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'''Sanford "Sandy" Koufax''' (born '''Sanford Braun''' on [[December 30]], [[1935]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]) is a former [[left-handedness|left-handed]] [[pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] who played his entire career for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers]] from [[1955 in sports|1955]] to [[1966 in sports|1966]].
He is best known for his string of six amazing seasons from [[1961 in sports|1961]] to 1966 before [[arthritis]] ended his career at the age of 31. A notoriously difficult pitcher against whom to hit, he was the first major leaguer to pitch more than three [[no-hitter]]s, the first to allow fewer than seven [[hit (baseball)|hits]] per nine [[innings pitched]] over his career, and the first to [[strikeout|strike out]] more than nine batters per nine innings pitched in his career. Among [[National League]] pitchers with at least 2000 innings pitched who have debuted since [[1913 in sports|1913]], he has both the highest career [[win|winning percentage]] (.655) and the lowest career [[earned run average]] (2.76); his 2396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in major league history upon his retirement, and trailed only [[Warren Spahn]]'s total of 2583 among left-handers. Retiring virtually at the peak of his career, Koufax later became–at age 36–the youngest person ever elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame], garnering him an [http://www.sevastudio.org/sandy immense following of fans].
==Pre-professional career==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sevastudio.com/sandy A fan site]
*[http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/koufax_sandy.htm Baseball Hall of Fame]
*{{baseball-reference|id=k/koufasa01}}
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