Sandy Koufax vs. Byron McLaughlin — Career Comparison

Sandy Koufax
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Byron McLaughlin
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Sandy Koufax a clear advantage over Byron McLaughlin across the core pitching metrics. Sandy Koufax led in strikeout rate (K%+ 181 vs 143), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 95), and home run suppression (HR9+ 83 vs 80). Byron McLaughlin held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 84 vs 67). Sandy Koufax was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Sandy Koufax and Byron McLaughlin

Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.07
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.83
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.64
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.38
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.34
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.59
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.48
65.48
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.13
27.13
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.53
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.38
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.76
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
5.11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
378.1
9
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
6.79
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
9.59
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
0.79
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.12
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
3.16
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
4.07
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.59
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2396
9.28
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
5.9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.108
1.108
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.34
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.4
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9497
36.77
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1683
40.04
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.17
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.17
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
5.38
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.5
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.67
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8662
33.54
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1465
34.85
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.04
40.04

Fielding Stats for Sandy Koufax and Byron McLaughlin

Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
3.07
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.83
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1135
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
378.1
9
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.25
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
0.88
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.83
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
1.18
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.17
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.13
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.07
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.42
95.42
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.349
0.349
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.13
27.13
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sandy Koufax and Byron McLaughlin

Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
397
277.62
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
129
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
858
600
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
776
542.66
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
52.45
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
44.76
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.29
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.69
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
9.33
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
62.94
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
83.22
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
18.18
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.58
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
36.36
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-16.49
-11.53
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.07
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
386
269.93
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.22
2.22
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.48
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.99
Byron McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Byron McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA