Juan Marichal vs Sandy Koufax

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Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax compared on their MLB careers: Juan Marichal played 16 seasons, 1960 to 1975, Sandy Koufax 12 seasons, 1955 to 1966. Juan Marichal has 243 wins to Sandy Koufax's 165. Sandy Koufax won 4 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Sandy Koufax leads in 4 of the 7 lines, Juan Marichal in 3. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax career totals

471	GP	397
243, better	W	165
142	L	87, better
2.9	ERA	2.8, better
3,507.1	IP	2,324.1
2,303	K	2,396, better
709, better	BB	817
1.1, better	WHIP	1.1
2	SV	9, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax postseason

2	GP	8
0	W	4, better
1, better	L	3
1.5	ERA	1.0, better
12	IP	57
10	K	61, better
2, better	BB	11
0.7, better	WHIP	0.8
0	SV	0

Where each stands all time

Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax all-time places

57th (2,303)	Strikeouts (pitching)	52nd (2,396), better
54th (243), better	Wins (pitching)	202nd (165)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax titles and awards

—	Championships	4, better
—	Cy Young	3, better
—	NL MVP	1, better
—	World Series MVP	2, better

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Juan Marichal and Sandy Koufax season by season

1st	1960	6, better	2	2.66, better	1955	2	2	3.02
2nd	1961	13, better	10	3.89, better	1956	2	4, better	4.91
3rd	1962	18, better	11	3.36, better	1957	5	4, better	3.88
4th	1963	25, better	8, better	2.41, better	1958	11	11	4.48
5th	1964	21, better	8	2.48, better	1959	8	6, better	4.05
6th	1965	22, better	13	2.13, better	1960	8	13	3.91
7th	1966	25, better	6, better	2.23, better	1961	18	13	3.52
8th	1967	14	10	2.76	1962	14	7, better	2.54, better
9th	1968	26, better	9	2.43	1963	25	5, better	1.88, better
10th	1969	21, better	11	2.10	1964	19	5, better	1.74, better
11th	1970	12	10	4.12	1965	26, better	8, better	2.04, better
12th	1971	18	11	2.94	1966	27, better	9, better	1.73, better
13th	1972	6	16	3.71	—	—	—	—
14th	1973	11	15	3.82	—	—	—	—
15th	1974	5	1	4.87	—	—	—	—
16th	1975	0	1	13.50	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA