58 Facts About Sandy Koufax World Series

1. Sandy Koufax World Series continued to cover baseball as a broadcaster for NBC.

2. Sandy Koufax World Series would learn the ropes of professional baseball at its highest level.

3. Sandy Koufax World Series made his debut on June 24, 1955, and played with the Dodgers from 1955 to 1966, first in Brooklyn and then Los Angeles.

4. Sandy Koufax World Series was born in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn to Jack Braun, a salesman, and Evelyn, a cpa.

5. Sandy Koufax World Series is a modest man who has tried to be forgotten.

6. In 1979, Sandy Koufax World Series began working as a coach for the Dodgers, quitting in February 1990.

7. In 1972, when Sandy Koufax World Series was 36, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, the youngest player to receive such honors.

8. Sandy Koufax World Series explained his transformation in John Grabowski's book, Sandy Koufax, saying that he became a good pitcher when he stopped trying to make batters miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.

9. Sandy Koufax World Series became a hero for refusing to pitch in the opening game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur.

10. Sandy Koufax World Series was one of the outstanding Jewish athletes in American sports.

11. Sandy Koufax World Series was the first major leaguer to pitch four no-hitters, and in 1972 became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

12. Sandy Koufax World Series thought he might retire all season long, and did so after the conclusion of the 1966 season.

13. Sandy Koufax World Series signed a contract worth $130,000 for the season, a big salary in that era.

14. Sandy Koufax World Series was criticized by some because the Dodgers lost that game.

15. Sandy Koufax World Series became a hero to many of his fellow Jews by refusing to pitch in the first game of the World Series against the Minnesota Twins because it fell on Yom Kippur, the high holy day.

16. Sandy Koufax World Series told Jerry Crowe of the Los Angeles Times, "Earlier in the game, I didn't have great stuff.

17. In 1964, Sandy Koufax World Series had a shortened season due to another injury to his pitching arm, which led to chronic arthritis.

18. Sandy Koufax World Series pitched two complete games, winning them both by allowing only 12 and 3 earned runs.

19. Sandy Koufax World Series had a dominant season in 1963, and had much to show for it.

20. Sandy Koufax World Series believed that if he had too many days off in between starts, it was detrimental to his arm.

21. Sandy Koufax World Series tied the new major league record for most strikeouts in a two-game period with 31, 13 in one, than 18 against the San Francisco Giants.

22. Sandy Koufax World Series spent much of his time playing basketball at the Jewish Community House.

23. Sandy Koufax World Series 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.

24. On May 27, 2010, Sandy Koufax World Series was included among a group of prominent Jewish Americans at the first White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.

25. Sandy Koufax World Series worked with the pitchers during spring training and will consult during the season.

26. Sandy Koufax World Series was the final player chosen in the inaugural Israel Baseball League draft in April 2007.

27. Sandy Koufax World Series is currently second on the list of overall career ERA in the live-ball era, surpassed only by Whitey Ford.

28. Sandy Koufax World Series was the first pitcher to win multiple Cy Young Awards, as well as the first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote.

29. Sandy Koufax World Series kept Kerlan's advice to himself and went out every fourth day to pitch.

30. Sandy Koufax World Series ended up getting $125,000 and Drysdale $110,000.

31. Sandy Koufax World Series won the Hickok Belt a second time, the first time anyone had won the belt more than once.

32. Sandy Koufax World Series garnered headlines by declining to pitch Game 1 of the World Series because of his observance of the Jewish religious holiday of Yom Kippur.

33. Sandy Koufax World Series struck out 14 batters, at the time the most recorded in a perfect game.

34. On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax World Series became the sixth pitcher of the modern era, and eighth overall, to throw a perfect game, the first by a left-hander since 1880.

35. Sandy Koufax World Series had 11-game winning streaks in both 1964 and 1965.

36. Sandy Koufax World Series agreed not to throw at all between games—a resolution that lasted only one start.

37. Sandy Koufax World Series had his strong season despite an injured pitching hand.

38. Sandy Koufax World Series was an immediate beneficiary of the change, lowering his home ERA from 4.29 to 1.75.

39. Sandy Koufax World Series tried one more year of baseball and showed up for the 1961 season in better condition than he had in previous years.

40. In June 1959, Sandy Koufax World Series set the record for a night game with 16 strikeouts.

41. Sandy Koufax World Series walked Hank Aaron on four pitches to load the bases, then struck out Bobby Thomson on a full count.

42. Sandy Koufax World Series's signing bonus was greater than $4,000, he was known as a bonus baby.

43. Sandy Koufax World Series was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish family, and raised in Borough Park.

44. Sandy Koufax World Series is remembered as one of the outstanding Jewish athletes in American sports.

45. Sandy Koufax World Series was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history.

46. Sandy Koufax World Series won the NL Triple Crown for pitchers those same three years by leading the NL in wins, strikeouts, and earned run average.

47. Sandy Koufax World Series hit two career home runs, both of which happened to be in Milwaukee, WI.

48. On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax World Series threw a perfect game against Bob Hendley and the Chicago Cubs.

49. In 1962, Sandy Koufax World Series pitched even better until sidelined by a mid-season finger injury.

50. Sandy Koufax World Series broke in with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955, at the age of 19.

51. Sandy Koufax World Series was selected for seven All-Star games and was the first pitcher to win multiple Cy Young Awards, as well as the first pitcher to win a Cy Young Award by a unanimous vote; all three Cy Young Awards he won were by unanimous vote.

52. In 1967, Sandy Koufax World Series signed a ten-year contract with NBC for $1 million to be a broadcaster on the Saturday Game of the Week.

53. Sandy Koufax World Series won the Hickok Belt a second time in 1965, the first and only time anyone had won the belt more than once.

54. On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax World Series became the sixth pitcher of the modern era to throw a perfect game.

55. Sandy Koufax World Series ended up getting three cortisone shots for his sore elbow and he missed three starts.

56. Sandy Koufax World Series showed up for the 1961 season in better condition than he had in previous years.

57. Sandy Koufax World Series threw a two-hit, seven-to-nothing complete-game shutout for his first major league win.

58. Sandy Koufax World Series is known as one of the outstanding Jewish athletes of his era in American professional sports.