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Sandy Koufax Sanford Koufax Bats Right, Throws Left Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb. MLB Debut June 24, 1955 Final Game October 2, 1966 Born December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY (age 88)

• Pitched a one-hitter for LAN vs. SLN on May 8, 1961
• Had 16 strikeouts in a game for LAN vs. CIN on April 27, 1962
• Had 16 strikeouts in a game for LAN vs. CIN on July 6, 1962
• Had 16 strikeouts in a game for LAN vs. PIN on July 15, 1963
• Pitched a one-hitter for LAN vs. NYN on May 28, 1966

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1955 19 BRN NL   3   1  .750   6   4   2   0   0   1   33.0   24   140   12    9   0   14   1   1   28   4  1  2.45  
 1956 20 BRN NL   2   2  .500  36   1   0  15   3   0   62.0   65   271   27   25   8   20   2   4   41   0  2  3.63  
 1957 21 BRN NL   1   8  .111  30  12   0  11   1   0   89.1  100   417   62   56  14   49   1   2  111   8  0  5.64  
 1958 22 LAN NL  12   7  .632  37  26   3   6   1   3  153.2  126   684   80   77  23  101   7   3  147  14  0  4.51  CY-7
 1959 23 LAN NL   3   4  .429  31   5   0  13   2   0   73.0   63   323   38   35   6   48   4   2   88   4  1  4.32  
 1960 24 LAN NL   5   7  .417  38   4   0  13   4   0   76.0   54   332   38   32   6   49   3   4   85   2  0  3.79  
 1961 25 LAN NL  13  12  .520  39  39   6   0   0   2  260.0  263  1157  151  121  32  123   7   6  276   7  3  4.19  
 1962 26 LAN NL  12   7  .632  28  25   6   3   2   5  188.0  156   775   79   73  24   59  12   2  213   3  0  3.49  CY-7
 1963 27 LAN NL  26   8  .765  41  41  12   0   0   5  313.0  248  1230   91   84  33   50   5   6  306   7  0  2.42  CY-2
 1964 28 LAN NL  16   9  .640  33  33   6   0   0   4  241.1  195   971   86   75  23   57   1   8  218   7  0  2.80  CY-4
 1965 29 LAN NL  19  13  .594  41  41  12   0   0   5  311.1  220  1219   94   84  34   63   7  17  347   4  0  2.43  CY-2
 1966 30 LAN NL  17  13  .567  38  38  20   0   0   8  304.0  215  1175   80   66  24   53   3   3  295   8  0  1.95  CY-4
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 12 Seasons     129  91  .586 398 269  67  61  13  33 2104.2 1729  8694  838  737 227  686  53  58 2155  68  7  3.15
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN     129  91  .586 398 269  67  61  13  33 2104.2 1729  8694  838  737 227  686  53  58 2155  68  7  3.15
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     165  87  .655 397 314 137  44   9  40 2325.1 1754  9497  806  713 204  817  48  18 2396  87  7  2.76
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1955 19 BRN NL  19    9   2.4   0  3.50   10   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000 -133   
 1956 20 BRN NL  38   34   5.0   5  9.00    6   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    1    1  .500 -149   
 1957 21 BRN NL  26   64   6.3   1  5.00   26   1   0  .038   0    0    0  .000    1    2  .333  112   
 1958 22 LAN NL  27   82   4.8   2  5.38   57   5   0  .088   0    5    4  .800    2    1  .667  -22   
 1959 23 LAN NL  31   34   4.2   2  4.00   15   2   0  .133   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  -87   
 1960 24 LAN NL  39   30   3.5  10  3.50    9   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  -52   
 1961 25 LAN NL  28  151   5.2   0  5.15   85  12   0  .141   1    6    3  .500    4    1  .800   84   
 1962 26 LAN NL  21   77   3.7   2  4.12   62   4   0  .065   0    8    5  .625    3    2  .600   71   
 1963 27 LAN NL  26   97   2.8   0  4.20  100   7   1  .070   2   11    7  .636    9    1  .900   55   
 1964 28 LAN NL  16   82   3.1   0  3.88   67   6   0  .090   0   10   10 1.000    2    2  .500   65   
 1965 29 LAN NL  20   89   2.6   0  3.51   85  19   0  .224   0    8    8 1.000    5    6  .455   27   
 1966 30 LAN NL  16   76   2.2   0  3.45   92   6   0  .065   1    6    3  .500    4    2  .667  -34   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 12 Seasons          830   3.5  22        614  62   1  .101   5   61   46  .754   31   18  .633   23   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #15 (Class of 1955): 12 of 16 votes, 75.0% -- ELECTED

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 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1955 WS    BRN DEA   L    2  6.75   0-0   0  0   1.1   1   1   1   1
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1955 BRN 96-58 Robert Rescigno 1956 BRN 91-63 Robert Rescigno 1957 BRN 68-86 Robert Rescigno 1958 LAN 81-73 Robert Rescigno 1959 LAN 88-66 Robert Rescigno 1960 LAN 76-78 Robert Rescigno 1961 LAN 73-81 Robert Rescigno 1962 LAN 91-71 Robert Rescigno 1963 LAN 100-62 Robert Rescigno 1964 LAN 76-86 Robert Rescigno 1965 LAN 84-78 Dave Jackson, Robert Rescigno 1966 LAN 78-84 Dave Jackson

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