Sanford (Sandy) Koufax was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1972 along with Yogi Berra, Joshua Gibson, Lefty Gomez, William Harridge, Buck Leonard, Early Wynn and Ross Youngs. Koufax was a LHP with 12 seasons MLB experience playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1955-1957) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-1966). For his MLB career he was 165-87 with a 2.76 ERA, 2396 K, 1.11 WHIP, 9 SV, 137 complete games, 40 shut outs in 2324.1 IP over 397 games.
I believe his three best seasons were 1963 when he was 25-5 with a 1.88 ERA, 306 K, 0.87 WHIP, 20 complete games, 11 shut outs in 311.0 IP over 40 games, 1965 when he was 26-8 with a 2.04 ERA, 382 K, 0.85 WHIP, 2 SV, 27 complete games, 8 shut outs in 335.2 IP over 43 games and 1966 when he was 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA, 317 K, 0.98 WHIP, 27 complete games, 5 shut outs in 323.0 IP over 41 games.
Koufax led the National League in wins in 1963, 1965, and 1966. He led the NL in ERA in 1962 (2.54), 1963, 1964 (1.74), 1965 and 1966. He led the NL in strikeouts in 1961 (269), 1963, 1965 and 1966. He led the NL in shut outs in 1963, 1964 (7) and 1966.
He was selected an All Star seven times 1961-1966. He pitched four no hitters on June 30, 1962 against the New York Mets, on May 11, 1963 against the San Francisco Giants, on June 4, 1964 against the Philadelphia Phillies and on September 9, 1965 against the Chicago Cubs which was also a perfect game. Koufax won the NL Cy Young in 1963, 1965 and 1966. He won the NL MVP in 1963 and was second in NL MVP voting in 1965 and 1966. Koufax won four World Series Championships with the Dodgers in 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1965.
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