1961 TOPPS SANDY KOUFAX #344 SGC 7 NEAR MINT Beautiful Card Los Angeles Dodgers

Description: With this deal you get ONE 1961 TOPPS Baseball Card #344 of the Hall of Famer SANDY KOUFAX, the legendary former star pitcher for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers. Only one available so don't miss out, the card is in great condition, see the pictures. Sandy Koufax is an American former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. He has been hailed as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. He was the first NL pitcher in 20 years to post an ERA below 2.00, doing so three times. After setting a modern NL record in 1961 with 269 strikeouts, in 1963 he became the first pitcher in 17 years and the first left-hander since 1904 to strike out 300 batters. In 1965 he set a major league record with 382 strikeouts; it was broken in 1973 by Nolan Ryan, but remains the top mark for NL pitchers and left-handers. He was the first pitcher to record 300 strikeouts three times, and set a record with 97 games of at least 10 strikeouts, also later broken by Ryan; he twice tied a modern record by striking out 18 batters in a game. Koufax won the Cy Young Award in 1963, 1965 and 1966 by unanimous votes, winning the Triple Crown and leading the Dodgers to a pennant each year; he was the first three-time winner of the award, and the only pitcher to do so when a single award was given instead of one for each league. He was also named the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1963, and was runner-up for the award the other two years. In his 12-season major league career, Koufax had a 165–87 record with a 2.76 ERA, 2,396 strikeouts, 137 complete games, and 40 shutouts. He was the first pitcher to average fewer than seven hits allowed per nine innings pitched (6.79) and to strike out more than nine batters (9.28) per nine innings pitched. He also became the second pitcher in baseball history to have two games with 18 or more strikeouts, and the first to have eight games with 15 or more strikeouts. In his last ten seasons, from 1957 to 1966, batters hit .203 against him, with a .271 on-base percentage and a .315 slugging average. Koufax was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, 1972, just weeks after his 36th birthday and was the youngest player ever elected. All cards are shipped in a bubble wrapped package or in bubble wrap in a box. Special shipping and handling is available upon request. If there are any questions or if you would like more pictures, please contact me. We combine shipping on multiple lots won to save our customers shipping costs. If winning more than one auction, we will send you an invoice with the combined shipping costs.

Price: 351 USD

Location: Jonestown, Pennsylvania

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