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Bats: R · Throws: L · Born 1935-12-30 · Played 1955–1966 · College: University of Cincinnati (1954) · Career WAR 48.9 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=koufasa01, LAHMAN=koufasa01, MLBAM=117277, RETROSHEET=koufs101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1955	BRO	NL	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2
1956	BRO	NL	16	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	12	.118	.211	.118	.329	-0.1
1957	BRO	NL	34	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5
1958	LAN	NL	40	49	2	6	1	0	1	0	1	26	.122	.140	.143	.283	-0.4
1959	LAN	NL	35	54	3	6	3	0	0	0	2	29	.111	.143	.167	.310	-0.2
1960	LAN	NL	37	57	1	7	0	0	1	0	3	28	.123	.167	.123	.290	-0.4
1961	LAN	NL	42	77	3	5	0	0	2	1	9	35	.065	.163	.065	.228	-0.7
1962	LAN	NL	28	69	1	6	0	1	4	0	2	42	.087	.113	.130	.243	-0.5
1963	LAN	NL	40	110	3	7	0	1	7	0	6	51	.064	.111	.091	.202	-0.8
1964	LAN	NL	29	74	3	7	0	0	1	0	3	32	.095	.141	.095	.236	-0.4
1965	LAN	NL	43	113	4	20	2	0	7	0	10	44	.177	.242	.195	.437	0.5
1966	LAN	NL	41	118	5	9	3	0	5	0	5	57	.076	.113	.102	.215	-0.6
Total			397	776	26	75	9	2	28	1	43	386	.097	.144	.116	.260	-4.3

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1955	BRO	NL	2	2	12	5	2	2	0	41.2	33	14	2	28	30	3.02	1.464	0.9
1956	BRO	NL	2	4	16	10	0	0	0	58.2	66	32	10	29	30	4.91	1.619	-0.3
1957	BRO	NL	5	4	34	13	2	0	0	104.1	83	45	14	51	122	3.88	1.284	1.3
1958	LAN	NL	11	11	40	26	5	0	1	158.2	132	79	19	105	131	4.48	1.494	1.1
1959	LAN	NL	8	6	35	23	6	1	2	153.1	136	69	23	92	173	4.05	1.487	2.2
1960	LAN	NL	8	13	37	26	7	2	1	175.0	133	76	20	100	197	3.91	1.331	1.5
1961	LAN	NL	18	13	42	35	15	2	1	255.2	212	100	27	96	269	3.52	1.205	5.7
1962	LAN	NL	14	7	28	26	11	2	1	184.1	134	52	13	57	216	2.54	1.036	4.4
1963	LAN	NL	25	5	40	40	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	18	58	306	1.88	.875	10.7
1964	LAN	NL	19	5	29	28	15	7	1	223.0	154	43	13	53	223	1.74	.928	7.3
1965	LAN	NL	26	8	43	41	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	26	71	382	2.04	.855	8.1
1966	LAN	NL	27	9	41	41	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	19	77	317	1.73	.985	10.3
Total			165	87	397	314	137	40	9	2324.1	1754	713	204	817	2396	2.76	1.106	53.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1955	BRO	NL	P	12	5	41.2	1	6	1	0
1956	BRO	NL	P	16	10	58.2	4	3	0	0
1957	BRO	NL	P	34	13	104.1	3	4	1	0
1958	LAN	NL	P	40	26	158.2	6	21	1	3
1959	LAN	NL	P	35	23	153.1	4	16	1	1
1960	LAN	NL	P	37	26	175.0	6	18	0	1
1961	LAN	NL	P	42	35	255.2	7	26	2	2
1962	LAN	NL	P	28	26	184.1	3	16	2	0
1963	LAN	NL	P	40	40	311.0	4	34	3	1
1964	LAN	NL	P	29	28	223.0	9	18	2	1
1965	LAN	NL	P	43	41	335.2	10	36	0	2
1966	LAN	NL	P	41	41	323.0	7	30	1	2
Total				397	314	2324.1	64	228	14	13

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1963	Pitching Triple Crown	NL
1963	Most Valuable Player	NL
1963	TSN All-Star	NL
1963	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1963	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1963	Babe Ruth Award	NL
1963	World Series MVP	ML
1963	Cy Young Award	ML
1964	TSN All-Star	NL
1964	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1965	Pitching Triple Crown	NL
1965	TSN All-Star	NL
1965	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1965	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1965	Babe Ruth Award	NL
1965	World Series MVP	ML
1965	Cy Young Award	ML
1966	Pitching Triple Crown	NL
1966	TSN All-Star	NL
1966	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1966	Cy Young Award	ML
1966	Hutch Award	ML

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1972	BBWAA	344	297	Yes

Ejections (1)

Date	As	Reason
1960-07-04	Player	Balls and strikes