The Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a bronze statue Saturday of National Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax at the entrance to Dodger Stadium.
Koufax, 86, pitched for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats for one season in 1954 after earning a basketball scholarship at UC in 1953. On Saturday, he told reporters that sharing the space in the Centerfield Plaza with former teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson is "one of the greatest honors of my life."
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Koufax finished his season at UC with a 3-1 record and 2.81 ERA, with 51 strikeouts in 32 innings. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers and made his Major League debut in 1955, when Brooklyn won the World Series.
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