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Sanford Koufax ( / ˈkoʊfæks /; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed " the Left Arm of God ", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.
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 .
Dec 30, 2010 · Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Sandy Koufax. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com.
Jun 20, 2024 · Sandy Koufax is an American professional baseball player who, despite his early retirement due to arthritis, was ranked among the sport’s greatest pitchers. A left-hander, he pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League (NL) from 1955 to 1957, continuing, after they became the Los.
Feb 9, 2016 · In 2007, 41 years after he retired from baseball, Koufax was the final player chosen in the draft to stock the six teams for the first (and only) season of the Israel Baseball League. Koufax, then 71, was picked by the Modi’in Miracle in the draft conducted by the head of the league’s operations, Dan Duquette.
Dec 29, 2023 · Sandy Koufax's best stats and accomplishments. 11 stats that show why Koufax is a legend. December 29th, 2023. Andrew Simon. @ AndrewSimonMLB. A version of this story first ran in January 2022. In 1972, Sandy Koufax was officially voted into the Hall of Fame, alongside Yogi Berra and Early Wynn.
Originally a basketball star with dreams of being an architect, Sandy Koufax became one of the most dominating pitchers of all time.
On 2 days’ rest and struggling with his famous curveball, Koufax went with a fastball-only approach and retired 12 consecutive batters with the heater en route to a shutout as the Dodgers won the World Series in Game 7 -- one of the most dominant World Series performances in baseball history.
Oct 6, 2016 · Fifty years ago on October 6, at the tender age of 30, Sandy Koufax bowed out of baseball. From 1962 to 1966, the Dodgers star had been an astonishing force in the sport, offering a five-year...
Jun 18, 2022 · Dodger pitcher Sandy Koufax gets mobbed by teammates after pitching a perfect game, one of his four career no-hitters. (Getty Images) And on Sunday, a statue of Koufax, his imitable, memorable...
