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: 32-11 / in Starts: 30-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 41, Entered with runners on base: 1

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	314	4	Apr 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	1	0	2.00	4.07	37	2	17	2	0	6	69			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.226	2.30	0.33%	1.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	315	7	Apr 22	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	4	1	0	1	9	0	0	1.00	2.46	32	9	9	1	0	4	85			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.51	0.415	3.73	0.62%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
3	316	11	Apr 26	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-1)	3	6.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	1	1.88	2.77	25	6	4	1	1	7	51			0	1	0	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.137	1.81	-0.25%	-0.50	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
4	317	15	Apr 30	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	GS-6		3	5.0	6	3	2	0	7	1	0	2.17	2.69	22	6	3	2	0	6	52			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.05	-0.159	3.03	-0.28%	-0.88	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a1
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
5	318	19	May 5	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	9	2	1	1	8	0	1	1.89	2.39	37	7	11	2	0	9	70			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.384	5.10	0.83%	2.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
6	319	23	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-8	L(3-2)	3	7.0	6	5	5	4	11	1	0	2.60	2.47	32	5	6	0	0	6	52			1	0	1	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.345	6.05	-0.87%	-0.75	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out tie
7	320	27	May 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	2.17	2.00	30	5	9	0	3	3	94			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	0.463	3.92	1.27%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	321	32	May 17	LAD	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS-11	W(5-2)	3	10.1	5	3	3	3	13	0	1	2.24	1.86	40	8	10	0	0	5	81			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.507	6.18	1.40%	1.43	1b start tie	11b 1-3 1 out a3
9	322	36	May 22	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	12	1	0	2.09	1.84	34	7	8	1	2	6	82			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.441	6.28	1.20%	3.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
10	323	40	May 26	LAD		STL	L,1-2	GS-8	L(6-3)	3	8.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	1	2.10	1.83	33	9	10	0	1	6	65			4	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	0.074	5.67	0.22%	1.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	324	44	May 30	LAD		CIN	W,12-5	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	5	5	2	2	13	0	0	2.09	1.68	36	9	7	1	1	5	74			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	.37	0.058	1.85	0.18%	-1.25	1t start tie	9t 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
12	325	48	Jun 3	LAD	@	STL	W,11-10	GS-3		3	2.0	6	7	2	1	1	1	0	2.24	1.85	15	4	3	1	1	6	26			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.23	-0.569	6.37	-1.76%	-6.51	1b start tie	3b -23 0 out d3
13	326	53	Jun 7	LAD	@	PHI	W,14-3	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	13	2	0	2.31	1.96	38	4	10	1	1	9	68			0	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.032	2.11	-0.10%	0.95	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a11
14	327	58	Jun 12	LAD	@	NYM	W,5-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.12	1.89	33	5	14	0	3	5	84			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.283	3.07	0.82%	3.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
15	328	62	Jun 16	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	W(10-3)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.04	1.83	32	10	7	0	1	6	78			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.68	0.447	10.19	1.62%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	329	66	Jun 20(1)	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(11-3)	3	9.0	1	1	1	2	12	1	0	1.96	1.84	30	2	13	1	3	1	91			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.471	5.37	1.50%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	330	71	Jun 25	LAD		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(12-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	12	0	0	1.90	1.73	34	9	6	0	1	6	82			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.270	5.86	0.94%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	331	75	Jun 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,9-3	CG	W(13-3)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	10	1	0	1.97	1.75	36	7	11	0	1	7	68			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.245	3.33	0.89%	1.15	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
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
19	332	80	Jul 3	LAD	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	10	1	0	1.91	1.77	33	7	11	0	2	4	82			2	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.89	0.398	4.58	1.23%	2.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	333	84	Jul 7	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-7	GS-5		3	4.2	9	5	5	3	6	1	0	2.14	1.85	25	2	5	0	2	9	29			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.303	3.44	-1.35%	-3.36	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d5
21	334	88	Jul 11(1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(15-3)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	10	2	0	2.13	1.96	36	9	10	1	3	5	77			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.39	0.386	8.00	1.34%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
22	335	91	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(16-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	9	0	0	2.02	1.92	33	8	10	0	4	4	86			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.399	5.55	1.37%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	336	95	Jul 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	CG	W(17-3)	3	9.0	3	2	2	2	10	1	0	2.02	1.94	32	2	15	2	4	3	81			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.241	5.75	0.90%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
24	337	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,2-3	GS-9		3	9.0	4	2	2	3	8	1	0	2.02	2.00	34	14	5	1	3	4	76			1	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.49	0.322	9.37	1.22%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	338	103	Jul 28	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(17-4)	3	8.0	5	4	3	1	8	1	0	2.07	2.02	30	4	12	1	5	5	65			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.189	4.54	-1.02%	-0.67	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
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
26	339	106	Aug 1	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	W(18-4)	3	9.0	5	2	2	0	11	0	0	2.07	1.94	32	5	11	0	1	5	80			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.420	7.26	1.62%	2.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	340	110	Aug 5	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	W(19-4)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	12	2	0	2.11	2.00	35	4	10	0	1	7	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.61	0.163	5.31	0.86%	1.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	341	114	Aug 10	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	CG	W(20-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	14	1	0	2.14	1.98	36	6	7	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	.87	0.331	5.96	1.36%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
29	342	117	Aug 14	LAD		PIT	W,1-0	SHO(10)	W(21-4)	3	10.0	5	0	0	0	12	0	0	2.05	1.90	36	12	7	1	1	5	94			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.744	11.38	3.49%	4.17	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
30	343	121	Aug 18	LAD		PHI	L,3-6	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	4	9	0	0	2.10	1.90	29	6	5	1	2	5	60			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	0.003	9.61	0.01%	0.96	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
31	344	125	Aug 22	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(21-5)	3	8.0	4	4	4	4	8	2	0	2.18	2.00	33	8	9	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	2	.66	-0.205	6.55	-1.21%	-0.31	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
32	345	129	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS-7	L(21-6)	3	7.0	4	3	2	2	5	0	0	2.19	2.00	28	8	9	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.063	6.39	-0.29%	-0.02	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
33	346	131	Aug 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.18	1.99	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.014	1.71	0.08%	0.44	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
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
34	347	133	Sep 1(1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(21-7)	3	10.2	8	3	3	3	10	0	0	2.20	1.97	43	16	7	0	1	7	73			0	0	0	40	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.090	15.80	0.54%	1.62	1b start a 1	11b -2- 2 out d1
35	348	138	Sep 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS-7		3	7.0	4	2	2	3	5	0	1	2.20	1.99	28	6	9	0	1	4	63			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.090	13.93	-0.53%	0.89	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
36	349	141	Sep 9	LAD		CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(22-7)	3	9.0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	2.14	1.91	27	3	10	1	1	0	101			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.674	9.70	3.76%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
37	350	145	Sep 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-6	L(22-8)	4	6.0	5	2	1	0	3	1	0	2.12	1.94	23	7	8	1	4	5	59			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.011	8.34	0.05%	0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
38	351	147	Sep 16	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-0	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	1.95	3	0	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.169	7.13	0.30%	0.83	9b 1-- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
39	352	149	Sep 18	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(23-8)	1	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.05	1.93	32	8	13	2	2	4	84			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.806	8.02	2.38%	4.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
40	353	152	Sep 22	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS-3		3	2.0	6	5	5	0	3	2	0	2.19	2.00	12	3	0	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.400	6.02	-1.54%	-4.47	1b start a 1	3b 1-- 0 out d4
41	354	154	Sep 25	LAD		STL	W,2-0	SHO	W(24-8)	2	9.0	5	0	0	3	12	0	0	2.12	1.97	32	6	6	1	0	5	86			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.31	0.587	18.37	4.96%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
42	355	158	Sep 29	LAD		CIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(25-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	1	13	0	0	2.07	1.91	30	6	8	3	1	2	95			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.430	14.23	4.49%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
43	356	161	Oct 2	LAD		MLN	W,3-1	CG	W(26-8)	2	9.0	4	1	1	4	13	1	0	2.04	1.93	35	9	5	3	0	4	84			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.363	5.78	1.21%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
							32-11		W-L:26-8,Sv:2	3.0	335.2	216	90	76	71	382	26	5	2.04	1.93	1297	0.77		5%	9%	212	72	1	0%	16	4	1	1205	29	7	4	13	3	18	1.05	8.343	6.77	33.77%	56.24

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