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Sandy Koufax
#32
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B/T: R/L
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Batting
Pitching
Career Regular Season
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
397
165-87
2.76
2324.1
2396
1.11
G
W-L
ERA
IP
SO
WHIP
397
165-87
2.76
2324.1
2396
1.11
Career Regular Season
AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS
776
.097
2
28
0
.261
AB
AVG
HR
RBI
SB
OPS
776
.097
2
28
0
.261
Sandy Koufax Bio
Fullname:
Sanford Koufax
Born:
12/30/1935 in Brooklyn, NY
College:
Cincinnati
Debut:
6/24/1955
Hall of Fame:
1972
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Sanford Koufax
Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax returned to the Dodgers in January 2013 to serve as Special Advisor to Dodgers' Chairman Mark Walter . Koufax's role includes attending a portion of Spring Training to work with Dodger pitchers and consulting with the team throughout the year . One of the most dominating pitchers in the game's history, Koufax was the first Major Leaguer to pitch four no-hitters, including a perfect game . He was the youngest player (age 36) and the first pitcher inducted into the Hall of Fame (1972) who had more strikeouts than innings pitched . In 12 Major League seasons, he had a career record of 165-87, a 2 .76 ERA, 2,396 strikeouts, 137 complete games and 40 shutouts . Koufax was the MVP and Cy Young Award winner in 1963 and also won Cy Young Awards in 1965 and '66 . He was a member of Dodgers' world championship teams in 1955, '59, '63 and '65, earning MVP honors in 1963 and '65, when he pitched two shutouts . His postseason record was 4-3 with a 0 .95 ERA . He was selected to seven consecutive All-Star Games from 1961-66 . From 1962-66, Koufax led the National League in earned run average and shutouts . He was the strikeouts leader four times, setting a single-season mark with 382 in 1965, and had the most wins three times, with totals of 27, 26 and 25 . He was the first pitcher to average fewer than seven hits allowed per nine innings pitched in his career (6 .79) and to strike out more than nine batters (9 .28) per nine innings . He also became the second pitcher in baseball history to have two games with 18 or more strikeouts, and the first to have eight games with 15 or more strikeouts . In his last 10 seasons, batters hit .203 against him with a .271 on-base percentage and a .315 slugging percentage . Koufax was the first pitcher to win multiple Cy Young Awards, as well as the first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote . He is also the only pitcher to win three Cy Young Awards in the era in which the award was presented to one pitcher, rather than one in each league . On June 4, 1972, Koufax's uniform No . 32 was retired alongside those of fellow Dodger greats Roy Campanella (39) and Jackie Robinson (42).
Batting
Pitching
Year
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OBP
OPS
Career Regular Season
776
26
75
2
28
0
.097
.145
.261
Year
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OBP
OPS
Career Regular Season
776
26
75
2
28
0
.097
.145
.261
Year
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
Career Regular Season
165
87
2.76
397
314
9
2324.1
2396
1.11
Year
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
SO
WHIP
Career Regular Season
165
87
2.76
397
314
9
2324.1
2396
1.11
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Awards
World Series Championship
Year
Team
League
1959
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
NL All-Star
Year
Team
League
1961
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1961
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1962
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1964
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1966
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
NL Player of the Month
Month
Team
League
06/1962
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
MLB Cy Young
Year
Team
League
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1966
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
NL MVP
Year
Team
League
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
Willie Mays World Series MVP
Year
Team
League
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
Babe Ruth Award
Year
Team
League
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
AP Male Athlete of the Year
Year
Team
League
1963
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
SI's Sportsman of the Year
Year
Team
League
1965
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
The Hutch Award
Year
Team
League
1966
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
Uniform number retired
Year
Team
League
1972
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
Hall Of Fame
Year
Team
League
1972
Los Angeles Dodgers
NL
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League Rankings
Strikeouts
Year
SO
Rank
1966
317
1st in NL
1965
382
1st in NL
1964
223
4th in NL
1963
306
1st in NL
1962
216
2nd in NL
1961
269
1st in NL
1960
197
2nd in NL
1959
173
3rd in NL
1958
131
6th in NL
1957
122
9th in NL
Games Played
Year
BP
Rank
1965
43
23rd in NL
1961
42
17th in NL
1958
40
22nd in NL
Runs
Year
R
Rank
1965
90
25th in NL
1961
117
5th in NL
1958
89
21st in NL
Triples
Year
3B
Rank
1966
21st in NL
1965
11th in NL
1963
19th in NL
1961
15th in NL
1958
22nd in NL
Home Runs
Year
HR
Rank
1966
19
22nd in NL
1965
26
5th in NL
1963
18
19th in NL
1961
27
6th in NL
1960
20
16th in NL
1959
23
11th in NL
1958
19
18th in NL
Wins
Year
Wins
Rank
1966
27
1st in NL
1965
26
1st in NL
1964
19
4th in NL
1963
25
1st in NL
1962
14
17th in NL
1961
18
4th in NL
1958
11
15th in NL
Losses
Year
Losses
Rank
1961
13
7th in NL
1960
13
12th in NL
1958
11
16th in NL
Doubles
Year
2B
Rank
1966
3rd in NL
1965
21st in NL
1963
20th in NL
1961
15th in NL
Hits
Year
H
Rank
1966
241
8th in NL
1965
216
18th in NL
1963
214
13th in NL
1961
212
13th in NL
At Bats
Year
AB
Rank
1966
1178
1st in NL
1965
1205
1st in NL
1964
806
19th in NL
1963
1135
3rd in NL
1961
954
5th in NL
Innings Pitched
Year
IP
Rank
1966
323.0
1st in NL
1965
335.2
1st in NL
1964
223.0
14th in NL
1963
311.0
3rd in NL
1961
255.2
4th in NL
Total Bases
Year
TB
Rank
1966
10th in NL
1965
13th in NL
1963
13th in NL
1961
9th in NL
Hit By Pitch
Year
HBP
Rank
1965
5
25th in NL
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