Roy Halladay vs Sandy Koufax

Roy Halladay

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Sandy Koufax

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Roy Halladay and Sandy Koufax compared on their MLB careers: Roy Halladay played 16 seasons, 1998 to 2013, Sandy Koufax 12 seasons, 1955 to 1966. Roy Halladay has 203 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, Roy Halladay in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Roy Halladay and Sandy Koufax career totals
416GP397
203, betterW165
105L87, better
3.4ERA2.8, better
2,749.1IP2,324.1
2,117K2,396, better
592, betterBB817
1.2WHIP1.1, better
1SV9, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Roy Halladay and Sandy Koufax postseason
5GP8
3W4, better
2, betterL3
2.4ERA1.0, better
38IP57
35K61, better
5, betterBB11
0.7, betterWHIP0.8
0SV0

Where each stands all time

Roy Halladay and Sandy Koufax all-time places
75th (2,117)Strikeouts (pitching)52nd (2,396), better
107th (203), betterWins (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

Roy Halladay and Sandy Koufax titles and awards
—Championships4, better
—Cy Young3, better
—NL MVP1, better
—World Series MVP2, better
1, betterAL Cy Young—
1, betterNL Cy Young—

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.

Roy Halladay 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.
1st199810, better1.93, better19552, better23.02
2nd19998, better73.92, better195624, better4.91
3rd20004710.6419575, better4, better3.88, better
4th200153, better3.16, better195811, better114.48
5th200219, better72.93, better195986, better4.05
6th200322, better7, better3.25, better19608133.91
7th200488, better4.20196118, better133.52, better
8th2005124, better2.41, better196214, better72.54
9th20061653.19196325, better51.88, better
10th20071673.71196419, better5, better1.74, better
11th200820112.78196526, better8, better2.04, better
12th200917102.79196627, better9, better1.73, better
13th201021102.44————
14th20111962.35————
15th20121184.49————
16th2013456.82————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA