Sandy Koufax, Baseball, Born 1935

Sandy Koufax was born in 1935 and is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

He played his entire Major League Baseball career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.

Koufax was the first major leaguer in the 20th century to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history.

In 1962, he set the MLB record for the lowest single-season earned run average at 1.88 and became the first National League pitcher to win the Triple Crown since 1924.

He also won the National League Most Valuable Player award in 1963.

Koufax was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

He was the youngest player ever elected to the Hall of Fame at 36 years and 10 months old.

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