He got a huge assist from his home ball park. The year before the Dodgers

moved to the Coliseum, he was 9-8 at home with a 4.22 ERA. (He was 9-5 on the road, with a 9-5 ERA.) When the Dodgers moved, he suddenly became "Koufax."

He was a great pitcher, but his numbers were greatly inflated by getting to pitch in Dodger Stadium.

In response to this post by CrystalCoveHokie

Posted: 06/01/2021 at 07:15AM

Going through some old boxes…..Found this in an old newspaper…. -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/31/2021 7:33PM

Kinda shocked the game took 2:45, a very long game for that time. ** -- vawter85 06/01/2021 08:16AM

Koufax went 0 for 4 at the plate, that bum. -- Late 80s Hokie 06/01/2021 07:36AM

My Dad was a 22 year old sportswriter at the Evening Star in 62 ** -- OrlandoHokie 05/31/2021 11:11PM

Interesting related fact -- LonghornHokie 05/31/2021 10:41PM

Cool trivia.... I had no idea but makes sense. ** -- Riverguy 06/01/2021 09:23AM

Oh wow. ** -- `lag 06/01/2021 08:15AM

Saw John Roseboro play during his last year w/the Senators.. -- `lag 05/31/2021 9:22PM

I saw John's son, Jamie, play for the Little Falls Mets (single A) in 1986 -- BB Hokie 05/31/2021 10:12PM

Really none to mine either, other than I'm older than I realize -- `lag 06/01/2021 08:13AM

Bit of a coincidence... -- VT Pops 05/31/2021 9:21PM

Thought that was an 18-inning game for a second. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 05/31/2021 8:10PM

Complete game 👍🏻 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/31/2021 7:42PM

Koufax was the man ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/31/2021 7:44PM

My Dad's best friend was Bob Hendley. While pitching for the Cubs in '65... -- Major Kong 05/31/2021 8:43PM

An all time great, although his early years were not nearly an indication -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2021 8:11PM

Heard this stat last night about Bob Gibson in 1968. -- Brown Water 05/31/2021 8:01PM

How the heck did he lose 9 games with those stats? ** -- MP4VT2004 05/31/2021 10:27PM

See deGrom, Jacob... -- LonghornHokie 05/31/2021 10:37PM

Game is on MLB Network. Top 7. ** -- Brown Water 05/31/2021 11:23PM

Starting to believe -----> ** -- LonghornHokie 06/01/2021 01:09AM

And they lowered the pitching mound after that year.,, -- `lag 05/31/2021 9:19PM

Yup. Yaz won AL batting title with only a .301 average in’68. -- Stork 06/01/2021 01:00AM

I was thinking about Yaz at the moment, had a Yaz, baseball mitt... -- `lag 06/01/2021 07:54AM

And then, in the 1968 WS -- PhotoHokieNC 05/31/2021 8:15PM

Koufax…. -- CrystalCoveHokie 05/31/2021 8:12PM

He got a huge assist from his home ball park. The year before the Dodgers -- HokieEngineer 06/01/2021 07:15AM

I was a 7 year old kid who loved baseball during those years. And the -- Brown Water 05/31/2021 9:44PM

Man I used to love day playoff games. -- GreenvilleVT 06/01/2021 08:55AM

Beast mode ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/31/2021 8:06PM

He got a huge assist from his home ball park. The year before the Dodgers

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