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Sandy Koufax

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by Jane Leavy


  Adams, Gary

  Adams, Red

  Akan, Geri

  Albom, Mitch

  Albuquerque Dukes

  Ali, Muhammad

  Allen, Maury

  Allen, Mel

  Allen, Richie

  Allison, Bob

  All-Star games (1962)

  (1966)

  (1985)

  (1999)

  Alou, Felipe

  Alston, Walter

  Amalfitano, Joey

  Amaro, Ruben

  amateur draft

  American Baseball Guild

  Amoros, Sandy

  Anderson, Chickie

  Anderson, Dave

  Anderson, Wayne (“Doc”)

  Angell, Roger

  anti-Semitism

  Antonelli, Johnny

  Armstrong, Jack

  Ashby, Alan

  Aspromonte, Bob

  Aspromonte, Charles (“Sonny”)

  Aspromonte, Ken

  Astrodome

  Atlanta Braves

  Auletta, Dick

  Auletta, Ken

  Auletta, Pat

  Bailey, Bob

  Bailey, Ed

  Baker, Dusty

  Baker, Jesse Eugene

  Baltimore Orioles

  Banks, Ernie

  Barber, Red

  Barbieri, Jim

  Barry, Rick

  Barzun, Jacques

  Baseball Assistance Team (BAT)

  Baseball Prospectus

  Baseball Writers Association

  Basic Agreement (1976)

  Battey, Earl

  Bauer, Hank

  Bavasi, Bill

  Bavasi, Buzzie

  Becker, Joe

  Beckert, Glenn

  Belcher, Tim

  Belinsky, Bo

  Belshaw, Jim

  Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

  Berle, Milton

  Berra, Yogi

  Black, Joe

  black players

  Blass, Steve

  Blumenthal, George

  Bodenstein, Ken

  Bolling, Frank

  Bonfils, Pete

  bonus babies

  bonus system

  Boston Braves

  Boston Red Sox

  Boswell, Tom

  Bouton, Jim

  Ball Four

  Bowen, Rex

  Boxer, Barbara

  Boyer, Clete

  Boyle, Buzz

  Bradley, Bill

  Bragan, Bobby

  Brame, Rich

  Branca, Ralph

  Brandt, Jackie

  Braun, Carl

  Braun, Jack

  Bright, Harry

  Brock, Lou

  Brodsky, Joseph

  Brooklyn Dodgers

  World Champions

  See also Dodgers

  Brosnan, Jim, The Long Season

  Brown, Jim

  Brown, Kevin

  Browne, Byron

  Buhler, Bill

  Bunning, Jim

  Burr, Harold

  Bush, George W.

  Calmus, Dick

  Camilli, Doug

  Campanella, Roy

  Campanis

  Campanis, Jimmy

  Camp Chi Wan Da

  Cannon, Jimmy

  Cannon, Toy

  Capsolin

  Carnochan, W. B. (“Bliss”)

  Carty, Rico

  Cecil, Dick

  Center for Jewish History

  Cepeda, Orlando (“Cha Cha”)

  Chance, Dean

  Chandler, Happy

  Chicago Cubs

  See also Koufax, Sandy: perfect game

  Chicago White Sox

  Chozen, Harry

  Cincinnati Reds

  City College point-shaving scandal

  Clemens, Roger

  Clemente, Roberto

  Cobleigh, Dr. Mark

  Cohen, Alta

  Cohen, Andy

  Cohen, Herb

  Cohen, Hy

  Cohen, Renee

  Cohen, Sid

  Cole, Nat (“King”)

  Collier, Phil

  Collins, Terry

  Coney Island Sports League

  Conlan, John (“Jocko”)

  Connors, Chuck

  Conrad, Raymond

  Costas, Bob

  Covington, Wes

  Cox, Billy

  Coyle, Harry

  Cracker Jack old-timers games

  Craig, Roger

  Crawford, Shag

  Crosetti, Frankie

  Culp, Ray

  Cy Young Award

  Damone, Vic (né Vito Farinola)

  Dandridge, Dorothy

  Dann, Asher (né Asher Jagoda)

  Dark, Alvin

  Dascoli, Frank

  Davis, Tommy

  Davis, Willie

  Dayan, Moishe

  DeBusschere, Dave

  De Cicco, Nick

  Decker, Carol

  Dede, Arthur

  De Havilland, Olivia

  Dell, Helen

  Della Feminia, Jerry

  De Luca, Sam

  DeLury, Bill

  DePace, Lu Lu

  Dershowitz, Alan

  Detroit Tigers

  DiMaggio, Joe

  Doctorow, E. L.

  Dodger Fantasy Camps

  Dodgers

  See also Brooklyn Dodgers

  Los Angeles Dodgers

  Dodger Stadium

  Chavez Ravine

  pitching mound

  Dodgertown, Florida

  Doggett, Jerry

  Doren, Jerry

  double no-hitter (1917)

  Dowd, Chris

  Drabowsky, Moe

  Dreyfuss, Barney

  Drysdale, Anne Meyers

  Drysdale, Don

  Drysdale, Ginger

  Drysdale, Scotty

  Dubersin, Rob

  Dunne, John Gregory

  Durante, Jimmy

  Durocher, Leo

  Durslag, Mel

  Eastwood, Clint

  Ebbets, Charles

  Ebbets Field

  Eisenstat, Harry

  Emanuel, Ronald

  Epstein, Jack

  Epstein, Jerry

  Epstein, Joe

  Erskine, Carl

  ESPN Sports Century series

  Etchebarren, Andy

  Fairly, Ron

  Fehr, Donald

  Feller, Bob

  Felton, Happy

  Ferrara, Al

  Field of Dreams

  Figge, Greg

  Finkel, David

  Fischer, Bobby

  Fisher, Eddie

  Flood, Curt

  Florence, Mal

  Ford, Henry

  Ford, Whitey

  Foster, Dan

  Fox, Nellie

  Francis, Earl

  Franco, John

  Fristachi, Dom

  Furillo, Feru

  Galbraith, John

  Gallatin, Harry (“The Horse”)

  Gambuzza, Joe

  Game of the Week

  Garagiola, Joe

  Garten, Steven

  Gellis, Ike

  Gentillon, John

  Gent, Pete, North Dallas Forty

  Gerhringer, Charlie

  Gershman, Michael

  Gibson, Bob

  Gilbert, Danny

  Gilbert, Joy

  Gilbert, Russell

  Giles, Warren

  Gilliam, Jim (“Junior”)

  Gitlin, Todd

  Glatman, Bruce

  Gold, Milt

  Goldberg, Gary David

  Goldfeder, Mel

  Goldsmith, Maxine

  Goldstein, Bonnie

  Goldstein, Jerry

  Gomez, Preston

  Goodman, Danny

  Goodman, John

  Gordon, Sid

  Gorman, Tom

  Grawat, Ken

  Green, Ira

  Green, Shawn

  Greenberg, Han
k

  Greene, Graham

  Greenfield, Arthur (“Trip”)

  Greenfield, Eliot

  Greenspan, Arthur

  Greisser, Grant

  Groat, Dick

  Gross, Milton

  Guerrero, Pedro

  Hackett, Buddy

  Hall, Bill

  Hall of Famers

  Haney, Fred

  Harvey, Doug

  Harwell, Ernie

  Hatten, Joe

  Hawkins, Tommy

  Hayes, J. William (Bill)

  Hazan, Joe

  Hemus, Solly

  Hendley, Bart

  Hendley, Bob

  Herman, Billy

  Herrera, Pancho

  Hershiser, Orel

  Hitchcock, Billy

  Hochman, Stan

  Hodges, Gil

  Hollywood Stars

  Holman, Nat

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell

  Holmes, Tommy

  Holtzman, Jerry

  Holtzman, Ken

  Howard, Elston

  Howard, Frank

  Howe, Irving

  Hume, Richard

  Ice Cream League, Brooklyn

  injuries

  instant replay

  Isaacs, Stan

  Jagoda, Asher. See Dann, Asher

  Janssen, David

  Jazayerli, Rany

  Jenkins, Dan Semi-Tough

  Jethroe, Sam

  Jewish Community House, Bensonhurst

  Jewish players

  Jewish stereotypes

  See also anti-Semitism

  Jobe, Dr. Frank

  John, Tommy

  Johnson, Davey

  Johnson, Lou

  Johnson, Raudy

  Johnson, Walter

  Jones, Garry

  Jones, Grover (“Deacon”)

  Jones, Saer

  Jucker, Ed

  Kaat, Jim

  Kahn, Roger

  Kahn, Zoe Rosensweig

  Kane, Pearl

  Kansas City Athletics

  Kass, Deborah

  Kaufman, Richard (Richie; “Rug”)

  Kawano, Cheesy

  Kawano, Nobe

  Kawano, Yosh

  Kazanski, Ted

  Keane, Johnny

  Kempner, Aviva

  Kennedy, John

  Kennedy, John F.

  Kennedy, Kevin

  Kerlan, Dr. Robert

  Kessinger, Don

  KFI radio

  Killebrew, Harmon

  Kindred, Dave

  King, Larry, (né Lawrence Ziegler)

  King, William (“Dolly”)

  Kinsella, W. P., Field of Dreams

  Kitaj, R. B.

  Klein, Lou

  Kluszewski, Ted

  Koufax-Drysdale holdout (1966)

  Koufax, Edie (sister)

  Koufax, Evelyn (mother)

  Koufax, Irving (father)

  Koufax, Kim (2nd wife)

  Koufax, Sandy

  adoption story

  autobiography

  as a basketball player

  as a batter

  a bonus baby

  businesses

  career firsts: debut in Dodger uniform

  major league debut

  first start

  first strikeout

  first victory

  run

  first one-hitter

  first world series appearance

  at college: Columbia University

  University of Cincinnati

  drawings

  as a golfer

  honors, awards, and tributes

  All-Star team

  Cy Young Awards

  ESPN athlete of the century

  Hall of Fame

  Player of the Decade

  SI athlete of the century

  Team of the Century

  world series MVP

  injuries and surgeries: arm and elbow

  index finger

  knee

  medications

  rotator cuff

  marriages

  Anne Widmark

  Kim

  and memorabilia industry

  no-hitters

  1st (June 1962)

  2nd (May 1963)

  3rd (June 1964)

  see perfect game

  no-hitters through six innings

  perfect game (September 9, 1965)

  as a pitching coach

  pitching duel with Bunning

  pitching style and delivery

  physical build

  portrait by Kitaj

  records

  consecutive strikeouts

  ERAs

  first to strike

  out 300 men in each of three seasons

  shutouts by left-handers

  no-hitters

  strikeouts in a season

  world series strikeouts

  refusal to work on Yom Kippur

  retirement from pitching

  scouting reports on

  season by season (1955, rookie year)

  (1956)

  (1957)

  (1958)

  (1959)

  (1960)

  (1961)

  (1962)

  (1963)

  (1964)

  (1965)

  (1966)

  signing with Dodgers

  as a sports broadcaster

  statistics: intercollegiate

  major league

  tryouts

  as a wrestler

  Kramer, Marcia

  Krug, Chris

  Kubek, Tony

  Kuenn, Harvey

  Labine, Clem

  Lafayette High School, Brooklyn

  Landis, Jim

  Lang, Jack

  Lasorda, Tommy

  Laurie, Larry

  Laurie, Milt

  Laurie, Wally

  Lazzeri, Tony

  Leary, Tim

  Lefebvre, Jim (“Frenchy”)

  Lefkowitz, Norman (“Left-ky”) Al

  Lemaster, Denny

  LeRoy, Mervyn

  Levett, Michael

  Levine, Peter

  Liberatore, Eddie

  Lichtenstein, Dora

  Lichtenstein, Max

  Lieberman, Sen. Joseph

  Life magazine, Koufax cover (August 2, 1963)

  Linn, Ed

  Logan, Johnny

  Lombardo, Guy

  Lopez, Hector

  Los Angeles, Watts riots (1965)

  Los Angeles Dodgers

  See also entries at Dodger Lustig, M. Bruce

  McCarrick, Ed

  McCarver, Tim

  McCovey, Willie

  McGraw, Tug

  McGuire, Al

  McGwire, Mark

  McKeever, Steve

  McMahon, Jim

  McMullen, Ken

  McNally, Dave

  MacPhail, Lee

  McWhirter, Bill

  Maglie, Sal

  Major League Baseball Players Alumni

  Association

  Major League Baseball Players Association

  Major League Baseball Productions

  “Major League Baseball’s Team of the Century,”

  Maloney, Jim

  Mantilla, Felix

  Mantle, Mickey

  Marciano, Rocky

  Marichal, Juan

  Marino, Bob

  Marion, Marty

  Maris, Roge

  Martin, Billy

  Massifero, Jimmy

  Mathews, Eddie

  Mathewson, Christy

  Mauch, Gene

  Mays, Willie

  Mazur, Gail

  Merchant, Larry

  Messersmith, Andy

  Meyers

  Miami

  Miami Beach

  Middleman, I. C.

  Miller, Joe

  Miller, Marvin

  Milwaukee Braves

  Minnesota Twins

  Moeller, Joe

  Monday, Rick

 
Moon, Wally

  Muchnick, Irvin

  Murdoch, Rupert

  Murphy, Jimmy

  Murphy, Robert F.

  Murray, Jim

  Musial, Stan

  Mussina, Mike

  Myers, Kenny

  Napoli, Mike

  Narron, Sam

  National Basketball Association

  National Jewish Welfare Board championship

  National League pennant race (1963)

  (1965)

  (1966)

  National League records

  National League rules

  NBC

  Nen, Dick

  Nen, Robb

  Nesbitt, Don

  Newcombe, Don

  New York Giants

  New York Knicks

  New York Mets

  New York Post

  New York Yankees

  in 1963 World

  Series

  Nixon, Richard M.

  Norman, Howard

  Nossek, Joe

  Oliva, Tony

  Oliver, Gene

  Oliver, Nate (“Pee Wee”)

  O’Malley, Peter

  O’Malley, Walter

  Osteen, Claude

  Ozark, Danny

  Pacific Coast League

  Pagan, Jose

  Palmer, Jim

  Palmquist, Ed

  Park, Chan Ho

  Parker, Wes

  Parkviews

  Paul, Phil

  Pepe, Phil

  Pepitone, Joe

  Perez, Sharon Morris

  Perranoski, Ron

  Pettit, Paul

  Philadelphia Athletics

  Philadelphia Eagles

  Philadelphia Phillies

  Phillips, Lefty

  Pietro, Joe

  Pignatano, Joe (“Piggy”)

  Pike, Lipman E.

  Pink, Dr. Marilyn

  Pinsky, Barry

  Pinsky, Robert

  “The Night Game,”

  Pinson, Vada

  Pitcher Abuse Points (PAP)

  pitching, art of

  pitching arms

  Pitler, Jake

  Pittsburgh Pirates

  Plaia, Angelo

  Podres, Johnny

  Portnoy, Mindy

  Powell, Boog

  Procter, Rich

  Puerto Rico winter ball

  Quilici, Frank

  Raab, Marv

  Rabinowitz, Frank (“Red”)

  Ramsay, Johnny

  Raskas, Bernard

  Reagan, Ronald

  Reese, Mark

  Reese, Harold (“Pee Wee”)

  Regan, Phil

  Retrosheet

  Reuss, Jerry

  Richardson, Bobby

  Richardson, Ham

  Richert, Pete

  Richler, Mordecai

  Rickey, Branch, Jr.

  Rickey, Branch, Sr.

  Riley, Don

  Roberts, Robin

  Robinson, Brooks

  Robinson, Frank

  Robinson, Jackie

  Robinson, Rachel

  Roe, Preacher

  Roebuck, Ed

  Roeder, Bill

  Rogers, Kenny

  Rogow, Eileen

  Rosburg, Bob

  Roseboro, John

  Rosen, Al

  Rosen, Bob

  Roswell, Gene

  Roth, Allan

  Roth, Philip

  Rothenberg, Ed

  Rudd, Irving

  Russo, Jim

  Ruth, Babe

  Ryan, Nolan

  St. Louis Cardinals

  Saks, David

  Salk, Dr. Jonas

  San Francisco Giants

  San Francisco Warriors

  Santo, Ron

 

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