Sandy Koufax Trades and Transactions

The Sandy Koufax trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Sandy Koufax has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"The (golf) pro kept telling me since I hit right-handed I had to keep my left arm straight. I told him, 'If I could do that, I'd still be pitching.'" - Sandy Koufax (1970)

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Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax Autograph on a 1986 Sports Design (#17)

Sandy Koufax Autograph on a 1986 Sports Design (#17)
 

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Birth Name:   Sanford Braun
Nickname:   Koo-foo or Sandy or The Man With The Golden Arm
Born On:   12-30-1935  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Brooklyn, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Lafayette High School (Brooklyn, NY)
College:   University of Cincinnati
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   06-24-1955 (Age 19)
Last Game:   10-02-1966
Draft:   Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $24,000
Sandy Koufax

Trades & Transactions

12-14-1954: Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by Brooklyn Dodgers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Sandy Koufax trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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