Too Young, Too Good

This is another one of those guys whose numbers can do all the talking. Before arthritis ended his career far too early all Sandy Koufax did was: win 3 Cy Young Awards (all unanimous and at a time when there was only one awarded for the entire league), pitch 4 no hitters, 2 World Series MVPs, this is a long list and the best thing to do is Google him to see everything else he did. In the end his record was a sterling 165-87 and at the tender age of 36 he became the youngest player ever elected to Cooperstown. He retired a couple years before I became a baseball fan and along with Feller and Walter Johnson tops my list of guys I would have liked to have seen play.

Sandy Koufax