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Spotlighting Sandy Koufax. Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935), a left-handed pitcher who played his entire career, from 1955 to 1966, for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

Before arthritis ended his career prematurely at age 30, Koufax ran off six spectacular seasons from 1961 to 1966. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1963. He also won the 1963, 1965, and 1966 Cy Young Awards by unanimous votes when there was only one winner for both leagues. He was the only 3-time Cy Young winner from that era. In each of his Cy Young seasons, Koufax won the pitcher's triple crown by leading the NL in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average. His totals led the Majors in those seasons

Koufax was the first major leaguer to pitch four no-hitters (including a perfect game). 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) among left-handers. Retiring at the peak of his career, he became, at age 36 and 20 days, the youngest player ever elected to the Hall of Fame.

As a Jew, Koufax's decision not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur brought him and his religious beliefs national attention.

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. 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.¹

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Players Player/Years with Dodgers Dave Bancroft 1928-1929 Dan Brouthers 1892-1893 Jim Bunning 1969 Roy Campanella 1948-1957 Max Carey 1926-1929 Gary Carter 1991 Don Drysdale 1956-1969 Leo Durocher 1938-1941, 1943, 1945 * Burleigh Grimes 1918-1926 Billy Herman 1941-1943, 1946 Waite Hoyt 1932, 1937-1938 Hughie Jennings 1899-1900, 1903 * Willie Keeler 1893, 1899-1902 Joe Kelley 1899-1901 George Kelly 1932 Sandy Koufax 1955-1966 Tommy Lasorda 1954-1955 * Tony Lazzeri 1939 Freddy Lindstrom 1936 Ernie Lombardi 1931 Al Lopez 1928, 1930-1935 * Heinie Manush 1937-1938 Rabbit Maranville 1926 Juan Marichal 1975 Rube Marquard 1915-1920 Tommy McCarthy 1896 Joe McGinnity 1900 Joe Medwick 1940-1943, 1946

Eddie Murray 1989-1991, 1997 Pee Wee Reese 1940-1942, 1946-1958 Jackie Robinson 1947-1956 Frank Robinson 1972 Duke Snider 1947-1962 Casey Stengel 1912-1917 * Don Sutton 1966-1980, 1988 Dazzy Vance 1922-1932, 1935 Arky Vaughan 1942-1943, 1947-1948 Paul Waner 1941, 1943-1944 Lloyd Waner 1944 John Ward 1891-1892 Zack Wheat 1909-1926 Hoyt Wilhelm 1971-1972 Hack Wilson 1932-1934 Managers Manager/Years with Dodgers Walter Alston 1954-1976 * Max Carey 1932-1933 Leo Durocher 1939-1946, 1948 * Burleigh Grimes 1937-1938 Ned Hanlon 1899-1905 * Tommy Lasorda 1976-1996 * Wilbert Robinson 1914-1931 * Casey Stengel 1934-1936 * John Ward 1891-1892 * elected as manager or executive Vin Scully announcer

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1 Harold Pee Wee Reese 2 Tommy Lasorda 4 Duke Snider 19 Jim Gilliam 20 Don Sutton 24 Walter Emmons Alston 32 Sandy Koufax 39 Roy Campanella 42 Jack Roosevelt Robinson 53 Don Drysdale.

 
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