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Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax may have had the best consecutive years of any pitcher ever from 1961 through 1966, winning 149 games while losing just forty-seven with a miniscule earned run average and more than one strikeout per inning. He retired at age thirty because of severe arthritis in his pitching arm. This book chronicles his turbulent life and focuses on the reverential mystique enveloping Koufax even to this day-based in equal parts on his magnificence; his retirement, caused by a tragic condition; and his subsequent Garboesque public persona.

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Gruver makes a laliant attempt to pierce that armor shell Koufax wore... * Cincinnati Enquirer *
...a must for any longtime Dodger follower... * Los Angeles Times *
This is a detailed biography of Sandy Koufax, regarded by many as the pitcher of the twentieth century. This book should be included in any collection of famous Jewish athletes, as well as other Baseball-Hall-Of-Famers. * AJL Newsletter *

Koufax

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    A Paperback by Edward Gruver

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      Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
      Published 1/24/2020 12:02:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781493049325
      978-1493049325
      ISBN-10 1493049321

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax may have had the best consecutive years of any pitcher ever from 1961 through 1966, winning 149 games while losing just forty-seven with a miniscule earned run average and more than one strikeout per inning. He retired at age thirty because of severe arthritis in his pitching arm. This book chronicles his turbulent life and focuses on the reverential mystique enveloping Koufax even to this day-based in equal parts on his magnificence; his retirement, caused by a tragic condition; and his subsequent Garboesque public persona.

      Trade Review
      Gruver makes a laliant attempt to pierce that armor shell Koufax wore... * Cincinnati Enquirer *
      ...a must for any longtime Dodger follower... * Los Angeles Times *
      This is a detailed biography of Sandy Koufax, regarded by many as the pitcher of the twentieth century. This book should be included in any collection of famous Jewish athletes, as well as other Baseball-Hall-Of-Famers. * AJL Newsletter *

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