Sandy Koufax
Sanford Koufax
born Sanford Braun
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette (Brooklyn, NY)
School: University of Cincinnati
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1955
Final Game: October 2, 1966
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1972 (344/396 ballots).
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1955 19 BRO NL 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 20 BRO NL 16 19 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .118 .211 .118 .328 -11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 21 BRO NL 34 27 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 22 LAD NL 40 55 49 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .122 .140 .143 .283 -26 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1959 23 LAD NL 35 58 54 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 .111 .143 .167 .310 -20 9 0 0 2 0 0 1
1960 24 LAD NL 37 64 57 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 28 .123 .167 .123 .289 -21 7 1 0 4 0 0 1
1961 25 LAD NL 42 94 77 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 35 .065 .163 .065 .228 -38 5 0 0 8 0 0 1 AS,MVP-18
1962 26 LAD NL 28 73 69 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 42 .087 .113 .130 .243 -33 9 3 0 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-24
1963 27 LAD NL 40 124 110 3 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 6 51 .064 .111 .091 .202 -39 10 2 0 7 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1964 28 LAD NL 29 81 74 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 32 .095 .141 .095 .236 -30 7 1 1 3 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
1965 29 LAD NL 43 127 113 4 20 2 0 0 7 0 0 10 44 .177 .242 .195 .437 29 22 2 0 3 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1966 30 LAD NL 41 124 118 5 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 57 .076 .113 .102 .215 -37 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
12 Seasons 397 858 776 26 75 9 0 2 28 0 1 43 386 .097 .145 .116 .261 -26 90 10 1 35 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 350 317 11 31 4 0 1 11 0 0 18 158 .097 .145 .116 .261 -26 37 4 0 14 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1955 19 BRO NL 12 12 0 0.0 109 .000 .270 .000 .342 .000 .428 .000 .769 -100 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1956 20 BRO NL 19 15 1 1.8 110 .400 .118 .274 .211 .343 .118 .433 .328 .775 -11 .156 -2.8 -0.3 .267 .118 .000
1957 21 BRO NL 27 27 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .279 .000 .344 .000 .432 .000 .775 -100 .000 -7.6 -0.8 .000 .000 .000
1958 22 LAD NL 55 48 1 0.6 109 .261 .122 .274 .140 .343 .143 .428 .283 .771 -26 .020 -9.2 -0.9 .186 .041 .020
1959 23 LAD NL 58 50 1 0.5 111 .240 .111 .278 .143 .345 .167 .430 .310 .776 -20 .019 -9.6 -1.0 .229 .093 .056
1960 24 LAD NL 64 55 1 0.5 104 .241 .123 .270 .167 .337 .123 .414 .289 .751 -21 .018 -10.0 -1.0 .196 .053 .000
1961 25 LAD NL 94 81 2 0.7 112 .119 .065 .279 .163 .347 .065 .435 .228 .782 -38 .027 -16.3 -1.6 .178 .104 .000
1962 26 LAD NL 73 68 1 0.4 97 .192 .087 .261 .113 .327 .130 .397 .243 .724 -33 .011 -12.8 -1.3 .167 .072 .043 .0
1963 27 LAD NL 124 113 1 0.2 84 .102 .064 .246 .111 .307 .091 .368 .202 .675 -39 .006 -19.2 -2.1 .152 .082 .027 .0
1964 28 LAD NL 81 71 1 0.4 88 .167 .095 .255 .141 .312 .095 .379 .236 .690 -30 .013 -12.4 -1.3 .162 .041 .000
1965 29 LAD NL 127 99 6 1.6 88 .286 .177 .250 .242 .312 .195 .378 .437 .690 29 .155 -10.1 -1.1 .337 .106 .018
1966 30 LAD NL 124 111 1 0.2 89 .145 .076 .255 .113 .312 .102 .384 .215 .697 -37 .005 -21.1 -2.2 .155 .068 .025
12 Seasons 858 750 16 0.6 96 .187 .097 .261 .145 .324 .116 .398 .261 .723 -26 .024 -134.6 -14.0 .187 .073 .019 .0
162 Game Avg. 350 306 7 0.6 96 .187 .097 .261 .145 .324 .116 .398 .261 .723 -26 .024 -134.6 -14.0 .187 .073 .019

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 23 LAD NL WS CHW W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 27 LAD NL WS NYY W 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 LAD NL WS MIN W 3 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 30 LAD NL WS BAL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 8 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .053 .100 .053 .153 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 WS 8 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .053 .100 .053 .153 1 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 LAD NL 26 DNP
1963 LAD NL 27 DNP
1964 LAD NL 28 DNP
1965 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 30 as P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (4 Appearances) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1955 19 BRO NL 12 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.00 0%
1956 20 BRO NL 19 0.0% 63.2% 10.5% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.4 3.00 26%
1957 21 BRO NL 27 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4 1.25 30%
1958 22 LAD NL 55 0.0% 47.3% 1.8% 1.8% 17% 26.00 1.9 49.0 3.60 42%
1959 23 LAD NL 58 0.0% 50.0% 3.5% 5.2% 50% 14.50 1.9 2.00 43%
1960 24 LAD NL 64 0.0% 43.8% 4.7% 0.0% 0% 9.33 2.0 57.0 1.42 45%
1961 25 LAD NL 94 0.0% 37.2% 9.6% 0.0% 0% 3.89 2.2 38.5 3.18 45%
1962 26 LAD NL 73 1.4% 57.5% 2.7% 1.4% 17% 21.00 1.6 69.0 17.3 1.82 36%
1963 27 LAD NL 124 0.8% 41.1% 4.8% 0.8% 14% 8.50 2.2 110.0 15.7 2.76 48%
1964 28 LAD NL 81 0.0% 39.5% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 10.67 2.3 74.0 1.93 52%
1965 29 LAD NL 127 0.0% 34.7% 7.9% 1.6% 10% 4.40 2.6 16.1 1.33 55%
1966 30 LAD NL 124 0.0% 46.0% 4.0% 2.4% 33% 11.40 2.1 23.6 1.65 50%
12 Seasons 858 0.2% 45.0% 5.0% 1.3% 15% 8.98 2.0 388.0 27.7 1.98 46%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 19 BRO NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 20 BRO NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 21 BRO NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1958 22 LAD NL 0 0 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1959 23 LAD NL 1 0 38% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1960 24 LAD NL 0 0 10% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1961 25 LAD NL 1 0 21% 23 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 26 LAD NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 27 LAD NL 0 0 17% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 LAD NL 0 0 27% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29% 4 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1965 29 LAD NL 2 0 13% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1966 30 LAD NL 2 0 36% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
12 Seasons 7 0 21% 146 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5 17% 22 20 2 3 3 0 11 7 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 19 BRO NL 12 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1956 20 BRO NL 19 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1957 21 BRO NL 27 4% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 8 0 0% 7 0 0% 18 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 LAD NL 55 11% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 11 0 0% 10 1 10% 32 1 3% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1959 23 LAD NL 58 22% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 12 0 0% 12 0 0% 37 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1960 24 LAD NL 64 23% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 9 1 11% 12 3 25% 31 1 3% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1961 25 LAD NL 94 21% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 57% 16 0 0% 20 4 20% 60 4 7% 6 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1962 26 LAD NL 73 36% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 2 25% 14 3 21% 19 3 16% 58 3 5% 5 1 20% 4 2 50% 0
1963 27 LAD NL 124 39% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 9 7 78% 24 2 8% 28 7 25% 89 8 9% 6 3 50% 8 4 50% 0
1964 28 LAD NL 81 31% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 17 1 6% 19 2 11% 62 1 2% 5 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1965 29 LAD NL 127 35% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 21 2 10% 27 4 15% 84 7 8% 7 3 43% 11 0 0% 0
1966 30 LAD NL 124 41% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 25 1 4% 29 3 10% 93 5 5% 15 2 13% 8 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 858 29% 75 0 0 0 0 2 0 31 0 2 0 2 0 71 35 49% 163 10 6% 191 27 14% 585 30 5% 50 9 18% 48 12 25% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 19 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 20 28 31 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 .069 .129 .069 .198 -46 2 0 0 0 0 0
1957 21 62 58 55 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 42 .036 .070 .036 .107 -71 2 0 0 1 0 0
1958 22 102 113 104 3 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 68 .077 .103 .087 .189 -50 9 0 0 6 0 0
1959 23 137 171 158 6 14 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 97 .089 .117 .114 .230 -40 18 0 0 8 0 0
1960 24 174 235 215 7 21 4 0 0 2 0 0 8 125 .098 .130 .116 .246 -35 25 1 0 12 0 0
1961 25 216 329 292 10 26 4 0 0 4 0 1 17 160 .089 .139 .103 .242 -35 30 1 0 20 0 0
1962 26 244 402 361 11 32 4 0 1 8 0 1 19 202 .089 .134 .108 .242 -35 39 4 0 22 0 0
1963 27 284 526 471 14 39 4 0 2 15 0 1 25 253 .083 .129 .104 .233 -36 49 6 0 29 1 0
1964 28 313 607 545 17 46 4 0 2 16 0 1 28 285 .084 .130 .103 .233 -35 56 7 1 32 1 0
1965 29 356 734 658 21 66 6 0 2 23 0 1 38 329 .100 .150 .119 .269 -24 78 9 1 35 2 0
1966 30 397 858 776 26 75 9 0 2 28 0 1 43 386 .097 .145 .116 .261 -26 90 10 1 35 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1955 19 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1956 20 17 22 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .158 .273 .158 .431 1 16
1957 21 36 27 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1958 22 42 52 51 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 27 .118 .135 .137 .272 1 40
1959 23 37 57 55 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 30 .091 .123 .127 .250 1 35
1960 24 39 62 59 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 29 .119 .161 .119 .280 1 37
1961 25 44 92 81 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 11 37 .074 .185 .074 .259 1 42
1962 26 28 71 69 1 6 0 0 1 6 0 2 42 .087 .113 .130 .243 1 28
1963 27 40 123 113 4 10 0 0 1 10 0 9 51 .088 .154 .115 .270 2 40
1964 28 29 78 74 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 32 .095 .141 .095 .236 1 29
1965 29 43 128 115 5 23 2 0 0 8 0 12 44 .200 .273 .217 .491 7 43
1966 30 41 127 120 7 11 4 0 0 7 0 6 57 .092 .134 .125 .259 2 41
12 Seasons 409 852 796 28 84 9 0 2 35 0 52 394 .106 .161 .124 .285 18 397
162 Game Avg. 162 337 315 11 33 4 0 1 14 0 21 156 .106 .161 .124 .285 7 397

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 *
1961-2 *
1962-1
1963
1964
1965 *
1966 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1963-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1963-ML-WS MVP
1963-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1963-NL-Triple Crown
1963-NL-MVP
1963-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1963-ML-Cy Young
1964-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1965-NL-Babe Ruth Award
1965-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1965-ML-WS MVP
1965-NL-Triple Crown
1965-ML-Cy Young
1965-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1966-NL-Triple Crown
1966-ML-Cy Young
1966-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year
1966-ML-Hutch Award

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1961-NL-18-2%
1962-NL-24-1%
1963-NL-1-85%
1964-NL-17-2%
1965-NL-2-63%
1966-NL-2-74%
1 MVP
2.27 Career Shares (70th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1963-ML--1--100%
1964-ML--3--5%
1965-ML--1--100%
1966-ML--1--100%
3 Cy Youngs
3.05 Career Shares (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1955 NL--born 1935-12-30--3rd
1956 NL--born 1935-12-30--7th

                                         
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