#32 Sandy Koufax, Starting Pitcher, 25 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sandy Koufax
12/30/1935 25 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 : Overall Rating :
| Average Average Some ability 4 / 6 (Popular) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 3.0 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 $ 8,500,000 1963 6 Year(s), 147 Days (1179 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 0 Days (1204 total Days) 6 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 10 | 6 | 5 | 91-94 Mph |
Versus LHB | 10 | 7 | 5 | |
Versus RHB | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
Talent | 10 | 6 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/5 | @CHA | W 9-8 | * | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | | | | | |
9/9 | @CLE | W 7-4 | * | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | W | | | | |
9/13 | KC | L 7-8 | * | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
9/18 | @DET | W 7-4 | * | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | W | | | | |
9/22 | @BAL | W 4-1 | * | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | W | PoG | | | |
9/27 | @WS2 | L 3-4 | * | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | L | | | | |
10/1 | @CLE | W 8-3 | * | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | W | | | | |
10/7 | BOS | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | W | PoG | | | |
10/13 | LAN | L 4-9 | * | 7.2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | L | | | | |
10/18 | @LAN | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 40 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.80 | 317.0 | 298 | 181 | 169 | 134 | 321 | 15 | 37.5 | 0 | 13 | 32.5 |
Projected | 40 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.80 | 317.0 | 298 | 181 | 169 | 134 | 321 | | | | | |
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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 | 12.3 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 3.8 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 4.31 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 354 | 80 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 42 | 46 | 31 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .284 | .415 | .700 |
vs. RHB | 855 | 218 | 45 | 5 | 45 | 132 | 135 | 103 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .330 | .477 | .807 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 20 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4.46 | 163.1 | 147 | 85 | 81 | 70 | 168 |
Road | 20 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 5.15 | 153.2 | 151 | 96 | 88 | 64 | 153 |
Postseason | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.32 | 15.2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.57 | 7.2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.17 | 40.0 | 36 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 43 |
May | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6.08 | 50.1 | 54 | 36 | 34 | 23 | 51 |
June | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.73 | 51.1 | 50 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 48 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.56 | 51.1 | 45 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 54 |
August | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.74 | 57.0 | 55 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 54 |
Sept./Oct. | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.90 | 67.0 | 58 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 71 |
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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 |
1958 | 37 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2.98 | 305.1 | 236 | 119 | 101 | 31 | 93 | 290 | 18 | 4 | 1.08 | .257 | NYY,AL |
1959 | 39 | 39 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 3.82 | 306.0 | 243 | 140 | 130 | 40 | 123 | 304 | 19 | 1 | 1.20 | .259 | NYY,AL |
1960 | 35 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3.99 | 277.1 | 248 | 134 | 123 | 47 | 99 | 255 | 14 | 1 | 1.25 | .268 | NYY,AL |
1961 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4.80 | 317.0 | 298 | 181 | 169 | 59 | 134 | 321 | 15 | 0 | 1.36 | .288 | NYY |
Total | 244 | 244 | 135 | 72 | 0 | 4.10 | 1931.0 | 1697 | 956 | 879 | 280 | 768 | 1802 | 108 | 9 | 1.28 | .273 | |
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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 |
1958 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.91 | 19.1 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.25 | 12.0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
1961 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.32 | 15.2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7.21 | 63.2 | 73 | 52 | 51 | 25 | 59 | 1 | 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 |
1958 | 37 | 108 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .155 | .157 | .312 | NYY,AL |
1959 | 39 | 107 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .121 | .168 | .290 | NYY,AL |
1960 | 35 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .118 | .105 | .223 | NYY,AL |
1961 | 40 | 101 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .069 | .104 | .099 | .203 | NYY |
Total | 244 | 681 | 71 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 40 | 18 | 224 | 0 | 1 | .104 | .128 | .141 | .269 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 40 | 40 | 16 | 62 | 2 | 79 | 1 | .987 | 317.0 | 2.24 | | | | |
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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 ... Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/1958, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1958, going 6-1, 2.34... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Injured on 8/6/1958 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1958, going 5-1, 2.34... Won Cy Young Award in 1958, going 27-7, 2.98 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1959, going 5-1, 3.19... 6/21/1959: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Injured on 9/7/1959 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week... Won World Championship with New York (A) in 1959... Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1960, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA... Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game... Injured on 9/8/1960 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1957 - 4.02 - 9th 1958 - 2.98 - 3rd 1959 - 3.82 - 5th 1960 - 3.99 - 10th
| WHIP 1957 - 1.31 - 6th 1958 - 1.08 - 3rd 1959 - 1.20 - 3rd 1960 - 1.25 - 4th
| Wins 1956 - 17 - 9th 1957 - 24 - 2nd 1958 - 27 - 1st 1959 - 20 - 5th 1960 - 19 - 7th
| Losses 1959 - 15 - 9th
| IP 1956 - 301.2 - 10th 1957 - 309.1 - 9th 1958 - 305.1 - 9th 1959 - 306.0 - 4th
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K's 1956 - 257 - 2nd 1957 - 275 - 1st 1958 - 290 - 1st 1959 - 304 - 1st 1960 - 255 - 2nd
| BB 1956 - 133 - 4th 1957 - 124 - 8th 1959 - 123 - 7th
| CG 1957 - 18 - 10th 1959 - 19 - 6th
| SHO 1957 - 3 - 3rd 1958 - 4 - 1st 1959 - 1 - 10th
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