For a Six-Year Span, Sandy Koufax Ruled Baseball
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- Sandy Koufax's career may have ended prematurely, but there's no denying that at his prime, he was one of the best pitchers ever.
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RIP Vin Scully
In 1965 I lived in Los Angeles and I was 15. If Sandy was pitching I was allowed go to bed with a transistor radio under my pillow so I could hear the game without disturbing anyone. On the last out of the perfect game. I started yelling and my mother came in thinking I was having a nightmare. She left and told my Dad what was going on and he turned his radio on and we listened to Vin Sculley wrap the game.
Wish people today were conscientious of others as that.
My mom was a Detroit Tiger Fan. In 1969 when the Tigers came from behind to win the World Series---my mom would cry whenever one of the Tiger sluggers hit a homer. Bill Freehan, Al Kaline, Willie Horton, etc.. Yes, listening to beisbol games "on a transistor" was a special time and place.
A pitch perfect memory. Wow.
R Grim you just described me exactly. Except I was 14, lived in Portland and listed to Vin every night on AM 570 with a transistor under my pillow (at night the LA station came in loud and clear.) September 9, 1965 (a school night) I heard the perfect game too.
I'm a Cubs fan and there is a legendary story about Cubs 2nd hitter, Glenn Beckert striking out (which he only did maybe 18 times yearly in about 600 at bats) in the first inning and then telling the on-deck man, Billy Williams, "Sandy's got nothing today. I just had a bad at bat. That's all. Go get'em." I believe Koufax threw a perfect game that day in Wrigley.
At his peak, he was the greatest pitcher I have even seen, and I'm 73. A shame his career was cut short.
I'm 71, I was an 8 year old Brooklyn boy when the Dodgers left for LA, I still hold a grudge! Its an understatement to say that, back then, baseball players weren't paid anywhere near what they're paid today. Many of them had off season jobs and you could run into a player working in a store selling kitchen appliances, hardware, men's suits, insurance, etc..
I'm 75 left handed and Sandy was my Hero - in little league I wanted to be a pitcher and could throw pretty fast but was wild so they put back in Center Field but my first love was pitching.
Thank you guys for sharing your memories of Sandy pitching. You are all in the same age range as my father who grew up in a different country. It must have been exciting living in such an ionic era of legends, let alone such simpler times!
Bro never watched Bob Gibson
@@Sticktothemodels Gibson was great as he would throw hard and inside, but he did not have Koufax OR Tom Seaver stuff lol...
A few years ago while attending the US Open tennis tournament in NYC, Sandy Koufax was shown on the JumboTron and received a standing ovation from the fans. He is a great athlete and a class guy beloved by all sports fans. It actually brought a tear to my eye.
Davey Johnson, of the 1966 Baltimore Orioles, once mentioned to Koufax that he was the last player to get a hit off him. Sandy replied, "That's why I retired."
That is hilarious! Glad you shared that
Sandy Koufax actually said "That's when I knew I was washed up."
That last single by Davey Johnson, in Game 2 of the 1966 World Series, was misplayed by Right Fielder Ron Fairly which allowed Johnson to take Second Base!
Earlier in the 6th Inning, Frank Robinson hit a deep line drive into Center Right Field and Willie Davis and Ron Fairly allowed the ball to fall in-between them! and Robinson ended up with a stand up triple.
Boog Powell then singled Robinson in, ending Sandy Koufax's Consecutive Scoreless World Series Innings at 24.
Interestingly, Sandy got out of the 6th Inning with a most unusual double play.
Andy Etchebarren hit into a bases loaded double play -
ground ball to Jim Gilliam at Third Base who threw home to John Roseboro at Home stepping on Home Plate and then threw to Wes Parker at First Base!
Sandy Koufax once told Boog Powell that one wish he had was to pitch Game 2 of the 1966 World Series over again.
I got home from school to watch Center Fielder Willie Davis commit three errors in the 5th Inning!
I was sickened watching Sandy being betrayed by the Dodgers defense!
Sandy tried to console Willie after that dreadful Inning only for Willie and Right Fielder Ron Fairly misplayed a deep fly ball by Frank Robinson which was ruled a Triple.
Boog Powell then singled Robinson home ending Sandy Koufax's Consecutive Scoreless World Series Innings at 24 Innings!
Davy was no slouch. I believe he holds the record for most homers by a second baseman.
The most humiliating HR Sandy Koufax ever gave up was to Bob Ueker. Bob Ueker, a guy with like 12 or 14 HR in his entire Career. A backup Catcher most of the time, hit a HR off Koufax.
I saw him pitch three times, in New York, versus the Mets. My most vivid memory was watching him warm up. I had seats by third base, which was near the visitor's ball-pen. Sandy was warming up during the pre-game warm ups. The wall obscured most of his body, but I could see his head, his arm, and the pitching motion. The sound of the ball hitting the catcher's mitt - it sounded like a shotgun had gone off each time. And the sound of the ball in the air - the woosh sound. Woosh, pop; Woosh-pop, woosh-pop. In all my life watching baseball, I've never heard a sound like that - ever. I can imagine a hitter trying to face Sandy - hearing the ball wiz by, and then the pop in the catcher's mitt. Intimidating. I rank him as the greatest pitcher ever for a single game. There were pitchers who endured longer, much longer, and were consistently brilliant. But for a single game, a seventh game in a World Series, I'd take Koufax without hesitation.
*bullpen
@@fezzik7619early 1960s sandy koufax didn:t knee a bullpen
@@lloydkline1518 what? I was correcting the guy who called it a “ball-pen”. I wasn’t saying anything about whether Koufax “needed” not “kneed” as you wrote one. I’m well aware of his dominance and the fact that pitchers threw a lot more CGs back then. I’ve been a baseball fan for 40 years.
Koufax, Walter Johnson, Addie Joss, and Christy Mathewson. Best the game has ever seen.
My dad told me that Koufax had what he called his "radio pitch" that could be heard on the radio hitting the catcher's glove. He was right.
Was fortunate to have seen Koufax in his prime. Armed with a serious heater and a devastating curve, most batters struggled just to make contact! I have seen them all, from Whitey Ford, Ryan, Seaver, Guidry, etc. Pitching every 4 days, No pitcher has ever dominated the game like he did during the 62-66 seasons, no one!
I Played baseball for many years. My pop was not into sports so my mother's brother got me started at a young age.He was a big Yankee fan, but always said Koufax was the best.It absolutely blew my mind watching this because even though I knew he retired at 31 I was Never told by him or anyone about the problem he had with his arm.I always thought he just didn't want to play anymore. I am in shock after seeing this. Oh yeah he was the best, NO DOUBT.
Whoa...that's odd that you played ball, but didn't know about his arm issues. I think what he actually had was not the arthritis, but the ligament issue that could have been fixed w/ Tommy John surgery. If so, they might have called it Sandy Koufax surgery, if Sandy had it done for the initial time / first time.
My favorite pitcher of all time. I started watching baseball in 1959 and followed Sandy's career up to the day he retired. He was definitely one of a kind.
Can’t believe he’s still alive
God bless you, Sandy. You really gave us all you had to give...and I'm glad you retired in time to still use your left arm. You were truly an amazingly gifted baseball figure. p.s. your respect for your religion should never be overlooked. I'm not sure what today's players respect-possibly how many beach houses they can buy/or additional businesses they can start/or women they can go through/or perhaps even steroids they can pop. In your career, every part of your legacy is filled with honor and hard work and sharing. Thank you for what you left behind for we-your fans-to embrace and remember...
Yes, I do still have my Dodger pictures of Koufax and Drysdale from the '63 season, I believe...wish I could share them, here.
VERY well said GeneLeeConcepts!!!!! He was the absolute best in talent, character and commitment. 95% of today's baseball players are useless as human beings!!!
@@GenLeeConcepts Ron Howard said that as a 11 year old boy on the Andy Griffith show in 1965 he made more money than Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale put together.
I believe it was his final year in baseball, and Koufax went 29-4 for the season. After the season was over, Yogi Berra (Yankee Hall of Fame Catcher) made the comment, "I'm not surprised that he won 29, what surprises me is how he managed to lose 4." I was born and raised in St. Louis, and of course the Cardinals were my team. I was in college in 1968 when Bob Gibson was at his height, and he and Koufax crossed swords any number of times. In fact I believe both managers would schedule their ace whenever the other team's ace was up. When it was Koufax vs. Gibson, two things were for sure: 1). it was going to be a low-scoring game, and 2). it was going to be a quick game. What happened then which never happens now is that pitchers, especially of the quality of Koufax, Drysdale, Gibson, etc, when they started the game, they finished the game. Nowadays, if a starting pitcher makes it 6 innings, he could be throwing a no-hitter, and he still gets taken out.
Koufax's last season was 66. Looks like they faced off in one game in 66
It was 1963, and he went 25-5 when Berra made that remark. He just dominated that Yankee team. 15 strikeouts in game 1 and a shutout in game 4. He was the best ever.
Yogi quote was from 1963 and Koufax's record was 25-5 that year while in 1966 it was 27-9. You could have at least done some research before posting this since memory can get hazy over time.
@@iamhungey12345 Give it a rest, Mr. Perfect.
@@rodneyjordan6745 No one's perfect but that doesn't mean one can't at least try to get the facts straight. Give it a rest with your white knighting.
Born and raised in Philadelphia I have always been a Phillies fan. I loved Robin Roberts, Chris Short, Steve Carlton and more of the Phillies pitchers but if I had to pick one guy to pitch one game I had to win, it would be Sandy Koufax. He was the best I ever saw and at 75 years of age, I have seen a lot of great pitchers.
Yes that is true but I have always been a Cardinal fan I would picBOd Gibson. Hewasjutasgod unlike KOufax he was always overpowering hitters
@@ronaldreynolds11 I’ll tell both of you that I too was born & raised in Philly (10 years later than IMA LT), but began my love of baseball as a six-year-old in 1963. Even at that tender age, the name KOUFAX was a legend in SW Philly where I grew up. From ‘63 to ‘66, there was never a more dominant pitcher in my life and I LOVED Jim Bunning & Chris Short and, later, Steve Carlton. The two best starting pitchers I ever saw, to this day, were Sandy Koufax from the left side and Bob Gibson from the right. I truly miss the game of baseball that was played when I was a child. Two hour games, rarely anyone you would consider a relief specialist because pitchers actually completed games, no DH, World Series games on in the afternoon so you could run home from school to watch them, no adjusting of your batting gloves or wrist straps by hitters between pitches because the next one would be at your head.... I could go on, but those days are over. I’ve been privileged to have seen the number of Hall of Famers I’ve watched over the decades, both live at Connie Mack Stadium, Veteran’s Stadium and, now, the Bank, and on TV. The game has changed immensely, but after watching that game today (grand slam by Harper to tie and 3-run blast by Stott to walk it off), I still got the rush of excitement I remember as a boy from the game I lived for.
@@michaelmccauley648 this is the coolest comment. I’m a Philadelphia fan from Delaware whose now in his forties and loves hearing your stories.
@@Tyrannosaurine Thanks for the compliment. It helps being an old dude.... there’s a lot more to look back on.
@@ronaldreynolds11 I like your loyalty, but Koufax was way better than Gibson. Gibby had that historic record in 1968, the year of the pitcher. But, can you imagine a healthy, prime Koufax that season? Would have been 2 30 game winners that year!
He was like a god to me when I was a kid. I used to go up to his house in Studio City, sneak up the long driveway and hide out behind his garage. More than a few times when I'd peek around the corner of the garage, he'd be on a chaise lounge next to the pool, reading the paper. When he and Drysdale opened up their car wash on Ventura Blvd. and Fulton Ave. I'd go there every day to get a hot dog and orange soda and hope he'd show up. I cried when the Orioles swept us in the '66 Series but was inconsolable when he announced his retirement.
I sympathize!.I was 26 when he retired and I felt like your last sentance!
Great story thanks for sharing
Excellent story, thanks!
I was 10 years old in 1955 when my Dodgers finally won their World Series over the NY Yankees! So I grew up watching this pitcher make History in his short career! I was such a die hard Dodger Fan that even when they moved to LA, my Father and I stayed awake very late at night, so we could get the final scores from those west coast games! Later in my life, my Father and I became Mets Fans and I went to my first and only World Series Games in 1969 to watch the Mets Winn it all! Great Memories which I will never forget!
He was before my time but whenever the name/subject Koufax was mentioned, the look and the sound of the room/atmosphere was one of RESPECT by young and old, commoner and great.
I had the pleasure of watching a double header in old Forbes field. Don Drysdale pitched the first game and Sandy Koufax pitched the second game. Dodgers 2-1; Dodgers 1-0. They also had Claude Osteen on that roster. I was a lucky kid!
I was at that game with my Dad I was just a kid I still have fond memories of that day
Sandy Koufax is still the best pure pitcher I ever saw. What he lacked in longevity he made up for in total domination.
@@LoganStryker82 He had the best stuff with his Fastball & Curve!
Don't get out much? 😂 IMHO 4 or 5 years doesn't make a great pitcher.
@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Everybody who hit against him said he was the best they ever faced. What do you want, a testimonial from God?
I have to think that the closest thing to Koufax I saw was Pedro Martinez in the early 2000s. He was dominant although he did have a tendency to need a break late in the seasons. But of course he was doing his thing in a very offense driven era while Koufax was doing his in a very pitching dominant era. Honestly the most impressive thing I saw Pedro do was coming in the game in relief early and with a sore arm in the playoffs against Cleveland and dominating that strong Indians offense with change ups and off speed stuff. That proved a lot to me because he didn't even have his fastball that night and he still shut that big offense down with just hitting his spots and changing speeds. My Dad got to see Koufax pitch at Crosley Field in Cincinnati from the good seats and he said he was the only guy who threw as hard as Jim Maloney, but didn't walk hardly anyone. Dad also saw Musial , Clemente , Frank and Jackie Robinson ,Kluszewski, Aaron , Mays , Marichal , and of course Rose , Perez and all the other great NL players of the 50s and 60s.
The best of his era and most any other era. I saw him pitch many times and marveled at his ability. One of a kind.
Two players I remember well from the 60's are Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson. They were great to watch.
In 1962, I believe, I saw Koufax and Gibson go head to head one night. The Dodgers prevailed on a Tommy Davis HR off the left field foul pole in the ninth. Great pitchers. They both pitched many complete games unlike the pitchers of today.
Forgot don drysdale ; sandy koufax & don drysdale spell two loss for opponet
And neither one was shy about staking their claim to the outside of the plate by shaving a batter inside, on the first pitch
@@mikeprevost8650 Drysdale yes, Koufax no.
Being a Yankees fan, I never have gotten over what happened in the 1963 World Series. My Mom let me stay home from school the day of Game 1 so that I could watch Whitey Ford vs. Sandy Koufax. As I recall, Ford struck out two out three Dodgers in the top of the first. Then Koufax struck out the side . In the Yankee bottom of the second, Koufax continued, striking out the next two batters. Through the years, I've come to appreciate him as the greatest of the first part of the sixties. Too bad that he had to retire so early.
And then the following year in 64, you got to see/hear the Cardinals Bob Gibson carve up the Yanks and pretty much put a final nail in the dynasty.
I'm a die hard Dodger fan and Koufax was my Hero.That said in the 50's and 60's the rivalry between the Dodgers and the Yankee's was great to watch. some of the best all time players on both teams.I got to see Mickey Mantle take batting practice in the early 60's at Dodger Stadium playing the Angels - and he hit a HR in the game. Mickey I think is one of the Greatest Hitters of all-time - especially tape measure Home runs! And I remember the the last game of that 1963 Series Mel Allen couldn't finish the last game and had to leave. I was 14 years old summer of 1961 with Mantle and Maris chasing the HR Record - what a great summer that was.
Whitey Ford had a rough 2nd inning in game 1 of the 1963 Series. He hung a couple of curve balls to Frank Howard and Johnny Roseboro. Going against Koufax, he couldn’t do that if he wanted to win the game.
For those of us who remember those days, we know that Koufax was the most dominant pitcher in the majors in the 1960’s. They’d were other great pitchers: Marichal, Gibson, McLain, to name a few. But Koufax was unquestionably the best of that era. He tipped off his itches and they still couldn’t hit him.
My team all my life was the Pittsburgh Pirates, especially the incomparable Roberto Clemente, but the only was I could catch the Pirates, except in person, was on the radio. When they faced Koufax, and they were down a run, I turned off the game because I knew the game was over. The best!
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Our grade school let us see the Pirates beat the Yankees in 1960. Maseroski hit a homerun. I was so excited and happy. They were great days.
Hi. That was a most memorable day in my life as I had to make a presentation for my history seminar, and went in with the Bucs up a little but had no idea what happened until I left the building. I must have seen Roberto play 50 times. Still my favorite player, who for some unfathomable reason hasn’t had MLB retire 21.
My only game I ever attended at Forbes Field was against the Braves and we sat down the first base line in the outfield. Aaron and Clemente. What a treat.
@@moonrich3492 When I first become a Pirate fan they were absolutely terrible. Ralph Kiner, who I had my photo taken with, was the only star. They drew about 5000per game. But Roberto was always my man.
I was in Little League in 64 and a LH centerfielder. I too was a thrower and could hit home plate on the fly. The coach thought I would make a good pitcher and Koufax became my idol. I modeled his direct overhand motion. I had a killer drop off curve. It all ended for me in high school when the coach (the English teacher) let me throw a 10 inning, yes, 10 inning, 1 hit, 1 run loss, that was a no hit shut out for me until the 10th. The next morning I couldn't lift my arm and my potential baseball career was over but my love for what Sandy Koufax did and the life inspiration he provided lives on.
Gee, you could have been the next Koufax....
I attended his perfect game. Box seat was $ 3.50. This remains the only game in major league history where both teams combined for only one hit and 2 base runners. Quirks- only a one game series with the Cubs, not a make up of a rain out game. I saved my ticket stub. 30 years later, almost to the day,
Sept 5. 1995, Koufax was at a card show in San Francisco. The show charged $ 60 for his autograph and he signed the ticket stub. In his next pitching assignment, he faced the Cubs again , this time in Chicago and his mount opponent was Bob Hendley again !
wow what a treat for you!
Koufax was the last pitcher to no hit the Cubs until Cole Hamels no no in 2015. I believe it was a record far the most games between no hitters.
You didn't mention his terrific curve ball. The best I've ever seen.
It also inspired Max Scherzer to start working to incorporate the pitch into his arsenal as well.
some said it was like dropping right off side of a table
@@stevea6816 Vin Scully once said, "It's like a ball rolling off the hood of a car."
The curve was really his strikeout pitch.
I was taken out of school in Atlanta,GA in 1966 to watch Koufax pitch against the New Atlanta Braves with my maternal Grandfather.On a Monday no less because Koufax would not pitch on the Sabbath.My maternal grandfather was the only one visiting and that was he never traveled with out my maternal grandmother.I remember given the reason for being pulled out of school as Road Trip.
I remember going to the ravine, hearing Vin's voice wafting over the whole stadium from thousands of radio's, munching on a Dodger dog
and watching Sandy pitch. Oh, the memories.
they are great aren't they? makes me teary eyed. I miss it so much.
The left arm of God. You don’t wanna face that guy…..Great video dude!!!
he is not only my favorite baseball player of all time, but is my favorite living celebrity of any kind
In the 1963 World Series, after Mickey Mantle struck out looking on a particularly wicked Koufax curve ball, Mantle turned to the catcher, Johnny Roseboro and said “How the fuck is anybody supposed to hit that shit?” The Dodgers went on to win the Series in four games with Koufax winning two.
However Mantle did hit a homerun off Kofax in that series that should tell you how great Mickey Mantle was also.
As a kid and a Yankees fan I hated Sandy Koufax for the way he (and Drysdale) obliterated the Yankees in 1963! The only good thing from that series was when Mantle hit a solo homer off him in game four (too little too late). But, now as an old man I have nothing but respect for Koufax! He was the greatest pitcher of my lifetime! An absolute role model!
Okay....I can help you with info on Mantle's homer vs. Sandy. I recorded the post game tv interview w/ Vin Scully on my little tape recorder......Vin asked him about the HR by Mantle: "I missed my spot...got it out up and over the plate, and he hit it good; boy, he hit it a ton."
How did you like the 64 WS?
I loved it! Especially Kenny Boyer's grand slam.@@kbrewski1
He forgot to say that in those years there was only one Cy Young for both league
As a kid from that era, I loved Sandy Koufax. I played little league in N. Quincy, MA. I was a leftie pitcher. I was a diehard Red Sox fan but appreciated the talented Sandy Koufax.
Sandy started Game 7 of the 1965 World Series on TWO DAYS rest, not three. He couldn't throw his devasting curveball after the first inning, and shut out the Twins 2-0 throwing 95% fastballs. The Twins knew what he was throwing and still managed only 3 hits while striking out 10. Sandy threw back to back shutouts in Games 5 and 7. Only Bob Gibson struck out more batters in the 1968 series, 35 batters to Sandy's 29. Amazing competitor and greatest lefthander of all time!!
I am a native Los Angeles resident, born in 1954, Sandy and the Dodgers are a part of my life! Thank you, Sandy!
Bob Gipson did a little ruling also!I think Kofax and Gipson were two of the greatest ever.
@@barrykime5580 GIBSON not Gipson.
@@barrykime5580 Denny Mclain
Great admiration for Sandy. Was a left handed little league pitcher back in the 60s and tried to emulate his pitching motion. Became a Dodger fan because of Sandy. Heartbroken when they lost the '66 series to the Orioles. Great work on this video!
Saw the Dodgers at the Coliseum when I was 10 years old, Double-Header games..Listened to Vin Scully on the radio with my Dad as Sandy Koufax struck out 18 batters in a game...good times indeed.
Which game, 59 or 62?
I saw one too, I was 10 also. Missed very few games after that.
Sandy Koufax was, in my opinion, the best pitcher ever!
You are not alone...best ever !
It would be nice to have seen him complete his career without injury. It doesn't happen often for the great ones. Regardless of injury, he was the best!
At his peak, he’s clearly one of top 5 or better
For career value he way down the list.
My little league team got to meet Sandy and Charley Neal at a bank opening in South Central LA in 1959. We were told we could ask each of them one question. I asked Sandy who was the player that gave him the hardest time to get out. Without blinking an eye he said Henry Aaron. Bad Henry of course went on to break Ruth’s home run record without any artificial help and Koufax went on to throw 4 no hitters. Two class acts.
Loved Charely Neal but my favorite was Jim Gilliam.
@@janetannerevans2320 you’re right. Jim Gilliam was a rock. He anchored the infield for the Dodgers for many years. Died way too young. There is a park named for him in LA.
as a 73 year old, I saw T. Williams in Boston etc. S.Koufax would be my choice in the 'game '> select one player to add to your roster for game 7 of W.S. ......
people talk about his fast ball, but he had a great curve that made his fast ball better.
I think Koufax’s World Series era was like zero point 95 under one unbelievable !
Thank you, I was going to add that. His curve was awesome, too.
Yes, you are right, he would set em up with the curve, and then zing a heater by them. Sometimes vice versa.
@@donjennings9034 think he only had 2 pitches but they were so good you couldn’t hit either !
He had that rising or exploding fastball and big 12 6 curveball that changed hitters eye level
Born in '51, the Dodgers were my team. Koufax motion may be the most beautiful in baseball history. Fast forward to 2022. Did you hear about that 20yr old Roki Sasaki in the Japanese major leagues that threw a perfect game recently? First perfect game in that league since '94. Apparently he throws 104 mph consistently. Struck out 19, which broke the record, including 13 in a row. Classy guy because he gave the 18yr old catcher a lot of credit. Then in his next start he threw 8 perfect innings and they took him out! His team lost 1-0 in the 10th!
better mic will increase your watch duration and boost your channel more. Great quality besides that. keep it up
Considering i’m coming from the early 20th century, I think I sound pretty good! Thanks for the kind words :)
@@BaseballTimeMachine No, you don’t sound good. You sound like you are putting on a Radio effect and it makes you sound “tinny”. Only made it :44 seconds. Re-record and repost, please. Bye.
@@BaseballTimeMachine and furthermore, how are you “coming from the early 20th century”? Did you record this from 1900’s to, say, the 1930’s?
@@samiam619 The initial comment sufficed. I think he got it.
Koufax pitched game 7 of the 1965 World Series on 2 days rest, not 3 days rest as claimed in this video.
3000 years of beautiful tradition from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're g0d damned right I'm living in the f#cking past!
One of the best ever without a doubt.
Nice work, he was the best of his era.
Sandy Koufax and Steve Carlton the best lefties all time in my era which I'm 62 years of age. Big Unit was third. Best righties were Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan with Tom Server as third. There common trait to each other was the opposing team in for a very long day. Lol
I would take Seaver over Ryan any day.
@@username-zj9id I would probably take Pedro or Maddux over Seaver. Close call on that one.
@@fredmar6436 fair enough.
How about rapid Bob Feller
@@debrachampagne7715 he was a righty, but I do think he was among the best pitchers of all time. He missed 4 years and still won 266 games. Led the league in wins and strikeouts 5 years in a row
He also had had 11 shutouts in 1966 along with a record of 27-8...
Great show, thank you!
Very respectful, you're a good man.
My dad took me to see him pitch in Brooklyn against St. Louis. My dad being from St. Louis had to see the game. We were Cardinal fans but had I had to see Koufax. I was 8 yrs old. He struck out Stan Musial three times. That had never before happened to “Stan the Man”. If you blinked your eyes you missed the pitch! Koufax was a human pitching machine. The best I ever saw.
I can’t find that boxscore, champ. Please tell us more.
If not for early retirement he wins 300 games easily !
I still can’t find that boxscore, champ. Give me some more information about this supposed game. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Really strike out stan manual three time , like three out ted wullians three
Yet Musial's batting average against Koufax was .345.
Very nice; you can see how dominant the guy was! Amazing delivery.
Was a Giants fan, but loved watching Koufax vs. Marichal
The pitching rotation of Koufax, Drysdale, Osteen, and Perranoski was the best weapon in the arsenal known as the 1960s L.A. Dodgers. There was a brief spell when the Dodgers' hitting was so bad that Drysdale started in the outfield because the team needed his bat.
Drysdale hit like an outfielder. One year he had the best batting average on the team.
Great story. The Cards used Gibson as a pinch hitter on occasion!
In 6th grade 1959 listening to Vin when Sandy struck out 18 in a game..Saw some games that year at the Coliseum when Wally hit Moon Shots over left field tall wall..My teacher that year let us listen to transistor radios of World Series games which were always day games then..And in Little League I pitched (9-0)
we won the Championship..Those were fine times indeed.
Sandy was and is the Best!!! I’m proud to be a lifelong Dodger fan
I live in Toronto and follow the blue jays...when the Dodgers came to town a few years ago, l went to the game and cheered my team on,,,that team was and is the Dodgers
Sandy was a few years before my time, but my grandfather spoke of him with the highest praise!
Koufax, Wes Parker, Maury Wills, Don Drysdale, Willy Davis, Lou Johnson... The Dodgers were great in the 60's
You left out Tommy Davis, Johnny Podres, Ron Fairly, Jim Lefevbre, Johnny Roseboro ... Wes Parker was one the best defensive first basemen ever ...
Saw Lou Johnson homer for the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball club of the International League the year before or the same year he homered for the Dodgers in the World Series.
@@moishegoldstein501 I have a lot of fond memories of Maple Leaf Stadium
@@mrzee4862 My best story at Maple Leaf Stadium. Three grade eight classmates skipped Eitz Chaim Hebrew Day School for 1964 opening day. Globe and Mail reporter photographed them and put them on the front page of the Sports Section. Someone sent the paper to the principal. In came the three to the principal’s office with their notes. Principal pulls out the paper. Result: 40 hours of detention. 💕🐶❤️
@@moishegoldstein501 You've got me wondering if I know any of those involved. I had a lot of relatives who went to Eitz Chaim. I'm an Associated alumnus.
I am 80. I remember as a teen in SOCAL THAT WHEN SANDY WAS PITCHING HIS ANNUAL NO HITTER RADIOS WOULD POP OUT EVERYWHERE AND WE WOULD ALL LISTEN TO VIN SCULLY’s description of the game.
At WORLD SERIES time SANDY WOULD NEVER PITCH ON YOM KIPPUR (MAN OF CHARACTER) but he always pitched 2 games and often 3. He seemed to always pitch complete World Series games.
Sandy pitched the first game of a twilight double header. Frank Robinson was asked about SANDY’s velocity, and Frank replied. I never saw the ball but he sure SOUNDED FAST!
What I remember about that time was Koufax and Drysdale pitching for the Dodgers. It was almost an unbeatable dual that other teams had to face but Koufax was special.
That's the reason why this man is considered the greatest left-handed picture of all time.
Watch Sandy many times in his prime.....he was unbelieveable!!
My hero too sandy koflex was unhittable
Saw Denny McLain in Detroit go 31 and6 in 1968
@@debrachampagne7715 sandy koufax is in baseball hall of fame & denny mcclain isn"t denny mcclain has more wins but sandy koufax has 3 cy young to denny mcclain 2 laugh
Denny McClain was,a great pitcher in his day too. I think he got into soe trouble that kept him out of the Hall but he deserved to be there.
I watched him throughout this span. Never saw anything like him before. Or since. And I don't expect that I ever will.
I was a dumb kid in those days, focusing on the AL, living in the cellars of Kansas City. Only paid NL attention for the All Star game and Series. I knew Koufax was great, but this video opened my eyes to what I was missing in the NL.
I grew up in LA and went to the LA Colosseum in 1958 when the Dodgers moved here. Always a Sandy fan and saw plenty of his dominant games including his no hitter. To this day he is the best ever to pitch .
Great video. One small correction. In a graphic about Koufax sitting out a start for Yom Kippur, (about 8:25 minutes in) you call the Dodgers' manager at the time "Walter Ashton." His last name was Alston.
Koufax was a class player also,,
Saw him pitch in person 2 times and you could here the ball spinning on the way to the catcher !! Great left handed pitcher !!
Hard to say exactly what it is, and I never saw Koufax pitch. But there's only a relative handful of players who seem like they were somehow magical, and Sandy is surely one of them.
To me it's his pitching motion. Just beautiful with the high leg kick
i watched a game at Dodger Stadium mid 1990's with Philly. Before the game there was an old timers game. When Sandy was introduced he received a standing ovation. The announcer said "Sandy you still own Dodger Stadium".
He was the greatest in that 6 year span
Great mini bio on Sandy, such a great competitor.
"I can see how he won 25 games," Yankees catcher Yogi Berra said. "What I don't understand is how he lost five."
Great segment from a new subscriber. Thanks for putting this together and making it available to us.
Simply the best,,,and with class.
I argued with my dad; he liked Whitey Ford; I was in love with Sandy Koufax. Passionate!!!
Catcher Jeff Torborg was known for calling great games. His low batting average kept him from being the number-one catcher, but I believe he called Koufax's perfect game as well as other great games, I think Drysdale's no-hitter included. Of course, he went on to become Manager of the Year with the White Sox and finally a fine color announcer. But I remember him behind the plate for the big pitchers' big games.
I live in Philadelphia, and here they all think Steve Carlton is the greatest left-handed pitcher of all time. I used to argue with them all the time, but now I just smile because I know better...I know Koufax.
Oh Carlton agrees with you wholeheartedly, he cites Koufax as the best and emulated him as much as he possibly could (EXCEPT for the part of walking away from baseball when it was so obvious he was finished).
-Mike from Delco
In 2020 with no basseball, they reran some old games on the radio. For the 1965 All-Star game, the announcer (maybe Scully) introduced KKoufax and said "he can pitch a strawberry through a locomotive"
Those 6 great years got him in the hall of fame if he didn’t have to retire at 31 who knows how many games he would have won !
Best pitcher I ever seen was Tom Seaver but heard Koufax was better !
@@ernestpassaro9663 Seaver was better long term but Sandy was better for a 5-6 year stretch
@@username-zj9id yes that’s what I have been told never seen Koufax pitch I was one year old when he retired in 66 lol
@@ernestpassaro9663 well, I've never seen him pitch either, but judging by the stats, I feel like his last 5 years were the best stretch of that length by any pitcher, ever.
I saw Seaver pitch, but towards the end of his career.
@@username-zj9id I’m 57 never seen Koufax pitch but seen most of Seaver’s career when he was young he was the best pitcher in baseball say from 67 until 77
My only sports idol. In 1965 I got to pretend I was Sandy as a 10-year-old left-handed Little League pitcher whose team was the Dodgers. When Sandy retired so young I think it was the first time in my life that I experienced "devastation!" I almost wrote him a letter begging him to change his mind.
I was never a national league fan so I had no idea Koufax was that good. I had always heard he was real good in the early 1960s but only for about 3 or4 years. I guess he was great for a lot more than that apparently
One thing the video didn't emphasize enough was how frustrating Koufax' first five years were. In 1960 Sandy was seriously considering retiring. As to Norm Sherry's advice to take a little off his fastball this was certainly not the first time he had heard that. It appears however that Sandy's respect for Sherry made the difference.
I lived in LA during that era and used to listen Vin Scully and Jerry Doggett giving the play by play of the Dodger games. Including a no hitter.
Was there also Had my ear glued to my transistor radio when Koufax pitched his perfect game against the Cubs...Scully and Dogget made listening so exciting.
loved Jerry, he and Vince were great friends.
Sandy Koufax. A true SPORTS HERO…………
Was able to see him pitch once in 1966, I was 10 years old. My paper route Manager had seen that five of us were keeping our clients up to date on payment's, getting the paper ( for the most part) on the front porch area, and good repore with them.
Our reward was a special outing. We didn't know exactly what he meant, until we were going down the Glendale freeway and we saw Dodger Stadium. We did not know Koufax was pitching, but he did.
We got there an hour or so before any other fans. There could not have been more than 40 people in the stadium. He took us down to the low level on the first base line. He said " they'll be out in a few minutes to warm up. As they did , us kids saw number 32 walk towards the mound. All our jaws dropped in awe. Our manager said" Give him a few minutes to warm , then I want you to come over to the fence and listen." We didn't understand fully. He said you'll see. Well sure enough Koufax got warmed up and he took us over to the fence, he said " Now listen!. And without the added crowd noise when the fans are there, when the ball was released from his hand until it hit Roseboro's glove, you could hear the threads cutting the air in that blink of an eye. Still til this day I remember that. One of the fastest balls I've ever seen thrown. .
Mention of his name alone still elicits thrills. My only disappointment associated with this classy legend is that the 1964 autographed photo a relative in the Dodger organization sent me had the exact same inscription and writing as the Drysdale and Tommy Davis ones i was sent! Luckily I didn't notice that till adulthood! I 😪
Yes, you’re correct, the narrator of The Baseball Time Machine stated incorrectly that Koufax pitched and won game 7 of the 1965 World Series versus your Twins on three days rest instead of only two days ! I was a junior in high school when Sandy pitched his last MLB game against the Orioles in Game 4 of the 1966 World Series, and he took the loss. I had an emotional break down in Art class and began crying like a two-year-old baby because I knew his career had come to an end. Let’s go DODGERS 2024 !!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️
ROGER, The LOS ANGELES DODGER
Koufax was great! No question. When you look at his stats and the other great pitchers of the 60s through the 70s take a look at their complete games and innings pitched. Today's starters are pitch count prima donnas who do so much less for ridiculous money. It's embarrassing to watch a pitcher get pulled in the 6th while he's still going strong.
Look up Ferguson Jenkins with cubs from 67 to 72. Won 20 games every year. Gibson won Cy Young. 22-9 with 1.12 era. Went june july and aug. 16-2 with 16 cg and 11 shutouts. One loss was to cubs that he pitch 10 innings. I think that was the year they liwered the mound. Jenkins went 20-15. Lost 4 games 1-0 lost 2-1 and 3-2 in others.
I wouldn't call todays starters pitch count prima donnas. It's not the starting pitchers fault if he's yanked in the 5th inning.. I would bet 99% + of starters would love to go deeper in the game if not complete the game. It's baseball managements philosophy that has changed over the years. Today's geniuses rely on data primarily. And their data indicates that more injuries occur when starting pitchers pitch a lot of innings. Funny, I haven't noticed injuries declining in recent years. I agree with Jim Kaat who says the best way to strengthen a pitching arm is to pitch more! Now it's become a game of specialist relievers, I would love for it to go back to the old days but that isn't going to happen. Bottom line - don't fault the players, fault the management that overpays and misuses the starters.
@@steve3602 Agree 100%
@@shawnyoung8752 they lowered the mound after 1968 season.Gibsons 1.12 ERA along with McLain winning 31 games and stagnant offenses in the majors among reasons
@@shawnyoung8752 I use to look forward to seeing Jenkins, Gibson, and Steve Carlton going against Tom Seaver. Those were great contests, and seldom went past two hours.
I had the distinct privilege of actually seeing the game. 12 year old kid sitting in the bleachers watching the GOAT. He struck out the last six hitters with a rising fastball. His 12-6 curve was also a devastating pitch. The dodgers got one hit- which didn’t figure into their run. Losing pitcher Bob Hendley pitched the game of his life and if you follow the next few games beat Koufax in his next start if memory serves. Amazing night. Koufax also faced 3 Hall of Fame Cubs that night-‘Ron Santo, Billy Williams, and Ernie Banks.
"I can see how Koufax won 25 games. I don't understand is how he lost 5."
- Yogi Berra
Probably the Dodgers were shut out in those 5 games.
@@romanclay1913 Good one!!
@@romanclay1913 That's a good bet. The Dodgers were shut out a lot in those days. They only got runs when Drysdale was pitching because he'd drive them in himself.
My dad took me to the third game of the 1963 World Series against the Yankees. We sat in the third deck in right field. The lone run of the game came in the first on a Jim Gilliam walk, a wild pitch and a single by Tommy Davis and won 1-0. Don Drysdale pitched and Dodger manager, Walter Alston called Drysdale's performance "one of the greatest pitched games I ever saw."
Sandy Koufax was the most dominant pitcher ever for a six-year period. The only other pitcher that came close to dominating like Koufax was Pedro Martinez with the Expos and the Red Sox in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Bob Gibson
Lefty Grove
Everyone who saw him during those last 6 seasons will tell you that no one has ever even been close to his level. I’ve never heard anyone ever say otherwise.
There are examples of pitchers reaching his level for a season or two. Gibson in 68 and and Gooden in 84-85. Sandy did it for 5 seasons including the postseason.
Great video, appreciate the data. Brings a whole new level of respect to Sandy.
Koufax was like Bobby Orr and Gale Sayers all these guys because of the way they played shortened careers but while they played they dominated
True, especially the Koufax-Sayers analogy. And just as Jim Brown had the better overall career than Sayers, Gibson had the better overall career over Koufax.
@@kbrewski1 How about Mario Lemieux and what he went through in his career??
Yep! Orr's knee surgeries would have been routine a decade or two later.
I remember Koufax during his hey day. When Koufax was pitching against your team, you just notched up a loss incoming and hoped for better in the following game.
And all he needed was a pretty much routine procedure...Damn!
I was fortunate enough to see Sandy Koufax pitch against Bob Gibson at St. Louis in the early sixties. There are no more matchups like that. The Dodgers won 2-1. Both pitchers went nine innings and both struck out 10 batters. Those were the days never to return.
My Favorite Baseball Player of all time!