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: 18-22 / in Starts: 13-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 5

1958 Pitching Game Log

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1958 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	63	9	Apr 24	LAD		CHC	L,2-15	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.48	4	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d13	9t end d13
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
2	64	21	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	GS-6		11	5.0	4	4	4	4	4	1	0	6.00	5.31	23	6	7	0	0	2	43			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.070	1.60	-0.06%	-0.29	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a2
3	65	26	May 13	LAD		SFG	L,9-16	6-7		6	2.0	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	6.75	6.73	11	4	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.15	-0.021	.13	-0.01%	-0.98	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
4	66	30	May 17	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	4-4		3	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.00	6.25	6	1	5	3	0	0		3	3	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.049	.19	-0.02%	-1.64	4b 123 0 out d3	4b 3 out d7
5	67	33	May 20	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG(11)	W(1-0)	2	11.0	2	3	2	4	6	0	0	4.05	4.18	39	9	20	2	0	0	85			0	0	0	34	1	0	2	0	1	0	1.05	0.400	.59	0.14%	1.97	1b start tie	11b 3 out a3
6	68	36	May 24	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	5-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.05	4.48	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.055	.48	-0.02%	-1.34	5b 12- 2 out d3	5b 123 2 out d4
7	69	39	May 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	0	4	4	0	0	2.79	3.99	37	11	16	3	0	1	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	1	.72	0.231	.35	0.07%	3.33	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
8	70	41	May 30(2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-10	9-GF	L(2-1)	1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.41	4.44	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.73	-0.365	1.26	-0.10%	-2.00	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 2
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
9	71	44	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	L,3-8	GS-3	L(2-2)	3	2.2	0	5	5	6	3	0	0	4.55	4.65	13	2	2	0	0	0	35			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.130	.83	-0.05%	-1.25	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d2
10	72	48	Jun 7	LAD		MLN	W,5-2	GS-8	W(3-2)	3	7.0	6	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.19	4.34	30	5	15	5	0	0	63			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.17	0.155	.79	0.06%	1.19	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
11	73	53	Jun 13	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	GS-5		5	4.0	5	4	3	3	4	0	0	4.43	4.19	21	5	9	5	0	0	39			0	0	0	17	2	1	1	0	0	1	1.22	-0.239	.94	-0.11%	-1.88	1t start tie	5t --3 0 out d1
12	74	55	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-12	6-7		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.43	4.02	9	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.02	6t --- 0 out d11	7t 3 out d11
13	75	59	Jun 20	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-4	L(3-3)	4	4.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.44	3.83	16	3	9	3	0	0	50			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.83	-0.051	.62	-0.02%	-0.08	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
14	76	60	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-11	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.35	3.76	4	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.03	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
15	77	62	Jun 22(2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	8-GF(10)	W(4-3)	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.10	3.60	13	3	5	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.75	0.431	1.80	0.17%	1.44	8b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
16	78	64	Jun 24(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-10	6-GF(10)	BW(5-3)	1	4.2	4	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.08	3.54	22	2	10	3	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	0.085	1.13	0.04%	0.78	6b -2- 1 out a1	10b end a 3
17	79	65	Jun 24(2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	11-GF(11)	S(1)	-1	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.03	3.49	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.045	.83	0.02%	1.60	11b 123 1 out a5	11b end a 5
18	80	67	Jun 27	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	W(6-3)	2	9.0	7	1	1	2	8	1	0	3.63	3.40	36	10	16	6	0	0	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.460	1.61	0.36%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
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	81	71	Jul 1	LAD	@	STL	W,9-3	GS-8	W(7-3)	3	7.2	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.62	3.31	31	9	17	7	0	0	54			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.045	.83	0.02%	0.68	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a3
20	82	74	Jul 5	LAD		CHC	L,1-7	GS-2		3	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.54	3.23	6	2	2	0	0	0	57			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.71	0.089	.70	0.05%	0.92	1t start tie	2t --- 2 out tie
21	83	86	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,8-6	GS-1		12	0.2	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.62	3.33	6	0	0	0	0	0	46			2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.117	.97	-0.04%	-1.27	1t start tie	1t 123 2 out d1
22	84	87	Jul 19	LAD		PHI	L,2-6	GS-8	L(7-4)	0	7.1	5	4	3	6	3	1	0	3.63	3.55	34	12	11	1	0	2	51			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	-0.163	.86	-0.07%	-0.44	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
23	85	90	Jul 23(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	GS-1		3	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.84	3.59	2	0	1	1	0	0	39			0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.163	.60	-0.05%	-1.62	1b start a 2	1b -2- 0 out a1
24	86	93	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	W(8-4)	2	9.0	7	4	4	4	7	1	0	3.86	3.60	38	10	16	5	0	1	60			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	1	0	.68	0.145	.29	0.04%	0.38	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
25	87	97	Jul 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(8-5)	3	7.1	6	4	4	5	4	2	0	3.93	3.85	32	11	12	0	0	0	49			0	0	0	26	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.02	-0.401	.48	-0.11%	-1.03	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
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	88	101	Aug 3(1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS-5		3	4.2	4	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.02	3.78	20	6	6	1	0	0	46			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.113	.40	-0.02%	-0.91	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out a1
27	89	106	Aug 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	GS-9	W(9-5)	3	8.1	4	1	1	3	10	1	0	3.80	3.70	31	4	13	3	0	1	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.292	.19	0.03%	2.48	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
28	90	109	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	L,8-12	9-9		2	0.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.03	3.72	5	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.119	.23	-0.01%	-2.08	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 1 out d2
29	91	111	Aug 13	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	GS-7		2	6.1	5	5	5	5	4	2	0	4.19	3.93	28	7	12	2	0	0	42			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.040	.06	0.00%	-0.96	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
30	92	115	Aug 17(1)	LAD		STL	L,7-12	GS-2	L(9-6)	3	1.1	4	4	4	2	1	2	0	4.44	4.16	10	2	5	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.306	.03	-0.01%	-3.51	1t start tie	2t 1-- 1 out d4
31	93	120	Aug 21	LAD		MLN	L,0-4	GS-5	L(9-7)	3	4.1	6	4	1	1	3	2	0	4.36	4.28	21	4	13	3	0	0	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.202	.15	-0.02%	-1.98	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d4
32	94	124	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,4-6	GS-2	L(9-8)	4	1.0	2	3	3	4	0	1	0	4.54	4.47	9	3	2	0	0	0	33			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.269	.02	0.00%	-3.33	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out d2
33	95	129	Aug 31	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-14	GS-1	L(9-9)	4	0.2	3	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.86	4.64	8	0	3	2	0	0	23			0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.359	.00	0.00%	-4.74	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d5
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
34	96	133	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-3	3-GF	W(10-9)	2	7.0	2	1	1	2	7	1	0	4.68	4.56	25	5	11	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.438	.00	0.00%	2.58	3t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
35	97	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	9-9		3	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.68	4.58	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.21	9b 1-- 2 out a2	9b 12- 2 out a2
36	98	138	Sep 9	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	L(10-10)	1	5.1	5	4	4	4	8	0	0	4.76	4.48	26	3	11	3	0	0	46			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.245	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 1 out tie
37	99	142	Sep 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-9	5-5		3	1.0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.72	4.48	6	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.46	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.52	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d5
38	100	146	Sep 16(2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-2		2	1.2	3	4	4	5	2	0	0	4.92	4.54	14	3	4	1	0	0	30			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	-0.368	.00	0.00%	-3.74	1b start a 2	2b 123 2 out d2
39	101	149	Sep 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-8	W(11-10)	4	7.0	6	0	0	5	6	0	0	4.69	4.46	31	3	17	7	0	0	66			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.074	.00	0.00%	1.57	1b start tie	8b 123 0 out a2
40	102	153	Sep 26(2)	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	L(11-11)	4	9.0	5	2	1	7	9	0	1	4.48	4.38	40	6	16	3	0	1	73			0	0	0	32	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.58	0.136	.00	0.00%	2.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							18-22		W-L:11-11,Sv:1,BSv:1	2.5	158.2	132	89	79	105	131	19	1	4.48	4.38	714	0.54		17%	0%	10	51	10	40%	3	1	0	599	25	5	6	13	4	13	1.15	-0.849	.50	0.28%	-12.42

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