#32 Sandy Koufax, Starting Pitcher, 22 yrs, New York (A) Yankees Friday, 10/6/1958 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Sandy Koufax
12/30/1935 22 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 3 / 6 (Well Known) 4 / 6 (Popular) 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 1958 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 147 Days (663 total Days) 172 Day(s) 4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days) 3 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/28 | @KC | L 1-2 | * | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/1 | BAL | W 5-3 | * | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | W | PoG | | | |
9/6 | @BOS | W 11-4 | * | 8.1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | W | | | | |
9/10 | CHA | W 6-1 | * | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | W | PoG | | | |
9/15 | @CLE | W 3-2 | * | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/19 | @DET | W 8-4 | * | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | W | | | | |
9/24 | BOS | L 4-7 | * | 8.2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | L | | | | |
9/27 | @LA | L 5-10 | * | 6.2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | L | | | | |
10/1 | LA | W 4-3 | * | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | W | | | | |
10/5 | @LA | L 5-8 | * | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 37 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2.98 | 305.1 | 236 | 119 | 101 | 93 | 290 | 18 | 48.6 | 4 | 25 | 67.6 |
Projected | 36 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2.98 | 297.0 | 230 | 116 | 98 | 90 | 282 | | | | | |
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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 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 2.7 | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.46 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 365 | 71 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 39 | 24 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .239 | .329 | .568 |
vs. RHB | 754 | 165 | 40 | 3 | 23 | 77 | 80 | 69 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .281 | .371 | .652 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 16 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2.35 | 137.2 | 97 | 45 | 36 | 44 | 132 |
Road | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3.49 | 167.2 | 139 | 74 | 65 | 49 | 158 |
Postseason | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.91 | 19.1 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 19 |
This Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12.60 | 5.0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
Last Week | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.28 | 14.1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.04 | 47.1 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 42 |
May | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2.34 | 61.2 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 58 |
June | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.47 | 57.0 | 48 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 52 |
July | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.18 | 47.1 | 39 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 53 |
August | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.57 | 42.0 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 38 |
Sept./Oct. | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.34 | 50.0 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 47 |
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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 |
Total | 130 | 130 | 77 | 36 | 0 | 3.99 | 1030.2 | 908 | 501 | 457 | 134 | 412 | 922 | 60 | 7 | 1.28 | .274 | |
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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 |
Total | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.25 | 36.0 | 39 | 30 | 29 | 16 | 38 | 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 |
1958 | 37 | 108 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | .139 | .155 | .157 | .312 | NYY,AL |
Total | 130 | 368 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 114 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .139 | .155 | .294 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 37 | 37 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 71 | 3 | .958 | 305.1 | 2.09 | | | | |
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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...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1957 - 4.02 - 9th
| WHIP 1957 - 1.31 - 6th
| Wins 1956 - 17 - 9th 1957 - 24 - 2nd
| IP 1956 - 301.2 - 10th 1957 - 309.1 - 9th
| K's 1956 - 257 - 2nd 1957 - 275 - 1st
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BB 1956 - 133 - 4th 1957 - 124 - 8th
| CG 1957 - 18 - 10th
| SHO 1957 - 3 - 3rd
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