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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

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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 BRO NL 19 P 12 5 41.2 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.51 0.58 .950 2.05 0.83
1956 BRO NL 20 P 16 10 58.2 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.07 0.44 .971 2.06 0.83
1957 BRO NL 21 P 34 13 104.1 8 3 4 1 0 .875 0.60 0.21 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 LAD NL 22 P 40 26 158.2 28 6 21 1 3 .964 1.53 0.68 .954 1.97 0.77
1959 LAD NL 23 P 35 23 153.1 21 4 16 1 1 .952 1.17 0.57 .952 1.99 0.82
1960 LAD NL 24 P 37 26 175.0 24 6 18 0 1 1.000 1.23 0.65 .962 2.09 0.87
1961 LAD NL 25 P 42 35 255.2 35 7 26 2 2 .943 1.16 0.79 .960 2.18 0.88 AS,MVP-18
1962 LAD NL 26 P 28 26 184.1 21 3 16 2 0 .905 0.93 0.68 .952 2.07 0.82 AS,MVP-24
1963 LAD NL 27 P 40 40 311.0 41 4 34 3 1 .927 1.10 0.95 .951 2.06 0.84 AS,CYA-1,MVP-1
1964 LAD NL 28 P 29 28 223.0 29 9 18 2 1 .931 1.09 0.93 .955 2.14 0.84 AS,CYA-3,MVP-17
1965 LAD NL 29 P 43 41 335.2 46 10 36 0 2 1.000 1.23 1.07 .954 2.08 0.81 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
1966 LAD NL 30 P 41 41 323.0 38 7 30 1 2 .974 1.03 0.90 .945 1.96 0.74 AS,CYA-1,MVP-2
12 Seasons P 397 314 2324.1 306 64 228 14 13 .954 1.13 0.74 .954 2.06 0.82
12 Seasons TOT 397 314 2324.1 306 64 228 14 13 .954 1.13 0.74 .908 2.06 0.82

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 - 78 (12), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 151 (91), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 227 (16), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 46 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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December 14, 1954: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

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