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: 2-10 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 2

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 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	1	66	Jun 24	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-8	5-6		99	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.87	8	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.12	0.007	.25	0.01%	0.98	5b --- 0 out d6	6b 3 out d6
2	2	70	Jun 29	BRO		NYG	L,1-6	9-GF		4	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.03	6	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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
3	3	80	Jul 6(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-5		6	4.2	3	1	1	8	4	0	0	1.17	4.71	23	5	4	3	0	2	50			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.46	0.044	1.96	0.04%	0.72	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out tie
4	4	95	Jul 23	BRO		MLN	L,6-11	8-GF		16	2.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.79	4.85	10	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.21	-0.010	.18	-0.01%	-0.94	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 5
5	5	97	Jul 24(2)	BRO		MLN	L,2-9	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	4.62	3	1	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	1.45	9t --3 0 out d7	9t end d 7
Aug				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	6	123	Aug 25(1)	BRO		CIN	L,5-8	9-GF		31	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.31	4.08	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.004	.00	0.00%	1.53	9t 12- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
7	7	126	Aug 27	BRO		CIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-0)	1	9.0	2	0	0	5	14	0	0	1.31	2.71	34	3	12	1	0	0	92			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.267	.18	0.06%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
8	8	130	Aug 31	BRO		MLN	L,8-13	6-7		3	1.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	2.91	2.69	8	3	5	3	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.35	-0.109	.01	0.00%	-2.86	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 1-- 0 out d6
Sept				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
9	9	133	Sep 3	BRO		PIT	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-0)	2	9.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.05	2.50	34	15	9	4	0	1	81			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.567	.00	0.00%	4.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	10	143	Sep 11(2)	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	7	6.2	7	4	3	6	1	0	0	2.41	2.90	32	11	14	5	0	0	41			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-0.06	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out d1
11	11	146	Sep 15	BRO	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-4		3	4.0	6	2	2	0	1	2	0	2.61	3.43	17	8	8	3	0	0	43			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d1
12	12	153	Sep 24(2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-6	4-4	L(2-2)	8	0.1	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	3.02	3.64	5	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.86	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-2.41	4b --- 0 out a1	4b 12- 1 out d1
							2-10		W-L:2-2	3.8	41.2	33	15	14	28	30	2	1	3.02	3.64	183	0.86		17%	0%	3	61	3	0%	1	0	0	153	5	0	1	4	0	2	.84	0.326	.30	0.10%	8.44

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