Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former professional baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League B
Publicity still of Koufax, c. 1965
A ticket from the August 27, 1955, game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Redlegs, where Koufax earned his first career win
Koufax warming up at Wrigley Field, c. 1957
Koufax and teammate Don Drysdale changing parts on a military truck at the US Army Reserve Center in Van Nuys, California
Donald Scott Drysdale, nicknamed "Big D", was an American professional baseball pitcher and broadcaster who played in Major League Baseball. He spent his entire 14-year career with the Brooklyn / Los
Sandy Koufax
…more than nine strikeouts per nine innings pitched, and the first to allow fewer than seven hits per nine innings pitched. Koufax, along with teammate Don Drysdale, became a pivotal figure in baseball's labor movement when the two staged a joint holdout and demanded a fairer contract from the Dodgers before the…
Drysdale at Dodger Stadium in the early 1960s
Drysdale (left), with Dodgers announcer Vin Scully and former teammate Sandy Koufax, during spring training 1985
Don Drysdale's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame