Photos:: Sandy Koufax through the years

Dodgers pitchers (from left to right) Don Drysdale, Pete Richert, Stan Williams, Sandy Koufax and Johnny Podres pose together at the Polo Grounds in New York on Aug. 25, 1962.  (Associated Press)

Dodgers Manager Walter Alston, left, smiles as Sandy Koufax shows off his fully healed left hand during spring training in Vero Beach, Fla., in 1963. An injured finger hampered Koufax in the late part of the 1962 season.  (Jim Kerlin / Associated Press)

Sandy Koufax delivers the final pitch of the Dodgers’ 1963 World Series victory over the New York Yankees.  (Ben Olender / Los Angeles Times)

Sandy Koufax points at the Dodger Stadium scoreboard after throwing a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 9, 1965.  (Harold P. Matosian / Associated Press)

San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal, bottom left, swings a bat at Dodgers catcher John Roseboro as Sandy Koufax tries to intervene during a game at Candlestick Park on Aug. 22, 1965.  (Robert H. Houston / Associated Press)

Dodgers teammates Maury Wills, left, Sandy Koufax, center, and Willie Davis celebrate following the team’s victory over the Minnesota Twins in Game 5 of the 1965 World Series. The Dodgers went on to win the series in seven games.  (Lou Mack / Los Angeles Times)

Dodgers pitching greats Don Drysdale, left, and Sandy Koufax, right, pose with Dodgers announcer Vin Scully at the team’s spring training facility in Vero Beach, Fla., in 1985.  (Jayne Kamin / Los Angeles Times)

Former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, left, sits with Dodgers greats Pee Wee Reese, center, and Sandy Koufax during a number retirement ceremony for Don Sutton at Dodger Stadium in August 1998.  (Susan Sterner / Associated Press)

Former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, left, shakes hands with Sandy Koufax before the team’s 2008 season opener.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Dodgers greats Carl Erskine, left, Sandy Koufax, center, and Don Newcombe throw out the ceremonial first pitches before the team’s 2008 season opener at Dodger Stadium.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Dodgers pitching greats Sandy Koufax, left, and Don Sutton talk before an old-timers game at Dodger Stadium in June 2013.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Former Dodgers pitchers Orel Hershiser, left, and Sandy Koufax stand on the field before the start of the Dodgers’ 2013 season opener.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Sandy Koufax, center, speaks with Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt, left, as Clayton Kershaw looks on during spring training at Camelback Ranch in 2013.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Dodgers announcer Vin Scully chooses to place the ceremonial first pitch into the glove of Sandy Koufax before the team’s 2014 home opener against the San Francisco Giants.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)