"The No. 1 star, Sandy Koufax, I am going to have to forget about, " he said.

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With Dodgers great Sandy Koufax watching at Citi Field, Kershaw walked four and struck out five in five innings.

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Larry went to Lafayette High School, the same school as Sandy Koufax, but never spent a minute in college.

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Other pitchers to win MVP and Cy Young in the same year were Newcombe (1956), Los Angeles' Sandy Koufax (1963), St.

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Lefty Grove (1931), Bucky Walters (1939), Hal Newhouser (1945), and Sandy Koufax (1963) each achieved this spectacular accomplishment under the watchful eyes of the B.

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His achievements over that stretch outpace the full careers of many notable Hall of Fame pitchers, including Whitey Ford, Carl Hubbell, Sandy Koufax and Jim Palmer.

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When he threw at Ebbets, he would get an extra ticket to the games, and he often brought along a friend from high school, Sandy Koufax.

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Aug. 22, 1965 Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws an inside pitch to San Francisco's Juan Marichal, and catcher Johnny Roseboro's return throw to the mound grazes Marichal's ear.

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W.A.A. Unfortunately, Sandy Koufax was the last man to join this exclusive club in 1963 when he won 25 ball games, struck out 306 batters and accumulated a miniscule 1.88 earned run average.

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He also became only the 3rd pitcher in MLB history (aside from Sandy Koufax and Nolan Ryan) to have two complete game one-hitters with 12 or more strikeouts in one season, and the ONLY pitcher to do ever accomplish this feat in back-to-back starts.

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