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Sandy Koufax played 12 major-league seasons (1955-1966) as a P (397). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 20 | BRO | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1956 | 21 | BRO | 16 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .118 | .328 | -6 |
| 1957 | 22 | BRO | 34 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1958 | 23 | LAN | 40 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .122 | .283 | -22 |
| 1959 | 24 | LAN | 35 | 54 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | .111 | .310 | -15 |
| 1960 | 25 | LAN | 37 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .123 | .289 | -17 |
| 1961 | 26 | LAN | 42 | 77 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .065 | .228 | -35 |
| 1962 | 27 | LAN | 28 | 69 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 42 | .087 | .243 | -33 |
| 1963 | 28 | LAN | 40 | 110 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 51 | .064 | .202 | -39 |
| 1964 | 29 | LAN | 29 | 74 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .095 | .236 | -30 |
| 1965 | 30 | LAN | 43 | 113 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 44 | .177 | .437 | 29 |
| 1966 | 31 | LAN | 41 | 118 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 57 | .076 | .215 | -38 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 20 | BRO | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 41.2 | 30 | 28 | 3.02 | 133 |
| 1956 | 21 | BRO | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 58.2 | 30 | 29 | 4.91 | 77 |
| 1957 | 22 | BRO | 34 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 104.1 | 122 | 51 | 3.88 | 100 |
| 1958 | 23 | LAN | 40 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 158.2 | 131 | 105 | 4.48 | 88 |
| 1959 | 24 | LAN | 35 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 153.1 | 173 | 92 | 4.05 | 97 |
| 1960 | 25 | LAN | 37 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 175 | 197 | 100 | 3.91 | 96 |
| 1961 | 26 | LAN | 42 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 255.2 | 269 | 96 | 3.52 | 114 |
| 1962 | 27 | LAN | 28 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 184.1 | 216 | 57 | 2.54 | 155 |
| 1963 | 28 | LAN | 40 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 311 | 306 | 58 | 1.88 | 175 |
| 1964 | 29 | LAN | 29 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 223 | 223 | 53 | 1.74 | 204 |
| 1965 | 30 | LAN | 43 | 41 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 335.2 | 382 | 71 | 2.04 | 174 |
| 1966 | 31 | LAN | 41 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 323 | 317 | 77 | 1.73 | 209 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | P | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | P | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | P | 34 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | P | 40 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 1959 | P | 35 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 1960 | P | 37 | 26 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 1961 | P | 42 | 35 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 1962 | P | 28 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 1963 | P | 40 | 40 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| 1964 | P | 29 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| 1965 | P | 43 | 41 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 1966 | P | 41 | 41 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Sandy Koufax won: Babe Ruth Award 1963 (NL), Cy Young Award 1963 (ML), MVP 1963 (NL), Pitching Triple Crown 1963 (NL), TSN All-Star 1963 (NL), World Series MVP 1963 (ML), TSN All-Star 1964 (NL), Babe Ruth Award 1965 (NL), Cy Young Award 1965 (ML), Pitching Triple Crown 1965 (NL), TSN All-Star 1965 (NL), World Series MVP 1965 (ML), Cy Young Award 1966 (ML), Pitching Triple Crown 1966 (NL), TSN All-Star 1966 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (10 ballot finishes, 4 wins). Full year pages: 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 5 / 224 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 25 | 3 / 280 | 0 |
| 1963 | Cy Young Award (winner) | ML | 1 | 20 / 20 | 20 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 237 / 280 | 14 |
| 1964 | Cy Young Award | ML | 3 | 1 / 20 | 1 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 7 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Cy Young Award (winner) | ML | 1 | 20 / 20 | 20 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 177 / 280 | 6 |
| 1966 | Cy Young Award (winner) | ML | 1 | 20 / 20 | 20 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 208 / 280 | 9 |
Sandy Koufax ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #42 | starting pitchers | 1966 | 209 ERA+ |
| #50 | starting pitchers | 1964 | 204 ERA+ |
| #127 | starting pitchers | 1963 | 175 ERA+ |
| #130 | starting pitchers | 1965 | 174 ERA+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.