12.25	1.23%	2.37	P
24	268	101 (4)	Jul 25	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.079	.132	.127	.259	9	.80	-0.042	4.22	-0.13%	-0.37	P
25	269	105 (3)	Jul 29	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.076	.127	.121	.248	9	.56	-0.053	4.10	-0.23%	-0.86	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
26	270	109 (3)	Aug 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.072	.133	.116	.249	9	.28	-0.001	1.99	0.00%	-0.06	P
27	271	112 (2)	Aug 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.127	.110	.236	9	1.66	-0.172	10.98	-0.69%	-0.86	P
28	272	116 (3)	Aug 11	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.123	.107	.230	9	.57	-0.027	3.71	-0.11%	-0.23	P
29	273	119 (2)	Aug 15	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.067	.123	.107	.230	9						P
30	274	121 (1)	Aug 17	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.101	.219	9	.76	-0.074	4.81	-0.28%	-1.32	P
31	275	125 (3)	Aug 21	LAD		STL	W,2-1	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.112	.096	.209	9	1.19	-0.114	6.84	-0.39%	-0.64	P
32	276	129 (3)	Aug 25	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.058	.109	.093	.202	9	1.14	-0.137	6.76	-0.49%	-1.70	P
33	277	133 (3)	Aug 29	LAD		SFG	W,11-1	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.057	.116	.091	.207	9	.51	-0.026	4.05	-0.13%	-0.83	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	278	137 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	LAD		HOU	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.054	.111	.087	.198	9	.27	-0.025	1.15	-0.06%	-0.59	P
35	279	142 (4)	Sep 6	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.052	.107	.083	.190	9	.76	-0.072	3.28	-0.19%	-1.22	P
36	280	145 (2)	Sep 10	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.112	.090	.202	9	.62	-0.022	4.71	-0.10%	-0.49	P
37	281	148 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.110	.088	.198	9	.62	-0.030	4.36	-0.13%	-0.22	P
38	282	153 (4)	Sep 17	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.057	.106	.085	.191	9	.76	-0.084	13.26	-0.88%	-1.11	P
39	283	156 (2)	Sep 21	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.065	.113	.093	.206	9	.77	-0.012	.22	0.00%	-0.02	P
40	284	159 (2)	Sep 25	LAD		NYM	W,1-0	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.064	.111	.091	.202	9	1.13	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
							34-6		124	110	3	7	0	0	1	7	6	0	51	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	.064	.111	.091	.202		.78	-1.280	3.84	-4.18%	-17.02

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