Sandy Koufax Tribute

We look back at the legendary life and career of Sandy Koufax.
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[@gregrush3024]

Those five years are the greatest peak years of any pitcher ever.

[@elishevajones6730]

Sandy Koufax was simply the all time best pitcher in the history of baseball. Let's go Dodgers 💙.

[@robertbell2786]

Great pitcher, greatest person the true goat!

[@markkrauklis8294]

I'm 70 years old. Born and raised in Chicago. To this day, 11/18 2022, Sandy Koufax is THE GREATEST PITCHER that I have ever laid eyes on!! GOD broke the mold when He made Sandy!!! 🤩😍🥰❤️❤️❤️

[@tomhansen6115]

Koufax and Brooks Robinson are why I became a baseball fan

[@frankcollins8895]

OMG You nailed it! Brooks has been my hero since I was 8 years old!!!

[@frankcollins8895]

I finally met Brooks at age 56 and he 78 at the Dug Out Zone in Elliott City MD. What a fine humble gentlemen! He is everything people say about him.

[@loydkline]

Sandy Koufax Mr no hit pitcher

[@owlontheprowl1657]

my eldest childs middle name is Brooks my youngest son first name is Ryan. Naming a child either Sandy or Koufax is like Naming your child God

[@MichaelForte-jn5pn]

It's funny how I used to pitch in LL and HS as a kid and I used to imitate Sandy Koufax....I obviously didn't have his success as I went on to have a long career in the airline industry.. .

[@craigbak6242]

I'm a life-long, dyed in the wool, Giants fan. I couldn't stand Koufax when he was playing and beating my Giants. Yet, even then I knew that I was watching the greatest pitcher, ever. Now, at 70 years old, I still feel the same way!

[@joebarr725]

We're about the same age. I'm a lifelong Dodgers fan. I feel the same way about Willie Mays.

[@beatlejim64]

From 1961 to 1966...after he learned to pitch...he was THE BEST!!! After an "at bat" in the 1963 WS....Mickey Mantle walked back to the dugout...threw his bat down...and said: "How are you supposed to hit that shit?". In '63...Koufax went 25-5. Yogi Berra said:" I can see how he won 25 games...what I don't understand is how he lost 5!".He was BRILLIANT!!! You younger fans have no idea....nobody pitching today can compare. In his last year...with the 27 wins...and 27 complete games with the bad arm....he had 11 shout outs. I'll take prime Koufax over all of them! 3 time Cy Young winner in 1963...1965...1966.(That's when they only had one winner for both leagues!). All 3 were unanimous!!! His WS era is 0.95....4 no hitters...a perfect game.....He's a class act!

[@johnkoch4472]

27 complete games with a sore arm in his last season,I dont believe kershaw has that many lifetime complete games.So lucky to have seen him in 66 going head to head with jim bunning 11 innings each!!

[@danielshanetzky3714]

Three great seasons out of 12 9 mediocre or below mediocre seasons where he was a waste the only reason why he had three great seasons and because of dodges won the pennant in the world series that's the only reason why he would have been on any other team he would have been enough thing Steve Carlton 127 games with a Phillies team in 1972 that we own one only fifty-nine games now that's impressive Tom seaver winning 25 games with a Mets team that 180 games that's impressive

[@danielshanetzky3714]

It took him 9 seasons to learn to pitch that is a Joke 🤣

[@joebarr725]

@@danielshanetzky3714 How long did it take you?

[@danielshanetzky3714]

@@joebarr725 not as long as you did

[@anandguruji83]

SANDY KOUFAX STATUE

[@anandguruji83]

SANDY KOUFAX STATUE

[@loydkline]

In l.a dodger baseball stadium

[@owlontheprowl1657]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ron88303]

I go back to that time. I'm a lifelong Cardinals fan, but Sandy, along with Gibson, are my two al-time favorite pitchers.

[@basilmavrovitis9070]

Sandy was to the Dodgers legacy what zoom Brown meant to the Cleveland. They were both the greatest in their sports. Thank you Sandy

[@frankcollins8895]

As a youngster they used to show us films on Saturday morning at the Quincy YMCA. I was amazed the first time I saw Sandy WIND-UP!!!

[@timmellin2815]

I had no idea his last pain filled year was his best year in all his career pitching categories. Amazing. I am still a big baseball fan, but also follow performing arts. Last week the L.A. Philharmonic amazing superstar conductor Gustav Dudamel, an incredibly passionate Latino from S. America, was so into conducting intensely that he was gasping for breath and pale at the end of the first movement of the opening selection. I posted on the L.A. Philharmonic facebook page and mentioned Norm Sherry and Sandy Koufax, and how Maestro could do just as well if he'd throttle back a bit on the energy.......maybe save his health too so he might not have to retire early some year like Sandy did.

[@obey2dmax]

Imagine if "Tommy John Surgery" existed before Koufax. Sandy probably would have extended his career.

[@johnmcquiggan9509]

An oft-repeated quote from sportswriter Gordon Beard in 1977 sums up the legacy: “In New York, they named a candy bar [The Reggie Bar] after Reggie Jackson. Here in Baltimore, we name our children after Brooks Robinson.”

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

You can make an argument that sandy Koufax was the greatest pitcher ever and he put up huge numbers with a lot of injuries

[@worldwide1299]

lets get the guardians tonight it'd make koufax proud

[@00cactus7]

🤟

[@RJLNetWork]

Willie Stargell: "Trying to hit Sandy Koufax is like trying to drink coffee with a fork!" "The Left Arm of God" Best left-hander in baseball history! Whitey Herzog: "We need just two players to be competitve. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax." Gene Mauch: "Sandy threw what you'd call a 'radio' ball. You heard it, but you didn't see it."

[@victorblock3421]

True word said by Herzog. Babe Ruth was easily the greatest everyday player. So many incredible players but he stands alone above all. He'd be the best today if he played. Sandy Koufax has incredible competition. Seaver, Gibson, Spahn & many others. Not only was Koufax the most dominating, he'd be #1 pick of all pitchers in history if you'd pole every manager to pick if they needed just one win. And he did it on practically no rest and in the big games. Even more incredible is that Koufax tipped his pitches. The batter usually picked up what was coming and batters did not fear for their lives. Sandy didn't throw at hitters. He challenged them and they leaned in on him, unlike Clemons, Ryan & Gibson who were very willing to crack your head open. They drew fear with their head hunting. Like Ruth, he consistently rose to the occasion when it counted.

[@biergoggle]

Charlie Steiner did a very adequate voice for this.

[@jeremyheyman8952]

I just picked up a 64' venezuelan topps koufax this makes it even better

[@wilmolett7488]

It is time for two more status. One The late Walter Oston.the Dodgers Mgt. And the lare Tommy Davis.

[@NikkiScatch84]

I can’t believe there isn’t one for Tommy already.

[@NikkiScatch84]

It’s about time they have a Koufax statue! This scared me a minute because I thought he’d passed away. 😳

[@Blueberry00629]

330 to come and 9 to comment

[@zachg3069]

Lets make sure Kershaws doesnt take this long

[@victorblock3421]

Great pitcher, but a notch below Koufax.

[@timcollins3794]

No comparison.

[@zachg3069]

@@victorblock3421 if you’re talking Postseason sure, however he did only pitch 50 something innings in the postseason. Regular season it’s not even close. He had 5 incredible years and Kershaw has been dominate since 2009

[@victorblock3421]

@@zachg3069 He will Never be koufax. Koufax won at anytime. Kershaw couldn't qualify to hold Koufax's jockstrap.

[@billysikes1374]

Kershaw dont want the ball with game on tbe line, better check his postseason record before comparing him to the greatest lefty EVER

[@commandere]

The age old question... Kershaw or Koufax?

[@beatlejim64]

Koufax...without question...

[@victorblock3421]

Not close. You needed to win game 7, who do you pick to put out there on the mound?

[@timcollins3794]

Kershaw good, but you can't put him in the same sentence as Koufax.

[@owlontheprowl1657]

srly?

[@user-tl6ul9pb3o]

Koufax, compare post-season eras.

[@froggy0113]

Next up? 22.

[@dougclem7711]

ELONGATED FINGERS. THATS THE THING ABRAHAM LINCOLN HAD.

[@danielshanetzky3714]

He had 3 great seasons. Warren Spain his contemporary had 13 great seasons. Now that's the 🐐 GOAT Warren Spain

[@mikeyposs3132]

Only a homer or fool minimizes the greatest of Sandy Koufax! 3 great seasons? His worst of 6 remarkable seasons he was an all-Star; lead the league in Strikeouts and won 18 games!! Spahn was great! Comparisons are silly and unfair to both men.

[@timcollins3794]

Daniel, who is warren Spain.

[@danielshanetzky3714]

@@timcollins3794 I'm sorry Warren Spahn won twenty games 13 times compared to Koufax who only did it 3 times. Who won 365 games compared to Koufax 165 games won who incidentally only won twenty plus games when his team won the pennant compared to mediocre teams Spahn was on. Did I clarify myself Tim

[@mikeyposs3132]

@@danielshanetzky3714 if you needed to win one game - Spahn over Koufax? Serious? They are unfair comparisons! Long term greatness - Spahn. The greatest pitcher ever for 6 years - Koufax.

[@danielshanetzky3714]

@@mikeyposs3132 6 years what 6 years get your facts straight in 1962 Koufax 114 games is that a great season 1963 the dodgers won the world series he won 25 games 1964 Colfax only won 19 games and the dodgers didn't win anyting 1965 and 1966 he had great seasons and the dodgers won the world series and the pennant he only had three great seasons out of 12 seasons he had nine mediocre or below mediocre seasons what's so great about that get your facts straight Tom seaver had 520 great game win seasons with a Mets who had a mediocre team only won one season of 100 games I would much rather have Tom seaver on the mound or Warren Spahn will Bob Gibson then Sandy Koufax get your facts straight