Sandy Koufax

Full Name: Sanford Koufax	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/210	First Game: June 24, 1955
Birthdate: December 30, 1935	Final Game: October 2, 1966
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, Sandy Koufax (Sanford Koufax) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 12 year career. Koufax broke into the bigs on June 24, 1955 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 4.91 ERA in 58.2 innings pitched in 1956, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Sandy Koufax's best season was 1965, when he posted a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games and struck out a record 382 batters. Others believe it was 1966, his final season, when---with no spring training, thanks to a highly-publicised joint contract holdout with Don Drysdale---Koufax went 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA and 312 strikeouts.

Traumatic arthritis in his pitching elbow, which provoked a near-unconscionable medical regimen over his final two seasons, compelled Koufax's retirement after the 1966 season, making him one of the very few professional athletes who really did give it up at the top of his game.

Sandy Koufax was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972. He was the youngest player ever to be inducted in his first year of eligibility. He has spent the years since his retirement as a broadcaster, pitching coach, and very occasional memorabilia show presence, as well as involvement with the Baseball Assistance Team that helps retired players whose careers came before the big-money free agency era.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1955	BRO	N	12	5	2	2	3.02	30	15	14	2	2	0	41.2	33	2	28	1	2	1
1956	BRO	N	16	10	2	4	4.91	30	37	32	0	0	0	58.2	66	10	29	0	1	0
1957	BRO	N	34	13	5	4	3.88	122	49	45	2	0	0	104.1	83	14	51	1	5	2
1958	LA	N	40	26	11	11	4.48	131	89	79	5	0	1	158.2	132	19	105	6	17	1
1959	LA	N	35	23	8	6	4.05	173	74	69	6	1	2	153.1	136	23	92	4	5	0
1960	LA	N	37	26	8	13	3.91	197	83	76	7	2	1	175	133	20	100	6	9	1
1961	LA	N	42	35	18	13	3.52	269	117	100	15	2	1	255.2	212	27	96	6	12	3
1962	LA	N	28	26	14	7	2.54	216	61	52	11	2	1	184.1	134	13	57	4	3	2
1963	LA	N	40	40	25	5	1.88	306	68	65	20	11	0	311	214	18	58	7	6	3
1964	LA	N	29	28	19	5	1.74	223	49	43	15	7	1	223	154	13	53	5	9	0
1965	LA	N	43	41	26	8	2.04	382	90	76	27	8	2	335.2	216	26	71	4	11	5
1966	LA	N	41	41	27	9	1.73	317	74	62	27	5	0	323	241	19	77	4	7	0
Total			397	314	165	87	2.76	2396	806	713	137	40	9	2324.1	1754	204	817	48	87	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	BRO	N	P	12	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1956	BRO	N	P	16	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	BRO	N	P	34	13	104.1	3	4	1	0	1	5	1	1	.875
1958	LA	N	P	40	26	158.2	6	21	1	3	0	3	1	0	.964
1959	LA	N	P	35	23	153.1	4	16	1	1	2	1	2	0	.952
1960	LA	N	P	37	26	175	6	18	0	1	2	5	6	0	1.000
1961	LA	N	P	42	35	255.2	7	26	2	2	2	6	7	0	.943
1962	LA	N	P	28	26	184.1	3	16	2	0	2	5	3	0	.905
1963	LA	N	P	40	40	311	4	34	3	1	2	11	1	0	.927
1964	LA	N	P	29	28	223	9	18	2	1	1	5	6	1	.931
1965	LA	N	P	43	41	335.2	10	36	0	2	0	16	4	0	1.000
1966	LA	N	P	41	41	323	7	30	1	2	0	13	5	1	.974
Total			P	397	299	2224	64	228	14	13	12	70	36	3	.954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1955	BRO	N	12	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	12	0	0	0
1956	BRO	N	16	17	0	2	0	0	.118	.211	.118	0	2	12	0	0	0
1957	BRO	N	34	26	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	18	0	1	0
1958	LA	N	40	49	2	6	0	1	.122	.140	.143	1	1	26	0	5	0
1959	LA	N	35	54	3	6	0	0	.111	.143	.167	3	2	29	0	2	0
1960	LA	N	37	57	1	7	0	1	.123	.167	.123	0	3	28	0	4	1
1961	LA	N	42	77	3	5	0	2	.065	.163	.065	0	9	35	0	8	0
1962	LA	N	28	69	1	6	1	4	.087	.113	.130	0	2	42	0	2	3
1963	LA	N	40	110	3	7	1	7	.064	.111	.091	0	6	51	0	7	2
1964	LA	N	29	74	3	7	0	1	.095	.141	.095	0	3	32	1	3	1
1965	LA	N	43	113	4	20	0	7	.177	.242	.195	2	10	44	0	3	2
1966	LA	N	41	118	5	9	0	5	.076	.113	.102	3	5	57	0	0	1
Total			397	776	26	75	2	28	.097	.145	.116	9	43	386	1	35	10