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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-12 / in Starts: 29-12
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	18 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 124 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	93 (37-31-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 124 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (37-22-12)

Most Driven In
J Kennedy	1
J Roseboro	1
J Lefebvre	1
A Ferrara	1
R Fairly	1
N Oliver	0
W Parker	0

Most Driven In By
W Davis	2
M Wills	1
L Johnson	1
W Parker	1

1966 Batting Game Log

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1966 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	357	2 (1)	Apr 13	LAD		HOU	L,6-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.56	-0.014	1.21	-0.02%	-0.20	P
2	358	6 (3)	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.18	-0.009	.39	-0.01%	-0.46	P
3	359	10 (3)	Apr 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.06	-0.158	2.54	-0.23%	-1.32	P
4	360	14 (3)	Apr 26	LAD		STL	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.39	-0.032	.87	-0.04%	-0.96	P
5	361	18 (3)	Apr 30	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.75	-0.054	2.21	-0.10%	-0.54	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	362	22 (3)	May 5	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	363	26 (3)	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.39	-0.037	.79	-0.05%	-1.24	P
8	364	30 (3)	May 14	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.77	-0.075	1.55	-0.09%	-1.37	P
9	365	34 (3)	May 19	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.54	-0.058	1.49	-0.10%	-1.34	P
10	366	38 (3)	May 23	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.91	-0.062	2.29	-0.09%	-0.66	P
11	367	42 (3)	May 28	LAD		NYM	W,7-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.063	.000	.063	9	.47	-0.021	1.50	-0.04%	0.62	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	368	46 (3)	Jun 1	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.057	.000	.057	9	.82	-0.062	3.06	-0.14%	-0.50	P
13	369	50 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	W,16-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.100	.079	.179	9	.31	-0.026	1.21	-0.06%	1.42	P
14	370	54 (3)	Jun 10	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.091	.071	.162	9	.25	-0.025	1.36	-0.08%	-0.93	P
15	371	58 (3)	Jun 14	LAD		HOU	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.087	.068	.155	9	1.16	-0.056	5.17	-0.15%	-0.40	P
16	372	62 (3)	Jun 18	LAD		SFG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.082	.064	.145	9	.76	-0.059	3.41	-0.16%	-0.73	P
17	373	66 (3)	Jun 22	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.039	.075	.059	.134	9	1.71	-0.181	6.33	-0.40%	-1.37	P
18	374	70 (3)	Jun 26	LAD	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.036	.070	.055	.125	9	1.69	-0.179	5.81	-0.37%	-1.38	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	375	74 (3)	Jul 1	LAD		STL	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.035	.068	.053	.120	9	1.05	-0.053	2.90	-0.09%	-0.40	P
20	376	78 (3)	Jul 5	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.033	.065	.050	.115	9	.99	-0.038	2.78	-0.06%	-0.40	P
21	377	82 (3)	Jul 9	LAD		ATL	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.032	.063	.048	.111	9	.92	-0.044	2.99	-0.09%	-0.33	P
22	378	84 (1)	Jul 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.045	.074	.061	.134	9	.50	-0.003	1.27	-0.01%	-0.13	P
23	379	89 (4)	Jul 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,0-4	GS-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.060	.087	.075	.162	9	.70	0.028	2.87	0.07%	0.25	P
24	380	93 (3)	Jul 23	LAD		NYM	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.082	.070	.153	9	.52	-0.086	1.89	-0.19%	-1.62	P
25	381	98 (4)	Jul 27	LAD		PHI	W,2-1	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.078	.067	.145	9	1.16	-0.112	6.05	-0.35%	-0.57	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	382	102 (3)	Aug 1	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.052	.076	.065	.141	9	1.86	-0.100	15.19	-0.49%	-0.66	P
27	383	106 (3)	Aug 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,12-1	GS-7	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.062	.084	.074	.158	9	.25	0.028	1.18	0.08%	-0.10	P
28	384	110 (3)	Aug 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.093	.095	.188	9	1.15	-0.010	6.99	-0.04%	-0.23	P
29	385	113 (2)	Aug 13	LAD		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.100	.092	.192	9	.42	-0.012	1.69	-0.03%	0.23	P
30	386	118 (4)	Aug 17	LAD		CIN	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.068	.099	.091	.190	9	.99	-0.024	4.59	-0.07%	-0.20	P
31	387	122 (3)	Aug 21	LAD		STL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.066	.096	.088	.184	9	.74	-0.072	2.84	-0.17%	-1.12	P
32	388	126 (3)	Aug 26	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.064	.092	.085	.177	9	1.35	-0.088	11.16	-0.44%	-0.83	P
33	389	130 (3)	Aug 30	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-10	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.101	.095	.196	9	1.38	-0.038	9.47	-0.16%	-0.56	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	390	134 (3)	Sep 3	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.071	.098	.092	.190	9	1.07	0.004	7.15	0.02%	-0.46	P
35	391	138 (3)	Sep 7	LAD		SFG	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.070	.096	.090	.186	9	2.09	-0.105	25.00	-0.76%	-0.76	P
36	392	141 (2)	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		HOU	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.069	.103	.088	.191	9	.66	-0.008	7.08	-0.05%	-0.06	P
37	393	146 (4)	Sep 16	LAD		PIT	W,5-1	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.109	.087	.196	9	.51	0.007	8.63	0.07%	-0.95	P
38	394	150 (3)	Sep 20	LAD		PHI	W,11-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.073	.113	.092	.205	9	.52	-0.055	6.60	-0.42%	-0.90	P
39	395	155 (4)	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.072	.111	.090	.201	9	.44	-0.022	6.44	-0.19%	-0.19	P
40	396	159 (3)	Sep 29	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.079	.117	.105	.222	9	1.27	-0.099	22.43	-1.04%	-1.03	P
41	397	162 (2)	Oct 2 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.076	.113	.102	.215	9	.65	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-1.72	P
							29-12		124	118	5	9	3	0	0	5	5	0	57	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	.076	.113	.102	.215		.81	-2.094	4.64	-6.51%	-24.09

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