Hall of Fame countdown: Johan Santana was Koufax-esque - just not for long enough. ... The obvious comparable for Santana is Sandy Koufax, who also had a shorter, dominant career.

Sandy Koufax won the Cy Young Award for the third time in 1966. He won 27 games for a Los Angeles team that was offensively challenged, and compiled a 1.90 ERA+, which was the best of his career ...

The real story of Sandy Koufax being cut by a semipro team in Indiana is known only by dead men and the reclusive Hall of Famer. And he's not talking. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion ...

It is Dec. 30, 2013, meaning that Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax was born exactly 78 years ago today. Injury forced his retirement following the 1966 season, when Koufax was only 30, but he ...

Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra and Early Wynn are enshrined in the Hall of Fame. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 78°F. Monday, July 7th 2025 Daily News e-Edition.

On January 19, 1972, former Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. At 36 years and 20 days old, Koufax became the youngest player to ever be ...

Sandy Koufax is an obvious Hall of Famer who got 86.9 percent of the vote in his first try. Johan Santana's going to fall off the ballot in his first try and he might even get fewer votes than ...

This day in Los Angeles Dodgers history saw Sandy Koufax inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Manny Mota tie an MLB pinch-hit record and Éric Gagné put his name into the record ...

Painting of Sandy Koufax by Graig Kreindler will be part of an art exhibit titled "32 at 75" at the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame at the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, Commack.

Sandy Koufax, left, shakes hands with the sculptor of his statue, Brandly Cadet, as the Los Angeles Dodgers unveil the statue in the Centerfield Plaza to honor the Hall of Famer and three-time Cy ...

Sandy Koufax, named on 95.6% of ballots—A Dodgers Hall of Fame no brainer if there ever was one. Vin Scully , 92.7%—Has anyone done more to create Dodgers fans than Scully?

Koufax was following in the footsteps of Hank Greenberg, another of the five Jewish inductees to the Hall of Fame. Greenberg played in the ’30s, when antisemitism was omnipresent — yet he had ...