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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
Obviously that helped, but it hardly did EVERYTHING or every average pitcher who came to the Dodgers would've become Koufax. It doesn't explain the precipitous drop in his walk rate. I mean Koufax didn't become Claude Osteen, or even Don Sutton or Don Drysdale, He became KOUFAX. When every hitter in the league this side of Hank Aaron talks about practically giving up when they face him that can't all just be hype and a good stadium.
Willie Stargell - trying to hit Koufax was like “trying to drink coffee with a fork."
Pete Rose - "I couldn't hit my weight against Koufax" (he was 10 for 57 for his career)
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I dunno, I think increasing the size of the strike zone might help with reducing walks
I appreciate the anecdotes from superstars talking about how hard Koufax was to hit. But Aaron is just being modest, what with his career .362 average and 1.077 OPS against Sandy.
Anecdotes are great but the numbers are the numbers.