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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.
Dec 30, 2010 · Sandy Koufax. Position: Pitcher. Bats: Right • Throws: Left. 6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg) Born: December 30, 1935 (Age: 88-242d) in Brooklyn, NY. High School: Schools: Debut: (Age 19-176d, 11,268th in major league history) 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER.
Sanford Koufax Born: 12/30/1935 in Brooklyn, NY College: Cincinnati Debut: 6/24/1955 Hall of Fame: 1972 View More Bio Info + Batting Pitching
Nov 16, 2023 · Jewish-American baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax starred for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers before elbow arthritis forced an early retirement.
Complete career MLB stats for the Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Sandy Koufax on ESPN. Includes games played, hits and home runs per MLB season.
Born on Dec. 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Koufax impressed a scout who saw him throw for his college baseball team. In 1954, he signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers that contained a bonus which required at the time for Koufax to report to the major league team for two years.
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.
Dec 29, 2023 · Koufax led the Majors in 1961 (269), ’63 (306), ’65 (382) and ’66 (317), with Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling and Nolan Ryan the only other pitchers in the Modern Era (since 1900) to reach the 300 mark three times.
Jan 17, 2020 · The Baseball 100: No. 70, Sandy Koufax. By Joe Posnanski. Jan 17, 2020. Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by ...
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.