How many strikeouts (pitching) did Sandy Koufax have in 1965?
3821965 Regular Season
Sandy Koufax recorded 382 strikeouts (pitching) in the 1965 regular season, 1st in the MLB.
- Sandy Koufax's best regular season for strikeouts (pitching) in 12 seasons on file.
- Up 159 from 223 in 1964.
- 36% of the Los Angeles Dodgers' strikeouts (pitching) that regular season.
Best of 12 regular seasons, 1955 through 1966. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  LAD | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3.02 | 41.2 | 30 | 28 | 1.46 | 0 |
| 1956 | LAD | 16 | 2 | 4 | 4.91 | 58.2 | 30 | 29 | 1.62 | 0 |
| 1957 | LAD | 34 | 5 | 4 | 3.88 | 104.1 | 122 | 51 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1958 | LAD | 40 | 11 | 11 | 4.48 | 158.2 | 131 | 105 | 1.49 | 1 |
| 1959 | LAD | 35 | 8 | 6 | 4.05 | 153.1 | 173 | 92 | 1.49 | 2 |
| 1960 | LAD | 37 | 8 | 13 | 3.91 | 175.0 | 197 | 100 | 1.33 | 1 |
| 1961 | LAD | 42 | 18 | 13 | 3.52 | 255.2 | 269 | 96 | 1.20 | 1 |
| 1962 | LAD | 28 | 14 | 7 | 2.54 | 184.1 | 216 | 57 | 1.04 | 1 |
| 1963 | LAD | 40 | 25 | 5 | 1.88 | 311.0 | 306 | 58 | 0.87 | 0 |
| 1964 | LAD | 29 | 19 | 5 | 1.74 | 223.0 | 223 | 53 | 0.93 | 1 |
| 1965 | LAD | 43 | 26 | 8 | 2.04 | 335.2 | 382 | 71 | 0.86 | 2 |
| 1966 | LAD | 41 | 27 | 9 | 1.73 | 323.0 | 317 | 77 | 0.98 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV