Stats. Posted in Games, Opponents, Pitchers | Leave a Comment. . amzn_assoc_region = "US"; "Easy," someone said at the time. Sandy Koufax on Friday avenged the previous Sundays loss in Houston by striking out 14 Colt .45s in a shutout win at Dodger Stadium. In the second game of a doubleheader, Koufax faced off against the Phillies ace, Jim Bunning in a first-ever match-up between perfect-game winners. Phoenix, AZ 85004 So the uniqueness of the game is derived from Hendley exclusively. Sandy Koufax After blowing a four-game lead with seven to play in 1962, the Dodgers again built a lead in 1963. Merton Hanks also will be honored that night, receiving the Matt Hazeltine award as the 49ers' defensive player of the year. On Sept. 21, 1962, at St. Louis, Koufax was making his first start in more than two months. The Yankees scored twice in the eighth inning when Tony Kubek singled with one out and Tom Tresh homered with two outs to cut the lead to 52. Everyone knew he was pitching with traumatic arthritis in his left elbow, but how bad could it be when he pitched like that? Sandy Koufax, delivering his magic from the pitching mound during the mid-1960s. Dont Let Em Fool You; Koufax Wanted to Pitch, Los Angeles Times, March 31, 1966, p. B-1. The Yankees tied it on a Mickey Mantle home run in the top of the seventh. Video: 2015 ASG: MLB's 'Greatest Living Players' announced. The one hit in 17 innings is impressive, but Koufax and Hendley that day pitched 17 innings, struck out 17 hitters, and allowed a run. Happy birthday, coach Hendley. BRUCE JENKINS -- Mantle vs. Koufax: A Homer to Remember, Dubs fans picking apart video of possible Poole-Draymond incident, Bay Area preschool teacher suspected of dumping body along road, Bay Area mom influencer found guilty of lying about kidnapping, More rain, 'unseasonably chilly' temperatures coming to Bay Area, 'Horrible': Oakland rapper dumps on Chase Center Warriors fans, Destructive landslide closes historic California institution, 49ers out in full force at Warriors-Kings Game 7, Sold-out Berkeley crowd gets rowdy at country star's concert, Shock, fear as 2 killings in 3 days rock quiet Davis. "This game is the most recognizable thing I've ever done in baseball," Hendley said after the game. Sandy Koufax, May 1965 "Sport" magazine story about his "toughest batters." My friends and I were drenched in the glory of Mays, Aaron, Clemente and Robinson; we'd watched them consistently for years. It sounded just like a twig snapping, Gibson told The Sporting News. Join our linker program. 1 hero and its most attractive bachelor.In one photo he was shown in a swimming pool with a girlfriend; in another, signing autographs at a department store. Years later, James told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, You couldnt hit Koufaxs 100 mph fastball, but if the ball started at the knees, it would rise to belt high by the time it got to the plate. He had thrown a no-hitter in each of the preceding three seasons. And seven of the 22, including Koufax's, have been decided by 1-0 scores. The day Hendley allowed just one hit, Koufax was perfect The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. That's how close they came to a double no-hitter evening. Actually, he would let you look at it. He also used Empirin with codeine for pain, which he took every night and sometimes during the fifth inning to make it through a game. 3. Hendley, pitching for the Cubs that night in Los Angeles, warrants none of the superlatives applied above. James swung and launched a shot onto the pavilion roof in right for a grand slam. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. 32, Sandy Koufax. In a six-year big-league career, James hit 29 home runs. Sandy Koufax went on to hold the Yankees for the final two innings for a 21 victory and the Dodgers' third world championship. Koufax also won the 1963, 1965, and 1966 Cy Young Award for best pitcher by unanimous votes during an erawhen only one pitcher was chosen per season. It takes a decidedly middle-aged person to call up the real Mantle, one of the three or four greatest all- around talents of all time. Comments to: [email protected]. Relying mostly on fastballs against the Cardinals, Koufax walked the first two batters, Julian Javier and Curt Flood. But this pinnacle performance of pitching wouldn't be a prominent part of our past if this oft-times pedestrian pitcher had permitted one more hit in his extraordinary eight innings. In that game he allowed only one run in seven innings, but the Dodgers lost, 1-0. After going 8-13 that year, Koufax thought about quitting. The event they created, known as nothing more than "CHI at LA" before it began, stands among the most astonishing games ever played at any point of any baseball season. . Koufax ended up pitching two complete game shutouts in Games 5 and 7 of that World Series, with the Dodgers taking the Series, four games to three. In this game, Mantle would hit a homer off Koufax in the 7th inning ( Mantles 15th in World Series play) which tied the game temporarily at 1-1. His elbow was shot full of cortisone several times a season. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". amzn_assoc_title = "Related Reading"; At Lafayette High, he became team captain and ranked second in division scoring. Though a perfect game is a rarity, that Koufax pitched one in 1965 hardly was startling. Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers making a pitch, 1960s. Video: 2015 ASG: MLB's 'Greatest Living Players' announced. 1 Hero, Life, August 2, 1963, pp. Koufax was routinely identified in Los Angeles newspapers as Sandy, no surname necessary. won't be missed at all. "I was standing on the top step of the dugout, at the end. It became the gold standard the instant Koufax struck out Harvey Kuenn for the the 27th out. amzn_assoc_asins = "0061779008,147677630X,0316067156,0735215723"; Jack Olsen interview, Koufax On Koufax, Sports Illustrated, December 20, 1965. With the count 2-and-2, Koufax was a strike away from getting out of the jam. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. But in the seventh inning of that game, Mantle homered into the left-field pavilion to tie the game, 1-1. Larry Schwartz, Total Domination, ESPN.com. More remarkable was that Koufax was the losing pitcher in each of the other instances. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 To date, this is the only time the Dodgers have won the deciding game of a World Series at home. Thus began, in June of 1955,theprofessional baseball career of Sandy Koufax with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had to have a tailor shorten the left sleeve on all his coats. And the run he surrendered, in the fifth inning, was unearned. Koufax, however, kept Kerlans advice to himself and went out every fourth day to pitch. Koufax pitched four no-hitters, won three Cy Young Awards -- each unanimously -- struck out all comers and routinely shrunk the biggest and baddest hitters to Eddie Gaedel proportions and turned their wooden bats into paper-mache replicas. Sandy Koufax Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. from the SABR BioProject, More Sandy Koufax Pages at Baseball Reference, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 12:21AM. Since then, no left-hander has had more wins in a season nor a lower ERA (Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton had 27 wins in 1972). Just packed up and left in the middle of a game. Of Vin Scullys historic broadcast of the game, one Salon.com writer, Gary Kaufman, offered this description: I found a transcript of Scullys call of the ninth inning of Sandy Koufaxs perfect game It read like a short story. Sandy was throwing so hard, he was coming out from under his cap. Gary Kaufman, Vin Scully, Salon.com, Tuesday, October 12, 1999. The Dodgers upped the lead to 5-0 when Skowron singled home Willie Davis with two outs in the third inning against Ford, who went just five innings. Why did Sandy In 1966, before the regular baseball season began, the Dodgers two key pitchers Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale were each scheduled to negotiate new contracts with Dodgers general manager Joseph Buzzie Bavasi. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Koufax and Scully, of course, have a long-standing Dodger Blue relationship. And to add class and a coating of brilliance to their tandem achievement, the game was narrated by a man who has risen to the level of national icon because of his genius in the booth, Vin Scully. The end can come any day or 10 years from now. Hendley, left-handed and born in Macon, Ga., pitched in the big leagues for seven seasons, three with the Milwaukee Braves, 1 1/2 with the Giants and two-plus with the Cubs before ending his career with the Mets in 1967. Considering the deadline pressure, SportsChannel is doing a nice job condensing the weekday Giants and A's games into one-hour packages ("SportsChannel Light"), an especially rewarding treat if you haven't heard the score. Seldom has a person & pitcher pairing produced such excellence on both sides of the ampersand. The Very Best Act in Town By the spring of 1954 he was also pitching for the college baseball team, and doing quite well. "He actually sent me a card," Hendley said. At an age when he should be acting like one of the game's respected veterans, Tony Phillips has become the biggest hothead in baseball. Switch teams or you have no chance. Koufax's ERA in those games was 3.65. His dad forgives him for that. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Sandy Koufax Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac Because the Dodgers swept the series, the details of that last game have clouded over. As a kid, Sandy actually played more basketball than baseball, at least at first, beginning at a local Jewish Community Center and then in his senior year for the Lafayette High School basketball team. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. He was also the first major leaguer to pitch four no-hitters which were also in consecutive seasons.

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