Sandy Koufax 8x 10 autographed picture with COA from Midwest Sports Marketing
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Sanford "Sandy" Koufax ( / ˈ k oʊ f æ k s / ; born Sanford Braun ; December 30, 1935) is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher . He pitched twelve seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers , from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame . [1]Koufax's career peaked with a run of six outstanding years from 1961 to 1966 , before arthritis in his left elbow ended his career prematurely at age 30. He was an All-Star for six seasons [2] and was the National League 's Most Valuable Player in 1963 . He won three Cy Young Awards in 1963, 1965 , and 1966, by unanimous votes, making him the first three-time Cy Young winner in baseball history and the only one to win three times when one award was given instead of one for each league. Koufax also won the NL Triple Crown for pitchers those same three years by leading the NL in wins , strikeouts , and earned run average . [3] [4] [5] [6]Koufax was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history. Despite his comparatively short career, Koufax's 2,396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in history as of his retirement, trailing only Warren Spahn (2,583) among left-handers. Randy Johnson , Sandy Koufax, Pedro Martinez , and Nolan
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