As baseball’s playoffs begin, it’s a good time to highlight the baseball card of one of the game’s greatest postseason pitchers, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers. His career earned run average in the World Series was 0.95, and in the 1965 Series against the Twins, Koufax pitched a complete game victory in game 5, then came back on just 2 days rest to throw another complete game, a 3-hit shutout to win the Series for the Dodgers. Despite being forced to retire because of arthritis at age 30, Koufax is still ranked second among lefthanded pitchers for career strikeouts behind Warren Spahn. He pitched 4 no-hitters in his career, including a perfect game, won 3 Cy Young awards and was the National League MVP in 1963. That award is rarely given to a pitcher. When he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972, he was the youngest person to ever achieve that honor.
Classic Sports Card of The Day
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