Sandy Koufax vs. Kent Tekulve — Career Comparison

Sandy Koufax
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Kent Tekulve
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sandy Koufax built a career as a starting pitcher and Kent Tekulve as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kent Tekulve led in home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 96 vs 67), and run prevention (ERA+ 104 vs 97). Sandy Koufax held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 181 vs 77). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Kent Tekulve.

Pitching Stats for Sandy Koufax and Kent Tekulve

Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
6.58
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.64
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.59
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.34
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.56
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.48
65.48
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.09
51.09
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.53
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.15
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
2.76
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
2.85
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4310
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1436.2
9
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1754
6.79
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1305
8.18
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
0.79
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.39
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
817
3.16
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
3.08
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.12
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2396
9.28
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
779
4.88
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.28
9.28
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.382
1.382
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.884
0.884
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.34
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9497
36.77
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6001
37.59
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.17
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
4
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
526
3.3
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.58
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.27
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.01
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8662
33.54
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5358
33.57
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.03
2.03
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.77
36.77
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.59
37.59

Fielding Stats for Sandy Koufax and Kent Tekulve

Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.54
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
6.58
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
1.22
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6973
27
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
4311
27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2324.1
9
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
1437
9
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.25
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.58
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
0.88
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
2.05
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
1.18
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
2.71
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
1.13
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
2.63
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.42
95.42
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.736
0.736
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.09
79.09
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sandy Koufax and Kent Tekulve

Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
397
277.62
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
4772.73
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
858
600
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
132
600
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
776
542.66
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
121
550
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
52.45
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
44.76
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.29
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.4
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.69
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.34
9.33
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
1.12
5.11
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
62.94
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
10
45.45
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
83.22
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
16
72.73
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.116
0.116
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
18.18
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
36.36
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
19.58
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.09
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
36.36
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.45
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-16.49
-11.53
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-4.22
-19.17
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
30.07
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
6
27.27
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PAverified
386
269.93
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
277.27
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.22
2.22
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
2.16
2.16
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
24.48
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
5
22.73
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.1
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6.99
Kent Tekulve
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.55
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.7
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sandy Koufax
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kent Tekulve
Career
Per 600 PA