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	20-15 / in Starts: 15-8
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	24 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 58 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	37 (22-10-5)
Avg. MLBer w/ 58 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	35 (18-11-5)

Most Driven In
M Wills	0

Most Driven In By
C Neal	2
W Moon	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	103	2 (1)	Apr 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.74	-0.044	3.80	-0.06%	-0.43	P
2	104	5 (2)	Apr 16	LAD		STL	W,7-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
3	105	14 (8)	Apr 26	LAD	@	STL	W,17-11	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.43	-0.022	1.23	-0.04%	-0.34	P
4	106	17 (2)	Apr 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.94	-0.053	2.89	-0.10%	-0.46	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
5	107	19 (1)	May 2	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-16	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
6	108	33 (13)	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,0-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
7	109	38 (4)	May 20 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						P
8	110	43 (4)	May 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	.71	0.080	2.21	0.15%	0.87	P
9	111	48 (4)	May 31	LAD		STL	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.364	.545	9	.99	-0.075	2.01	-0.09%	-1.41	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
10	112	53 (4)	Jun 6	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462	9	.63	-0.031	1.91	-0.06%	-0.24	P
11	113	55 (1)	Jun 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.308	.462	9						P
12	114	59 (3)	Jun 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.333	.533	9	1.06	0.023	3.53	0.05%	0.15	P
13	115	61 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.333	.533	9						P
14	116	64 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.158	.263	.421	9	.20	-0.020	.61	-0.04%	-1.38	P
15	117	70 (5)	Jun 22	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.174	.261	.435	9	.76	-0.011	1.98	-0.02%	-0.47	P
16	118	75 (4)	Jun 27	LAD		PIT	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	9	.56	-0.046	2.62	-0.13%	-0.59	P
17	119	77 (1)	Jun 29	LAD		SFG	L,4-6	10-12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.222	.370	9	1.43	-0.037	8.32	-0.13%	-0.11	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
18	120	80 (2)	Jul 3	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	.207	.345	9	1.42	-0.071	6.52	-0.20%	-0.55	P
19	121	84 (3)	Jul 5 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	6-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.200	.333	9	.17	-0.005	.79	-0.01%	-0.16	P
20	122	86 (1)	Jul 11	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.129	.194	.323	9	.72	-0.018	4.28	-0.06%	-0.14	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
21	123	106 (19)	Aug 1	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	9	.84	-0.024	4.81	-0.08%	-0.24	P
22	124	111 (4)	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	9						P
23	125	112	Aug 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.121	.182	.303	9	2.30	-0.058	13.32	-0.20%	-0.23	P
24	126	114 (1)	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	GS-9	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.222	.384	9	.26	0.047	1.12	0.12%	0.62	P
25	127	118 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.162	.222	.384	9						P
26	128	121 (2)	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.135	.179	.216	.396	9	1.02	0.024	6.55	0.09%	0.54	P
27	129	123 (1)	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.179	.216	.396	9						P
28	130	127 (3)	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.163	.195	.358	9	.33	-0.039	1.24	-0.09%	-1.25	P
29	131	131 (3)	Aug 31	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.205	.378	9	1.75	-0.047	20.39	-0.33%	-0.43	P
Sept		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
30	132	135 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	LAD		CHC	L,0-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.160	.188	.348	9	2.43	-0.257	17.19	-1.09%	-1.53	P
31	133	140 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.151	.176	.327	9	1.55	-0.186	11.83	-0.85%	-1.37	P
32	134	145 (4)	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.113	.145	.170	.315	9	.43	-0.022	2.87	-0.09%	-0.22	P
33	135	149 (3)	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.167	.310	9	.02	-0.001	.54	-0.01%	-0.59	P
34	136	150	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.143	.167	.310	9						P
35	137	156 (5)	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.143	.167	.310	9						P
							20-15		58	54	3	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	29	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.143	.167	.310		.94	-0.893	5.51	-3.26%	-9.95

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