Sandy Koufax’ Disastrous Last Start

Posted: 3rd March 2010 by Harold Friend in MLB
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Few individuals knew it at the time, but on Oct. 6, 1966, Sandy Koufax started the final game of his career.

The highly favored Los Angeles Dodgers had dropped the first game of the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, but Dodgers fans were not overly concerned because Koufax was starting the second game against young Jim Palmer. Koufax won 27 games during the season and completed 27 of 41 starts. The Orioles' entire staff had "only" 23 complete games.

Sandy Koufax and Jim Palmer Matched Zeros

Twenty-five of Koufax' first 28 pitches were strikes. Koufax and Palmer matched zeros until Baltimore batted in the top of the fifth inning.

Boog Powell led off with a sharp, opposite-field single to left, bringing up Davey Johnson, ...

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