Sandy Koufax Award

Sandy Koufax Award Established in 1995 Presented by The Bull Baseball League to the best regular season pitchers First awarded 1991 Last awarded 2018 Current winner AEL: Jose Soto (ANC) LL: Knuckles Malone (TOR)

The Sandy Koufax Award is given annually to the best pitchers in the Bull League, one each for the American Eagle League (AEL) and the Lake League (LL). The award is named after Sandy Koufax, who was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in multiple years, and who is considered by many to be one of the greatest left-handed pitchers to play professional baseball.

The winners of the Sandy Koufax Award are announced following the Bull Cup Championship Series. The 2016 winners were Ricky Rodriguez for the AEL and Yoshiaki Fujimara for the LL.

Ricky Terrazas is the only pitcher to have won the award nine times, all consecutively, playing first for the Chicago Pit Bulls in the AEL, then for the Montreal Metros in the LL.

List of Sandy Koufax Award Winners

Key

Year	Each year is linked to a page about that season
ERA	Earned run average
IP	Innings Pitched
K	Strikeouts
*	Also named MVP
Italics	Member of the Hall of Fame

American Eagle League

Year	Pitcher	Team	Record (W-L)	ERA	IP	K
1991	South Paw	Nevada Speeders	8-0	0.39	67.2	70
1992	South Paw	Nevada Speeders	3-0	0.00	27.0	32
1993	Flamer Flaherty	Richmond Ravens	7-0	0.60	59.1	97
1994	No season played
1995	Flamer Flaherty	Richmond Ravens	11-4	3.35	134.1	103
1996	Fred Fasterpitch	Seattle Salts	8-4	2.82	118.0	117
1997	Kurt Coler	Calgary Chinooks	11-3	2.26	123.2	116
1998	Ricky Geraldo	California Tidals	10-3	1.90	123.0	104
1999	Owen Clemons	Calgary Chinooks	7-3	2.64	116.0	86
2000	Eddie Clunker	California Tidals	10-3	3.36	118.0	121
2001	Dandy Lundgren	Nevada Speeders	10-3	2.50	133.1	101
2002	Malik Saddler	Seattle Salts	8-6	2.39	132.0	139
2003	Malik Saddler	Seattle Salts	10-3	2.46	128.0	124
2004	Ricky Terrazas	Chicago Pit Bulls	6-6	2.73	105.1	151
2005	Ricky Terrazas	Chicago Pit Bulls	9-4	2.18	103.1	129
2006	Ricky Terrazas	Chicago Pit Bulls	9-5	2.18	103.0	138
2007	Ricky Terrazas	Chicago Pit Bulls	9-5	3.05	100.1	125
2008	Iron Arm	California Tidals	9-4	2.75	127.2	70
2009	William Febres	Denver Highlanders	7-6	2.31	101.1	122
2010	Bill Henson	California Tidals	11-2	3.14	123.1	115
2011	Ricky Rodriguez	Richmond Ravens	11-5	2.50	137.0	94
2012	Lien-ying Li	California Tidals	14-3	2.28	153.2	142
2013	Ricky Rodriguez	Jacksonville Ravens	7-4	1.85	121.1	117
2014	Kyle Cahill	California Tidals	13-5	2.19	139.2	134
2015	Ricky Rodriguez	Jacksonville Ravens	11-2	1.84	137.0	131
2016	Ricky Rodriguez	Jacksonville Ravens	10-4	2.58	143.0	137
2017	Jose Soto	Anchorage Aces	15-0	2.00	162.1	174
2018	Jose Soto	St. Petersburg Admirals	11-4	3.63	141.1	190

Lake League

Year	Pitcher	Team	Record (W-L)	ERA	IP	K
1991	Mike Sherlock	Ohio Oxen	7-0	1.34	67.0	56
1992	Dandy Lundgren	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	4-0	0.00	36.0	33
1993	Beckers, Bo-Bo	Toronto Ducks	6-1	0.22	80.0	53
1994	No season played
1995	Marty McSouthpaw	Montreal Metros	11-3	2.40	139.0	103
1996	Jack Stevens	New York Minutemen	10-2	2.22	121.2	162
1997	Jack Stevens	New York Minutemen	9-5	2.31	116.2	171
1998	Jack Stevens*	New York Minutemen	13-3	2.04	127.2	193
1999	Iron Arm*	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	12-2	2.31	140.0	97
2000	Jimmy McDonalds	Kingston Cannons	8-4	2.78	123.0	94
2001	Iron Arm	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	10-1	1.93	116.1	79
2002	Iron Arm	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	8-3	2.23	129.0	91
2003	Iron Arm	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	9-2	1.85	102.0	74
2004	Iron Arm	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	10-2	1.63	105.0	79
2005	Malik Saddler	Kingston Cannons	8-6	2.36	133.3	140
2006	Angelo Rodriguez	Ohio Oxen	10-3	2.85	126.1	124
2007	Mu-ruo Chen	Toronto Ducks	10-3	2.66	121.2	98
2008	Ricky Terrazas	Montreal Metros	10-2	1.78	116.1	153
2009	Ricky Terrazas*	Montreal Metros	12-0	2.46	109.2	162
2010	Ricky Terrazas	Montreal Metros	8-3	2.28	118.1	154
2011	Ricky Terrazas	Montreal Metros	10-4	2.76	127.0	195
2012	Ricky Terrazas*	Montreal Metros	13-2	1.54	134.1	184
2013	Judson Martel	Boston Brawlers	9-3	2.67	134.2	138
2014	Rod Matos	Montreal Metros	10-2	1.83	123.0	136
2015	Alex Medina*	Kingston Cannons	9-1	2.02	120.1	166
2016	Yoshiaki Fujimara*	Montreal Metros	13-2	2.30	125.1	112
2017	Judson Martel	Montreal Metros	11-1	1.36	126.0	159
2018	Knuckles Malone	Toronto Nomads	8-4	2.31	144	158

Multiple Winners

Several players have won the Sandy Koufax Award in multiple years, and some have even won in both leagues.

Multi Year Winners

Awards	Pitcher	Years
9	Ricky Terrazas	2004—2007 (AEL) 2008—2012 (LL)
6	Iron Arm	1999, 2001—2004 (LL) 2008 (AEL)
4	Ricky Rodriguez	2011, 2013, 2015—2016
3	Malik Saddler	2002—2003 (AEL) 2005 (LL)
3	Jack Stevens	1996—1998
2	Flamer Flaherty	1991—1992
2	Judson Martel	2013, 2017

Wins by teams

The Montreal Metros pitchers have won the Sandy Koufax Award more than any other team.

Wins by teams

Wins	Team	Years
9	Montreal Metros	1995, 2008—2012, 2014, 2016—2017
6	California Tidals	1998, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
6	Chicoutimi Cinquantes	1992, 1999, 2001—2004
5	Minneapolis Ravens Richmond Ravens, Jacksonville Ravens	1995, 2011, 2013, 2015—2016
4	Chicago Pit Bulls	2004—2007
3	Miami Storm Kingston Battlements, Kingston Cannons	2000, 2005, 2015
3	Nevada Speeders	1991—1992, 2001
3	New York Dragons New York Minutemen	1996—1998
3	Seattle Salts	1996, 2002—2003
3	Toronto Nomads Toronto Ducks	1993, 2007, 2018
2	Calgary Inferno Calgary Chinooks	1997, 1999
2	Ohio Oxen	1991, 2006
2	St. Petersburg Admirals San Diego Seagulls, Anchorage Aces	2017—2018
1	Boston Brawlers	2013
1	Denver Danger Denver Highlanders	2009

See Also

• Pitcher of the Month Award