sandy koufax

     

In the 1960s he set records of 4 career no-hitters & 382 strikeouts in one year

Trivia about sandy koufax

  • Born in 1935, left Brooklyn with the Dodgers, left a record of 382 strikeouts in a season
  • This Dodger won the Cy Young Award in 1963, 1965 & 1966, then retired from baseball
  • This Dodger won 27 games in 1966, but retired at season's end due to an arthritic arm
  • Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky reads Jane Leavy's biography of this Jewish southpaw
  • In '65, in their first World Series, the Twins lost game 7 to this Dodger lefty
  • Sanford was the real first name of this 1963 National League MVP
  • This ace L.A. lefty dominated the Yanks in the 1963 World Series, striking out 23 & beating them twice in a 4-game sweep