Word: raynaud
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...achievement belonged to Pitcher Sandy Koufax, 28, who, in his nine seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has known his share of trouble. Only last year, a mysterious circulatory ailment called Raynaud's Phenomenon almost caused doctors to amputate the forefinger on his pitching hand.* But this year Koufax won 25 games, lost only five, set a record with 306 strikeouts, and was the key man in the Dodgers' drive to the National League pennant. Yet all that seemed nothing compared to last week...
Then Koufax's luck went sour. The index finger of his pitching hand turned white and numb; layers of skin began to peel off. Doctors decided he had Raynaud's Phenomenon, a circulatory ailment resulting from a blood clot in his palm. Unable even to grip a baseball properly, Koufax did not win another game all year...