#16 Sandy Koufax, Starting Pitcher, 21 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Tuesday, 10/3/1957 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sandy Koufax
12/30/1935 21 USA,NY,BROOKLYN 6"2 210
Starting Pitcher R L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Prospect rating :
| Average Average Some ability 3 / 6 (Well Known) 1 / 6 (Insignificant) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1957 (Automatic) 2 Year(s), 147 Days (491 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 2 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 10 | 6 | 6 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 10 | 7 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 10 | 5 | 6 | |
Talent | 10 | 7 | 5 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 8 57 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Screwball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 6 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4.02 | 309.1 | 282 | 149 | 138 | 124 | 275 | 18 | 46.2 | 3 | 22 | 56.4 |
Projected | 41 | 41 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 4.02 | 325.0 | 297 | 157 | 145 | 130 | 289 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 3.92 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 379 | 84 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .297 | .377 | .674 |
vs. RHB | 793 | 198 | 45 | 5 | 40 | 109 | 112 | 82 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .316 | .470 | .786 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 21 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4.31 | 167.0 | 152 | 84 | 80 | 70 | 152 |
Road | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3.67 | 142.1 | 130 | 65 | 58 | 54 | 123 |
Postseason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4.91 | 55.0 | 60 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 44 |
May | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.19 | 58.0 | 53 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 49 |
June | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.74 | 49.1 | 46 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 60 |
July | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 54.0 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
August | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3.36 | 64.1 | 59 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 57 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.91 | 28.2 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 23 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1955 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4.88 | 114.1 | 117 | 65 | 62 | 7 | 62 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 1.57 | .330 | NYY |
1956 | 39 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 4.65 | 301.2 | 273 | 168 | 156 | 46 | 133 | 257 | 17 | 0 | 1.35 | .270 | NYY |
1957 | 39 | 39 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 4.02 | 309.1 | 282 | 149 | 138 | 50 | 124 | 275 | 18 | 3 | 1.31 | .274 | NYY,AL |
Total | 93 | 93 | 50 | 29 | 0 | 4.42 | 725.1 | 672 | 382 | 356 | 103 | 319 | 632 | 42 | 3 | 1.37 | .281 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1955, AAA | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.67 | 41.2 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1.49 | .370 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 16.2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1955 | 15 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .050 | .071 | .050 | .121 | NYY |
1956 | 39 | 105 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .144 | .162 | .306 | NYY |
1957 | 39 | 115 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .143 | .183 | .325 | NYY,AL |
Total | 93 | 260 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 90 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .132 | .154 | .286 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 39 | 15 | 51 | 4 | 70 | 4 | .943 | 309.1 | 2.04 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955... Earned first career win on 5/5/1955... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1955, going 5-1, 3.72... Had first career hit on 6/3/1955, off Harvey Haddix (BAL)... Injured on 6/11/1955 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 7 weeks... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1955... Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1956, off Jim Pearce (CHA)... Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/1956, winning 2 games with a 1.00 ERA... Struck out 16 batters against Boston on 6/17/1957... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1957, going 6-0, 1.50... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 263 on 9/10/1957 ...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Wins 1956 - 17 - 9th
| IP 1956 - 301.2 - 10th
| K's 1956 - 257 - 2nd
| BB 1956 - 133 - 4th
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