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Dodger history, including the All-Time Roster and Dodger Hall of Famers, from O'Malley's era in Brooklyn and Los Angeles is reviewed year-by-year, as well as the development of Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida and international relationships. awmSelectedItem=2 //Document Level Menu Settings cddcodebase = "" cddcodebase759774 = "" cddactivate_onclick = false cddshowhide_delay = 100 cddurl_target = "_self" cddurl_features = "resizable=1, scrollbars=1, titlebar=1, menubar=1, toolbar=1, location=1, status=1, directories=1, channelmode=0, fullscreen=0" cdddisplay_urls_in_status_bar = true cdddefault_cursor = "hand" Introduction Walter Alston Tommy Lasorda Roy Campanella Don Drysdale Sandy Koufax Pee Wee Reese Jackie Robinson Duke Snider Don Sutton Red Barber Vin Scully Buck Canel Jaime Jarrin Born: Dec. 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY Years with Dodgers: Inducted into Hall of Fame: Don Drysdale Tommy Lasorda Back to top Don Drysdale ... Contact

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CONVERSATION: LEFTY'S LEGACY October 21, 2002 Media correspondent Terence Smith interviews Jane Leavy about her new book on baseball legend Sandy Koufax. TERENCE SMITH: On September 9, 1965, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a perfect game. 27 men came up to bat; 27 men went down no runs, hits, walks, or men on base. The Dodgers beat the Cubs 1-0, and would go on to take the World Series. It was Koufax's fourth no- hitter, a feat which cemented his place as the greatest pitcher of his era, and, some would argue, of all time. The famously reclusive Dodger is captured in a new book, Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy. The author is sportswriter and novelist Jane Leavy. Jane, welcome to the broadcast. JANE LEAVY: Thank you. TERENCE SMITH: What made Sandy Koufax so special, both as a pitcher and a person? TERENCE SMITH: And you should explain that he did so because he had, what, terrible arthritis. JANE LEAVY: What they called it in those days was traumatic arthritis, and he injured his arm sliding back into second base in August, 1964. It was never the same after that. But sports medicine was really medieval in those days. All they had was ice, which was a new innovation in keeping swelling down, and they could shoot the cortisone directly into his elbow joint. And they put on this stuff called Capslun, a paste made of red hot chili peppers that smelled so bad and burned so much that when Jim Kott went to shake his hand in the 1965 World Series, he had to run away. It felt like camphor. And he said he couldn't be near him, and he just walked away.

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Sandy Koufax Biographies     Sandy Koufax Author: John F. Grabowski, Jim Murray (Introduction) A biography of Hall of Fame baseball player and greatest left-handed pitcher in Los Angeles Dodgers history. Sandy Koufax (Baseball Hall of Famers) Author: Geraldine Giordano Age Level: 09-12 Considered one of the best pitchers in baseball history, Koufax threw the ball so fast and hard that batters watched themselves strike out against him. Studying his moves and pitches made no difference; Koufax could beat the best batter at the plate. Because Koufax played in the majors before he was really ready, he struggled to perfect his skills. For many years, he battled to control the ball. Later, Koufax, who came from a traditional Jewish family, had to overcome public scrutiny because of his religious beliefs. Koufax Author: Edward Gruver Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax may have had the best consecutive years of any pitcher ever from 1961 through 1966, winning 149 games while losing just forty-seven with a miniscule carned run average and more than one strikeout per inning. He retired at age thirty because of severe arthritis in his pitching arm. This book chronicles his turbulent life and focuses on the reverential mystique that envelops the Los Angeles Dodgers even to this day. Koufax includes extensive interviews with childhood friends; Dodger teammates, opponents, and front office personnel; and sports journalists who covered his career. Koufax will reacquaint fans with a legendary player from their youth and introduce a new generation to one of baseball's greatest pitchers.

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ELECTED MEMBERS SANFORD "SANDY" KOUFAX Sport: Baseball Inducted: Country: United States Born: December 30, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York Sandy Koufax was the most dominant pitcher of his time. He played his entire career for the Dodgers'in Brooklyn and Los Angeles' from 1955 to 1966. Koufax was the first pitcher in Major League baseball to hurl four no-hit games, including a perfect game in 1965. The left-hander won the Cy Young Award (baseball's highest pitching honor) three times in four years (1963, 1965 and 1966), won the earned run average,(ERA) title five consecutive seasons (from 1962 to 1966), and won 25 or more games three times. He had 11 shutouts in 1963 and tossed 40 career shutouts. The Dodger pitching legend was the Major League strikeout leader four times, including a record 382 strikeouts in 1965. His career strikeouts numbered 2,396, and three times he fanned 300 or more batters in a season. In 12 Major League seasons, Koufax won a total of 165 games while losing only 87. More remarkably, in Sanford "Sandy" Koufax his five final seasons his win-loss record was 111-34. Over the span of 2,324.1 career innings, Koufax's ERA was a lifetime 2.76.

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