Sandy Koufax

Sanford "Sandy" Koufax (born Sanford Braun on December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former left-hand pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.

References

• {{Book reference|Author=Jane Leavy|Title=Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy|Publisher=Perennial|Year=2003|ID=ISBN 0-06-019533-9}}
• {{Book reference|Author=Edward Gruver|Title=Koufax|Publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing|Year=2000|ID=ISBN 0878331573}}
• {{Web reference | title=Sandy Koufax Biography | work=Baseball Hall of Fame | URL=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/koufax_sandy.htm | date=May 24 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title=Sandy Koufax Career Statistics | work=Baseball-Reference.com | URL=http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/koufasa01.shtml | date=May 24 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title=Sandy Koufax Biography | work=ESPN SportsCentury | URL=http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Koufax_Sandy.html | date=May 24 | year=2005}}

A surprising bit of Koufax history comes from Bob Uecker's biography, Catcher In The Wry, in which Uecker states that he never had any difficulty hitting one of Koufax's pitches. Uecker stated, "I didn't understand it, and Sandy didn't understand it, but I hit him and hit him hard."

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