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Sandy Koufax
Koufax with the Los Angeles Dodgers, c. 1965
Pitcher
Born: (1935-12-30) December 30, 1935 (age 82)
Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Right Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 24, 1955, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1966, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
165–87
Earned run average
2.76
Strikeouts
2,396
Teams
Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (1955–1966)
Career highlights and awards
7× All-Star (1961–1962, 1963–1966)
4× World Series champion (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965)
NL MVP (1963)
3× Cy Young Award (1963, 1965, 1966)
2× World Series MVP (1963, 1965)
3× Triple Crown (1963, 1965, 1966)
3× MLB wins leader (1963, 1965, 1966)
5× NL ERA leader (1962–1966)
4× MLB strikeout leader (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)
Pitched a perfect game on September 9, 1965
Pitched four no-hitters
Los Angeles Dodgers No. 32 retired
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1972
Vote
86.87% (first ballot)
Sanford Koufax (/ˈkoʊfæks/; born Sanford Braun; December 30, 1935) is a former American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.[1]
Koufax's career peaked with a run of six outstanding years from 1961 to 1966, before arthritis in his left elbow ended his career prematurely at age 30. He was an All-Star for six seasons[2] and was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1963. He won three Cy Young Awards in 1963, 1965, and 1966, by unanimous votes, making him the first three-time Cy Young winner in baseball history and the only one to win three times when one overall award was given for all of major league baseball instead of one award for each league. Koufax also won the NL Triple Crown for pitchers those same three years by leading the NL in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average.[3][4][5][6]
Koufax was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history. Despite his comparatively short career, Koufax's 2,396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in history as of his retirement, trailing only Warren Spahn (2,583) and Randy Johnson (4,875) among left-handers. Koufax, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, and Nolan Ryan are the only four pitchers elected to the Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched.
Koufax is also remembered as one of the outstanding Jewish athletes in American sports. His decision not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur garnered national attention as an example of conflict between professional pressures and personal beliefs.[7]
Contents
1 Early life
2 Professional career
2.1 Early years (1955–60)
2.2 Domination (1961–64)
2.2.1 1961 season
2.2.2 1962 season
2.2.3 1963 season
2.2.4 1964 season
2.3 Playing in pain (1965–66)
2.3.1 1965 season
2.3.2 Perfection
2.3.3 World Series and Yom Kippur
2.3.4 1966 season
2.3.4.1 Holdout
2.3.4.2 Season
2.4 Career overall
3 Pitching style
4 Post-playing career
5 White House recognition
6 Career statistics
7 See also
8 Notes
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links
Early life[edit]
Koufax was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family, and raised in Borough Park.[8] His parents, Evelyn (née Lichtenstein) and Jack Braun, divorced when he was three years old. His mother was remarried when he was nine, to Irving Koufax.[9] Shortly after his mother's remarriage, the family moved to the Long Island suburb of Rockville Centre. Before tenth grade, Koufax's family moved back to the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn.[10]
Koufax attended Brooklyn's Lafayette High School, where he was better known for basketball than for baseball. At the time, school sports were not available because New York's teachers were refusing to supervise extracurricular activities without monetary compensation. As an alternative, Koufax started playing basketball for the Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst local community center team. Eventually, Lafayette had a basketball team; Koufax became team captain in his senior year, and ranked second in his division in scoring, with 165 points in 10 games.[8][11] In 1951, at the age of 15, Koufax also joined a local youth baseball league known as the "Ice Cream League". He started out as a left-handed catcher before moving to first base. While playing first base for Lafayette High School's baseball team with teammate and friend Fred Wilpon,[12] he was spotted by Milt Laurie, the father of two Lafayette teammates and a baseball coach. Laurie recognized that Koufax might be able to pitch, and recruited the 17-year-old Koufax to pitch for the Coney Island Sports League's Parkviews.[13]
Koufax attended the University of Cincinnati and was a walk-on on the freshman basketball team, a complete unknown to coach Ed Jucker.[9] He later earned a partial scholarship. In spring 1954, he made the college baseball varsity team.[14] In his only season, Koufax went 3–1 with a 2.81 ERA, 51 strikeouts and 30 walks in 32 innings.[15][16] Bill Zinser, a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, sent the Dodgers front office a glowing report that apparently was filed and forgotten.[17]
After trying out with the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds,[18] Koufax did the same for the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.[19] During his Pirates tryout, Koufax's fastball broke the thumb of Sam Narron, the team's bullpen coach. Branch Rickey, then the general manager of the Pirates, told his scout Clyde Sukeforth that Koufax had the "greatest arm [he had] ever seen".[20] The Pirates, however, failed to offer Koufax a contract until after he was already committed to the Dodgers.[21] Dodgers scout Al Campanis heard about Koufax from a local sporting goods store owner. After seeing Koufax pitch for Lafayette, Campanis invited him to an Ebbets Field tryout. With Dodgers manager Walter Alston and scouting director Fresco Thompson watching, Campanis assumed the hitter's stance while Koufax started throwing. Campanis later said, "There are two times in my life the hair on my arms has stood up: The first time I saw the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the second time, I saw Sandy Koufax throw a fastball."[22] The Dodgers signed Koufax for a $6,000 ($55,000 today) salary, with a $14,000 ($128,000 today) signing bonus.[23] Koufax planned to use the money as tuition to finish his university education, if his baseball career failed.[24]
Professional career[edit]
Early years (1955–60)[edit]
Because Koufax's signing bonus was greater than $4,000 ($36,000 today), he was known as a bonus baby. This forced the Dodgers to keep him on the major league roster for at least two years before he could be sent to the minors. To make room for him, the Dodgers optioned their future Hall of Fame manager, Tommy Lasorda, to the Montreal Royals of the International League. Lasorda would later joke that it took Koufax to keep him off the Dodger pitching staff.[25]
Koufax made his major league debut on June 24, 1955 against the Milwaukee Braves, with the Dodgers trailing 7–1 in the fifth inning. Johnny Logan, the first batter Koufax faced, hit a bloop single. Eddie Mathews bunted, and Koufax threw the ball into center field. Koufax walked Hank Aaron on four pitches to load the bases, then struck out Bobby Thomson on a full count.[26]
A ticket from the game where Koufax earned his first career win.
Koufax's first start was on July 6.[27] He lasted only 4 2⁄3 innings, giving up eight walks.[28] He did not start again for almost two months, but on August 27, Koufax threw a two-hit, 7–0 complete game shutout against the Cincinnati Reds for his first major league win.[28][29] Koufax made only 12 appearances in 1955, pitching 41 2⁄3 innings and walking almost as many men (28) as he struck out (30). His only other win in 1955 was also a shutout.[30]
During the fall, he enrolled in the Columbia University School of General Studies, which offered night classes in architecture. The Dodgers won the 1955 World Series for the first title in franchise history, but Koufax did not appear in the series. After the final out of Game Seven, Koufax drove to Columbia to attend class.[31]
The year 1956 was not very different from 1955 for Koufax. Despite the blazing speed of his fastball, Koufax continued to struggle with his control.[32] He saw little work, pitching only 58.7 innings with a 4.91 ERA, 29 walks and 30 strikeouts. When Koufax allowed baserunners, he was rarely permitted to finish the inning. Teammate Joe Pignatano said that, as soon as Koufax threw a couple of balls in a row, Alston would signal for a replacement to start warming up in the bullpen. Jackie Robinson, in his final season, clashed with Alston on Koufax's usage. Robinson saw that Koufax was talented and had flashes of brilliance, and objected to Koufax being benched for weeks at a time.[33]
To prepare for the 1957 season, the Dodgers sent Koufax to Puerto Rico to play winter ball. On May 15, the restriction on sending Koufax down to the minors was lifted. Alston gave him a chance to justify his place on the major league roster by giving him the next day's start. Facing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, Koufax struck out 13 while pitching his first complete game in almost two years. For the first time in his career, he was in the starting rotation, but only for two weeks. Despite winning three of his next five with a 2.90 ERA, Koufax did not get another start for 45 days. In that start, he struck out 11 in seven innings, but got a no-decision. On September 29, Koufax became the last man to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers before their move to Los Angeles, by throwing an inning of relief in the final game of the season.[34]
Over the next three seasons, Koufax was in and out of the Dodger starting rotation due to injuries. In 1958, he began 7–3, but sprained his ankle in a collision at first base, finishing the season at 11–11 and leading the NL in wild pitches. In June 1959, Koufax set the record for a night game with 16 strikeouts. On August 31, 1959, he surpassed his career high with 18 strikeouts, setting the NL record and tying Bob Feller's major league record for strikeouts in one game.[35]
In 1959, the Dodgers won a close pennant race against the Braves and the Giants, then beat the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. Koufax pitched two perfect relief innings in the Series opener, though they came after the Dodgers were already behind 11–0. Alston gave him the start in the fifth game, at the Los Angeles Coliseum in front of 92,706 fans. Koufax allowed only one run in seven innings, but lost the 1–0 game when Nellie Fox scored on a double play. Returning to Chicago, the Dodgers won the sixth game and the Series.[36]
In early 1960, Koufax asked Dodgers GM Buzzie Bavasi to trade him because he was not getting enough playing time. By the end of 1960, after going 8–13, Koufax was thinking about quitting baseball to devote himself to an electronics business that he had invested in. After the last game of the season, he threw his gloves and spikes into the trash. Nobe Kawano, the clubhouse supervisor, retrieved the equipment to return to Koufax the following year (or to somebody else if Koufax did not return to play).[37]
Domination (1961–64)[edit]
1961 season[edit]
Koufax in 1961.
Koufax tried one more year of baseball and showed up for the 1961 season in better condition than he had in previous years. Years later he recalled, "That winter was when I really started working out. I started running more. I decided I was really going to find out how good I can be."[38] During spring training, Dodger scout Kenny Myers discovered a hitch in Koufax's windup: he would rear back so far that his vision was obstructed and he could not see the target.[39]
A day later, Koufax was pitching for the "B team" in Orlando. Teammate Ed Palmquist missed the flight, so Koufax was told he would need to pitch at least seven innings. In the first inning, Koufax walked the bases loaded on 12 straight pitches. Catcher Norm Sherry advised Koufax to throw slightly less hard in order to improve his control. The advice worked, as Koufax struck out the side, going on to pitch seven no-hit innings.[40]
It was the beginning of Koufax's breakout season. Posting an 18–13 record for the Dodgers in 1961, Koufax led the league with 269 strikeouts, breaking Christy Mathewson's 58-year-old NL mark of 267.[41] Koufax was selected as an All-Star for the first time and made two All-Star Game appearances; MLB held two All-Star games from 1959 through 1962.[42] He faced only one batter in the 9th inning in the first game, giving up a hit to Al Kaline and he pitched two scoreless innings in the second game.[43]
1962 season[edit]
In 1962, the Dodgers moved from the Los Angeles Coliseum, which had a 250-foot left field line, to pitcher-friendly Dodger Stadium. The new park had a large foul territory and a comparatively poor hitting background. Koufax was an immediate beneficiary of the change, lowering his home ERA from 4.29 to 1.75.[44] On June 30 against the expansion New York Mets, Koufax threw his first no-hitter. In the first inning of that game, Koufax struck out three batters on nine pitches to become the sixth National League pitcher and the 11th pitcher in Major League history to accomplish a nine-pitch/three-strikeout half-inning. With the no-hitter, a 4-2 record, 73 strikeouts, and a 1.23 ERA for June, he was named Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award.[45][46] It would be the only time in his career he earned this distinction.[47]
1962 Bell Brand Sandy Koufax
Koufax had his strong season despite an injured pitching hand. While batting in April, Koufax had been jammed by a pitch from Earl Francis. A numbness developed in Koufax's index finger on his left hand, and the finger became cold and white. Koufax was pitching better than ever, however, so he ignored the problem, hoping that the condition would clear up. By July, though, his entire hand was becoming numb and he was unable to complete some games. In a start in Cincinnati, his finger split open after one inning. A vascular specialist determined that Koufax had a crushed artery in his palm. Ten days of experimental medicine successfully reopened the artery. Koufax finally was able to pitch again in September, when the team was locked in a tight pennant race with the Giants. But after the long layoff, Koufax was ineffective in three appearances as the Giants caught the Dodgers at the end of the regular season, forcing a three-game playoff.[48]
The night before the National League playoffs began, Manager Walter Alston asked Koufax if he could start the first game the next day. With an overworked pitching staff, there was no one else, as Don Drysdale and Johnny Podres had pitched the prior two days. Koufax obliged. Koufax later said, "I had nothing at all." He was knocked out in the second inning, after giving up home runs to Hall of Famer Willie Mays and Jim Davenport. After winning the second game of the series, the Dodgers blew a 4–2 lead in the ninth inning of the deciding third game, losing the pennant.[49]
1963 season[edit]
In 1963, Major League Baseball expanded the strike zone.[50] Compared to the previous season, National League walks fell 13 percent, strikeouts increased six percent, the league batting average fell from .261 to .245, and runs fell 15 percent.[51] Koufax, who had reduced his walks allowed per nine innings to 3.4 in 1961 and 2.8 in 1962, reduced his walk rate further to 1.7 in 1963, which ranked fifth in the league.[3] The top pitchers of the era – Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Jim Bunning, Bob Gibson, Warren Spahn, and above all Koufax – significantly reduced the walks-given-up-to-batters-faced ratio for 1963, and subsequent years.[52]
On May 11, Koufax no-hit the San Francisco Giants 8-0, besting future Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal—himself a no-hit pitcher a month later, on June 15. Koufax carried a perfect game into the eighth inning against the powerful Giants lineup, including future Hall of Famers Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and Orlando Cepeda. He walked Ed Bailey on a 3-and-2 pitch in the 8th, and pinch-hitter McCovey on four pitches in the 9th, before closing out the game.[53] As the Dodgers won the pennant, Koufax won the pitchers' Triple Crown, leading the league in wins (25), strikeouts (306) and ERA (1.88).[54] Koufax threw 11 shutouts, setting a new post-1900 record for shutouts by a left-handed pitcher that stands to this day (the previous record of 10 shutouts had been held by Carl Hubbell for 30 years). Only Bob Gibson, a right-hander, has thrown more shutouts (13) since, and that was in 1968,[55] "the year of the pitcher."[56]
Koufax won the NL MVP Award and the Hickok Belt, and was the first-ever unanimous selection for the Cy Young Award.[57][58]
Facing the Yankees in the 1963 World Series, Koufax beat Whitey Ford 5–2 in Game 1 and struck out 15 batters — including the first 5, breaking Carl Erskine's decade-old record of 14 (Gibson would break Koufax's record by striking out 17 Detroit Tigers in the 1968 World Series opener). After seeing Koufax's Game 1 performance, Yogi Berra said, "I can see how he won 25 games. What I don't understand is how he lost five,"[59] to which Maury Wills responded, "He didn't. We lost them for him."[60] In Game 4, Koufax completed the Dodgers' series sweep with a 2–1 victory over Ford, clinching the Series MVP Award for his performance.[61][62]
1964 season[edit]
Koufax's 1964 season started with great expectations. On April 18, he struck out three batters on nine pitches in the third inning of a 3–0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, becoming the only National League pitcher to have two nine-pitch/three-strikeout half-innings.[46] On April 22, however, "he felt something let go in his arm." Koufax ended up getting three cortisone shots for his sore elbow, and missed three starts.[63]
On June 4, playing at Connie Mack Stadium against the Phillies, Koufax walked Richie Allen on a very close full-count pitch in the fourth inning. Allen, who was thrown out trying to steal second, was the only Phillie to reach base that day. With his third no-hitter in three years, Koufax became only the second pitcher of the modern era (after Bob Feller) to pitch three no-hitters.[64]
Koufax jammed his pitching arm in August while diving back to second base to beat a pick-off throw. He managed to pitch and win two more games. However, the morning after his 19th win, a shutout in which he struck out 13 batters, he could not straighten his arm. He was diagnosed by Dodgers' team physician Robert Kerlan with traumatic arthritis. With the Dodgers out of the pennant race, the book was closed on Koufax and his 19–5 record.[65]
Playing in pain (1965–66)[edit]
1965 season[edit]
The 1965 season brought more obstacles for Koufax. On March 31, the morning after pitching a complete spring training game, Koufax awoke to find that his entire left arm was black and blue from hemorrhaging. Koufax returned to Los Angeles to consult with Kerlan, who advised Koufax that he would be lucky to be able to pitch once a week. Kerlan also told Koufax that he would eventually lose full use of his arm. Koufax agreed not to throw at all between games—a resolution that lasted only one start. To get himself through the games he pitched in, Koufax resorted to Empirin with codeine for the pain, which he took every night and sometimes during the fifth inning. He also took Butazolidin for inflammation, applied capsaicin-based Capsolin ointment (called "atomic balm" by baseball players) before each game, and soaked his arm in a tub of ice afterwards.[66]
Despite the constant pain in his pitching elbow, Koufax pitched 335⅔ innings and led the Dodgers to another pennant. He finished the year by winning his second pitchers' Triple Crown, leading the league in wins (26), ERA (2.04) and strikeouts (382; the highest modern day total at the time. Nolan Ryan struck out 383 batters in 1973). Koufax captured his second unanimous Cy Young Award. Koufax held batters to 5.79 hits per nine innings, and allowed the fewest base runners per 9 innings in any season ever: 7.83, breaking his own record (set two years earlier) of 7.96. Koufax had 11-game winning streaks in both 1964 and 1965.[3][67]
Perfection[edit]
Main article: Sandy Koufax's perfect game
On September 9, 1965, Koufax became the sixth pitcher of the modern era, and eighth overall, to throw a perfect game, the first by a left-hander since 1880. The game was Koufax's fourth no-hitter, setting a Major League record (subsequently broken by Nolan Ryan). Koufax struck out 14 batters, at the time the most recorded in a perfect game (now tied by Matt Cain). The game also featured a quality performance by the opposing pitcher, Bob Hendley of the Cubs. Hendley pitched a one-hitter and allowed only two batters to reach base. Both pitchers had no-hitters intact until the seventh inning.
This remains the only nine-inning major league game where the teams combined for just one hit. The game's only run, scored by the Dodgers, was unearned.[68][69] The Dodger run was scored without a recorded at bat—Lou Johnson walked, reached second on a sacrifice bunt, stole third, and scored when the throw to get him out at third went wild.
World Series and Yom Kippur[edit]
Koufax garnered headlines by declining to pitch Game 1 of the World Series because of his observance of the Jewish religious holiday of Yom Kippur. This decision garnered national attention as an example of conflict between professional pressures and personal religious beliefs.[7] Don Drysdale pitched the opener, but was hit hard by the Minnesota Twins.
In Game 2, Koufax pitched six innings, giving up two runs, and the Twins won the Game 5–1 and took an early 2–0 lead in the series. The Dodgers fought back in Games 3 and 4, with wins by Claude Osteen and Drysdale. With the Series tied at 2 to 2, Koufax pitched a complete game shutout in Game 5 for a 3–2 Dodgers lead as the Series returned to Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium for Game 6. The Twins won Game 6 to force a seventh game. Starting Game 7 on just two days of rest, Koufax pitched through fatigue and arthritic pain. Despite giving up on his curveball early in the game after failing to get it over for strikes in the first two innings and pitching the rest of the game relying almost entirely on fastballs, he threw a three-hit shutout to clinch the Series. The performance earned him his second World Series MVP award. Koufax also won the Hickok Belt a second time, the first time anyone had won the belt more than once. He was awarded Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportsman of the Year award.[3][58][70]
1966 season[edit]
Holdout[edit]
Before the 1966 season began, Koufax and Drysdale met separately with Dodger GM Buzzie Bavasi to negotiate their contracts for the upcoming year. After Koufax's meeting, he met Drysdale for dinner and complained that Bavasi was using Drysdale against him in the negotiations, asking, "How come you want that much when Drysdale only wants this much?"[71] Drysdale responded that Bavasi did the same thing with him, using Koufax against him. Drysdale's first wife, Ginger Drysdale, suggested that they negotiate together to get what they wanted. They demanded $1 million ($7,540,000 today), divided equally over the next three years, or $167,000 ($1,260,000 today) each for each of the next three seasons. Both players were represented by an entertainment lawyer, J. William Hayes, which was unusual during an era when players were not represented by agents.[72][73] At the time, Willie Mays was Major League Baseball's highest paid player at $125,000 ($943,000 today) per year and multi-year contracts were very unusual.[74]
Koufax and Drysdale did not report to spring training in February. Instead, they both signed to appear in the movie Warning Shot, starring David Janssen. Drysdale was to play a TV commentator and Koufax a detective. Meanwhile, the Dodgers waged a public relations battle against them. After four weeks, Koufax gave Drysdale the go-ahead to negotiate new deals for both of them. Koufax ended up getting $125,000 and Drysdale $110,000 ($830,000 today). They rejoined the team in the last week of spring training.[75] In April 1966, Kerlan told Koufax it was time to retire and that his arm could not take another season. Koufax kept Kerlan's advice to himself and went out every fourth day to pitch. He ended up pitching 323 innings, a 27–9 record, and a 1.73 ERA. Since then, no left-hander has had more wins, nor a lower ERA, in a season (Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton did match the 27-win mark in 1972). In the final game of the regular season, the Dodgers had to beat the Phillies to win the pennant. In the second game of a doubleheader, Koufax faced Jim Bunning for the second time that season,[76] in a match-up between perfect game winners. Koufax, on two days rest, pitched a complete game, 6–3 victory to clinch the pennant.[77] He started 41 games (for the second year in a row); only two left-handers started as many games in any season over the ensuing years through 2016.
Season[edit]
The Dodgers went on to face the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series, and Game 2 marked Koufax's third start in eight days. He pitched well enough—Baltimore first baseman Boog Powell told Koufax's biographer, Jane Leavy, "He might have been hurtin' but he was bringin'"—but three errors by Dodger center fielder Willie Davis in the fifth inning produced three unearned runs. Baltimore's twenty-year-old Jim Palmer pitched a four-hitter and the Orioles won 6–0.[78] Alston lifted Koufax at the end of the sixth inning,[78][79] with the idea of getting him extra rest before a potential fifth game. It never happened; the Dodgers were swept in four, not scoring a single run in the last three.[80] Less than six weeks later, Koufax announced his retirement due to his arthritic condition on Friday, November 18, 1966.[81][82]
Career overall[edit]
In his 12-season career, Koufax had a 165–87 record with a 2.76 ERA, 2,396 strikeouts, 137 complete games, and 40 shutouts. 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 pitched in his career.[83] He also became the 2nd 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 ten seasons, from 1957 to 1966, batters hit .203 against Koufax, with a .271 on-base percentage and a .315 slugging average.[84]
Koufax's postseason record is impressive: a 4–3 won-lost record with a 0.95 earned run average, in four World Series. He is on the very short list of pitchers who retired with more career strikeouts than innings pitched. Koufax was selected as an All-Star for six consecutive seasons[2] and made seven out of eight All-Star Game appearances those seasons (not selected for 2nd All-Star Game in 1962).[42] He pitched 61⁄3 innings in four All-Star games including being the starting pitcher for 3 innings in the 1966 All-Star Game.
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 across the board, rather than one in each major league, and one of three Dodgers pitchers to win the one-across-the-board Cy Young Award. (The others were Don Newcombe, the first Cy Young winner in 1956, and Don Drysdale in 1962.) Each of Koufax's three Cy Young Awards were by unanimous vote.[3][85] Koufax and Juan Marichal are the only two pitchers in the post-war era (1946-date) to have more than one 25-win season, with each pitcher recording three.
Among NL pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched who have debuted since 1913, he has the highest career winning percentage (.655) and had the lowest career ERA (2.76) until surpassed by Tom Seaver, whose NL career mark is 2.73. While Seaver ended his career with an overall career ERA of 2.86, this included three seasons in the American League. Seaver passed Koufax's record in 1974 when he ended the season with more than 2,000 NL innings and an ERA of 2.47. Koufax is currently second on the list of overall career ERA in the live-ball era, surpassed only by Whitey Ford (2.75). Through 2010, among Jewish pitchers, he was first all-time in career strikeouts (ahead of Ken Holtzman), second in wins (behind Holtzman) and ERA (behind Barney Pelty), and seventh in games pitched (behind Alan Levine) among Jewish major league baseball players.[86]
Pitching style[edit]
"I knew every pitch he was going to throw and still I couldn't hit him."[87]
—Willie Mays
Whereas many pitchers throw with a three-quarter or sidearm motion, Koufax threw with a pronounced over-the-top arm action. This may have increased his velocity, but reduced the lateral movement on his pitches, especially movement away from left-handed hitters. Most of his velocity came from his strong legs and back, combined with a high kicking wind-up and long forward stretch toward the plate. Throughout his career, Koufax relied mostly on two pitches.[88] His four-seam fastball gave batters the impression of rising as it approached them, due to underspin.[89] It not only appeared to move very late but also might move two or three distinct times. His overhand curveball, spun with the middle finger, dropped vertically 12 to 24 inches due to his arm action. Rob Neyer called it the best curve of all time.[90] He also occasionally threw a changeup and a forkball.[88]
At the beginning of his career, Koufax worked with coaches to eliminate his tendency to "tip" pitches (i.e. reveal which pitch was coming due to variations in his wind-up). Late in his career, and especially as his arm problems continued, this variation—usually in the position he held his hands at the top of the wind-up—became even more pronounced. Good hitters could often predict what pitch was coming, but were still unable to hit it.
Post-playing career[edit]
Sandy Koufax's number 32 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1972.
In 1967, he signed a 10-year contract with NBC for US$1 million ($7,300,000 today) to be a broadcaster on the Saturday Game of the Week. He quit after six years, just prior to the start of the 1973 season.[91][92]
Koufax married Anne Widmark, daughter of movie star Richard Widmark, in 1969; the couple was divorced in 1982. His second marriage, to Kimberly Francis, a personal trainer, lasted from 1985 to 1998.[92] Koufax is currently married to Jane Purucker Clarke. He has no biological children.
In his first year of eligibility in 1972, Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, just weeks after his 36th birthday. His election made him the Hall's youngest member ever elected, five months younger than Lou Gehrig upon his election in 1939, though because the 1972 induction ceremony was nearly eight months after the election, Koufax's age at induction was slightly higher than Gehrig's, making Gehrig the youngest player ever inducted.[1] On June 4 of that same year, Koufax's uniform number 32 was retired alongside those of Dodger greats Roy Campanella (39) and Jackie Robinson (42).[93]
The Dodgers hired Koufax to be a minor league pitching coach in 1979. He resigned in 1990, saying he was not earning his keep, but most observers blamed it on his uneasy relationship with manager Tommy Lasorda.[94] Koufax returned to the Dodger organization in 2004 when the Dodgers were sold to Frank McCourt.[68][95]
Koufax at the 2014 BBWAA dinner
In 1999, The Sporting News placed Koufax at number 26 on its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".[96] That same year, he was named as one of the 30 players on the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Although he rarely makes public appearances, he went to Turner Field in Atlanta for the introduction ceremony before Game 2 of the 1999 World Series.[97] Koufax threw out a ceremonial first pitch at opening day 2008 at Dodger Stadium, to help commemorate the Dodgers' 50th Anniversary in Los Angeles.
Koufax was the final player chosen in the inaugural Israel Baseball League draft in April 2007. Koufax, 71, was picked by the Modi'in Miracle. "His selection is a tribute to the esteem with which he is held by everyone associated with this league", said Art Shamsky, who managed the Miracle. "It's been 41 years between starts for him. If he's rested and ready to take the mound again, we want him on our team." Koufax declined to join the Miracle.[98][99]
Currently, Koufax serves as a member of the advisory board of the Baseball Assistance Team, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping former Major League, Minor League, and Negro League players through financial and medical difficulties.
On January 23, 2013 the Dodgers hired Koufax as a Special Advisor to team Chairman Mark Walter. Koufax worked with the pitchers during spring training and will consult during the season.[100] On April 1, 2013, Koufax threw out the first pitch during ceremonies at Dodger Stadium.
On July 14, 2015, before the 2015 MLB All-Star Game in Cincinnati, Koufax was introduced as one of the four best living players (as selected by the fans of major league baseball), along with Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Johnny Bench. He threw the ceremonial first pitch to Bench from in front of the base of the mound.
White House recognition[edit]
Sandy Koufax (center of first row) at first White House reception for Jewish American Heritage Month, May 27, 2010. At Koufax's right are Vice President Joe Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama
On May 27, 2010, Koufax was included among a group of prominent Jewish Americans at the first White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. U.S. President Barack Obama recognized how well-known Koufax's decision not to play on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur was in a humorous mention in his welcome remarks. Saying that he had "something in common" with Koufax, President Obama continued: "He can't pitch on Yom Kippur. I can't pitch."[101] The President also directly acknowledged the high esteem in which Koufax is held:
"This is a pretty fancy ... pretty distinguished group", he said of the invited guests, which included members of the House and Senate, two justices of the Supreme Court, Olympic athletes, entrepreneurs, Rabbinical scholars, "and Sandy Koufax". The mention of his name brought the biggest cheer at the event.[101]
Career statistics[edit]
Sandy Koufax's career statistics[3]
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165 87 2.76 399 314 137 40 9 2,324.1 1,754 806 713 204 817 2,396 18 87 9,497 1.106 131
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^ Jump up to: a b National Baseball Hall of Fame, "six-time All-Star" [1] Retrieved April 15, 2015
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^ Jump up to: a b "Koufax Biography". www.hickoksports.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2006.
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Jump up ^ Faber (2010), p. 57
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Jump up ^ Koufax and Linn, pp. 153–155; Leavy, pp. 102–103.
Jump up ^ Koufax and Linn, pp. 157–159; Leavy, pp. 115–116.
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Jump up ^ Koufax and Linn, pp. 176–177; Neyer, pp. 111–118.
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Jump up ^ Koufax and Linn, pp. 228–239; Leavy, pp. 157–160.
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Jump up ^ Leavy, p. 205
Jump up ^ Leavy, pp. 200–207.
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^ Jump up to: a b Neyer & James (2004), pp. 270–271; Leavy, pp. 6–15.
Jump up ^ Leavy, pp. 7–8, 79.
Jump up ^ Neyer & James (2004), p. 34
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References[edit]
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Edward Gruver (2000). Koufax. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 0-87833-157-3.
Bill James (1988). The Bill James Baseball Abstract 1988. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-35171-1.
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Further reading[edit]
Jews and Baseball: The Post-Greenberg Years, 1949–2008, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2010, ISBN 0-7864-2828-7
The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball's Chosen Players, Howard Megdal, Collins, 2009, ISBN 0-06-155843-5
The New Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, Perseus Distribution Services, 2007, ISBN 1-56171-821-1
Jews and Baseball: Entering the American mainstream, 1871–1948, Burton Alan Boxerman, Benita W. Boxerman, McFarland, 2006, ISBN 0-7864-2828-7
The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History, Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz, SP Books, 2001, ISBN 1-56171-973-0
The Jewish Baseball Hall of Fame: a Who's Who of Baseball Stars, Erwin Lynn, Shapolsky Publishers, 1986, ISBN 0-933503-17-2
Jewish Baseball Stars, Harold Uriel Ribalow, Meir Z. Ribalow, Hippocrene Books, 1984, ISBN 0-88254-898-0
"Sandy Koufax: Pitcher Nonpareil and Perfect Gentleman". In American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball, Larry Ruttman, University of Nebraska Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5. This chapter in Ruttman's history discusses Koufax's American, Jewish, baseball, and life experiences from youth to the present.
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2017: Altuve & Verlander
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Hutch Award
1965: Mantle
1966: Koufax
1967: Yastrzemski
1968: Rose
1969: Kaline
1970: Conigliaro
1971: Torre
1972: Tolan
1973: Hiller
1974: Thompson
1975: Nolan
1976: John
1977: McCovey
1978: Stargell
1979: Brock
1980: Brett
1981: Bench
1982: Thornton
1983: Knight
1984: Robinson
1985: Reuschel
1986: Leonard
1987: Molitor
1988: Oester
1989: Dravecky
1990: Bream
1991: Wegman
1992: Lansford
1993: Olerud
1994: Dawson
1995: Abbott
1996: Vizquel
1997: Davis
1998: Cone
1999: Casey
2000: Giambi
2001: Schilling
2002: Salmon
2003: Moyer
2004: Hoffman
2005: Biggio
2006: Loretta
2007: Sweeney
2008: Lester
2009: Teahen
2010: Hudson
2011: Butler
2012: Zito
2013: Ibañez
2014: Gordon
2015: Wainwright
2016: McGowan
2017: Diekman
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Hickok Belt winners
1950: Phil Rizzuto
1951: Allie Reynolds
1952: Rocky Marciano
1953: Ben Hogan
1954: Willie Mays
1955: Otto Graham
1956: Mickey Mantle
1957: Carmen Basilio
1958: Bob Turley
1959: Ingemar Johansson
1960: Arnold Palmer
1961: Roger Maris
1962: Maury Wills
1963: Sandy Koufax
1964: Jim Brown
1965: Sandy Koufax
1966: Frank Robinson
1967: Carl Yastrzemski
1968: Joe Namath
1969: Tom Seaver
1970: Brooks Robinson
1971: Lee Trevino
1972: Steve Carlton
1973: O. J. Simpson
1974: Muhammad Ali
1975: Pete Rose
1976: Ken Stabler
1977–2011 not awarded
2012: LeBron James
2013: LeBron James
2014: Madison Bumgarner
2015: Stephen Curry
2016: Michael Phelps
2017: José Altuve
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Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award
1936: Hubbell
1937: Allen
1938: Vander Meer
1939: DiMaggio
1940: Feller
1941: T. Williams
1942: T. Williams
1943: Chandler
1944: Marion
1945: Newhouser
1946: Musial
1947: T. Williams
1948: Boudreau
1949: T. Williams
1950: Rizzuto
1951: Musial
1952: Roberts
1953: Rosen
1954: Mays
1955: Snider
1956: Mantle
1957: T. Williams
1958: Turley
1959: Wynn
1960: Mazeroski
1961: Maris
1962: Wills & Drysdale
1963: Koufax
1964: Boyer
1965: Koufax
1966: Robinson
1967: Yastrzemski
1968: McLain
1969: McCovey
1970: Bench
1971: Torre
1972: B. Williams
1973: Jackson
1974: Brock
1975: Morgan
1976: Morgan
1977: Carew
1978: Guidry
1979: Stargell
1980: Brett
1981: Valenzuela
1982: Yount
1983: Ripken Jr.
1984: Sandberg
1985: Mattingly
1986: Clemens
1987: Bell
1988: Hershiser
1989: Mitchell
1990: Bonds
1991: Ripken Jr.
1992: Sheffield
1993: Thomas
1994: Bagwell
1995: Belle
1996: Rodriguez
1997: Griffey Jr.
1998: Sosa
1999: Palmeiro
2000: Delgado
2001: Bonds
2002: Rodriguez
2003: Pujols
2004: Bonds
2005: Jones
2006: Howard
2007: Rodriguez
2008: Pujols
2009: Pujols
2010: Hamilton
2011: Verlander
2012: Cabrera
2013: Cabrera
2014: Kershaw
2015: Donaldson
2016: Altuve
2017: Altuve
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Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year
1954: Roger Bannister
1955: Johnny Podres
1956: Bobby Morrow
1957: Stan Musial
1958: Rafer Johnson
1959: Ingemar Johansson
1960: Arnold Palmer
1961: Jerry Lucas
1962: Terry Baker
1963: Pete Rozelle
1964: Ken Venturi
1965: Sandy Koufax
1966: Jim Ryun
1967: Carl Yastrzemski
1968: Bill Russell
1969: Tom Seaver
1970: Bobby Orr
1971: Lee Trevino
1972: Billie Jean King & John Wooden
1973: Jackie Stewart
1974: Muhammad Ali
1975: Pete Rose
1976: Chris Evert
1977: Steve Cauthen
1978: Jack Nicklaus
1979: Terry Bradshaw & Willie Stargell
1980: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
1981: Sugar Ray Leonard
1982: Wayne Gretzky
1983: Mary Decker
1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton
1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1986: Joe Paterno
1987: Bob Bourne, Judi Brown King, Kipchoge Keino, Dale Murphy, Chip Rives, Patty Sheehan, Rory Sparrow, & Reggie Williams
1988: Orel Hershiser
1989: Greg LeMond
1990: Joe Montana
1991: Michael Jordan
1992: Arthur Ashe
1993: Don Shula
1994: Bonnie Blair & Johann Olav Koss
1995: Cal Ripken Jr.
1996: Tiger Woods
1997: Dean Smith
1998: Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa
1999: U.S. Women's Soccer Team
2000: Tiger Woods
2001: Curt Schilling & Randy Johnson
2002: Lance Armstrong
2003: David Robinson & Tim Duncan
2004: Boston Red Sox
2005: Tom Brady
2006: Dwyane Wade
2007: Brett Favre
2008: Michael Phelps
2009: Derek Jeter
2010: Drew Brees
2011: Mike Krzyzewski & Pat Summitt
2012: LeBron James
2013: Peyton Manning
2014: Madison Bumgarner
2015: Serena Williams
2016: LeBron James
2017: José Altuve & J. J. Watt
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Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
1931: Pepper Martin
1932: Gene Sarazen
1933: Carl Hubbell
1934: Dizzy Dean
1935: Joe Louis
1936: Jesse Owens
1937: Don Budge
1938: Don Budge
1939: Nile Kinnick
1940: Tom Harmon
1941: Joe DiMaggio
1942: Frank Sinkwich
1943: Gunder Hägg
1944: Byron Nelson
1945: Byron Nelson
1946: Glenn Davis
1947: Johnny Lujack
1948: Lou Boudreau
1949: Leon Hart
1950: Jim Konstanty
1951: Dick Kazmaier
1952: Bob Mathias
1953: Ben Hogan
1954: Willie Mays
1955: Howard Cassady
1956: Mickey Mantle
1957: Ted Williams
1958: Herb Elliott
1959: Ingemar Johansson
1960: Rafer Johnson
1961: Roger Maris
1962: Maury Wills
1963: Sandy Koufax
1964: Don Schollander
1965: Sandy Koufax
1966: Frank Robinson
1967: Carl Yastrzemski
1968: Denny McLain
1969: Tom Seaver
1970: George Blanda
1971: Lee Trevino
1972: Mark Spitz
1973: O. J. Simpson
1974: Muhammad Ali
1975: Fred Lynn
1976: Bruce Jenner
1977: Steve Cauthen
1978: Ron Guidry
1979: Willie Stargell
1980: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
1981: John McEnroe
1982: Wayne Gretzky
1983: Carl Lewis
1984: Carl Lewis
1985: Dwight Gooden
1986: Larry Bird
1987: Ben Johnson
1988: Orel Hershiser
1989: Joe Montana
1990: Joe Montana
1991: Michael Jordan
1992: Michael Jordan
1993: Michael Jordan
1994: George Foreman
1995: Cal Ripken Jr.
1996: Michael Johnson
1997: Tiger Woods
1998: Mark McGwire
1999: Tiger Woods
2000: Tiger Woods
2001: Barry Bonds
2002: Lance Armstrong
2003: Lance Armstrong
2004: Lance Armstrong
2005: Lance Armstrong
2006: Tiger Woods
2007: Tom Brady
2008: Michael Phelps
2009: Jimmie Johnson
2010: Drew Brees
2011: Aaron Rodgers
2012: Michael Phelps
2013: LeBron James
2014: Madison Bumgarner
2015: Stephen Curry
2016: LeBron James
2017: José Altuve
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Major League Baseball pitchers who have pitched a perfect game
Lee Richmond (game)
John Montgomery Ward (game)
Cy Young (game)
Addie Joss (game)
Charlie Robertson (game)
Don Larsen (game)
Jim Bunning (game)
Sandy Koufax (game)
Catfish Hunter (game)
Len Barker (game)
Mike Witt (game)
Tom Browning (game)
Dennis Martínez (game)
Kenny Rogers (game)
David Wells (game)
David Cone (game)
Randy Johnson (game)
Mark Buehrle (game)
Dallas Braden (game)
Roy Halladay (game)
Philip Humber (game)
Matt Cain (game)
Félix Hernández (game)
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Major League Baseball pitchers who have won the Triple Crown
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Tommy Bond
Steve Carlton
John Clarkson
Roger Clemens
Bob Feller
Lefty Gomez
Dwight Gooden
Lefty Grove
Guy Hecker
Randy Johnson
Walter Johnson
Tim Keefe
Clayton Kershaw
Sandy Koufax
Pedro Martínez
Christy Mathewson
Hal Newhouser
Jake Peavy
Charles Radbourn
Amos Rusie
Johan Santana
Dazzy Vance
Hippo Vaughn
Justin Verlander
Rube Waddell
Bucky Walters
Cy Young
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National League season wins leaders
1876: Spalding
1877: Bond
1878: Bond
1879: Ward
1880: J. McCormick
1881: Corcoran & Whitney
1882: J. McCormick
1883: Radbourn
1884: Radbourn
1885: Clarkson
1886: Baldwin & Keefe
1887: Clarkson
1888: Keefe
1889: Clarkson
1890: Hutchinson
1891: Hutchinson
1892: Hutchinson & Young
1893: Killen
1894: Rusie
1895: Young
1896: Killen & Nichols
1897: Nichols
1898: Nichols
1899: Hughes & McGinnity
1900: McGinnity
1901: Donovan
1902: Chesbro
1903: McGinnity
1904: McGinnity
1905: Mathewson
1906: McGinnity
1907: Mathewson
1908: Mathewson
1909: Brown
1910: Mathewson
1911: Alexander
1912: Cheney & Marquard
1913: Seaton
1914: Alexander
1915: Alexander
1916: Alexander
1917: Alexander
1918: Vaughn
1919: Barnes
1920: Alexander
1921: W. Cooper & Grimes
1922: Rixey
1923: Luque
1924: Vance
1925: Vance
1926: Donohue, Kremer, Meadows & Rhem
1927: Root
1928: Benton & Grimes
1929: Malone
1930: Kremer & Malone
1931: Elliott, Hallahan & Meine
1932: Warneke
1933: Hubbell
1934: Dean
1935: Dean
1936: Hubbell
1937: Hubbell
1938: Lee
1939: Walters
1940: Walters
1941: Higbe & Wyatt
1942: M. Cooper
1943: M. Cooper, Riddle & Sewell
1944: Walters
1945: Barrett
1946: Pollet
1947: Blackwell
1948: Sain
1949: Spahn
1950: Spahn
1951: Jansen & Maglie
1952: Roberts
1953: Roberts & Spahn
1954: Roberts
1955: Roberts
1956: Newcombe
1957: Spahn
1958: Friend & Spahn
1959: Burdette, S. Jones & Spahn
1960: Broglio & Spahn
1961: Jay & Spahn
1962: Drysdale
1963: Koufax & Marichal
1964: L. Jackson
1965: Koufax
1966: Koufax
1967: M. McCormick
1968: Marichal
1969: Seaver
1970: Gibson & Perry
1971: Jenkins
1972: Carlton
1973: Bryant
1974: Messersmith & P. Niekro
1975: Seaver
1976: R. Jones
1977: Carlton
1978: Perry
1979: J. Niekro & P. Niekro
1980: Carlton
1981: Seaver
1982: Carlton
1983: Denny
1984: Andújar
1985: Gooden
1986: Valenzuela
1987: Sutcliffe
1988: Hershiser & D. Jackson
1989: Scott
1990: Drabek
1991: Glavine & Smiley
1992: Glavine & Maddux
1993: Burkett & Glavine
1994: Hill & Maddux
1995: Maddux
1996: Smoltz
1997: Neagle
1998: Glavine
1999: Hampton
2000: Glavine
2001: Morris & Schilling
2002: Johnson
2003: Ortiz
2004: Oswalt
2005: Willis
2006: Harang, Lowe, Penny, Smoltz, Webb & Zambrano
2007: Peavy
2008: Webb
2009: Wainwright
2010: Halladay
2011: Kennedy & Kershaw
2012: González
2013: Wainwright & Zimmermann
2014: Kershaw
2015: Arrieta
2016: Scherzer
2017: Kershaw
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National League season ERA leaders
1876: Bradley
1877: Bond
1878: Ward
1879: Bond
1880: Keefe
1881: Wiedman
1882: Corcoran
1883: J. McCormick
1884: Radbourn
1885: Keefe
1886: Boyle
1887: Casey
1888: Keefe
1889: Clarkson
1890: Rhines
1891: Ewing
1892: Young
1893: Breitenstein
1894: Rusie
1895: Maul
1896: Rhines
1897: Rusie
1898: Griffith
1899: Willis
1900: Waddell
1901: Tannehill
1902: Taylor
1903: Leever
1904: McGinnity
1905: Mathewson
1906: M. Brown
1907: Pfiester
1908: Mathewson
1909: Mathewson
1910: Cole
1911: Mathewson
1912: Tesreau
1913: Mathewson
1914: Doak
1915: Alexander
1916: Alexander
1917: Anderson
1918: Vaughn
1919: Alexander
1920: Alexander
1921: Doak
1922: Douglas
1923: Luque
1924: Vance
1925: Luque
1926: Kremer
1927: Kremer
1928: Vance
1929: Walker
1930: Vance
1931: Walker
1932: Warneke
1933: Hubbell
1934: Hubbell
1935: Blanton
1936: Hubbell
1937: Turner
1938: Lee
1939: Walters
1940: Walters
1941: Riddle
1942: Cooper
1943: Lanier
1944: Heusser
1945: Prim
1946: Pollet
1947: Spahn
1948: Brecheen
1949: Koslo
1950: Maglie
1951: Nichols, Jr.
1952: Wilhelm
1953: Spahn
1954: Antonelli
1955: Friend
1956: Burdette
1957: Podres
1958: Miller
1959: S. Jones
1960: M. McCormick
1961: Spahn
1962: Koufax
1963: Koufax
1964: Koufax
1965: Koufax
1966: Koufax
1967: Niekro
1968: Gibson
1969: Marichal
1970: Seaver
1971: Seaver
1972: Carlton
1973: Seaver
1974: Capra
1975: R. Jones
1976: Denny
1977: Candelaria
1978: Swan
1979: Richard
1980: Sutton
1981: Ryan
1982: Rogers
1983: Hammaker
1984: Peña
1985: Gooden
1986: Scott
1987: Ryan
1988: Magrane
1989: Garrelts
1990: Darwin
1991: D. Martínez
1992: Swift
1993: Maddux
1994: Maddux
1995: Maddux
1996: K. Brown
1997: P. Martínez
1998: Maddux
1999: R. Johnson
2000: K. Brown
2001: R. Johnson
2002: R. Johnson
2003: Schmidt
2004: Peavy
2005: Clemens
2006: Oswalt
2007: Peavy
2008: Santana
2009: Carpenter
2010: J. Johnson
2011: Kershaw
2012: Kershaw
2013: Kershaw
2014: Kershaw
2015: Greinke
2016: Hendricks
2017: Kershaw
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National League season strikeout leaders
1876: Devlin
1877: Bond
1878: Bond
1879: Ward
1880: Corcoran
1881: Derby
1882: Radbourn
1883: Whitney
1884: Radbourn
1885: Clarkson
1886: Baldwin
1887: Clarkson
1888: Keefe
1889: Clarkson
1890: Rusie
1891: Rusie
1892: Hutchinson
1893: Rusie
1894: Rusie
1895: Rusie
1896: Young
1897: McJames & Seymour
1898: Seymour
1899: Hahn
1900: Hahn
1901: Hahn
1902: Willis
1903: Mathewson
1904: Mathewson
1905: Mathewson
1906: Beebe
1907: Mathewson
1908: Mathewson
1909: Overall
1910: Moore
1911: Marquard
1912: Alexander
1913: Seaton
1914: Alexander
1915: Alexander
1916: Alexander
1917: Alexander
1918: Vaughn
1919: Vaughn
1920: Alexander
1921: Grimes
1922: Vance
1923: Vance
1924: Vance
1925: Vance
1926: Vance
1927: Vance
1928: Vance
1929: Malone
1930: Hallahan
1931: Hallahan
1932: Dean
1933: Dean
1934: Dean
1935: Dean
1936: Mungo
1937: Hubbell
1938: Bryant
1939: Passeau & Walters
1940: Higbe
1941: Vander Meer
1942: Vander Meer
1943: Vander Meer
1944: Voiselle
1945: Roe
1946: Schmitz
1947: Blackwell
1948: Brecheen
1949: Spahn
1950: Spahn
1951: Newcombe & Spahn
1952: Spahn
1953: Roberts
1954: Roberts
1955: Jones
1956: Jones
1957: Sanford
1958: Jones
1959: Drysdale
1960: Drysdale
1961: Koufax
1962: Drysdale
1963: Koufax
1964: Veale
1965: Koufax
1966: Koufax
1967: Bunning
1968: Gibson
1969: Jenkins
1970: Seaver
1971: Seaver
1972: Carlton
1973: Seaver
1974: Carlton
1975: Seaver
1976: Seaver
1977: Niekro
1978: Richard
1979: Richard
1980: Carlton
1981: Valenzuela
1982: Carlton
1983: Carlton
1984: Gooden
1985: Gooden
1986: Scott
1987: Ryan
1988: Ryan
1989: DeLeón
1990: Cone
1991: Cone
1992: Smoltz
1993: Rijo
1994: Benes
1995: Nomo
1996: Smoltz
1997: Schilling
1998: Schilling
1999: Johnson
2000: Johnson
2001: Johnson
2002: Johnson
2003: Wood
2004: Johnson
2005: Peavy
2006: Harang
2007: Peavy
2008: Lincecum
2009: Lincecum
2010: Lincecum
2011: Kershaw
2012: Dickey
2013: Kershaw
2014: Cueto & Strasburg
2015: Kershaw
2016: Scherzer
2017: Scherzer
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Los Angeles Dodgers retired numbers
1 Pee Wee Reese
2 Tommy Lasorda
4 Duke Snider
19 Jim Gilliam
20 Don Sutton
24 Walter Alston
32 Sandy Koufax
39 Roy Campanella
42 Jackie Robinson
53 Don Drysdale
MIC Vin Scully
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Established in 1884
Formerly the Brooklyn Robins and the Brooklyn Dodgers
Based in Los Angeles, California
Franchise
History in Brooklyn
History in Los Angeles
Seasons
Award winners
Records
No-hitters
Players
First-round draft picks
Managers
Owners and executives
Coaches
Broadcasters
Los Angeles Dodgers Radio Network
SportsNet LA
Hall of Famers
Opening Day starting pitchers
Ballparks
Washington Park
Eastern Park
Ridgewood Park
Washington Park
Ebbets Field
Roosevelt Stadium
Proposed domed stadium
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dodger Stadium
Spring training: Whittington Park
Majestic Park
Barrs Field
Tinker Field
Clearwater Athletic Field
City Island Ball Park
Gran Stadium de La Habana
Holman Stadium
Camelback Ranch
Culture
Dodger Dog
The First
Rick Monday saves the American flag
Chavez Ravine
Dodger blue
"I Love L.A."
Roy Campanella Award
Historic Dodgertown
Vin Scully
Tommy Lasorda
Nancy Bea
Hilda Chester
2011 bankruptcy
42
Lore
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
1955 World Series
Fernandomania
Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run
Orel Hershiser's scoreless innings streak
Sandy Koufax's perfect game
"Shot Heard 'Round the World"
NL tie-breaker games/series
1946 NL tie-breaker series
1951 NL tie-breaker series
1959 NL tie-breaker series
1962 NL tie-breaker series
1980 NL West tie-breaker game
Rivalries
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Angels
New York Yankees
Subway Series
Hall of Fame
members
Walter Alston
Roy Campanella
Don Drysdale
Leo Durocher
Burleigh Grimes
Willie Keeler
Sandy Koufax
Vin Scully
Tommy Lasorda
Walter O'Malley
Pee Wee Reese
Branch Rickey
Jackie Robinson
Wilbert Robinson
Duke Snider
Don Sutton
Dazzy Vance
Zack Wheat
Key personnel
Owner: Guggenheim Baseball Management
President: Stan Kasten
President of Baseball Operations: Andrew Friedman
General Manager: Farhan Zaidi
Manager: Dave Roberts
World Series
Championships (6)
1955
1959
1963
1965
1981
1988
League pennants
(23)
American Association: 1889
National League: 1890
1899
1900
1916
1920
1941
1947
1949
1952
1953
1955
1956
1959
1963
1965
1966
1974
1977
1978
1981
1988
2017
Division titles (16)
1974
1977
1978
1981 (first half)
1983
1985
1988
1995
2004
2008
2009
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Wild card berths (2)
1996
2006
Minor league affiliates
AAA: Oklahoma City Dodgers
AA: Tulsa Drillers
A Adv.: Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
A: Great Lakes Loons
Rookie Adv.: Ogden Raptors
Rookie: AZL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers Guerrero
DSL Dodgers Robinson
Minor League Rosters
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Seasons (136)
1880s
1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890s
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900s
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910s
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920s
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930s
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940s
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950s
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960s
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
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Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day starting pitchers
Cy Barger
Rex Barney
Tim Belcher
Kevin Brown
Leon Cadore
Bob Caruthers
Larry Cheney
Watty Clark
Curt Davis
Wheezer Dell
Bill Donovan
Don Drysdale
George Earnshaw
Carl Erskine
Red Evans
Hal Gregg
John Harkins
Joe Hatten
Ed Head
George Hemming
Orel Hershiser
Burt Hooton
Waite Hoyt
Mickey Hughes
Oscar Jones
Brickyard Kennedy
Clayton Kershaw
Sam Kimber
Sandy Koufax
Hiroki Kuroda
Derek Lowe
Rube Marquard
Ramón Martínez
Harry McIntire
Bob Miller
Van Mungo
Don Newcombe
Hideo Nomo
Claude Osteen
Vicente Padilla
Chan Ho Park
Harley Payne
Brad Penny
Jesse Petty
Jeff Pfeffer
Johnny Podres
Henry Porter
Jack Quinn
Ed Reulbach
Jerry Reuss
Preacher Roe
Nap Rucker
Dutch Ruether
Henry Schmidt
Bill Singer
Don Sutton
Ed Stein
Elmer Stricklett
Fernando Valenzuela
Dazzy Vance
Kaiser Wilhelm
Whit Wyatt
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Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1972
BBWAA Vote
Yogi Berra (85.6%)
Sandy Koufax (86.9%)
Early Wynn (76.0%)
Veterans Committee
Lefty Gomez
Will Harridge
Ross Youngs
Negro League Committee
Josh Gibson
Buck Leonard
J. G. Taylor Spink Award
Frank Graham
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Members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Pitchers
Alexander
Bender
Blyleven
M. Brown
R. Brown
Bunning
Carlton
Chesbro
Clarkson
Cooper
Coveleski
Cummings
Day
Dean
Dihigo
Drysdale
Eckersley
Faber
Feller
Fingers
Ford
B. Foster
Galvin
B. Gibson
Glavine
Gomez
Gossage
Grimes
Grove
Haines
Hoffman
Hoyt
Hubbell
Hunter
Jenkins
R. Johnson
W. Johnson
Joss
Keefe
Koufax
Lemon
Lyons
Maddux
Marichal
Marquard
Martínez
Mathewson
McGinnity
Méndez
Morris
Newhouser
Nichols
Niekro
Paige
Palmer
Pennock
Perry
Plank
Radbourn
Rixey
Roberts
Rogan
Ruffing
Rusie
Ryan
Seaver
H. Smith
Smoltz
Spahn
Sutter
Sutton
Vance
Waddell
Walsh
Welch
Wilhelm
J. Williams
Willis
Wynn
Young
Catchers
Bench
Berra
Bresnahan
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