Instead, Koufax made a living on a baseball diamond, becoming one of the most dominating left-handers of all time. An outstanding schoolboy athlete, Koufax starred at basketball and barely played baseball during his time at Lafayette High School. [103] Koufax threw out a ceremonial first pitch at opening day 2008 at Dodger Stadium, to help commemorate the Dodgers' 50th Anniversary in Los Angeles. that Sandy Koufax attended the University of Cincinnati on a basketball scholarship, playing freshman basketball (and baseball) under legendary hoops coach Ed Jucker? The President also directly acknowledged the high esteem in which Koufax is held: Koufax with the Los Angeles Dodgers, c. 1965, "I knew every pitch he was going to throw and still I couldn't hit him. After playing in only 12 seasons, Koufax became the youngest player inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. “You name a better left-hander in the history of baseball and I’ll eat my hat,” said Hall of Famer Harry Hooper. He won five straight NL ERA titles from 1962-66 and led the Dodgers to the NL pennant in 1963, 1965 and 1966, winning the World Series in 1963 and 1965. He has no biological children. Good hitters could often predict what pitch was coming, but were still unable to hit it. [106] On April 1, 2013, Koufax threw out the first pitch during ceremonies at Dodger Stadium. [11], Koufax attended Brooklyn's Lafayette High School, where he was better known for basketball than for baseball. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? This may have increased his velocity, but reduced the lateral movement on his pitches, especially movement away from left-handed hitters. During his one season at UC, he recorded a 3-1 The performance earned him his second World Series MVP award. [95] He also occasionally threw a changeup and a forkball.[93]. [55] As the Dodgers won the pennant, Koufax won the pitchers' Triple Crown, leading the league in wins (25), strikeouts (306) and earned run average (1.88). Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Despite displaying tantalizing ability—he struck out 14 batters in his second major league start—the left-hander was too wild to remain a regular in the rotation. While batting in April, Koufax had been jammed by a pitch from Earl Francis. Koufax allowed only one run in seven innings, but lost the 1–0 game when Nellie Fox scored on a double play. In 1999, The Sporting News placed Koufax at number 26 on its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players". Through 2010, among Jewish pitchers, he was first all-time in career strikeouts (ahead of Ken Holtzman), second in wins (behind Holtzman) and earned run average (behind Barney Pelty), and seventh in games pitched (behind Alan Levine) among Jewish major league baseball players. (The others were Don Newcombe, the first Cy Young winner in 1956, and Don Drysdale in 1962.) On September 9, 1965, Koufax became the sixth pitcher of the modern era, and eighth overall, to throw a perfect game, the first by a left-hander since 1880. After seeing Koufax's Game 1 performance, Yogi Berra said, "I can see how he won 25 games. Baseball icon Babe Ruth set numerous records as a pitcher and slugging outfielder. Koufax was selected as an All-Star for six consecutive seasons[2] and made seven out of eight All-Star Game appearances those seasons (he was not selected for 2nd All-Star Game in 1962). Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Koufax garnered headlines by declining to pitch Game 1 of the World Series because of his observance of the Jewish religious holiday of Yom Kippur. On May 11, 1963, Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers pitched his second career no-hitter. Nolan Ryan struck out 383 batters in 1973). Each of Koufax's three Cy Young Awards were by unanimous vote. Koufax became the youngest player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, and has since served as a pitching instructor for his former team. Koufax was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history. After four weeks, Koufax gave Drysdale the go-ahead to negotiate new deals for both of them. In August of 1972 Cooperstown welcomed a star-studded group of inductees for the Class of 1972. Koufax also made headlines for adhering to his faith. Born on Dec. 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Koufax impressed a scout who saw him throw for his college baseball team. At the beginning of his career, Koufax worked with coaches to eliminate his tendency to "tip" pitches (i.e., reveal which pitch was coming due to variations in his wind-up). Among NL pitchers with at least 2,000 innings pitched who have debuted since 1913 and have already retired, he has the highest career winning percentage (.655) and had the lowest career earned run average (2.76) until surpassed by Tom Seaver, whose NL career mark is 2.73. [41], A day later, Koufax was pitching for the "B team" in Orlando. 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