Koufax was the best. Considering the tepid Dodger offense, he was almost unbeatable from 1962 until he retired in 1966. Drysdale’s consecutive shutout innings record was great; I never thought it would be broken; and then Orel Hershiser broke it. Great pitchers, all three Dodgers.
Tepid is an understatement.
From the 1966 series (Wikipedia, Jim Palmer):
"The underdog Orioles swept the series over a Los Angeles team that featured Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, and Claude Osteen. The shutout was part of a World Series record-setting 33 1⁄3 consecutive shutout innings by Orioles pitchers. The Dodgers' last run was against Moe Drabowsky in the third inning of Game 1 [Final 5-2]. Palmer, Wally Bunker and Dave McNally pitched shutouts in the next three games."
There is a story that Drysdale had gone ahead of the team the day Koufax pitched one of his no hitters ...When told of Sandy’s no hitter by a taxi driver , Don asked : “ Did he win ? “ lol