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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Team Record in Appearances: 18-10 / in Starts: 17-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 0

1962 Pitching Game Log

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1962 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	217	2	Apr 11	LAD		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.00	2.06	34	9	14	2	0	1	75			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.50	0.231	1.01	0.28%	2.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	218	6	Apr 15	LAD		MLN	L,3-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.1	8	5	4	3	7	1	0	3.52	2.81	32	10	11	5	0	1	43			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.26	-0.373	3.10	-0.55%	-2.85	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d2
3	219	10	Apr 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-1)	3	7.2	7	3	3	3	9	0	0	3.52	2.36	32	9	11	6	0	0	59			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.109	2.64	0.13%	0.67	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 2 out a1
4	220	14	Apr 24	LAD	@	CHC	W,10-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	18	1	0	3.09	2.09	36	6	7	3	0	1	81			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.220	1.07	0.33%	2.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
5	221	18	Apr 28	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.63	1.98	33	13	13	4	0	0	76			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.492	3.47	0.94%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
6	222	23	May 2	LAD		CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-2)	3	6.1	8	3	1	1	8	0	0	2.47	1.79	27	8	10	6	0	0	56			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.10	-0.094	3.04	-0.16%	-0.35	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
7	223	27	May 8	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-6	GS-6		5	5.2	7	4	2	2	8	0	1	2.55	1.75	27	5	11	5	0	0	49			1	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	.95	0.082	2.19	0.11%	0.05	1b start a 1	6b 123 2 out a4
8	224	31	May 12	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-6		3	6.0	9	4	3	0	7	0	0	2.75	1.60	27	7	14	7	0	0	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.220	5.33	-0.51%	-0.65	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
9	225	35	May 17	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	8	4	4	1	4	1	1	3.05	1.86	28	8	14	5	0	0	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.175	2.55	-0.35%	-1.17	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
10	226	39	May 21	LAD		SFG	W,8-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	10	1	0	2.80	1.90	33	6	15	5	0	1	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.91	0.393	3.75	0.97%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
11	227	44	May 26	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	3	2	2	16	1	0	2.71	1.82	35	6	10	5	0	1	81			1	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.19	0.200	5.02	0.51%	1.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	228	47	May 30(1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,13-6	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	13	6	6	3	10	1	0	3.03	1.92	43	5	25	10	0	0	44			0	0	0	40	2	0	1	0	0	0	.37	0.118	1.62	0.31%	-1.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
13	229	54	Jun 4	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	3	3	3	2	13	1	0	3.03	1.91	33	8	10	1	0	0	80			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.50	0.310	2.06	0.76%	1.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
14	230	56	Jun 5 susp	LAD	@	PIT	W,8-3	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.00	1.88	3	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.52	0.02%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
15	231	59	Jun 8	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-3	GS-6		2	5.1	2	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.02	1.89	22	4	8	1	0	1	59			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.161	5.80	0.44%	1.30	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a1
16	232	64	Jun 13	LAD	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	3	1	1	2	6	1	0	2.86	2.01	32	7	17	8	0	0	81			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.681	6.96	2.02%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
17	233	69	Jun 18	LAD		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(10-2)	4	9.0	5	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.66	1.91	31	14	8	4	0	0	86			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.667	6.44	2.23%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
18	234	72	Jun 22	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(10-3)	3	8.0	5	2	1	3	11	0	0	2.57	1.85	32	6	11	2	0	1	74			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.20	0.085	7.35	0.31%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
19	235	76	Jun 26	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	GS-8	L(10-4)	3	8.0	6	2	1	1	13	0	0	2.48	1.73	31	6	11	6	0	0	76			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.95	0.098	5.19	0.32%	1.78	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	236	80	Jun 30	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-4)	3	9.0	0	0	0	5	13	0	0	2.33	1.71	30	7	5	1	0	0	95			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.249	2.40	0.74%	4.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
21	237	84	Jul 4(1)	LAD		PHI	W,16-1	CG	W(12-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	10	1	0	2.26	1.78	35	4	18	4	0	0	80			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.170	2.44	0.55%	3.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out a15
22	238	89	Jul 8	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-0	GS-9	W(13-4)	3	8.1	3	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.15	1.76	30	8	9	1	0	1	83			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	0.291	12.38	1.58%	2.90	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a2
23	239	90	Jul 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-0	GS-7	W(14-4)	3	7.0	3	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.06	1.78	28	10	9	2	0	0	74			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	0.441	6.49	1.48%	3.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
24	240	95	Jul 17	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-1	L(14-5)	4	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.15	1.77	6	0	5	3	0	0	40			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.148	6.74	-0.54%	-1.48	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
25	241	154	Sep 21	LAD	@	STL	L,2-11	GS-1	L(14-6)	65	0.2	1	4	4	4	1	1	0	2.35	1.91	7	0	2	0	0	0	31			0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	-0.292	6.28	-0.75%	-3.69	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d4
26	242	156	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	L,2-12	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	2	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.37	1.94	11	2	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.02	0.00%	0.12	7b --- 0 out d9	8b end d10
27	243	159	Sep 27	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	GS-5		3	5.0	3	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.41	2.01	19	3	11	1	0	0	56			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.060	8.23	0.35%	0.36	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
28	244	163	Oct 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-8	GS-2	L(14-7)	3	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	2	0	2.54	2.15	7	1	6	2	0	0	33			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.247	53.95	-12.71%	-2.89	1b start tie	2b 1-- 0 out d3
							18-10		W-L:14-7,Sv:1	3.1	184.1	134	61	52	57	216	13	2	2.54	2.15	744	0.59		22%	0%	8	65	0	---%	5	3	0	680	22	1	4	5	1	11	.93	3.517	4.63	-1.17%	27.70

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