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Classic SI Photos of Sandy Koufax
From 1963 to '66, Sandy Koufax had averaged a 24-7 record, 307 strikeouts and a 1.86 ERA, winning three out of four Cy Young awards at a time before each league had its own award. That brief run as the best pitcher in baseball, plus the two All-Star seasons that preceded it and his dominance in four World Series (0.95 ERA, four complete games, two shutouts in seven starts and one scoreless relief appearance) made him a Hall of Famer in his first year of eligibility and a permanent part of any discussion about the greatest pitcher of all time. Here are 32 classic SI photos of No. 32, "The Left Arm of God," Sandy Koufax.
Classic SI Photos of Sandy Koufax
Sandy Koufax
1959 World Series
Sandy Koufax
Aug. 16, 1961
Sandy Koufax
Aug. 27, 1961
Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax
June 26, 1962
Sandy Koufax
June 30, 1962
Sandy Koufax with Gene Kelly and his wife Jeanne Coyne
June 30, 1962
Sandy Koufax
June 30, 1962
Sandy Koufax
March 4, 1963 SI cover
Jim Gilliam, Sandy Koufax, Leo Durocher and Johnny Podres
May 4, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Aug. 25, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Aug. 25, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Aug. 25, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Sept. 2, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Sept. 2, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Sept. 2, 1963
Sandy Koufax and Stan Musial
Sept. 17, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Sept. 17, 1963
Sandy Koufax and Tim McCarver
Sept. 17, 1963
Sandy Koufax
Sept. 17, 1963
Sandy Koufax
1963 World Series Game 1
Sandy Koufax
1963 World Series Game 4
Sandy Koufax and John Roseboro
1963 World Series Game 4
Sandy Koufax
1963 World Series Game 4
Sandy Koufax
April 13, 1964 SI cover
Sandy Koufax
June 12, 1965
Sandy Koufax
Aug. 22, 1965
Sandy Koufax
1965 World Series
Sandy Koufax
July 9, 1966
Sandy Koufax
July 12, 1999 SI cover
Sandy Koufax and Joe Torre
March 31, 2008
Sandy Koufax
April 1, 2013
Sandy Koufax
April 4, 2014
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