A happy 80th birthday to Sandy Koufax, who tossed four no-hitters — one of them perfect — for the 1960s Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Brooklyn-born southpaw pitched his no-nos in consecutive years from 1962-65, culminating with a perfecto over the Chicago Cubs in ’65. The Cubs played nearly 50 years until they were no-hit again, when Cole Hamels tossed a no-no at Wrigley on July 25, 2015.
| 1 | Sandy Koufax |
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| Saturday, June 30, 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 0 Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) (His first of four no-hitters) |
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| 2 | Sandy Koufax |
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| Saturday, May 11, 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Francisco Giants 0 Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) (His second of four no-hitters) |
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| 3 | Sandy Koufax |
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| Thursday, June 4, 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0 Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia) (His third of four no-hitters, tying Larry Corcoran, Cy Young and Bob Feller.. Koufax would throw a fourth no-no to break the record in 1965.) |
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| 4 | Sandy Koufax |
| Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) | |
| Thursday, September 9, 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) (Perfect game, his fourth of four no-hitters setting a new major league record, breaking the previous mark of three shared between him, Larry Corcoran, Cy Young and Bob Feller. The record would be tied by Nolan Ryan in 1975 and broken in 1981.) |
Here are some Koufax highlights:
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just picked up a 7″ EP–Koufax’s last inning in perfect game (TV call)
Vin Scully’s the best!
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He graduated from Lafayette HS Brooklyn, My gym teachers told how strong his arm was.
He was quite the basketball player, as well.