Baseball Exhibit - Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 2014
Sandy Koufax Road Jersey number 32, 1957
Lefty pitcher Sanford "Sandy" Koufax threw for the Dodgers his entire career, in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, from 1955 to 1966, and actually threw the last-ever inning in Brooklyn. He set records by pitching 11 shutouts in a single season and four career no-hitters. One of the best known Jewish athletes, Koufax famously declined to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins, since the game fell on Yom Kippur. Instead he pitched a complete game shutout in Game 5 and a three-hit shutout in Game 7, winning the Series. On September 9, 1965 he threw the eighth-ever perfect game against the Chicago Cubs. He was a three-time Cy Young winner, all by unanimous decision, as he won the pitching Triple Crown each of those seasons (1963, 1965, and 1966). Koufax had 2,396 career strikeouts, was the 1963 NL MVP, World Series MVP in 1963 and 1965, a seven-time All-Star, a two-time Babe Ruth Award winner, and the only two-time Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972, the youngest player ever elected at the age of 36, in the same year the Dodgers retired his number 32.
Baseball Exhibit - Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 2014
Sandy Koufax Road Jersey number 32, 1957
Lefty pitcher Sanford "Sandy" Koufax threw for the Dodgers his entire career, in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, from 1955 to 1966, and actually threw the last-ever inning in Brooklyn. He set records by pitching 11 shutouts in a single season and four career no-hitters. One of the best known Jewish athletes, Koufax famously declined to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series against the Minnesota Twins, since the game fell on Yom Kippur. Instead he pitched a complete game shutout in Game 5 and a three-hit shutout in Game 7, winning the Series. On September 9, 1965 he threw the eighth-ever perfect game against the Chicago Cubs. He was a three-time Cy Young winner, all by unanimous decision, as he won the pitching Triple Crown each of those seasons (1963, 1965, and 1966). Koufax had 2,396 career strikeouts, was the 1963 NL MVP, World Series MVP in 1963 and 1965, a seven-time All-Star, a two-time Babe Ruth Award winner, and the only two-time Hickok Professional Athlete of the Year. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972, the youngest player ever elected at the age of 36, in the same year the Dodgers retired his number 32.