Sandy Koufax - Chronology
anne heath widmark dodgers appears baseball league
| 1935 |
Born on December 30 in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1939 |
Parents divorce |
| 1945 |
Mother remarries |
| 1953 |
Enters college at the University of Cincinnati; makes basketball team |
| 1954 |
Pitches only season of college baseball |
| 1954 |
Signs with the Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 1955 |
Makes major league debut on June 24 against the Milwaukee Braves |
| 1959 |
Appears in World Series |
| 1960 |
Nearly quits baseball due to poor record |
| 1965 |
Arthritic arm plagues him during the season |
| 1966 |
Appears in World Series |
| 1966 |
Wins last major league game on October 2 |
| 1966 |
Announces retirement from baseball on November 18 |
| 1969 |
Marries Anne Heath Widmark on January 1 |
| 1972 |
Watches Dodgers retire his uniform number (32) |
| 1979 |
Begins working as a pitching instructor for the Dodgers |
| 1980s |
Divorces wife in the early part of the decade |
| 1990 |
Retires from work as Dodgers pitching instructor |
| 1990s |
Divorces second wife, Kim Koufax, in latter part of the decade |
| 1990s |
Appears in charity golf tournaments |
| 2002 |
Continues to help coach various struggling pitchers |
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