Jul 24, 2017 · With his team trailing 2-0 in the fifth inning at Los Angeles, Mr. Baseball swatted an offering from Koufax into the leftfield seats of Dodger Stadium. It was a solo shot. No co-stars were needed in the making of this Hollywood masterpiece. The game’s momentum shifted.

Compare Players: Check out the head-to-head stats of Bob Uecker and Sandy Koufax including their awards, honors, championships, playoff and regular season stats, and much more on Stathead.com

Compare Players: Check out the head-to-head stats of Bob Uecker (1965-1965) and Sandy Koufax (1965-1965) including their awards, honors, championships, playoff and regular season stats, and much more on Stathead.com

In July of that year, Uecker hit a home run off Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax. The left-hander Koufax dominated the league that season, leading all MLB pitchers in wins, ERA, and strikeouts.

Jan 19, 2025 · Not only did Uecker have to face Sandy Koufax — he went 1-for-4 with a double, a strikeout and a double play — but he ran himself ragged trying to catch all of the 55-foot pitches that the Phillies pitchers were throwing.

Jan 16, 2025 · Three went to the Hall of Fame: Fergie Jenkins, Sandy Koufax and Gaylord Perry. The only pitcher Uecker touched twice, Ray Sadecki, won 20 games for the Cardinals during the World Series season in ’64.

Sanford Koufax (/ ˈkoʊfæks /; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed " the Left Arm of God ", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.

Mar 20, 2007 · Uecker often joked on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, where he made nearly 100 guest appearances, that he always thought the Koufax homer would keep Sandy from getting into the Hall of Fame. Uecker also hit one career grand slam on June 21, 1967, off pitcher Ron Herbel.

Jan 4, 2012 · I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax (He also hit a home run; both came on July 24, 1965, at Dodger Stadium), and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.” 5 On being intentionally walked by Koufax, he joked, “I was pretty proud of that until I heard that the commissioner wrote Koufax a letter telling him the next time something like ...

Jan 16, 2025 · One of his 14 major-league homers came off great Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax. In typical Uecker form, he said he worried that homer would keep Koufax out of the Hall of Fame.