Masahiro Tanaka vs Sandy Koufax

Masahiro Tanaka

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Sandy Koufax

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Masahiro Tanaka and Sandy Koufax compared on their MLB careers: Masahiro Tanaka played 7 seasons, 2014 to 2020, Sandy Koufax 12 seasons, 1955 to 1966. Masahiro Tanaka has 78 wins to Sandy Koufax's 165. Sandy Koufax won 4 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Sandy Koufax leads in 5 of the 7 lines, Masahiro Tanaka in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Masahiro Tanaka and Sandy Koufax career totals
174GP397
78W165, better
46, betterL87
3.7ERA2.8, better
1,054.1IP2,324.1
991K2,396, better
208, betterBB817
1.1WHIP1.1, better
0SV9, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Masahiro Tanaka and Sandy Koufax postseason
10GP8
5, betterW4
4L3, better
3.3ERA1.0, better
54IP57
44K61, better
15BB11, better
1.0WHIP0.8, better
0SV0

Where each stands all time

Masahiro Tanaka and Sandy Koufax all-time places
—Strikeouts (pitching)52nd (2,396), better
—Wins (pitching)202nd (165), better

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

Masahiro Tanaka and Sandy Koufax titles and awards
—Championships4, better
—Cy Young3, better
—NL MVP1, better
—World Series MVP2, 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.

Masahiro Tanaka and Sandy Koufax season by season
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.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.
1st201413, better52.77, better195522, better3.02
2nd201512, better73.51, better195624, better4.91
3rd201614, better43.07, better1957543.88
4th201713, better124.7419581111, better4.48, better
5th201812, better63.75, better1959864.05
6th201911, better9, better4.4519608133.91, better
7th202033, better3.56196118, better133.52, better
8th————19621472.54
9th————19632551.88
10th————19641951.74
11th————19652682.04
12th————19662791.73

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA