Sandy Koufax

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: December 30, 1935 (Age: 85-293d) in Brooklyn, NY us

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972. (Voted by BBWAA on 344/396 ballots)

Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1959	WS g1	Oct 1	LAD	@	CHW	L,0-11	5-6		99	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.54	6	12	10	2	2	2	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.97	5b --- 0 out d11	6b 3 out d11
2	1959	WS g5	Oct 6	LAD		CHW	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-1)	4	7.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	1.00	1.32	25					6	12	3	2	0	68			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.260	47.39	7.48%	2.70	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
3	1963	WS g1	Oct 2	LAD	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	2	3	15	1	2.00	1.59	36	130	87	14	32	5	13	4	7	0	79			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.211	25.26	6.92%	2.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	1963	WS g4	Oct 6	LAD		NYY	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	8	1	1.50	1.87	33	115	85	10	22	11	14	2	5	0	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.415	35.89	5.13%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
5	1965	WS g2	Oct 7	LAD	@	MIN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	2	1	1	9	0	1.50	0.02	25	88	58	14	16	5	10	5	2	0	62			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.013	57.03	0.35%	0.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
6	1965	WS g5	Oct 11	LAD		MIN	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0.60	0.38	29					8	10	3	1	0	88			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.35	0.212	29.01	9.70%	3.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
7	1965	WS g7	Oct 14	LAD	@	MIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-1)	2	9.0	3	0	0	3	10	0	0.38	0.73	33	132	86	12	27	9	10	2	4	1	88			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.581	190.10	60.39%	4.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
8	1966	WS g2	Oct 6	LAD		BAL	L,0-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	4	1	2	2	0	1.50	2.89	26					4	13	2	4	5	50			0	0	1	24	1	1	1	1	0	3	.88	-0.183	45.43	-6.98%	-1.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
											57.0	36	10	6	11	61	2	0.95		213																			1

Of the 8 WORLD SERIES games for Koufax, all but the first were starts. Of the 7 starts, 4 were complete games, including winning the final games in 1963 and 1965. His shortest stints were 6 innings. Two shutouts in 1965.

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Bob Gibson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 189lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: November 9, 1935 in Omaha, NE us

Died: October 2, 2020 (Aged 84-328d) in Omaha, NE

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1981. (Voted by BBWAA on 337/401 ballots)

Postseason Pitching Game Log

Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1964	WS g2	Oct 8	STL		NYY	L,3-8	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	8	4	4	3	9	0	1	4.50	1.86	36	9	8	3	0	6	56	0	0	0	31	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.19	-0.128	63.34	-5.22%	-0.09	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
2	1964	WS g5	Oct 12	STL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG(10)	W(1-1)	3	10.0	6	2	0	2	13	1	1	2.00	2.05	39	8	9	0	5	6	87	0	0	0	36	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.35	0.117	111.94	4.62%	2.61	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
3	1964	WS g7	Oct 15	STL		NYY	W,7-5	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	9	5	5	3	9	3	0	3.00	3.35	38	9	10	1	4	7	55	0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.279	132.90	25.65%	-0.60	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	1967	WS g1	Oct 4	STL	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	1	1	1	10	1	0	1.00	2.09	33	6	11	0	2	5	80	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.625	77.69	19.67%	3.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	1967	WS g4	Oct 8	STL		BOS	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.50	1.82	33	11	10	0	1	5	82	0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.148	15.49	5.29%	3.80	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
6	1967	WS g7	Oct 12	STL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	3	2	2	3	10	0	0	1.00	1.65	32	9	7	0	3	3	80	0	0	0	28	1	1	0	1	0	0	.54	0.217	90.35	21.87%	2.02	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
7	1968	WS g1	Oct 2	STL		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	1	17	0	0	0.00	-1.06	32	3	8	3	1	3	93	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	0.319	34.27	9.26%	3.39	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	1968	WS g4	Oct 6	STL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	10	1	0	0.50	0.61	33	6	11	3	2	4	81	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.160	30.61	6.28%	2.52	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a9
9	1968	WS g7	Oct 10	STL		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(2-1)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	8	0	0	1.67	0.72	36	6	15	3	3	6	62	0	0	0	35	1	1	1	0	0	0	.73	-0.102	121.11	-15.31%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
											81.0	55	19	17	17	92	6	2	1.89		312													3

Gibson started all 9 WORLD SERIES games, three in each of three WORLD SERIES with 27 innings in each WORLD SERIES. Only his first was not a complete game. Gibson lost his first and last WORLD SERIES games, but won all 7 in between, including game 7 in 1964 and 1967. Shutouts: 1967, 1968.

Pitchers winning three games in a World Series. Sunday, October 26, 2014

The only pitcher ever to start and win games 1, 4, 7 in a best of seven: Bob Gibson 1967. Stan Coveleski did it in a best of nine: 1920...

The one and only: Gibson starts and wins games 1, 4, 7; 1 and 7 on the road in Boston. Scores: 2-1, 6-0, 7-2.

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Both Koufax and Gibson set single game WORLD SERIES strike out records:

Koufax: 14 SO Wednesday, October 2, 1963 game one

In the Dodgers 1963 four game sweep of the Yankees, they used four pitchers.

Name	G	GS	ERA	W	SV	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	WPA	cWPA	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Don Drysdale	1	1	0.00	1	0	1	9.0	3	0	0	1	9	0.444	0.66	15.22%	42	42	2.63	19	17	0	315.1	287	57	251	1.091
Sandy Koufax*	2	2	1.50	2	0	2	18.0	12	3	3	3	23	0.833	0.63	12.05%	40	40	1.88	25	5	0	311.0	214	58	306	0.875
Ron Perranoski*	1	0	0.00	0	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	1.500	0.02	0.59%	69	0	1.67	16	3	21	129.0	112	43	75	1.202
Johnny Podres*	1	1	1.08	1	0	0	8.1	6	1	1	1	4	0.840	0.36	12.06%	37	34	3.54	14	12	1	198.1	196	64	134	1.311
Totals	5	4	1.00	4	1	3	36.0	22	4	4	5	37	0.750	1.67	39.92%	163	163	2.854	99	63		1469.2	1329	402	1095	1.178

Gibson: 17 SO Wednesday, October 2, 1968 game one against Detroit.

Fourth and final 1963 WORLD SERIES game:

HR: Mickey Mantle (1, off Sandy Koufax, 7th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF-CF). Tied the game 1-1.

Seventh and final 1964 WORLD SERIES game:

HR: Mickey Mantle (3, off Bob Gibson, 6th inn, 2 on, 0 outs to Deep LF-CF); Clete Boyer (1, off Bob Gibson, 9th inn, 0 on, 1 out to Deep LF); Phil Linz (2, off Bob Gibson, 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

Mickey Mantle hit 18 home runs in the WORLD SERIES. The three in 1964 were his last and they broke the WORLD SERIES record of 15 held by Babe Ruth.

Data from https://www.baseball-reference.com/