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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 19 BRO NL 2 2 .500 3.02 12 5 4 2 2 0 41.2 33 15 14 2 28 1 30 1 1 2 183 135 1.464 7.1 0.4 6.0 6.5 1.07
1956 20 BRO NL 2 4 .333 4.91 16 10 1 0 0 0 58.2 66 37 32 10 29 0 30 0 2 1 261 82 1.619 10.1 1.5 4.4 4.6 1.03
1957 21 BRO NL 5 4 .556 3.88 34 13 12 2 0 0 104.1 83 49 45 14 51 1 122 2 0 5 444 107 1.284 7.2 1.2 4.4 10.5 2.39
1958 22 LAD NL 11 11 .500 4.48 40 26 7 5 0 1 158.2 132 89 79 19 105 6 131 1 0 17 714 92 1.494 7.5 1.1 6.0 7.4 1.25
1959 23 LAD NL 8 6 .571 4.05 35 23 6 6 1 2 153.1 136 74 69 23 92 4 173 0 1 5 679 104 1.487 8.0 1.4 5.4 10.2 1.88
1960 24 LAD NL 8 13 .381 3.91 37 26 7 7 2 1 175.0 133 83 76 20 100 6 197 1 0 9 753 101 1.331 6.8 1.0 5.1 10.1 1.97
1961 25 LAD NL 18 13 .581 3.52 42 35 2 15 2 1 255.2 212 117 100 27 96 6 269 3 2 12 1068 123 1.205 7.5 1.0 3.4 9.5 2.80 AS,MVP-18
1962 26 LAD NL 14 7 .667 2.54 28 26 2 11 2 1 184.1 134 61 52 13 57 4 216 2 0 3 744 141 1.036 6.5 0.6 2.8 10.5 3.79 AS,MVP-24
1963 27 LAD NL 25 5 .833 1.88 40 40 0 20 11 0 311.0 214 68 65 18 58 7 306 3 1 6 1210 159 0.875 6.2 0.5 1.7 8.9 5.28 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1964 28 LAD NL 19 5 .792 1.74 29 28 1 15 7 1 223.0 154 49 43 13 53 5 223 0 0 9 870 187 0.928 6.2 0.5 2.1 9.0 4.21 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
1965 29 LAD NL 26 8 .765 2.04 43 41 2 27 8 2 335.2 216 90 76 26 71 4 382 5 0 11 1297 160 0.855 5.8 0.7 1.9 10.2 5.38 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1966 30 LAD NL 27 9 .750 1.73 41 41 0 27 5 0 323.0 241 74 62 19 77 4 317 0 0 7 1274 190 0.985 6.7 0.5 2.1 8.8 4.12 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
12 Seasons 165 87 .655 2.76 397 314 44 137 40 9 2324.1 1754 806 713 204 817 48 2396 18 7 87 9497 131 1.106 6.8 0.8 3.2 9.3 2.93
162 Game Avg. 16 8 .655 2.76 38 30 4 13 4 1 222 168 77 68 20 78 5 229 2 1 8 908 131 1.106 6.8 0.8 3.2 9.3 2.93

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1959 23 LAD NL WS W CHW 0 1 .000 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 5 1 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 31 0.667 5.0 0.0 1.0 7.0 7.00
1963 27 LAD NL WS W NYY 2 0 1.000 1.50 2 2 0 2 0 0 18.0 12 3 3 2 3 0 23 0 0 0 69 0.833 6.0 1.0 1.5 11.5 7.67
1965 29 LAD NL WS W MIN 2 1 .667 0.38 3 3 0 2 2 0 24.0 13 2 1 0 5 0 29 0 0 0 87 0.750 4.9 0.0 1.9 10.9 5.80
1966 30 LAD NL WS L BAL 0 1 .000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 26 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
4 Seasons (4 Series) 4 3 .571 0.95 8 7 0 4 2 0 57.0 36 10 6 2 11 1 61 0 0 0 213 0.825 5.7 0.3 1.7 9.6 5.55
4 WS 4 3 .571 0.95 8 7 0 4 2 0 57.0 36 10 6 2 11 1 61 0 0 0 213 0.825 5.7 0.3 1.7 9.6 5.55

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1961 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1962 LAD NL 26
1963 LAD NL 27
1964 LAD NL 28
1965 LAD NL 29 0 1 0 1.000 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
1966 LAD NL 30 1 0 0 3.00 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
6 Seasons (4 Appearances) 1 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 23 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 19 BRO NL 12 183 153 15 33 5 0 2 1 1 28 30 .216 .341 .288 .628 .256 44 4 1 1 0 1
1956 20 BRO NL 16 261 231 37 66 14 4 10 2 1 29 30 .286 .365 .511 .876 .293 118 7 0 1 0 0
1957 21 BRO NL 34 444 385 49 83 13 4 14 5 1 51 122 .216 .309 .379 .688 .275 146 4 2 4 2 1
1958 22 LAD NL 40 713 599 89 132 25 5 19 3 1 105 131 .220 .336 .374 .710 .249 224 13 1 4 4 6
1959 23 LAD NL 35 679 579 74 136 22 2 23 1 2 92 173 .235 .338 .399 .737 .292 231 5 0 4 4 4
1960 24 LAD NL 37 753 641 83 133 18 5 20 5 6 100 197 .207 .314 .345 .659 .265 221 9 1 8 3 6
1961 25 LAD NL 42 1068 954 117 212 31 6 27 6 7 96 269 .222 .295 .352 .647 .280 336 14 3 12 3 6
1962 26 LAD NL 28 744 680 61 134 22 1 13 5 3 57 216 .197 .261 .290 .551 .268 197 5 2 4 1 4
1963 27 LAD NL 40 1210 1135 68 214 28 6 18 11 1 58 306 .189 .230 .271 .501 .241 308 9 3 13 1 7
1964 28 LAD NL 29 870 806 49 154 25 2 13 5 6 53 223 .191 .240 .275 .516 .246 222 8 0 8 3 5
1965 29 LAD NL 43 1297 1205 90 216 29 7 26 16 4 71 382 .179 .227 .280 .507 .238 337 13 5 13 3 4
1966 30 LAD NL 41 1274 1178 74 241 38 5 19 13 5 77 317 .205 .252 .294 .545 .261 346 13 0 11 8 4
12 Seasons 397 9496 8546 806 1754 270 47 204 73 38 817 2396 .205 .275 .319 .594 .259 2730 104 18 83 32 48
162 Game Avg. 38 908 817 77 168 26 4 20 7 4 78 229 .205 .275 .319 .594 .259 261 10 2 8 3 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 19 BRO NL 12 5 2 1 2 0 1 2 3 .400 0 1 2 2 3 60% 61 92 41 9 2 3 2 3.3 4.2 6.7
1956 20 BRO NL 16 10 2 4 4 0 0 5 5 .500 0 1 0 0 3 30% 46 61 31 16 6 3 5 3.7 4.0 4.9
1957 21 BRO NL 34 13 4 4 5 1 0 8 5 .615 0 5 2 0 5 38% 52 81 29 13 2 6 5 4.2 4.2 5.7
1958 22 LAD NL 40 26 8 10 8 1 2 13 13 .500 2 3 5 0 9 35% 51 85 23 41 13 18 3 4.3 4.5 5.2
1959 23 LAD NL 35 23 8 6 9 1 2 15 8 .652 2 8 6 1 9 39% 54 81 30 36 9 10 8 5.7 4.6 6.0
1960 24 LAD NL 37 26 7 13 6 1 4 10 16 .385 0 3 7 2 11 42% 55 95 21 28 12 12 3 3.9 3.9 6.1
1961 25 LAD NL 42 35 17 13 5 0 4 22 13 .629 0 5 15 2 22 63% 59 97 20 26 13 23 5 5.0 4.2 7.0
1962 26 LAD NL 28 26 14 7 5 1 3 17 9 .654 3 2 11 2 17 65% 65 95 31 14 3 16 3 4.8 5.2 7.0
1963 27 LAD NL 40 40 25 5 10 1 1 34 6 .850 3 5 20 11 31 78% 70 95 20 18 5 33 2 4.3 4.2 7.8
1964 28 LAD NL 29 28 19 5 4 1 4 21 7 .750 1 2 15 7 24 86% 70 98 36 10 0 20 3 3.7 3.5 7.9
1965 29 LAD NL 43 41 26 8 7 0 6 30 11 .732 2 4 27 8 35 85% 72 101 26 14 7 33 1 4.0 3.7 8.1
1966 30 LAD NL 41 41 27 9 5 0 6 29 12 .707 0 3 27 5 36 88% 69 98 24 6 4 27 1 4.3 4.4 7.9
12 Seasons 397 314 159 85 70 7 33 206 108 .656 13 42 137 40 205 65% 63 101 20 231 76 204 41 4.3 4.2 7.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 19 BRO NL 12 7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 9 0.832 0 1 6 1 0 6 2 5 2 1 3 1 3.6
1956 20 BRO NL 16 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 6 1.048 0 1 5 0 0 6 2 4 3 2 3 1 4.7
1957 21 BRO NL 34 21 12 1 0 1 0 1 0% 3 1 12 3 25% 8 0.906 6 4 11 3 2 16 7 14 10 6 10 3 4.3
1958 22 LAD NL 40 14 7 3 1 2 1 1 50% 3 0 10 4 40% 9 1.159 4 5 4 3 3 8 5 9 5 5 5 3 5.1
1959 23 LAD NL 35 12 6 0 0 2 2 0 100% 4 2 6 0 0% 9 1.072 5 1 6 4 2 6 4 8 4 6 6 1 4.0
1960 24 LAD NL 37 11 7 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 0 4 2 50% 9 1.228 4 1 6 3 1 7 2 9 5 3 5 0 4.2
1961 25 LAD NL 42 7 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 3 2 67% 5 1.095 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 6 5 1 5 1 4.7
1962 26 LAD NL 28 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 0.937 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.5
1964 28 LAD NL 29 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.114 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9.0
1965 29 LAD NL 43 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0% 9 1.083 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
10 Seasons 316 83 44 6 2 12 9 3 75% 19 3 44 13 30% 1.076 25 13 43 20 10 53 25 58 36 24 39 11 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 19 BRO NL 183 72% 1.1% 16.4% 15.3% 3.8% 21% 0.94 66% 41 4 10%
1956 20 BRO NL 261 68% 3.8% 11.5% 11.1% 10.7% 42% 0.61 73% 54 7 13%
1957 21 BRO NL 444 72% 3.2% 27.5% 11.5% 7.0% 37% 0.50 57% 78 4 5%
1958 22 LAD NL 714 75% 2.7% 18.4% 14.7% 6.9% 37% 0.68 64% 157 13 8%
1959 23 LAD NL 679 75% 3.4% 25.5% 13.6% 6.9% 35% 0.68 57% 145 5 3%
1960 24 LAD NL 753 79% 2.7% 26.2% 13.3% 5.7% 32% 0.71 57% 143 9 6%
1961 25 LAD NL 1068 78% 2.5% 25.2% 9.0% 6.0% 30% 0.85 62% 199 14 7%
1962 26 LAD NL 744 77% 1.8% 29.0% 7.7% 4.8% 27% 0.65 61% 117 5 4%
1963 27 LAD NL 1210 79% 1.5% 25.3% 4.8% 4.3% 24% 0.76 67% 172 9 5%
1964 28 LAD NL 870 83% 1.5% 25.6% 6.1% 4.6% 26% 0.66 66% 134 8 6%
1965 29 LAD NL 1297 82% 2.0% 29.5% 5.5% 4.8% 29% 0.72 62% 184 13 7%
1966 30 LAD NL 1274 83% 1.5% 24.9% 6.0% 4.9% 26% 0.61 67% 198 13 7%
12 Seasons 9497 79% 2.2% 25.2% 8.6% 5.5% 30% 0.69 63% 1622 104 6%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 19 BRO NL 183 33 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 9 3 1 33% 2 2 0 74 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1956 20 BRO NL 261 66 10 0 7 7 3 5 5 10 4 2 40% 3 1 1 97 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1957 21 BRO NL 444 83 14 0 6 7 7 9 5 18 7 5 39% 3 5 1 151 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1958 22 LAD NL 714 132 19 1 24 16 3 12 7 37 16 7 43% 13 17 0 282 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 28 0
1959 23 LAD NL 679 136 23 1 8 19 4 13 10 27 10 9 37% 5 5 2 265 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1960 24 LAD NL 753 133 20 2 13 17 3 12 8 28 14 5 50% 10 9 2 261 5 6 45% 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
1961 25 LAD NL 1068 212 27 0 21 23 4 19 8 36 18 9 50% 15 12 2 387 6 7 46% 6 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 21 0
1962 26 LAD NL 744 134 13 1 10 12 1 6 7 23 10 6 43% 11 3 2 254 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1963 27 LAD NL 1210 214 18 0 12 17 1 5 13 28 10 4 36% 15 6 2 379 11 1 92% 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1964 28 LAD NL 870 154 13 0 10 11 2 5 8 23 7 6 30% 12 9 1 277 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0
1965 29 LAD NL 1294 216 26 1 8 21 5 8 18 37 12 15 32% 18 11 0 392 16 4 80% 15 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 3
1966 30 LAD NL 1274 241 19 0 21 17 2 10 9 51 19 16 37% 10 7 0 428 13 5 72% 12 4 1 0 0 1 2 1 16 0
12 Seasons 9494 1754 204 6 146 168 36 104 100 327 130 85 40% 117 87 13 3247 73 38 66% 67 33 6 3 0 2 13 1 170 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 19 2 2 .500 3.02 12 5 4 2 2 0 41.2 33 15 14 2 28 1 30 1 1 2 183 135 1.464 7.1 0.4 6.0 6.5 1.07 135
1956 20 4 6 .400 4.13 28 15 5 2 2 0 100.1 99 52 46 12 57 1 60 1 3 3 444 98 1.555 8.9 1.1 5.1 5.4 1.05 98
1957 21 9 10 .474 4.00 62 28 17 4 2 0 204.2 182 101 91 26 108 2 182 3 3 8 888 103 1.417 8.0 1.1 4.7 8.0 1.69 103
1958 22 20 21 .488 4.21 102 54 24 9 2 1 363.1 314 190 170 45 213 8 313 4 3 25 1602 97 1.450 7.8 1.1 5.3 7.8 1.47 97
1959 23 28 27 .509 4.16 137 77 30 15 3 3 516.2 450 264 239 68 305 12 486 4 4 30 2281 99 1.461 7.8 1.2 5.3 8.5 1.59 99
1960 24 36 40 .474 4.10 174 103 37 22 5 4 691.2 583 347 315 88 405 18 683 5 4 39 3034 100 1.428 7.6 1.1 5.3 8.9 1.69 100
1961 25 54 53 .505 3.94 216 138 39 37 7 5 947.1 795 464 415 115 501 24 952 8 6 51 4102 105 1.368 7.6 1.1 4.8 9.0 1.90 105
1962 26 68 60 .531 3.71 244 164 41 48 9 6 1131.2 929 525 467 128 558 28 1168 10 6 54 4846 109 1.314 7.4 1.0 4.4 9.3 2.09 109
1963 27 93 65 .589 3.32 284 204 41 68 20 6 1442.2 1143 593 532 146 616 35 1474 13 7 60 6056 115 1.219 7.1 0.9 3.8 9.2 2.39 115
1964 28 112 70 .615 3.11 313 232 42 83 27 7 1665.2 1297 642 575 159 669 40 1697 13 7 69 6926 121 1.180 7.0 0.9 3.6 9.2 2.54 121
1965 29 138 78 .639 2.93 356 273 44 110 35 9 2001.1 1513 732 651 185 740 44 2079 18 7 80 8223 125 1.126 6.8 0.8 3.3 9.3 2.81 125
1966 30 165 87 .655 2.76 397 314 44 137 40 9 2324.1 1754 806 713 204 817 48 2396 18 7 87 9497 131 1.106 6.8 0.8 3.2 9.3 2.93 131

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 19 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 35 17 15 2 30 30 1 1.548 7.5 6.4 6.4 1.00 0.4 12
1956 20 2 4 .333 5.12 58.0 68 37 33 10 30 30 0 1.690 10.6 4.7 4.7 1.00 1.6 16
1957 21 6 5 .545 3.67 108.0 86 49 44 15 53 126 2 1.287 7.2 4.4 10.5 2.38 1.3 34
1958 22 8 10 .444 4.31 167.0 139 89 80 20 111 138 1 1.497 7.5 6.0 7.4 1.24 1.1 40
1959 23 9 8 .529 3.87 158.0 140 76 68 24 95 178 0 1.487 8.0 5.4 10.1 1.87 1.4 35
1960 24 10 9 .526 3.95 180.0 141 88 79 21 106 203 1 1.372 7.1 5.3 10.2 1.92 1.1 37
1961 25 17 12 .586 3.24 267.0 215 107 96 27 97 281 3 1.169 7.2 3.3 9.5 2.90 0.9 42
1962 26 13 7 .650 2.80 180.0 141 62 56 14 60 211 2 1.117 7.1 3.0 10.6 3.52 0.7 28
1963 27 24 9 .727 2.47 299.0 245 91 82 21 66 294 3 1.040 7.4 2.0 8.8 4.45 0.6 40
1964 28 18 5 .783 2.14 214.0 170 57 51 14 59 214 0 1.070 7.1 2.5 9.0 3.63 0.6 29
1965 29 25 10 .714 2.52 322.0 239 100 90 29 79 366 6 0.988 6.7 2.2 10.2 4.63 0.8 43
1966 30 26 8 .765 2.16 308.0 265 82 74 21 85 302 0 1.136 7.7 2.5 8.8 3.55 0.6 41
12 Seasons 160 89 .643 3.00 2303.0 1884 855 768 218 871 2373 19 1.196 7.4 9.3 2.72 0.9 397

* 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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1961 NL--3.520--7th
1962 NL--2.539--1st
1963 NL--1.881--1st
1964 NL--1.735--1st
1965 NL--2.038--1st
1966 NL--1.728--1st
Career--2.761--92nd

Wins s c a p y
1961 NL--18--4th
1963 NL--25--1st
1964 NL--19--4th
1965 NL--26--1st
1966 NL--27--1st
Career--165--195th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1962 NL--.667--5th
1963 NL--.833--2nd
1964 NL--.792--1st
1965 NL--.765--1st
1966 NL--.750--2nd
Career--.655--24th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1961 NL--1.205--4th
1962 NL--1.036--1st
1963 NL--.875--1st
1964 NL--.928--1st
1965 NL--.855--1st
1966 NL--.985--2nd
Career--1.106--23rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL--7.487--2nd
1960 NL--6.840--2nd
1961 NL--7.463--1st
1962 NL--6.543--1st
1963 NL--6.193--1st
1964 NL--6.215--1st
1965 NL--5.792--1st
1966 NL--6.715--2nd
Career--6.792--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 NL--1.679--5th
1965 NL--1.904--6th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1958 NL--7.431--2nd
1960 NL--10.131--1st
1961 NL--9.469--1st
1962 NL--10.546--1st
1963 NL--8.855--2nd
1964 NL--9.000--1st
1965 NL--10.242--1st
1966 NL--8.833--1st
Career--9.278--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1961 NL--255.7--4th
1963 NL--311.0--3rd
1965 NL--335.7--1st
1966 NL--323.0--1st

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL--122--9th
1958 NL--131--6th
1959 NL--173--3rd
1960 NL--197--2nd
1961 NL--269--1st
1962 NL--216--2nd
1963 NL--306--1st
1964 NL--223--4th
1965 NL--382--1st
1966 NL--317--1st
Career--2396--38th

Games Started s c a p y
1961 NL--35--4th
1963 NL--40--3rd
1965 NL--41--2nd
1966 NL--41--1st

Complete Games s c a p y
1961 NL--15--2nd
1963 NL--20--2nd
1964 NL--15--6th
1965 NL--27--1st
1966 NL--27--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1955 NL--2--7th
1962 NL--2--10th
1963 NL--11--1st
1964 NL--7--1st
1965 NL--8--2nd
1966 NL--5--1st
Career--40--44th

Home Runs s c a p y
1961 NL--27--6th
1965 NL--26--5th
Career--204--184th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 NL--105--2nd
1959 NL--92--4th
1960 NL--100--3rd
1961 NL--96--5th
1965 NL--71--10th
1966 NL--77--7th
Career--817--224th

Hits s c a p y
1966 NL--241--8th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1961 NL--2.802--1st
1962 NL--3.789--2nd
1963 NL--5.276--1st
1964 NL--4.207--2nd
1965 NL--5.380--1st
1966 NL--4.117--4th
Career--2.933--41st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1962 NL--.635--7th
1963 NL--.521--10th
1964 NL--.525--8th
1965 NL--.697--10th
1966 NL--.529--4th

Losses s c a p y
1961 NL--13--7th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1961 NL--100--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1957 NL--5--9th
1958 NL--17--1st
1960 NL--9--4th
1961 NL--12--2nd
1964 NL--9--10th
1965 NL--11--7th
Career--87--126th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1961 NL--1068--3rd
1963 NL--1210--3rd
1965 NL--1297--1st
1966 NL--1274--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1961 NL--123--5th
1962 NL--141--4th
1963 NL--159--2nd
1964 NL--187--1st
1965 NL--160--3rd
1966 NL--190--1st
Career--131--36th

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 42 (20), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 92 (106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 215 (18), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 46 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Ron Guidry (905)
  2. Jack Coombs (885)
  3. Ed Reulbach (859)
  4. Andy Messersmith (858)
  5. Mel Stottlemyre (856)
  6. Lefty Gomez (856) *
  7. Jim Maloney (855)
  8. Ed Lopat (853)
  9. Dave McNally (852)
  10. Tim Hudson (847)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Clayton Kershaw (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ken Brett (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey McDermott (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Oliver Perez (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tom Underwood (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Scott Kazmir (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey McDermott (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Juan Pizarro (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Maloney (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Maloney (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Roger Clemens (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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