When sandy koufax retired on nov.18, 1966, he ended a six-year run that scouts only dream about.It was a six-year run that took him straight to cooperstown.In 1999, he was named to the major league baseball all-century team.His number 32 was retired by the dodgers in 1972 and he was honored with a statue outside the centerfield plaza of dodger …On november 17, 1966, sandy koufax announced his retirement at the age of 30.Prior to the 1965 season, koufax was worried that his career was coming to an end.