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NEW TRIVIA QUESTION: Sandy Koufax set the major league record for strikeouts in a season in the 1900s. Who broke it in the modern era? TOTAL 10 POINTS.
It was probably the poorest performance by a team in the history of the World Series, definitely the worst of the 1960s. More importantly, it was the very last game of the illustrious career of Hall of Fame Great; Sandy Koufax.
In the regular season Koufax had his best ever season. He pitched 323 innings, striking out 317 batters while posting a 1.73 ERA and a 27-9 record. His WHIP was an unheard of 0.985. Less than one hit or walk per inning pitched. Amazing. Because of arthritis in his arm, he would retire after the Series.
The Dodgers had already lost Game One to the Frank Robinson led O's 5-2. Those two runs would be all that the Dodgers would score in the entire Series. In Game Two, Koufax would give up four runs, but only one earned. It was a contest where the Dodgers made six errors, and it was yes, that infamous game when Willie Davis made three errors himself.
Meanwhile Jim Palmer was shutting out the weak hitting Los Angeles on just four hits. Palmer went the distance. The loss was insurmountable. The Orioles would post consecutive 1-0 shutouts in games 3 & 4. The Dodgers combined Series BA was .142 with just 17 hits in 120 AB. Frank Robinson, who won the Triple Crown in 1966, was the Series MVP. As the Dodgers did in sweeping the Yankees in 1963, the O's used just four pitchers in the Series.
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