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, 8,881st in MLB 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
3x World Series
2x WS MVP
5x ERA Title
2x ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

48.9

W

165

L

ERA

2.76

G

397

GS

314

SV

IP

2324.1

SO

2396

WHIP

1.106

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-4 / in Starts: 4-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1959	WS g1	Oct 1	LAD	@	CHW	L,0-11	5-6		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	6					2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.97	5b --- 0 out d11	6b 3 out d11
2	1959	WS g5	Oct 6	LAD		CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	1.00	25					5	9	1	2	4	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.260	47.39	7.48%	2.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
1963 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	1963	WS g1	Oct 2	LAD	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	3	15	1	0	2.00	36					5	10	2	3	3	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.211	25.26	6.92%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	1963	WS g4	Oct 6	LAD		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	1	0	1.50	33					10	10	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.415	35.89	5.13%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
1965 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1965	WS g2	Oct 7	LAD	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	2	1	1	9	0	0	1.50	25					4	6	1	1	5	62			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.013	57.03	0.35%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	1965	WS g5	Oct 11	LAD		MIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.60	29					9	8	2	1	1	88			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.35	0.212	29.01	9.70%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	1965	WS g7	Oct 14	LAD	@	MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	2	9.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	0	0.38	33	132	86	12	27	9	10	2	4	1	88			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.581	190.10	60.39%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
1966 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	1966	WS g2	Oct 6	LAD		BAL	L,0-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	4	1	2	2	0	0	1.50	26					4	13	2	4	5	50			0	0	1	24	1	1	1	1	0	3	.88	-0.183	45.43	-6.98%	-1.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
											57.0	36	10	6	11	61	2	0	0.95	213																			1

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