Sandy Koufax 1965 World Series Highlights

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Sandy Koufax pitching on 2 days rest for game 7 of the 1965 World Series with a post-game interview with Vin Scully. Not many pitches were broadcasted from the outfield camera back then, so the pitches I used in this video are just some of the better pitches he threw from that angle.

[@spcooper94]

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[@rickmarsh4291]

One of the great pleasures of my life... getting to see Sandy Koufax pitch with my old man. What a warm, cherished memory.

[@beatlejim64]

Mickey Mantle walks back to the dugout and throws his bat after facing Koufax ....sits down on the bench during the 1963 World Series...and says to no one in particular, "How are you supposed to hit that shit!!!"

[@emanueljuana1471]

my favorite pitcher of all time, the great Sandy Koufax.

[@mikewhitney8615]

Unbelievable! Celebrated for his astonishing curveball, I think his fastball was even more devastating. What other pitcher in all history could have 3-hit a great hitting team like that with just one pitch all day, all 9 innings? The curve wasn't working, no changeup, no slider, nothing but HEAT all day long. And no reliever to come spell him in the 6th or 7th inning. And doing all this on 2-days' rest! Once Sandy conquered his control trouble (about age 26), he became the greatest of all time. And, although other pitchers are often celebrated as harder throwers (Ryan, the two Johnsons, Feller, Clemens) I think that Koufax used his very top-speed fastball only when necessary, such as late in a game like this one, or in his perfect game when he struck out the last 6 hitters in a row. When Sandy needed to reach back for a little extra, he could do it. Just guessing, I'd think his regular fastball to be in the 98-99 mph range, but when he really put the mustard on, I'm guessing it was more like 101-102, and with remarkable movement. No steroids, seldom requiring relief help, pitching on 4 days' rest and on 2 days' when needed, who else could do what he did?

[@shaun374]

I don't think it was 101-102. He regularly threw around 97 probably. Putting some mustard on it on those rising ones he probably hit 98 and if the wind was at his back at elevation, 99. Now having said that, I've heard accounts of people who saw both him and Feller and say that Koufax threw harder. And that would put him up around 101-102.

[@mikewhitney8615]

@@shaun374 Well, Shaun, I guess we are both just speculating since there was no objective measurement of Sandy, but I tend to agree. And we can't really know how fast Feller was either, though I'm guessing that the only pitchers as fast as Feller before his time may have been Walter Johnson, Rube Waddell (with his incredible strikeout numbers in an era when no one struck out), and Lefty Grove, at least among the great ones, though there could have been some less stellar pitchers like Van Lingle Mungo and Rex Barney who may have been close to Feller in speed, but never achieved Feller's greatness. Just a few years after Feller came Herb Score, who may have been as fast as anyone ever, but whose career was shortened by a batted ball to the eye, as you probably know. During Koufax's time I believe there were two starting pitchers that could have rivaled Sandy's speed - Jim Maloney (who threw two 10-inning no-hitters for the Reds) and Sudden Sam McDowell (back-to-back one hitters). McDowell may have been as fast as anyone ever, but lacked the self-control and discipline of Koufax and Feller. Of relief pitchers, not until the 21st century have I seen a reliever who threw as hard as Ryne Duren, though again, no self-control and alcoholic. After the Koufax era, and pre-21st century, I believe only Nolan Ryan was as fast as Sandy and Feller. Ryan may have indeed been the fastest starting pitcher who ever lived, though certainly not as great as Koufax or Feller. I can think of no other starter 'til Roger Clemens who may have equaled Ryan's speed, though I doubt the Rocket was as quick as Nolan, or even as Feller or Koufax. Koufax, Feller, and Ryan had phenomenal speed. Now in the 21st century, with advances in strength training, nutrition and, of course, performance enhancers, everyone and his brother seems to be hitting 100+ mph, assuming we can trust the radar devices which could possibly have been artificially amped up to impress the fans. I've seen (on TV) Koufax, Jim Maloney, Sam McDowell, Nolan Ryan, and Roger Clemens, and my eye can't possibly hope to tell who's faster. At those speeds I wonder if even the hitters can. The purely fastest pitcher I ever saw may have been Aroldis Chapman, but he is only a reliever. He wouldn't be able to maintain that speed through 9 innings. You know, of course, that the old guys say Steve Dalkowski may have been faster than anyone, but Dalko never made it to the Majors. I also am mistrustful of anecdotes. I can't imagine that Dalko was faster than Ryan or Aroldis Chapman. And for all we know, Nolan Ryan may be the only pitcher to have broken 100 mph without aid of steroids. What do you think?

[@fredmar6436]

@@mikewhitney8615 Talking about these great power pitchers make me appreciate Greg Maddux even more.

[@lukepennella375]

The best announcer and best pitcher ever

[@sunrise8263]

There were many announcers better than Ray Scott.

[@805fillmore]

@@sunrise8263 none better than vin scully though.

[@botchedonce7159]

What humility from such a great player. That is beautiful.

[@miguel.ledesmaledesma1790]

He was amazing and could have dominated in any era.Represented our borough of Brooklyn very very well.Arguably the best of all time.

[@SuperMarioJamesSMJ]

The chance to watch this is a gift

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

KOUFAX WAS ONE OF BASEBALL'S BEST PITCHERS & VIN SCULLY WAS THE BEST AT CALLING THE GAME. I REMEMBER HEARING THIS GAME ON THE RADIO WHEN I WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD. WITH SCULLY, I DIDN'T NEED A TV. THANKS FOR SHARING.

[@QMPhilosophe]

Exactly right. I was also 9 in 1965 and remember listening to every game in the series on a transistor radio.

[@mdumas43073]

Apologies for being That Guy™, but Scully actually didn't call radio for this series. He split the TV play-by-play with Twins announcer Ray Scott (whose voice you hear at the start of this clip), while By Saam (better known as the Philadelphia Phillies' announcer) called the radio broadcasts with Joe Garagiola.

[@spcooper94]

That's interesting.

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME. I WAS 9 YEARS OLD & IN THE 4th GRADE. ONE OF THE KIDS HAD A TRANSISTOR RADIO. I REMEMBER BEING ONE OF THE BOYS GATHERED AROUND THE RADIO ON THE PLAYGROUND. LIFE WAS SIMPLER BACK THEN & A WHOLE LOT HAPPIER. A LITTLE TRANSISTOR RADIO WAS MORE FUN THAN TODAY'S GREATEST SOUND SYSTEM. MY FATHER PLACED KOUFAX IN THE ELITE CATEGORY SHARED BY SUCH NOTABLES AS HEIFETZ, HOROWITZ, PAVAROTTI, JERRY WEST, JOE LOUIS, JIM THORPE & ALEXANDER THE GREAT.

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

TOO BAD THERE AREN'T MORE CLASSY PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF ON YT.

[@fireonshakedwnstreet]

Pure domination. Must've been terrifying to face Koufax. What a delivery!

[@DaveLynchJazzGuitar]

Sandy is one of my all time favorites ! Pure grace and power in motion. He scared the hell out of batters.

[@robertallan9725]

The greatest pitcher I ever saw. It is just that simple...

[@clinicaleducator1237]

YES it is!!

[@brupic8968]

robert....if i had planet earth playing a game for its existence i've have koufax and gibson as my pitchers. koufax's world series ERA was under 1, but didn't get much support and finished with a 4-3. gibson's '68 season was surreal. everybody loved koufax even if they hated the dodgers. all class

[@shaun374]

@@brupic8968 In '63 and '64 - Koufax was 18-4 when he received 3 runs or less of run support. Those are INSANE numbers. At around 4 runs of support, a pitcher would expect to be at about .500.

[@brupic8968]

@@shaun374 he was something else. i remember the above when he pitched on two days rest in the '65 series. if memory serves drysdale was supposed to go, but alston gave the ball to koufax. egos weren't as big back in those days......the past year or so has been devastating for the stars in those days, they've been dropping like flies..

[@Phil-s7w]

I've never seen a pitcher more beautiful to watch. Few athletes.

[@mdaley4390]

I was 11 years old at the time. I would rely on my Dad to tell me when the Dodger games would be on the radio. I would sit and listen to Vin Scully provide the play by play and would look forward to when Sandy would pitch. I enjoyed listening for when Maury Wills would come to bat and hoped that he would get a base hit. Then listened to how many times the opposing pitcher would throw to first base. I especially remember when Roger Craig threw to first base 12 times in a row. Then Maury stole second on the next pitch. I miss those times at the farm house all those years ago; wish I could go back.

[@LesterMoore]

Even just for a week during Summer baseball time. Wouldn't that be just great!

[@willdrucker4291]

at 10:09...an epic moment in baseball history...TWO absolute legends....Sandy Koufax and Vin Scully

[@nathanbickell3668]

Wait thats how they celebrated winning the world series. A handshake and a few backslaps?? crazy

[@onwingsofshadow]

Back then, especially at the losing team's ballpark, they would go celebrate in the clubhouse. They were a lot more subdued in their public celebration.

[@mikewhitney8615]

They didn't act like idiots like they do now.

[@timprescott4634]

It’s called class and sportsmanship. Two words that are utterly lost on teams of every sport today...

[@thetommoody]

It's amazing to actually watch how he set his amazing fastball up with the overhand curve...I've read so much about it but never actually saw it until this video, thanks so much for posting. The Twins were actually a very powerful hitting team but were fruitless against Koufax's fastball...and they were only marginal at making contact against the monster curve or straight change. A masterful pitcher that unfortunately was gone before his prime ended. Thank you again for this video delight of perhaps the greatest pitcher of all time...

[@janicedenny8971]

No doubt the greatest of all time and he was my favorite

[@beemo9]

This is so awesome to watch. Love his windup. They sure didn't get as excited about winning as they do now.

[@Smokealotofblunts]

How so? You work your whole life and beat million to one odds to make the mlb then win the championship of the craft you worked so hard to succeed in. Who wouldn’t be excited. And they are kids by the way. They are a bunch of 20 and 30 year olds.

[@alcoholya]

dumb baby boomer logic..

[@Mark-sj3xb]

And this is why us boomers loathe all the hype and excitement displayed today. We lived through this in our formative years and consider this the norm. If players did act crazy they did it discreetly out of the public eye. But here you see they act like MEN

[@danielwolfe2504]

Mark... well spoken!

[@stevefowler1787]

Pete Rose said the toughest pitcher he ever faced was Kofax. Pete batted .175 against him. Pete said he had a very good fast ball and a curve ball that was like a brick dropping to the ground.

[@craigclemens986]

It’s Koufax

[@alesquibel9777]

Pitching on only 2 days rest, struck out 10 and only gave up 3 hits. Unbelievable! The best pitcher I ever saw.

[@clydeb7713]

And pitching a COMPLETE GAME! Who does this today?

[@thriftdig]

Amazing and legendary footage indeed

[@SP-ve1im]

That curve is insane... Kershaw's curve looks so hittable after seeing this.

[@JENDALL714]

If you are a youngster of today and were told to watch this final out, you probably would think, "Yeah so what?", you wouldn't know it was the last out of the World Series, no yelling and screaming, no dog piling on each other, no tearing each other's jersey's off, just pure professionalism!

[@felixmendelssohn991]

and boring

[@JENDALL714]

Felix you are exactly who I was refering too! Kid's today don't understand professionalism, you equate exciting with guys jumping around making spectacles of themselves. That kind of stuff was considered bush league, not becoming a professional athelete. If you did do that kind of stuff, you would find a fast ball upside your head on your next a bat and the umpire wouldn't eject the pitcher, that was on you for being unprofessional! Oh, by the way, games were really fast in those days, must faster than today, usually under 2 hours.

[@felixmendelssohn991]

There are many ways to express your professionalism but being calm and cold when winning the biggest championship of your life is not one of them. I've seen the pic of FIFA World Cup back then: Men in suit receiving the trophy in a closed room. It's super awkward. It's a game, it's sport, it's entertaining. The joy of winning, the happiness when your struggle has ended in success, crying and screams, people jumping up and down, that's the spirit of sport.

[@Anwar_F_W]

Thank you! I said to myself this can't possibly be a GAME 7 of THE WORLD SERIES!??

[@reclusiveperson9409]

It isn’t unprofessional to celebrate winning. There was little to no emotion. Btw, I’m NOT a kid. I enjoy seeing excitement and emotions from players.

[@davidmuggle8181]

Sandy Koufax ... sometimes referred to as the "left arm of god" ... he was just that good.

[@clinicaleducator1237]

YES he was!!

[@chvmiv]

He very well may be the only sports figure that if faced with the talent of today could still be as great. I truly believe Koufax would mow down the hitters of today. But in this day and age, you just will never see a World Series stat line with 2 shutouts and a 0.38 era in 3 starts. That’s just insane to think about these days. He gave up 2 runs, one earned for the entire ‘65 series. It’s incredible to think about.

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@chvmiv I agree. Without question, he would have been great in any era. Koufax pitched against Mays, McCovey, Aaron, Stargell, Robinson, Rose, Clemente, Allen, etc., so many hall of famers in a golden age of sorts. Pete Rose batted .175 against Sandy, and that pretty much says it there.

[@lonnieurbina2775]

Unhitable. Classic over the top curveball to go along with that heat. Best there ever was for the final 5 years of his career. Retired at 30. HOF 5 years later. Wow.

[@carlpatten8768]

Thanks for sharing this. It was awesome seeing him honoring Vin Scully at last night's farewell ceremony. 67 years with the Dodgers. Win for Vin. World Series 2016, fingers crossed.

[@richieredman3271]

Carl Patten

[@bobmoslow9554]

How can you NOT like Koufax? Nice job of editing by Jah.

[@timmyodaley1411]

My Dads favorite pitcher. Miss you Dad.

[@ignaciocruz3498]

UNO DE LOS MEJORES PITCHERS POR NO DECIR EL MEJOR EN TODA LA HISTORIA DE LAS LIGAS MAYORES! UN VERDADERO ESPECTACULO VER TIRAR A SANDY!

[@blackhawkswincup2010]

Thing is, in the postgame interview he (and Scully) said he couldn't locate his curveball, so he pitched the entire game with just the heat. Amazing stuff.

[@captsaison9343]

I was just a little boy back then but Koufax was the greatest pitcher I ever saw. It is hard to imagine a better pitcher than Koufax. If he had not had the arthritis problems he could have played several more years. God only knows how many more games he could/would have won if in perfect health. Most definitely kosher.

[@Goldrusher44]

So many awesome things about this video but one thing that stands out as different from todays game is..........they just won the "7th" games of a world series and they celebrated the same as any MLB team would in any game of the year. Love Koufax Love Scully

[@Mryrhodesian]

Same thing with broadcasters.If an athlete does anything noteworthy now it's, "Oh my God he came down from the heavens, the likes we've never seen before and never will again..Until the next Big Thing. Nothing like sports back in the day!

[@mikewhitney8615]

Great comment. I laughed my ass off. Let me see if I can go attach it now. @@Mryrhodesian

[@ナイスマン五郎]

I can't believe there is such a clear movie of his pitching in nowadays. Thank you for your uploading this.

[@spcooper94]

Thank you & I'm glad you enjoy the video. Before I worked on this video, no one had ever uploaded a highlight video of him pitching from this angle for more than a very few pitches but there was a 2.5 hour long video of this full game on youtube that contained small amounts of footage from this angle that I used for this video. Even though I knew it would take awhile to clip that footage together, I felt like someone had to be the first to do it. And although, some people have since have taken clips from this video to make their own, I'm not mad. I'm just glad that I started a wave of Koufax highlights pitching from this angle.

[@fasteddylove876]

Kerry Wood had a curve ball like this--or really not quite like this--on his best days. Sandy Koufax had his curve ball all the time. Some hitters said his fast ball looked like it moved twice on some pitches. So movement, levels out, moves again. That's amazing.

[@americasfinest2606]

the greatest pitcher of all time. the best ever pitcher to play baseball.

[@why-why-whywhywhy]

America's finest - Bob 'Hoot' Gibson thanks you for the compliment, my friend. And oh yeah, Sandy Koufax was a pretty damn good pitcher himself, as well.

[@andywhite8790]

@@why-why-whywhywhy Both pitchers were on my favorite list. However, the edge had to go to Koufax. Sorry Tee Dee I am a Cardinal and Dodger fan from a ways back. I do call it like it is. No bias. Both were great pitchers.

[@jamesanthony5681]

If I were a manager going into a World Series, and I had my choice of any RH and LH pitchers in the history of the game at their very peak, they would be Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. No question. I'd give Sandy the nod over Bob with his great overhand curve.

[@cancelfederalreservedebt8576]

He was spectacular. Most beautiful delivery and the best of his era. In fact his last 5 years was probably unequaled since the beginning of baseball. The most straight overhand pitcher I ever saw. If not then who? Sandy Koufax was just before my time Now I was lucky that my first memory of professional baseball was the 1968 Detroit Tigers with Dennys McClain playing against the great Bob Gibson of the Tigers in the World Series. But with great pictures like Koufax Drysdale Gibson Palmer McNally Perry niekro Ferguson Sutton Luis Tiant and the short-lived career double Cy Young McLean, I guess that was a great era of pitching. At least it meant something to me

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

Love the behind the pitcher camera. Blazing fastball. 12 to 6 curve. Unreal

[@claudiacotner1638]

The best 5 years of any pitcher ever! The man is an icon!

[@mfrankel8321]

This was a magnificent live video feed and captured one of the greatest World Series performances by one of the greatest pitchers of all time. I loved the humility and humor that Sandy Koufax expressed at the end of the game, too, in his celebratory interview with Vin Scully. On the topic of broadcasting, there is also a lesson for today. Vin Scully and Ray Scott called the game with a pace, focus and subtlety that put the emphais on the game and not themselves. In today's televised baseball games, there is an overreliance on "commentators" like John Smolz and Alex Rodriguez who are more interested in getting into the granularity of the action in an effort to showcase their knowledge and hearing themselves pontificate instead of letting the game do much of the talking . I don't see this trend on commentators discontinuing, unfortunately, but it is okay to dream. At least we have the old broadcasts to remind us of what it was like to really enjoy a game without all of these "expert" distractions.

[@jaykay6387]

That's the problem with baseball "analysis" in general. There isn't enough to really home in on without getting extremely redundant. Baseball and Basketball to a lesser degree really don't require "analysts", the games are not complex enough to support it. Football is a different story, there's a lot more going on and "analysts" do have a legitimate place. Local broadcasts of baseball never had "analysts", they each had two or three announcers that would rotate play by play duties. Yes, the one not doing the play by play would often "chime in", but it wasn't really overkill like you see now. It's gotten totally out of hand at this point. I think the biggest "culprit" of this "paralysis by analysis" is Tim McCarver, who was the first one to try to make baseball sound like nuclear physics. He used to drive me crazy with his "analysis" of the "pitch sequence", when they would replay ever pitch in the at bat and highlight "up and down, in and out" like they were splitting the atom. FFS, enough already!

[@alizarraga86]

Love watching these

[@DanielBarberMusic]

I love that post game interview. Sandy was perfectly willing to think about his answers and give more than just a stock phrase in an effort to say as little as possible and get the interview over quickly. It was refreshing to watch, and it’s interesting to hear what was on his mind.

[@trevorb1898]

This is the first time I’ve ever seen Koufax’s full windup and I finally see what Mays and Mantle were talking about when they said they knew every pitch he was gonna throw and still couldn’t hit him. Watch when he’s adjusting the ball in his glove and the beginning of his windup. If it’s a fastball he flares out his elbows, and for that 12-6 curve he keeps them tucked in more in line with his shoulders. He had a tell that severe and was still the GOAT

[@nikolichlives5042]

curve ball looks like it rolled off a table holy smokes.

[@soapbxprod]

SANDY!

[@clinicaleducator1237]

MANY said the same thing!!

[@wyotea4085]

1:03 is disgusting!!!!

[@stevenyourke7901]

Pete Rose said it dropped straight down!

[@stevenyourke7901]

The only pitch more impossible to hit than a Koufax fastball was a Koufax curveball.

[@surferpam1]

My Sandy...on 2 days rest...Perfect.

[@rushmore120]

Great interview too, by both men..

[@soapbxprod]

SANDY! The Hebrew HAMMER! What a MENSCH... Mister Ed was the only batter who ever hit an inside the park homer off him. :)

[@murraysolomon4924]

Vin Scully and Sandy Koufax. It does not get any better!

[@jimrubin6059]

I sat in the left field bleachers, with Paul Gerber and Les Kragen. I'm Jim Rubin. It was amazing, no fans left their seat for refreshments. The Crowd loved it. Each pitch was electrifying. We had a friend, Tom (Windy) Windress working the game selling peanuts. Oh what a game, oh what a night.

[@michaelw.lemaster9779]

That was sooooo awesome!

[@Mryrhodesian]

Most of the time when you idolize an athlete you at least could say you saw him play. I never did, and for that I feel absolutely cheated. None the less, I think he's not only the greatest pitcher ever, but one of the greatest men ever!

[@Jim-du5yp]

" The Gentleman Of Baseball".....Best I've seen...Pure CLASS ...

[@moonrich3492]

Sandy's the best I've seen in my lifetime. Another impressive lefty was before my time, as was a great righty. Sportswriter Bugs Baer wrote, "Lefty Grove could throw a lamb chop past a wolf." Lefty won 7 consecutive AL strikeout titles, although his tops was only 209. Of course, the hitters back then were very hard to strike out -- The 1927 Athletics batters struck out only 326 times! Lefty also won 9 ERA titles. In 1931, his league leading .206 ERA was 2.32 runs below the league average. His teammates in some of those years included three HOF hitters (Simmons, Cochrane, Foxx), but he still had to face Ruth, Gehrig, Gehringer, Manush, Rice, Averill, etc. When Bob Feller struck out 240 for his first title in 1938, it had been 25 years since Walter Johnson last did it in the AL. Feller graciously insisted Johnson must've been faster than he because hitters didn't strike out as much in 1913 and Johnson didn't have a curveball to keep batters honest. An article in the LA Times in 1989 established that Feller had the fastest speed recorded by an electronic clocking device, 107.9 mph, which is faster than Nolan Ryan's best of 100.8 mph and Sandy's 93.2 mph. Movement, especially rising 4-seam fastballs up in the zone like Sandy's, as well as the great curveballs they both had make it likely that, since Walter Johnson, Feller and Sandy were the most devastating strikeout pitchers in their primes.

[@spcooper94]

You would enjoy the documentary "Fastball" from 2016. As for Sandy, he was recorded in Spring training, the only time he was clocked, along with Don Drysdale. They were told there was some sort of test but not that their velocity would be measured, it was done without them knowing. And I don't think it is known how they were measured Drysdale was quotes as saying "you would've thought they would have waited a couple months until we were in peak condition". He threw much harder. Chapman right now in spring training is topping out at 95 mph some days in spring training this year. Also, velocities today are measured at the fastest point possible, as soon as the ball is released. Today's readings are very inflated, as it was not possible back then to record velocities at it's highest speed. Feller said he threw 107.9 but he was measured at 98.6 at home plate, which is still well over 100mph considering fastballs lose about 8-10 mph from release to the plate. books.google.com/books?id=030-M8zmDRUC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=sandy+koufax+93.2&source=bl&ots=C3ZY7S7Nt0&sig=ACfU3U1XBwMyCVPmBbEE8QpLNdehjRuB_A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-ybCKjp_hAhUiw1kKHfgEBgo4ChDoATAAegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=sandy%20koufax%2093.2&f=false

[@spcooper94]

If you look at this article, there is an interesting chart showing the difference of velocity between what was recorded and what it was when it reached home plate. www.efastball.com/baseball/stats/fastest-pitch-speed-in-major-leagues/#u4

[@stevenmccart2894]

Even today in the year 2020 I've never seen a better pitcher. "The left arm of God"!

[@mikem591]

Some highlights of older players look a little dated, but Koufax still is impressive to watch. He was a complete pitcher who had amazing movement on his pitches and changed things up. He could probably be successful even now.

[@keithrissolo7437]

IMO the greatest LH pitcher ever......I mean he just mowed down that powerful Twins line-up like they were nothing...That overhand curveball just dropped straight to the ground, impossible to hit...

[@chuckmorton8823]

With Nolan Ryan being the greatest RH pitcher ever

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@chuckmorton8823 No. Tom Seaver was a better pitcher. Likewise, Bob Gibson.

[@chuckmorton8823]

@@jamesanthony5681 wrong

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@chuckmorton8823 Look at the numbers. Five Cy Youngs between them, and better stats in all categories, except strikeouts. Nolan won only 32 more games than he lost in over 600 lifetime decisions. Look at Tom Seaver during his first 10 years with the Mets, 1967-1977, before he went to the Reds. Seaver had a winning percentage of better than .600. Now take the Mets team record (wins , losses ) in it's entirety during that same period, subtract Tom's wins and losses, and what do you get?: A team (without Seaver) with a winning % of less than .500. Seaver MADE the Mets a better team. I've run the numbers. Nolan Ryan was a dominant strikeout pitcher who had a great arm who played for a long period (1966-1993). At no point in his career in either league could you say that he was the best pitcher in that league. Seaver and Gibson were better pitchers.

[@chuckmorton8823]

@@jamesanthony5681 Ryan: 7 no-hitters (MLB record) -- 3 more than anyone else; 12 one-hitters (tied with Bob Feller for most); strikeout king, BY FAR, with 5,714; 324 wins; 108 mph fastball ... facts don't lie, bud

[@drewhendley]

Simply the Best🥂

[@kennethroyston]

Sandy had a hell of a break in that curve. Falls right off the table. I am surprised he didn't go to it more often in this game. Sandy, Don, Vin all Dodger legends!

[@Finarphin]

I saw a game in Dodger Stadium late in 1965. It was the game Koufax broke Bob Feller's major league single season strikeout record. The thing I remember most about it was that it was a big deal when Koufax came slowly out of the dugout to walk to the mound and face the first batter.

[@rickchyczewski576]

Watching that 12-6 curve was pretty cool. I always heard he had a nasty one and this video shows it very well. Not a lot of centerfield pitching footage from this era it seems so very hard to gauge a pitchers arsenal.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

What a gem Koufax pitched in '65. I'm surprised, however, that the Dodgers didn't mob him and each other after clinching that World Series win over the Twins. They acted like it was a routine game. Also, besides Vin Scully, was that Ray Scott calling the play-by-play as well? Remember him well when he did NFL games on CBS in the 60's, calling Green Bay Packer games. He's gone now, but what a smooth voice he had.

[@bubhub64]

At 1:04, devastating curveball!

[@richieredman3271]

bubhub64

[@maxand.1462]

jeezzuusss!!

[@scooby45247]

sandy koufax deserves a statue.. Go Bearcats!!

[@wavyboyterry]

WTFFFFFFF CRAZY

[@poyapie2020]

Sooo filthy

[@charleswinokoor6023]

I remember watching some of this game on TV that day, but not really paying close attention because I was just a kid who was a Yankees fan. When my father came home from work he pointed out that Koufax had won the game with just his fastball. That was later corroborated by Koufax himself.

[@ashveselak223]

What class act. True gentleman. My favorite player ever.

[@tdunster2011]

How could anyone hit that curveball ?

[@HankFinkle11]

tdunster2011 Mickey Mantle said of Koufax, "how do you hit that shit?"

[@clinicaleducator1237]

They couldn't!!

[@rusvaryag6172]

NO ONE DID!!

[@chrism.1749]

Raylan Givens And Mantle was something else in his own right!

[@thomaswolf723]

Actually, in Game 7, Koufax's curve was not working. He could not get it over consistently. Sometimes it did not break and sometimes it broke too much. The announcers Ray Scott and Vin Scully mentioned this during the telecast and in Scully's interview after the game Koufax admitted he had to rely almost exclusively with his fastball.

[@garrison6863]

He relied a lot on his fastball this game. He had a good live fastball, about 95 MPH as far as i can see. Batters said it was a rising fastball. But you had to fear that great curveball. He could also take something off that fastball. So as far as I can see, he had three pitches.

[@rayjr62]

He as already starting to show signs of arm trouble toward the end of 1965. And 1966 would be his last year- I can only imagine how much Cortisone shots he took during his last season.

[@joemama3939]

he was around 98

[@joemama3939]

fastball curveball forkball splitter

[@williamtetrault1300]

My hero when I was growing up in LA!

[@bevrosity]

he gave up one earned run in the ws games that year. and he lost the game he gave up one. amazing.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Sandy Koufax showed some Serious Stones limiting these Minnesota Twins to only 3 Hits throughout Game 7, on only Two Days Rest, to wrap up the 1965 World Series.

[@loyaldude10]

and that was a very good hitting Twins team

[@beatlejim64]

What can you say? It's Sandy Koufax!!!

[@garrison6863]

At 3:15, that was a slow curveball. He also could take something off his fastball. So although everyone says he only had two pitches, if you allow for a change of speeds, he actually had four.

[@kevins4222]

1965 Twins were a scary team of hitters. Koufax makes them look like little leaguers

[@syourke3]

ERA champ in National League 5 years in a row! The best fastball and the best curveball in the game. He was the Muhammad Ali of Major League Baseball. He was so fast, and so accurate, no one could hit him. And he was a real gentleman, too. He never acted arrogant.

[@bunnyfish714]

THE best ever

[@とも-v8c4d]

すごい伸びのあるストレートにえげつないカーブ、こりゃ確かにMLB史上最強左腕候補筆頭だわ・・・

[@Elon_Reeve_Musk_]

この動画に日本人いるとは思わなかった

[@spcooper94]

彼はおそらくMLB史上最高の左利き投手だった。 すべての時間の中で最も支配的な投手ではない場合

[@garrison6863]

Probably the best curveball I ever saw.

[@196Arcangel]

Probably? It is.

[@spcooper94]

POSSIBLY THE MOST INTERESTING FACT ABOUT SANDY KOUFAX... . . . When he signed to the Dodgers, there was a "bonus baby" rule that any player who signed for more than $4,000 had to be kept on the major league roster for 2 full seasons. . . . The most interesting part is this quote from Sandy's 1966 autobiography, co-authored by Ed Linn: "How could they have given me all that money? I thought to myself. How could they have dared to clear the roster for me? WHY, I HADN'T PICHED TWENTY GAMES IN MY WHOLE LIFE! (pg. 74)" [I put the last sentence in all caps for emphasis] . . . Not only did the Dodgers clear the roster for him, they cleared a roster that won the 1955 World Series during Sandy's first season. Sandy never played a minor league game in his life.

[@ms-iz9ye]

What I would pay to have a copy of any of Koufax no hitter games if they were televised. Were any of them on tv back then??

[@markthomson1388]

Best that ever stepped on a mound

[@el_duderino_man]

Vin sounds the same today lol

[@scooby45247]

32 DESERVES A STATUE......

[@spcooper94]

Definitely. I love watching his delivery and thinking about how hard he could throw when he reached back. This game was on 2 days rest after a shutout. It looked like his adrenaline picked up the more he pitched and he threw harder later in the game

[@loyaldude10]

and for some reason he couldn't get his curve ball over and threw almost exclusively fastballs. very good hitting Twins team, knew to expect mostly fastballs and still could not score. Koufax was something else

[@JW-zg9wh]

That has to be the quietest World Series celebration in history. No fanfare no glove throwing no jumping up and down. I had to look twice when it mentioned World Series winner.

[@TX.RigWelder33]

He would make a lot of batters look bad nowadays with that tremendous curveball

[@ngsktakahashi]

伸びのあるストレートとブレーキの効いたカーブ素晴らしいですね。

[@jacopman]

Koufax had the perfect hands for a pitcher..........average size palms but with very long fingers allowed him curl his fingers around a baseball almost like grabbing a golf ball .........when you can control that much surface area of a baseball with the spin off your fingers during a release the ball will dance in ways that few if any other pitcher could ever do............mind blowing curve ball.

[@williamrubinstein3442]

Many baseball figures who were in the Majors as players, managers etc for 40 or 50 years said Koufax waa the best pitcher they had ever seen, like Casey Stengel and Leo Durocher.

[@h0gwartz]

Scully says every pitcher likes to finish a game with a strikeout - today he could shorten it to just finish a game.

[@clydeb7713]

Sandy told Roseboro, I will mow them down, and boy did he ever!

[@wayneguy363]

The sign from catcher for the pitch : whatever you want to throw.

[@dham2288]

Kershaw curveball at 3:25. Eerie!!!

[@liamg2271]

Keep in mind this was on 2 days rest and admittedly didn't have his curve working at all that game. When Koufax had the Curve on target he was virtually unhittable according to every HOF hitter from that area. 2 pitches, he basically tipped them, and yet these guys had absolutely no chance from 61-66.

[@spcooper94]

And he had arthritis

[@123lowp]

holy shit.. that curveball :O

[@johnriley8591]

Koufax, Drysdale, and Gibson didn't mess around between pitches. Games were rarely over 2 1/2 hours long.

[@stevenmccart2894]

Like how the Dodgers after winning the series casually shake hands and walk off the field. No showing up the Twins or their fans in Minnesota.

[@18rickster18]

Pretty crazy the baseball slang hasn’t changed

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

"SANDY THE DANDY"👍🏻😎

[@KAKILGBTQ]

ホントかっこいい

[@stevenyourke7901]

Koufax threw only two pitches - a fastball and a curveball - and he tipped them off to the batters who still couldn’t hit him!

[@이경석-w3w]

Sandy Koufax Curveball And Power Curve Good